Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972

Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 with the song "Muistathan", written by Juha Flinck and Nacke Johansson, and performed by Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor. The Finnish participating broadcaster, Yleisradio (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.

Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972
Eurovision Song Contest 1972
Participating broadcaster	Yleisradio (Yle)
Country	Finland
Selection process	National final
Announcement date	5 February 1972
Competing entry
Song	"Muistathan"
Artist	Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor
Songwriters	Juha Flinck Nacke Johansson
Placement
Final result	12th, 78 points
Participation chronology
◄1971 • 1972 • 1973►

Before Eurovision

National final

Yleisradio (Yle) held the Finnish national final on 29 January at its television studios in Helsinki, hosted by Aarre Elo. The winner was chosen by postcard voting. The results were announced on 5 February.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	Votes	Place
1	Katri Helena	"Sua rakastan"	Valto Laitinen [fi] (m.), Sauvo Puhtila [fi] (l.)	18,530	2
2	Kirka	"Kaikkea on"	Erik Lindström [fi] (m.), Sauvo Puhtila (l.)	10,324	4
3	Viktor Klimenko	"Romantique"	Rauno Lehtinen (m. & l.)	3,363	6
4	Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor	"Muistathan"	Juha Flinck (m. & l.), Nacke Johansson [fi] (m.)	24,963	1
5	Christer [fi]	"Voin kaiken tunnustaa"	Henry Haapalainen [fi] (m. & l.)	3,929	5
6	Jukka Kuoppamäki	"Kaukana oot ja lähellä aivan"	Seppo Paakkunainen [fi] (m.), Jukka Kuoppamäki (l.)	1,951	7
7	Seija Simola	"Kaukainen laulu"	Heimo Saksio (m.), Liisa Montan-Jyrä (l.)	5,072	4
8	Tapani Perttu [fi]	"Juoksupyörä"	Esa Pethman [fi] (m.), Tupuna Vaissi [fi] (l.)	1,052	8

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor performed 10th in the running order, following Malta and preceding Austria. The entry was conducted by Ossi Runne. At the close of voting, Finland picked up 78 points and placed 12th of the 18 entries.

Voting

Points awarded to Finland[1] Score Country 10 points 9 points 8 points  Belgium  Netherlands 7 points 6 points  Luxembourg  Norway  Spain 5 points  Monaco  United Kingdom 4 points  Germany  Sweden  Portugal  Yugoslavia 3 points   Switzerland  France  Ireland  Austria  Italy  Malta 2 points

Points awarded by Finland[1] Score Country 10 points 9 points  Netherlands 8 points 7 points  Norway   Switzerland  United Kingdom 6 points  Italy  Luxembourg 5 points  Germany  Monaco  Sweden  Malta 4 points  Spain  Austria  France  Belgium 3 points  Ireland  Yugoslavia 2 points  Portugal