Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991

Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 with the song "Hullu yö", composed by Ile Kallio, with lyrics by Jukka Välimaa[fi], and performed by Kaija. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.

Before Eurovision

National final

Ten entries were selected for the competition from 414 submissions received during a submission period as well as from composers and music publishers directly invited by Yleisradio (Yle). The national final was held on 2 March 1991 at the Typhon Hall in Turku, hosted by Kati Bergman. The winner chosen by an "expert" jury, which included Tina Pettersson, who had represented Finland in 1990 with the group Beat, and veteran Finnish Eurovision conductor Ossi Runne. Each juror distributed their points between 1–8 and 10 for each song, and 12 for the best song. Other participants included former Finnish representatives Riki Sorsa (1981) and Kirka (1984).

Jerry Lee Lewis was supposed to perform as an interval act since he was going to have a concert after the final. However, Yle's editor manager of entertainment, Erkki Pohjanheimo, arrived during the final to inform that Lewis had refused to perform. Instead, Lewis's band with the lead of Kenny Lovelace performed as an interval act.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Kärkinen performed 16th in the running order, following Israel and preceding Germany. Kärkinen was accompanied by Pirjo Aittomäki[fi], Pemo Ojala and Anita Pajunen[fi] as backing vocalists. The performance's choreography was made by Mikko Rasila[fi]. At the close of voting "Hullu yö" had received 6 points, placing Finland 20th of the 22 entries. The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to Italy.

Voting

External links

• Säilynoja, Juhana (21 April 2015). [Eurovision qualifiers evolved from a folk festival to a recession-era austerity measure in the 1990s] (in Finnish). Yle Elävä arkisto[fi].