Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with the song "", composed by Jim Pembroke, with lyrics by Juice Leskinen, and performed by Kojo. The Finnish participating broadcaster, (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision 1982 (Yle) invited ten composers for the competition. The composers got to choose between Ami Aspelund, Kojo, Opus 5, and Tapani Kansa to perform their songs. The national final was held on 19 February 1982 at the Kulttuuritalo in Helsinki, hosted by . The winner was chosen by an expert jury.
+ Final – 19 February 1982 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Points Place 1 Opus 5 "Omenakuu" 63 4 2 Tapani Kansa "Palaan..." 52 8 3 Kojo "Videovenus" 64 3 4 Ami Aspelund "Mitt äppelträd" 82 2 5 Tapani Kansa "Paista päivä" 30 10 6 Ami Aspelund "Isä" 60 6 7 Tapani Kansa "Laulujen maa" 54 7 8 Kojo "Nuku pommiin" 95 1 9 Ami Aspelund "Sambanja" 61 5 10 Tapani Kansa "Angela" 44 9
At Eurovision On the night of the final Kojo performed 6th in the running order, following and preceding . Kojo was accompanied by and Pave Maijanen as guitarists and backing vocalists, as a bassist and a backing vocalist, Jim Pembroke as a keyboardist, a backing vocalist and a bass drum player, and as a drummer. Originally, Opus 5 was supposed to accompany Kojo as backing vocalists. At the close of voting "" received nul points, placing Finland 18th (last) of the 18 entries. The Finnish jury awarded its 12 points to the runner up song from .
Voting Finland did not receive any points at the Eurovision Song Contest 1982.
+ Points awarded by Finland Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
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