Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 information
Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Country
Finland
National selection
Selection process
Euroviisut 1998
Selection date(s)
14 February 1998
Selected entrant
Edea
Selected song
"Aava"
Selected songwriter(s)
Alexi Ahoniemi
Tommy Mansikka-Aho
Finals performance
Final result
15th, 22 points
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with the song "Aava" written by Alexi Ahoniemi and Tommy Mansikka-Aho. The song was performed by the group Edea. The Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) returned to the Eurovision Song Contest after a one-year absence following their relegation from 1997 as one of the six countries with the least average points over the preceding four contests. Yle organised the national final Euroviisut 1998 in order to select the Finnish entry for the 1998 contest in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Nine entries were selected to compete in the national final on 14 February 1998 where the combination of votes from an eight-member expert jury, an eight-member OGAE jury and votes from the public selected "Aava" performed by Edea as the winner.
Finland competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 1998. Performing during the show in position 21, Finland placed fifteenth out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 22 points.
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