Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Eurovision Song Contest 1993
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	6 March 1993
Selected entrant	Katri Helena
Selected song	"Tule luo"
Finals performance
Final result	17th, 20 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄1992 • 1993 • 1994►

Finland was represented by Katri Helena, with the song "Tule luo", at the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 15 May in Millstreet, Ireland. "Tule luo" was chosen as the Finnish entry at the national final on 6 March and was Katri Helena's second Eurovision appearance, 14 years after her performance in Jerusalem in 1979.

Before Eurovision

National final

The final was held at the studios of broadcaster YLE in Helsinki, hosted by Ari Korvola. Four performers took part, each singing two songs, with the winner chosen by voting from eleven regional juries.

Final – 6 March 1993
Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Points	Place
1	Paula Koivuniemi	"Päivä kerrallaan"	Matti Puurtinen, Jukka Saarinen	37	6
2	Katri Helena	"Tule luo"	Olli Ahvenlahti, Hector	96	1
3	Arja Koriseva	"Vain taivas yksin tietää"	Kisu Jernström, Kassu Halonen, Vexi Salmi	65	3
4	Marjorie	"Legenda"	Cris Owen, Pia Partanen	52	4
5	Paula Koivuniemi	"Sammunut rakkaus"	Jukka Kuoppamäki	21	8
6	Katri Helena	"Viesti"	Erik Lindström, VeePee Lehto	48	5
7	Arja Koriseva	"Sulta laulun sain"	Pepe Willberg, Kirsti Willberg	77	2
8	Marjorie	"Aika eteenpäin vain kulkee"	Esa Nieminen, Kaisu Liuhala	33	7

Detailed Regional Jury Votes
Draw	Song	Rovaniemi	Kajaani	Vaasa	Jyväskylä	Joensuu	Lappeenranta	Pori	Tampere	Lahti	Turku	Helsinki	Total
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

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Katri Helena performed 17th in the running order, following Slovenia and preceding Bosnia-Herzegovina. At the close of voting "Tule luo" had received 20 points (the highest an 8 from Greece), placing Finland 17th of the 25 entries. The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to Norway.

Points awarded by Finland

Final

12 points	Norway
10 points	Spain
8 points	Italy
7 points	Sweden
6 points	Greece
5 points	United Kingdom
4 points	Switzerland
3 points	Ireland
2 points	Portugal
1 point	France

Points awarded to Finland

Points awarded to Finland (final)

12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
		Greece
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Iceland		Turkey	Luxembourg Malta

See also

• Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 1993