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Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973
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Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 with the song "Tom Tom Tom", written by Rauno Lehtinen and Bob Barratt, and performed by Marion Rung. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.
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Before Eurovision
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National final
Yleisradio (Yle) invited twelve composers for the competition. Since the songs were allowed to be performed in any language, this was the first time the Finnish national final featured songs entirely in other language than Finnish or Swedish (with two songs entirely in English). The national final was held on 3 February 1973 at Finlandia Hall in Helsinki, hosted by Alpo "Apeli" Halinen. The winner was chosen by a professional jury consisting of ten members. Each juror distributed their points between 1–10 points for each song. The best and worst points received by each song were ignored in the voting.[1][2]
In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval act featured Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor performing their 1972 entry "Muistathan".[3][4]
Highest and lowest score received by each song were ignored and they are strikethrough.
The winning song "Tom Tom Tom" was performed in Finnish in the national selection but translated into English for Eurovision. The English lyrics were written by Bob Barratt. However, the song title didn't change.
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At Eurovision
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On the night of the final Marion Rung performed first in the running order, preceding Belgium. The entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. At the close of voting, Finland picked up 93 points and placed 6th of the 17 entries. It was Finland's best placing in the contest by then and would remain so for the next 33 years, until Lordi won the contest for Finland in 2006.[citation needed]
Each participating broadcaster appointed two jury members, one below the age of 25 and the other above, who voted by giving between one and five points to each song, except that representing their own country. All jury members were colocated in a television studio in Luxembourg.[5] The Finnish jury members were Kristiina Kauhtio and Heikki Sarmanto.[6][7]
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