Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 with the song "", composed by Lasse Mårtenson, with lyrics by , and performed by Mårtenson himself. The Finnish participating broadcaster, (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.
Before Eurovision For the first time, (Yle) invited ten composers for the competition. Each composer was asked to make two songs, from which Yle selected one of them. The Finnish national selection composed of a semi-final and a final.
Semi-final The ten songs were played on radio and television test cards in late January and six finalists were chosen by postcard voting. Each voter got to name their two favourite songs. The winner of the postcard voting was "Rakkauden rikkaus" performed by Taisto Tammi.
+ Semi-final – 19–23 January 1964 Artist Song Songwriter(s) Votes Place 1 "Pianonsoittaja" , Börje Sundgren 3,482 9 2 "Tulen jälkeen" Eino Hurme, Reino Helismaa 4,521 7 3 "Satelliitti kahdelle" , 8,281 3 4 Irmeli Mäkelä "Kerran viel'" Börje Sundgren 4,911 6 5 Lasse Mårtenson "Laiskotellen" Lasse Mårtenson, Sauvo Puhtila 5,993 4 6 "Toisen kerran" Erkki Rahkola, Hillevi 5,547 5 7 "Tango keittiössä" , Sauvo Puhtila 3,510 8 8 "Unen ihme" Jorma Panula 1,921 10 9 Pirkko Mannola "Bzzz bzzz bzzz" 8,755 2 10 Taisto Tammi "Rakkauden rikkaus" Toivo Kärki, Reino Helismaa 13,480 1
Final
The final was held on 15 February 1964 at the Yle studios in Helsinki, hosted by , , and . The winner was chosen by ten regional juries consisting of ten members and a Nordic jury. Should both juries have the same favourite, it would be declared the winner.
+ Final – 15 February 1964 Artist Song Points Place 1 "Satelliitti kahdelle" 235 2 2 Irmeli Mäkelä "Kerran viel'" 120 3 3 Lasse Mårtenson "Laiskotellen" 403 1 4 "Toisen kerran" 13 6 5 Pirkko Mannola "Bzzz bzzz bzzz" 108 4 6 Taisto Tammi "Rakkauden rikkaus" 21 5
+ Detailed Regional Jury Votes Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1"Satelliitti kahdelle" 16 14 30 18 28 21 32 23 21 32 235 2"Kerran viel'" 16 30 12 8 8 6 17 16 7 120 3"Laiskotellen" 41 42 30 35 44 36 44 48 39 44 403 4"Toisen kerran" 3 2 7 1 13 5"Bzzz bzzz bzzz" 14 13 24 6 19 12 1 13 6 108 6"Rakkauden rikkaus" 3 1 3 5 4 1 1 1 1 1 21
At Eurovision On the night of the final Mårtenson performed 5th in the running order, following and preceding . Only an audio recording of Mårtenson's performance is known to exist. Voting was by each national jury awarding 5-3-1 to their top three songs, and at the close "" had received 9 points (3 each from Denmark, and the ), placing Finland 7th of the 16 entries. The Finnish jury awarded its 5 points to contest winners .
Voting
+ Points awarded to Finland Score Country 5 points 3 points 1 point
+ Points awarded by Finland Score Country 5 points 3 points 1 point
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