Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with the song "", composed by , with lyrics by , and performed by Vicky Rosti. The Finnish participating broadcaster, (Yle), selected its entry in the contest through a national final.
Before Eurovision National final (Yle) invited ten composers for the competition. The Finnish national final was held on 21 February 1987 at its studios in Helsinki. It was hosted by Finland's two previous Eurovision entrants, Laila Halme and Lasse Mårtenson. For the first time in three years, a national postcard poll decided the winner. The results were announced on 13 March 1987, and the winning entry was "", performed by Vicky Rosti and composed by Petri Laaksonen and Veli-Pekka Lehto.
+ Final – 21 February 1987 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Televote Place 1 "Isäni maa" 4,513 6 2 "Ei yhtään laivaa" 1,074 9 3 "Kiitos ja anteeks!" 1,001 10 4 Vicky Rosti "Sata salamaa" 16,935 1 5 "Tuuli soittaa" 2,589 7 6 Paula Koivuniemi and Viljaset "Musiikki on niinku se on" 8,753 3 7 "Kesätuuli" Pertti Neumann 15,369 2 8 and "Hei, me lennetään" 4,925 5 9 Leena Nilsson Family "Eilinen uudelleen" Kari Kuivalainen 1,383 8 10 and Co. "Communication" 7,294 4
At Eurovision Rosti performed eighteenth on the night of the contest, following and preceding . While at Brussels, she was credited as "Vicky Rosti" and performed with the band , neither of which she did at the national final. At the close of the voting it had received 32 points, placing 15th in a record-setting field of 22 competing countries.
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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