{{Short description|none}} {{more citations needed|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox song contest national year | Year = 1973 | Broadcaster = {{lang|fi|Yleisradio|i=no}} (Yle) | Country = Finland | Selection process = National final | Selection date = 3 February 1973 | Song = Tom Tom Tom | Artist = Marion Rung | Writer = {{unbulleted list|Rauno Lehtinen|Bob Barratt}} | Final result = 6th, 93 points }}
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, {{lang|fi|Yleisradio|i=no}} (Yle), selected its entry through a national final.
==Before Eurovision==
===National final=== {{lang|fi|Yleisradio|i=no}} (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 {{ill|Alpo Halinen|lt=Alpo "Apeli" Halinen|fi}}. 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.<ref name="yle">{{cite news |title=1973 Menestyksen huumaa englannin kielellä |url=https://yle.fi/euroviisut/uutiset.html|access-date=1 August 2025 |publisher=Yle |date= |language=fi |archive-date=5 October 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031005181125/http://www.yle.fi/euroviisut/suomen.php?1973|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Murtomäki |first=Asko |title=Finland 12 points! Suomen Euroviisut |date=2007 |publisher=Teos |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=978-951-851-106-2 |language=fi |pages=72–75, 77}}</ref>
In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval act featured Päivi Paunu and Kim Floor performing their {{esccnty|Finland|y=1972|t=1972 entry}} "Muistathan".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://areena.yle.fi/1-50097430|title=Euroviisujen Suomen karsinta 1973|publisher=Yle Areena|access-date=1 August 2025|language=Finnish}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Euroviisukarsinnoissa yhdistettiin maailmaa 1970-luvulla |trans-title=Eurovision selections united the world in the 1970s |url=https://yle.fi/a/20-121161 |publisher={{ill|Yle Elävä arkisto|fi}} |access-date=13 April 2025 |language=fi |date=21 April 2015}}</ref> {| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center" |+ Final – 3 February 1973 ! {{Abbr|R/O|Running order}} ! Artist ! Song ! Songwriter(s) ! class="unsortable" | Points ! Place |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1 | align="left" | Seija Simola and {{ill|Lauluyhtye Fyrkka|lt=Paradise|fi}} | align="left" | "One, Two, Three" | align="left" | {{hlist|{{ill|Esko Linnavalli|fi}}|{{ill|Pertti Reponen|fi}}}} | 65 | 2 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2 | align="left" | Jukka Kuoppamäki and {{ill|Castanja|fi}} | align="left" | "Onnenmaa" | align="left" | Jukka Kuoppamäki | 51 | 6 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3 | align="left" | Maarit | align="left" | "Ampukaa pianisti" | align="left" | {{hlist|Eero Koivistoinen|Jarkko Laine}} | 51 | 6 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4 | align="left" | {{ill|Irina Milan|fi}} | align="left" | "Song for a Dove" | align="left" | Frank Robson | 53 | 4 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5 | align="left" | {{ill|Cumulus (band)|lt=Cumulus|fi|Cumulus (yhtye)}} | align="left" | "Noustaan perhosilla lentämään" | align="left" | {{hlist|{{ill|Valto Laitinen|fi}}|{{ill|Jyrki Lindström|lt=Jyrki Lindström|fi|Jyrki Lindström (sanoittaja)}}}} | 48 | 9 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6 | align="left" | Danny | align="left" | "Galileo Galilei" | align="left" | {{hlist|{{ill|Jaakko Salo|fi}}|{{ill|Kari Tuomisaari|fi}}}} | 52 | 5 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7 | align="left" | Aarno Raninen | align="left" | "Odotan" | align="left" | {{hlist|Aarno Raninen|Juha Vainio}} | 39 | 11 |- style="background:gold; font-weight:bold;" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8 | align="left" | Marion Rung | align="left" | "Tom Tom Tom" | align="left" | Rauno Lehtinen | 69 | 1 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 9 | align="left" | Sammy Babitzin and {{ill|Koivistolaiset|fi}} | align="left" | "Riviera" | align="left" | {{ill|Kari Kuuva|fi}} | 47 | 10 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10 | align="left" | Nina | align="left" | "Super-Extra-Wonder-Shop" | align="left" | {{hlist|{{ill|Esa Pethman|fi}}|{{ill|Tupuna Vaissi|fi}}}} | 39 | 11 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 11 | align="left" | Maarit | align="left" | "Life Is a Jigsaw" | align="left" | {{hlist|{{ill|Seppo Paakkunainen|lt=Seppo Paakkunainen|fi|Paroni Paakkunainen}}|Jim Pembroke}} | 58 | 3 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 12 | align="left" | Lasse Mårtenson and {{ill|Cay Karlsson|fi}} | align="left" | "Hän on mennyt vuorten taa" | align="left" | {{hlist|Lasse Mårtenson|Jukka Virtanen}} | 49 | 8 |}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center;" |- |+ Scoreboard |- ! scope="col" | {{Abbr|R/O|Running order}} ! scope="col" | Song ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Päivi Perkiö}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Pirkko-Liisa Tikka}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Marjut Siren}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Jussi Tiainen}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Erkki Melakoski}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Kari Tikka}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Heikki Sarmanto}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Esa Helasvuo}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Kristiina Kauhtio}} ! scope="col" {{vert header|nb=1|Tuomo Tanska}} ! scope="col" | Total |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1 | align="left" | "One, Two, Three" | 7 | <del>10</del> | <del>5</del> | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | '''65''' |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2 | align="left" | "Onnenmaa" | 7 | 7 | 7 | <del>9</del> | 4 | 7 | 6 | <del>3</del> | 9 | 4 | '''51''' |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3 | align="left" | "Ampukaa pianisti" | 5 | <del>8</del> | <del>4</del> | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | '''51''' |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4 | align="left" | "Song for a Dove" | <del>4</del> | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | <del>9</del> | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | '''53''' |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5 | align="left" | "Noustaan perhosilla lentämään" | 7 | <del>9</del> | 5 | <del>2</del> | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | '''48''' |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6 | align="left" | "Galileo Galilei" | 6 | <del>9</del> | 6 | 6 | <del>4</del> | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | '''52''' |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7 | align="left" | "Odotan" | <del>3</del> | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | <del>6</del> | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | '''39''' |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8 | align="left" | "Tom Tom Tom" | <del>10</del> | 8 | 9 | 8 | <del>6</del> | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | '''69''' |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 9 | align="left" | "Riviera" | 6 | 6 | <del>3</del> | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | <del>8</del> | 6 | '''47''' |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10 | align="left" | "Super-Extra-Wonder-Shop" | <del>3</del> | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | <del>9</del> | 4 | 5 | '''39''' |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 11 | align="left" | "Life is a Jigsaw" | 6 | 7 | 8 | <del>9</del> | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | <del>5</del> | 7 | '''58''' |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 12 | align="left" | "Hän on mennyt vuorten taa" | 8 | 5 | <del>9</del> | <del>2</del> | 8 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | '''49''' |}
The highest and lowest score received by each song were ignored and are <del>stricken through</del>.
