Finland was represented at the

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with the song "", written by Kari Tuomisaari and Jaakko Salo, and performed by

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. The Finnish participating broadcaster, (Yle), selected its entry through a national final. Rung would represent Finland again in the

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contest.

Before Eurovision

National final

(Yle) held the national final on 15 February at its studios in

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, hosted by Aarno Walli. Four songs took part, having qualified from a radio-only semi-final. Each song was performed twice by different singers and the winner was chosen by voting from ten regional juries.

Songs eliminated in the semi-final

At Eurovision

The contest was broadcast by (with commentary by ) and on radio stations (with commentary by ) and (with commentary by ). On the night of the final Rung performed first in the running order, preceding . Voting was by each national jury awarding 3-2-1 to their top three songs, and at the close "Tipi-tii" had received 4 points (3 from the and 1 from ), placing Finland joint 7th (with ) of the 16 entries. The Finnish jury reciprocated the British liking for their song by awarding their 3 points to the United Kingdom.

Voting

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962

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