Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965

Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Eurovision Song Contest 1965
Country	Finland
National selection
Selection process	National final
Selection date(s)	13 February 1965
Selected artist(s)	Viktor Klimenko
Selected song	"Aurinko laskee länteen"
Selected songwriter(s)	Toivo Kärki; Reino Helismaa;
Finals performance
Final result	15th, 0 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland was represented by Viktor Klimenko, with the song "Aurinko laskee länteen", at the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 20 March in Naples.

Before Eurovision

The Finnish national selection composed of a semi final and a final.

Semi final

Ten songs were chosen to the national semi final. Those songs were played on radio in late January and six finalists were chosen by postcard voting. The winner of the postcard voting was "Minne tuuli kuljettaa" performed by Katri Helena.^[1]

Songs eliminated in the semi-final
Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)
Pentti Lasanen [fi]	"Vanha kunnon dixieland"	Åke Granholm [fi] (m. & l.)
Vieno Kekkonen [fi]	"Pavane itkevälle neidolle"	Ensio Kosta [fi] (m.), lyricist unknown
Carola	"Ge mig en grabb"	Lasse Mårtenson (m.), Sauvo Puhtila [fi] (l.)
Tamara Lund	"Ota tai jätä"	Rauno Lehtinen (m.), Sauvo Puhtila (l.)

National final

The Finnish national final took place on February 13 at the YLE TV Studios in Helsinki. The show was hosted by Antti Einiö and Marion Rung. There were two juries, regional juries and a Nordic jury. Should both juries have the same favourite, it would be declared the winner. However, the favorite song of regional juries was "Iltaisin" performed by Marjatta Leppänen and of Nordic jury was "Aurinko laskee länteen" by Viktor Klimenko. Therefore the winner was chosen by Yle's administration and they chose "Aurinko laskee länteen".

Note. The points are total points awarded by regional juries and the Nordic jury. The Finnish representative was eventually chosen by Yle's administration.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriters	Points	Place
1	Marjatta Leppänen [fi]	"Iltaisin"	Lasse Mårtenson (m.), Kari Tuomisaari [fi] (l.)	210	1
2	Eero and Jussi	"Tahdon saaren"	Erik Lindström [fi] (m.), Hillevi (l.)	84	6
3	Ritva Mustonen [fi]	"Lapin taikarummut"	Toivo Kärki (m.), Reino Helismaa (l.)	93	5
4	Viktor Klimenko	"Aurinko laskee länteen"	Toivo Kärki (m.), Reino Helismaa (l.)	195	2
5	Katri Helena	"Minne tuuli kuljettaa"	Toivo Kärki (m.), Juha Vainio (l.)	186	3
6	Kai Lind [fi]	"Mon amie, mon amour"	Åke Granholm [fi] (m.), Sauvo Puhtila [fi] (l.)	133	4

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Viktor Klimenko performed 16th in the running order, following Luxembourg and preceding Yugoslavia. The Finnish entry was conducted by George de Godzinsky. Finland did not receive any points in the voting and therefore placed joint last with Spain, Germany and Belgium.

Voting

Finland did not receive any points at the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest.^[2]

Points awarded by Finland^[2]
Score	Country
5 points	Luxembourg
3 points	Sweden
1 point	France

Sources

^ Kärki, Vesa (5 January 2007). "Kansan makuun kannattaa luottaa" [You should trust the public's taste] (in Finnish). Kaleva. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Results of the Final of Naples 1965". Eurovision Song Contest. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.