Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "Yamma, yamma", composed by Pave Maijanen, with lyrics by Hector, and performed by Maijanen himself. The Finnish participating broadcaster, (Yle), selected its entry in the contest through a national final.
Before Eurovision 1992 Ten entries were selected for the competition from 435 submissions received during a submission period as well as from composers and music publishers directly invited by the Finnish broadcaster, (Yle). Yle held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, held in Malmö, Sweden. Yle held 1992 at the Typhon Hall in Turku on 29 February, hosted by Kati Bergman. The winner was decided through two rounds of jury voting, the first to select the top four songs, with the second selecting the winner. In the second round, each juror distributed their points as follows: 1, 2, 4 and 6 points
In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval acts featured Ten Sharp performing "You" and "Ain't My Beating Heart", and Bonnie Tyler performing "Against the Wind" and "Bitterblue".
+ First Round – 29 February 1992 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Result 1 Arja Koriseva "Huomiseen" , Hector 2 Pepe Willberg "Kaukaa kaipaan" Esa Juutilainen, 3 Sonja Lumme "Rakkauden bulevardi" , Advanced 4 Kirka "Antaa menneisyyden mennä" , , Vexi Salmi 5 "Lauluni sinulle" Tauski Peltonen 6 "Soita kitaraa" , Jokke Seppälä, Advanced 7 and Kaija Pohjola "Ruskaa näin sinun silmissäs" Rexi Kero, Hannele Miilumäki 8 Pave Maijanen "Yamma, yamma" Pave Maijanen, Hector Advanced 9 Riki Sorsa "Silmiisi sun" Kim Engblom, Janne Engblom, Pia Partanen Advanced 10 Kikka "Parhaat puoleni" , , + Second Round – 29 February 1992 Artist Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total Place 1 Sonja Lumme "Rakkauden bulevardi"42242211222 24 3 2 "Soita kitaraa"11414444444 35 2 3Pave Maijanen"Yamma, yamma"66666666666661 4Riki Sorsa"Silmiisi sun"24121122111 18 4
At Eurovision Maijanen performed 12th on the night of the contest, following and preceding . Maijanen was accompanied by , Sini Heinilä and as backing vocalists. "Yamma, yamma" received 4 points, placing last of 23 countries competing.
Among the members of the Finnish jury was Vicky Rosti, who represented Finland in the .
Voting
+ Points awarded to Finland Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points Yugoslavia 2 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Finland Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points Yugoslavia 3 points 2 points 1 point
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