Finland was represented at the
Eurovision Song Contest 1990
The Eurovision Song Contest 1990 was the 35th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 5 May 1990 in the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall in Zagreb, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia. Organised by the European Broadcast ...
with the song "", composed by Kim Engblom, Tina Krause, and Janne Engblom, with lyrics by Stina Engblom, and performed by the band Beat. The Finnish participating broadcaster, (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.
This was the first time that the Finnish entry had been sung in Swedish at the Eurovision Song Contest. After that the only other time Finland has entered the contest with a song in Swedish was with "" performed by
Pernilla Karlsson.
Before Eurovision
National final
(Yle) held the national final on 17 February 1990 at the
Kulttuuritalo in
Helsinki
Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...
, hosted by
Kati Bergman. Eleven songs took part and the winner was chosen by an expert jury. This would be
Ossi Runne's last participation as a conductor for the pre-selections in 24 years. He would hand over his baton to his successor,
Olli Ahvenlahti, as he would conduct at
Zagreb
Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the ...
At Eurovision
Beat performed last of 22, following . At the close of the voting they had received 8 points, placing joint last with .
Voting
References
{{Eurovision Song Contest 1990
1990
Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990
Eurovision