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| Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 | ||||
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| Eurovision Song Contest 1993 | ||||
| Participating broadcaster | Yleisradio (Yle) | |||
| Country |  Finland | |||
| Selection process | Euroviisut1993 | |||
| Selection date | 6 March 1993 | |||
| Competing entry | ||||
| Song | "Tule luo" | |||
| Artist | Katri Helena | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Placement | ||||
| Final result | 17th, 20 points | |||
| Participation chronology | ||||
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Finland was represented at theEurovision Song Contest 1993 with the song "Tule luo", composed byMatti Puurtinen [fi], with lyrics byJukka Saarinen [fi], and performed byKatri Helena. The Finnish participating broadcaster,Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry in the contest through a national final. This was Katri Helena's second Eurovision appearance, 14 years after representFinland in 1979.
Due to theearly 1990s depression in Finland, the competition was held as small-scale as possible.Yleisradio (Yle) invited eight composers for the competition, and invited four singers (Arja Koriseva,Katri Helena,Marjorie, andPaula Koivuniemi) to perform the songs, each with two songs. Yle held the national final,Euroviisut1993, at its television studios inHelsinki, hosted byAri Korvola [fi]. The winner was chosen by voting from eleven regional juries. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 1–6, 8 and 10 points.[1][2]
In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval acts featured Helen Hoffner performing "Summer of Love" and "Holy River", andNiklas Strömstedt performing "I hennes rum" and "När vindarna vill".[3]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
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| 1 | Paula Koivuniemi | "Päivä kerrallaan" | Erik Lindström [fi],VeePee Lehto [fi] | 37 | 6 |
| 2 | Katri Helena | "Tule luo" | Matti Puurtinen [fi],Jukka Saarinen [fi] | 96 | 1 |
| 3 | Arja Koriseva | "Vain taivas yksin tietää" | Kisu Jernström [fi],Kassu Halonen [fi],Vexi Salmi | 65 | 3 |
| 4 | Marjorie | "Legenda" | Cris Owen [fi], Pia Partanen | 52 | 4 |
| 5 | Paula Koivuniemi | "Sammunut rakkaus" | Esa Nieminen [fi],Kaisu Liuhala [fi] | 21 | 8 |
| 6 | Katri Helena | "Viesti" | Jukka Kuoppamäki | 48 | 5 |
| 7 | Arja Koriseva | "Sulta laulun sain" | Olli Ahvenlahti,Hector | 77 | 2 |
| 8 | Marjorie | "Aika eteenpäin vain kulkee" | Pepe Willberg, Kirsti Willberg | 33 | 7 |
| Draw | Song | Rovaniemi | Kajaani | Vaasa | Jyväskylä | Joensuu | Lappeenranta | Pori | Tampere | Lahti | Turku | Helsinki | Total |
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| 1 | "Päivä kerrallaan" | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 37 |
| 2 | "Tule luo" | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 96 |
| 3 | "Vain taivas yksin tietää" | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 65 |
| 4 | "Legenda" | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 52 |
| 5 | "Sammunut rakkaus" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | "Viesti" | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 48 |
| 7 | "Sulta laulun sain" | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 77 |
| 8 | "Aika eteenpäin vain kulkee" | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 33 |
On the night of the final Katri Helena performed 17th in the running order, followingSlovenia and precedingBosnia and Herzegovina. Katri Helena was accompanied byPave Maijanen andPepe Willberg as backing vocalists and accordionists, andAnita Pajunen [fi] as backing vocalist. Katri Helena's costume was designed byJukka Rintala [fi].[4] At the close of voting "Tule luo" had received 20 points (the highest an 8 fromGreece), placing Finland 17th of the 25 entries.[5] The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points toNorway.[6]
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