Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Finland was represented by the group Edea, with the song '"Aava", at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 9 May in Birmingham. "Aava" was chosen as the Finnish entry at the national final on 14 February and is noted for containing the fewest number of different words (six) of any Eurovision entry.

Final

The final was held at the studios of broadcaster YLE in Helsinki, hosted by Olga K and Sami Aaltonen. Nine songs took part, with the winner chosen by a combination of televoting and two juries made up of "experts" and Eurovision fans. The final result was very close, with only 4 points separating the top five songs.^[1]

**Finnish National Final - 14 February 1998**
Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Kaija Kärkinen & Ile Kallio	"Maailman laitaan"	11	7
2	Elena Mady	"Honeymoon"	9	8
3	Nylon Beat	"Umm ma ma"	19	3=
4	Samuli Edelman & Sami	"Olen luonasi sun"	14	6
5	Sari Kaasinen	"Mielessäni"	19	3=
6	Jari Sillanpää	"Valkeaa unelmaa"	21	2
7	Ultra Bra	"Tyttöjen välisestä ystävyydestä"	19	3=
8	Luka	"Tuun sun luo"	3	9
9	Edea	"Aava"	23	1

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Edea performed 21st in the running order, following Belgium and preceding Norway. "Aava" had an ethnic new age-type sound which did not prove overly popular in the first year of full televoting as at the close it had received only 22 points (all but 2 of which came from neighbours Estonia and Sweden), placing Finland 15th of the 25 entries. The 12 points from the Finnish televote were likewise awarded in neighbourly fashion to Estonia (who finished 12th).^[2] Having had to sit out the 1997 contest due to relegation, Finland were again demoted on the cumulative countback rule and would not take part in 1999.

Points Awarded to Finland

Points Awarded to Finland(Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Estonia Sweden
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
				Macedonia Norway

Points awarded by Finland

12 points	Estonia
10 points	Israel
8 points	United Kingdom
7 points	Netherlands
6 points	Sweden
5 points	Malta
4 points	Slovenia
3 points	Croatia
2 points	Norway
1 point	Germany

References

Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 ~~1970~~ 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 ~~1995~~ 1996 ~~1997~~ 1998 ~~1999~~ 2000 ~~2001~~ 2002 ~~2003~~ 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Artists

1960s	Laila Kinnunen Marion Rung Laila Halme Lasse Mårtenson Viktor Klimenko Ann Christine Fredi Kristina Hautala Jarkko & Laura

1970s	~~1970~~ Markku Aro & Koivistolaiset Päivi Paunu & Kim Floor Marion Rung Carita Pihasoittajat Fredi & Ystävät Monica Aspelund Seija Simola Katri Helena

1980s	Vesa-Matti Loiri Riki Sorsa Kojo Ami Aspelund Kirka Sonja Lumme Kari Kuivalainen Vicky Rosti & Boulevard Boulevard Anneli Saaristo

1990s	Beat Kaija Kärkinen Pave Maijanen Katri Helena CatCat ~~1995~~ Jasmine ~~1997~~ Edea ~~1999~~

2000s	Nina Åström ~~2001~~ Laura ~~2003~~ Jari Sillanpää Geir Rönning Lordi Hanna Pakarinen Teräsbetoni Waldo's People

2010s	Kuunkuiskaajat Paradise Oskar Pernilla Karlsson Krista Siegfrids Softengine Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät

Songs

1960s	"Valoa ikkunassa" "Tipi-tii" "Muistojeni laulu" "Laiskotellen" "Aurinko laskee länteen" "Playboy" "Varjoon - suojaan" "Kun kello käy" "Kuin silloin ennen"

1970s	~~1970~~ "Tie uuteen päivään" "Muistathan" "Tom Tom Tom" "Keep Me Warm" "Old Man Fiddle" "Pump-Pump" "Lapponia" "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus" "Katson sineen taivaan"

1980s	"Huilumies" "Reggae OK" "Nuku pommiin" "Fantasiaa" "Hengaillaan" "Eläköön elämä" "Never The End" "Sata salamaa" "Nauravat silmät muistetaan" "La dolce vita"

1990s	"Fri?" "Yamma, yamma" "Tule luo" "Bye Bye Baby" ~~1995~~ "Niin kaunis on taivas" ~~1997~~ "Aava" ~~1999~~

2000s	"A Little Bit" ~~2001~~ "Addicted To You" ~~2003~~ "Takes 2 To Tango" "Why?" "Hard Rock Hallelujah" "Leave Me Alone" "Missä miehet ratsastaa" "Lose Control"

2010s	"Työlki ellää" "Da Da Dam" "När jag blundar" "Marry Me" "Something Better" "Aina mun pitää"

(Note: Entries scored out are when Finland did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 1998

Countries

Final (by final results)	Israel (winner) United Kingdom Malta Netherlands Croatia Belgium Germany Norway Ireland Sweden Cyprus Portugal Estonia Turkey Finland Spain Poland Slovenia Macedonia Greece Slovakia Romania Hungary France Switzerland

Artists

Final (by final results)	Dana International Imaani Chiara Edsilia Danijela Mélanie Cohl Guildo Horn Lars Fredriksen Dawn Martin Jill Johnson Michalis Hatzigiannis Alma Lusa Koit Toome Tüzmen Edea Mikel Herzog Sixteen Vili Resnik Vlado Janevski Thalassa Katarína Hasprová Mălina Olinescu Charlie Marie Line Gunvor

Songs

Final
(by final results)

(Note: All information are in order of appearance

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