Eurovision Song Contest 1975 Country Finland Selection process National final Selection date(s) 8 February 1975 Selected entrant Pihasoittajat Selected song "Old Man Fiddle" Selected songwriter(s) Kim Kuusi Arthur Ridgway Spencer Hannu Karlsson Final result 7th, 74 points
Finland was represented by Pihasoittajat , with the song "Old Man Fiddle", at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest , which took place on 22 March in Stockholm .
The Finnish national selection consisted of four semi finals and a final. It was the first year the Finnish selection shows were broadcast in colour.
Four songs were performed in each semi-final and a professional jury chose two songs from each semi final to qualify for the final. After the semi-finals, a wildcard was also chosen for the final.
Semi-final 1 – 4 January Draw Artist Song Songwriters Qualified 1 Maarit "Mätämakee" Seppo Paakkunainen (m.), Ritva Paakkunainen (l.) Yes 2 Dans "Hei lähde maailmaan" Esko Linnavalli (m.), Erkki Liikanen (l.) Yes 3 M. A. Numminen "Voittolaulu" Jorma Panula (m.), M. A. Numminen (l.) No 4 Ritva Oksanen "Suuri naapuri" Antti Hyvärinen (m.), Jukka Virtanen (l.) No
The final took place on February 8 at the YLE TV Studios in Helsinki . It was hosted by Apeli Halinen. The winner was chosen by regional juries.
Scoreboard Song Turku Helsinki Tampere Mikkeli Kuopio Seinäjoki Rovaniemi Total Viulu-ukko 48 55 54 46 58 57 61 379 Naisen vuosi 25 25 29 33 30 29 25 196 On jotakin mikä yhdistää 22 41 33 31 38 26 37 228 Mätä makee 34 28 30 32 23 29 29 205 Hei lähde maailmaan 42 38 32 38 28 38 40 256 Laulu 43 49 37 45 41 40 53 308 Seikkailija 54 49 55 60 50 53 47 368 Ovi elämään 30 48 42 43 44 39 33 279 Oh, New York rakkain 43 45 35 46 26 29 41 265
The winning song "Viulu-ukko" was performed in Finnish in the national selection shows but it was translated into English for the international Song Contest as "Old Man Fiddle".
On the night of the final Pihasoittajat performed 15th in the running order, following Monaco and preceding Portugal. The Finnish entry was conducted by Ossi Runne . At the close of voting, Finland picked up 74 points and placed 7th of the 19 entries.
Among the members of the Finnish jury were Tero Lehto, Merja Nyström, Ari Montonen and Hilkka Sokura.[ 1]
Participation Artists Songs "Aava " "Addicted to You " "Aina mun pitää " "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus " "Aurinko laskee länteen " "Blackbird" "Bye Bye Baby" "Cha Cha Cha " "Da Da Dam" "Dark Side " "La dolce vita " "Eläköön elämä " "Fantasiaa " "Fri? " "Hard Rock Hallelujah " "Hengaillaan " "Huilumies " "Hullu yö " "Jezebel " "Katson sineen taivaan " "Keep Me Warm" "Kuin silloin ennen " "Kun kello käy " "Laiskotellen " "Lapponia " "Leave Me Alone" "A Little Bit" "Look Away " "Looking Back " "Lose Control" "Marry Me " "Missä miehet ratsastaa " "Monsters " "Muistathan " "Muistojeni laulu " "När jag blundar " "Nauravat silmät muistetaan " "Never the End" "Niin kaunis on taivas " "No Rules! " "Nuku pommiin " "Old Man Fiddle" "Playboy" "Pump-Pump" "Reggae OK" "Sata salamaa " "Sing It Away" "Something Better" "Takes 2 to Tango" "Tie uuteen päivään " "Tipi-tii" "Tom Tom Tom" "Tule luo " "Työlki ellää " "Valoa ikkunassa " "Varjoon – suojaan " "Why?" "Yamma, yamma" Note: Entries scored out signify where Finland did not compete
Countries Artists Songs "At Va'Ani " "Une chanson c'est une lettre " "Dan ljubezni " "Ding-a-dong " "Era " "Et bonjour à toi l'artiste " "Gelukkig zijn " "Jennie, Jennie" "Let Me Be the One " "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein " "Madrugada " "Mikado" "Old Man Fiddle" "Seninle Bir Dakika " "Singing This Song" "That's What Friends Are For" "Toi " "Touch My Life (with Summer)" "Tú volverás "