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.
==At Eurovision== 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|date=April 2025}}
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.<ref name="Roxburgh">{{cite book |last1=Roxburgh |first1=Gordon |title=Songs for Europe: The United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest |date=2014 |publisher=Telos Publishing |location=Prestatyn, United Kingdom |isbn=978-1-84583-093-9 |pages=60, 124 |series=Volume Two: The 1970s}}</ref> The Finnish jury members were Kristiina Kauhtio and Heikki Sarmanto.<ref>{{cite news |title=Marion tulessa ensimmäisenä |url=https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/b418230c-61e4-4326-a2a0-9fc0853351b4 |access-date=23 December 2022 |work=Helsingin Sanomat |date=7 April 1973 |pages=39 |language=fi |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Murtomäki |first=Asko |title=Finland 12 points! Suomen Euroviisut |date=2007 |publisher=Teos |location=Helsinki, Finland |isbn=978-951-851-106-2 |language=fi |pages=75}}</ref>
=== Voting === {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable" |- |+ Points awarded to Finland<ref name="1973detailed">{{cite web |title=Results of the Final of Luxembourg 1973 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1973/final/results/finland |publisher=European Broadcasting Union |access-date=28 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409143715/https://eurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1973/final/results/finland |archive-date=9 April 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> |- ! scope="col" width="20%" | Score ! scope="col" | Country |- ! scope="row" | 10 points | |- ! scope="row" | 9 points | {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Belgium|y=1973}}|{{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1973}}}} |- ! scope="row" | 8 points | |- ! scope="row" | 7 points | {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Yugoslavia|y=1973}}|{{Esc|Sweden|y=1973}}}} |- ! scope="row" | 6 points | {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Luxembourg|y=1973}}|{{Esc|Norway|y=1973}}|{{Esc|Germany|y=1973}}|{{Esc|Switzerland|y=1973}}|{{Esc|Spain|1945|y=1973}}}} |- ! scope="row" | 5 points | {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Monaco|y=1973}}|{{Esc|Ireland|y=1973}}|{{Esc|Netherlands|y=1973}}|{{Esc|Israel|y=1973}}|{{Esc|Portugal|y=1973}}}} |- ! scope="row" | 4 points | {{Esc|France|y=1973}} |- ! scope="row" | 3 points | |- ! scope="row" | 2 points | {{Esc|Italy|y=1973}} |} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable" |- |+ Points awarded by Finland<ref name="1973detailed" /> |- ! scope="col" width="20%" | Score ! scope="col" | Country |- ! scope="row" | 10 points | |- ! scope="row" | 9 points | {{Esc|United Kingdom|y=1973}} |- ! scope="row" | 8 points | {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Norway|y=1973}}|{{Esc|Sweden|y=1973}}}} |- ! scope="row" | 7 points | |- ! scope="row" | 6 points | {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Luxembourg|y=1973}}|{{Esc|Monaco|y=1973}}|{{Esc|Israel|y=1973}}}} |- ! scope="row" | 5 points | {{Esc|Yugoslavia|y=1973}} |- ! scope="row" | 4 points | {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|France|y=1973}}|{{Esc|Portugal|y=1973}}|{{Esc|Switzerland|y=1973}}|{{Esc|Netherlands|y=1973}}|{{Esc|Belgium|y=1973}}}} |- ! scope="row" | 3 points | {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Ireland|y=1973}}|{{Esc|Spain|1945|y=1973}}}} |- ! scope="row" | 2 points | {{Unbulleted list|{{Esc|Germany|y=1973}}|{{Esc|Italy|y=1973}}}} |} {{col-end}}
==Sources== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{cite web |title=Euroviisukarsinnoissa yhdistettiin maailmaa 1970-luvulla |trans-title=Eurovision selections united the world in the 1970s |url=https://yle.fi/a/20-121161 |publisher={{ill|Yle Elävä arkisto|fi}} |access-date=13 April 2025 |language=fi |date=21 April 2015}}
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