Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982


Finland was represented by Kojo, with the song '"Nuku pommiin", at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Harrogate on 24 April. Kojo was the winner of the Finnish national final for the contest, held on 19 February. The song was chosen through a national final organised by broadcaster Yle.

Final

The national final was held at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, hosted by Heikki Kahila.
The winner was chosen by an "expert" jury.
DrawArtistSongEnglish translationPointsPlace
1Opus 5"Omenakuu""Apple moon"634
2Tapani Kansa"Palaan...""I will come back..."528
3Kojo"Videovenus"" Videovenus"643
4Ami Aspelund"Mitt äppelträd""My apple tree"822
5Tapani Kansa"Paista päivä""Be a sunny day"3010
6Ami Aspelund"Isä""Father"606
7Tapani Kansa"Laulujen maa""A land of songs"547
8Kojo"Nuku pommiin""Sleep to the bomb"951
9Ami Aspelund"Sambanja""Champagne"615
10Tapani Kansa"Angela""Angela"449

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Kojo performed 6th in the running order, following Turkey and preceding Switzerland. At the close of voting "Nuku pommiin" received dreaded "nul points", placing Finland 18th of the 18 entries. The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to the runner up song from Israel.