Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 with the song "Old Man Fiddle", composed by Kim Kuusi, with lyrics by Arthur Ridgway Spencer, and performed by the band Pihasoittajat. The Finnish participating broadcaster, (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision (Yle) invited 16 composers for the competition. The Finnish national selection consisted of four semi finals and a final. It was the first year the Finnish selection shows were broadcast in colour.
Semi-finals The semi-finals were held on 4, 11, 18 and 25 January. Four songs were performed in each semi-final and a professional jury consisting eleven members chose two songs from each semi final to qualify for the final. After the semi-finals, a wildcard was also chosen for the final.
+ Semi-final 1 – 4 January 1975 Artist Song Songwriters Place Result 1 M. A. Numminen "Voittolaulu" 3 2 Maarit "Mätämakee" 1 Qualified 3 "Suuri naapuri" 4 4 Dans "Hei lähde maailmaan" 2 Qualified
+ Semi-final 2 – 11 January 1975 Artist Song Songwriters Place Result 1 "Maailman tie" 4 2 Heikki Kinnunen "Hyljätyn laulu" 3 3 Pepe Willberg "Ovi elämään" 1 Qualified 4 "Naisen vuosi" 2 Qualified
+ Semi-final 3 – 18 January 1975 Artist Song Songwriters Place Result 1 Mon-Ami "Fasten Seatbelts" 4 2 Danny "Seikkailija" 1 Qualified 3 Pihasoittajat "Viulu-ukko" 2 Qualified 4 Jukka Kuoppamäki "Hyvästi ystäväni" Jukka Kuoppamäki 3
+ Semi-final 4 – 25 January 1975 Artist Song Songwriters Place Result 1 Agit Prop "On jotain mikä yhdistää" 3 Wildcard 2 Tapani Kansa "Luonnollisuus" Rauno Lehtinen 4 3 Vesa-Matti Loiri and Sivupersoonat "Laulu" 1 Qualified 4 Kirka and "Oh, New York rakkain" 2 Qualified
Final Yle held the national final on 8 February at its television studios in Helsinki, hosted by . The winner was chosen by regional juries. Each jury group consisted of 15 members, and each juror distributed their points between 1–5 points for each song.
+ Final – 8 February 1975 Artist Song Points Place 1 Pihasoittajat "Viulu-ukko" 379 1 2 "Naisen vuosi" 196 9 3 Agit Prop "On jotain mikä yhdistää" 228 7 4 Maarit "Mätämakee" 205 8 5 Dans "Hei lähde maailmaan" 256 6 6 Vesa-Matti Loiri and Sivupersoonat "Laulu" 308 3 7 Danny "Seikkailija" 368 2 8 Pepe Willberg "Ovi elämään" 279 4 9 Kirka and "Oh, New York rakkain" 265 5
+ Scoreboard Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "Viulu-ukko" 48 55 54 46 58 57 61 379 2 "Naisen vuosi" 25 25 29 33 30 29 25 196 3 "On jotakin mikä yhdistää" 22 41 33 31 38 26 37 228 4 "Mätämakee" 34 28 30 32 23 29 29 205 5 "Hei lähde maailmaan" 42 38 32 38 28 38 40 256 6 "Laulu" 43 49 37 45 41 40 53 308 7 "Seikkailija" 54 49 55 60 50 53 47 368 8 "Ovi elämään" 30 48 42 43 44 39 33 279 9 "Oh, New York rakkain" 43 45 35 46 26 29 41 265
The winning song "" was performed in Finnish in the national selection shows but it was translated into English for the international Song Contest as "Old Man Fiddle".
At Eurovision On the night of the final Pihasoittajat performed 15th in the running order, following Monaco and preceding Portugal. The Finnish entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. At the close of voting, Finland picked up 74 points and placed 7th of the 19 entries.
Among the members of the Finnish jury were Tero Lehto, Merja Nyström, Ari Montonen and Hilkka Sokura.
Voting
+ Points awarded to Finland Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
+ 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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