"competition. The song broke records scoring the highest number of points in Eurovision Song Contest history (292).The record was eventually broken by Norway in 2009 (387). All of Finland's entries were in English between 1973 and 1976 and again since 2000 (except in 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2015); both of these periods allowed submissions in any language. Two entries, 1990 and 2012, were in Swedish, which is an official language in Finland alongside Finnish. All of Finland's other songs have been in Finnish. In voting patterns, Finland has traditionally supported and been supported by the other Nordic countries, but also"
"a song which runs for one minute and twenty-seven seconds. It was written by Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät's band members. The song's lyrics are about having to engage in daily activities such as washing-up. It is the shortest song to be entered in the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, beating the record previously held by the United Kingdom for their 1957 entry in the contest that clocked in at one minute and fifty-two seconds. In a review by Eurovision blog ""Wiwibloggs"", the song received an overall score of 1/10 based on the reviews of nine jurors and was ranked last"
"Spencer of St. Lucia topped the rankings to win the prize. Tommi Evilä Jaakko Tommi Kristian Evilä (born April 6, 1980 in Tampere) is a Finnish former long jumper. He gained fame following his surprise bronze in the 2005 Helsinki World Championships, which was Finland's only medal in the championships. He won the bronze medal in a wind-aided 8.25 metre jump. Before the 2005 World Championships he had finished tenth at the 1998 World Junior Championships and fourth at the 2005 European Indoor Championships. He then improved his personal best jump to 8.19 metres in August, and finished sixth at"
"Helsinki, Finland. In September, Törn/Partanen competed at the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, the final qualification opportunity for the 2018 Winter Olympics. They ranked fifth in the short dance but dropped to ninth overall after the free dance, finishing as third alternates for a spot at the Olympics. They won gold at the 2017 Ice Challenge in November and their third national title the following month. In January, they finished 15th at the 2018 European Championships in Moscow, Russia. In March, they placed 23rd in the short dance at the 2018 World Championships in Milan. As a result, they did not"
"country since 1992, until 2015 when host country Austria received 'nil points' and came second to last (Germany also received 'nil points' but because of the running order Austria placed ahead of them). Twenty-four countries participated in the 2002 contest in Tallinn; of these, fourteen were expected to compete in 2003. The bottom ten in Tallinn would be relegated, to allow countries to compete for the first time. In reality, only five countries were relegated— nineteen countries that entered in 2002 competed in Riga. Macedonia, Finland, Switzerland, Lithuania and Denmark were forced to sit out the contest. The nineteen qualifiers"
"the 2015 Tallinn Trophy, but withdrew before the short program. In December, she won the silver medal at the 2016 Finnish Figure Skating Championships, only 0.15 points behind Anni Järvenpää. She was 3rd in the short program, and won the free skating. ""CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix"" Jenni Saarinen Jenni Saarinen (born 9 March 1999) is a Finnish figure skater. She is the 2014 CS Volvo Open Cup bronze medalist, the 2015 Nordic champion, and a three-time Finnish national silver medalist. She finished in the top fourteen at three World Junior Championships (2013, 2014 and 2015). Jenni Saarinen"
"is noted for its almost complete absence of lyrics with only 24 words being sung in the original Norwegian version and much of the rest of the song being given over to a violin intermezzo performed by Irish musician Fionnuala Sherry. While no other winning song in the contest has featured so few words, Finland would go on to place 15th in the 1998 Contest with ""Aava"", which contains only six words repeated throughout the song. The previous holder of the record of shortest lyrics in Eurovision history was Belgium and their 1983 entry ""Rendez-vous"", with a total of 11"
"Alzain Tareq Alzain Tareq (born 2005) is a swimmer from Bahrain. Born in Bahrain in 2005, Tareq is the youngest athlete in history to debut at the world swimming championships, taking part at the 2015 Championships at ten years of age. Tareq qualified for the World Cup in Kazan with the best time of Bahrain in the 50 butterfly, beating swimmers much older than her. Her participation in the competitions in Kazan was made possible thanks to a legislative vacuum in the FINA rules. FINA does not provide for a minimum age for participation its competitions, but leaves it to"
"skaters had to achieve a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international event prior to the World Championships. The minimum TES for each discipline and segment were: Countries which qualified more than one entry per discipline: Member nations submitted the following entries: Some skaters were required to compete in a preliminary round, while others received a direct entry into the short program, after which the number of entries was reduced further. If a country had a non-direct entry, its lowest-ranked skater according to the Worlds Standings competed in the preliminary round. Kiira Korpi was originally nominated to represent Finland,"
"at the Helsinki Velodrome, Finland, for track events. Road events were constested on August 2 at the Olympics Route. 4 Athletes represented Venezuela in 3 events. 287 athletes of 32 countries competed in 7 events between July 21 and August 1 at the Westend Tennis Hall, Espoo, Finland. All events consist of four stages, Round One, Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Final, where the fencers were drawn in pools in every stage. 10 fencers, 8 men and 2 women, represented Venezuela in all events. Venezuelan fencer Gerda Muller (age 15) was the youngest participant in competition. In individuals events, 61 fencer competed"
"is . Wilma Murto Wilma Anna Helena Murto (born 11 June 1998 in Kuusjoki) is a Finnish pole vaulter. Murto is one of the most promising athletes in Finland. She made her international debut at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics at the age of sixteen. On 27 December 2015 she cleared a new best of , which represented a European youth best (under-18s). On 31 January 2016 Murto set a new indoor world junior record (under-20s) in Zweibrücken, where she jumped . The result is also a new Finnish record, beating Minna Nikkanen's previous record by . Her"
"and the 4×100m medley. She also represented Team Finland in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Jenna Laukkanen Jenna Laukkanen (born 2 March 1995) is a Finnish swimmer with a specialty in the breaststroke. Laukkanen competed in the 2011 European Junior Swimming Championships, winning a bronze medal in the 50m breaststroke and a silver medal in the 100m breaststroke. She competed for Team Finland at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Her final ranking in the 100m breaststroke was 34th and 32nd in the 200m breaststroke. In the 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships, Laukkanen won gold medals in"
"whole week in Heinola and in Lahti. This time Kazumi Morohoshi (former singer in a popular boy band Hikaru Genji) was with them and also took part in the competition. He ended in the first round, with a time 5:41. Also in 2007, American sportswriter Rick Reilly (who described it as ""quite possibly the world's dumbest sport"") was also in Heinola. His time in the first round was 3:10 and was eliminated from the second round. On 7 August 2010, Russian finalist and former third-place finisher Vladimir Ladyzhensky and Finnish five-time champion Timo Kaukonen passed out after six minutes of"
"government. The tournament saw more upsets by the less prominent ice-hockey nations. France has beaten Canada for the second time in the modern history and made it to the quarterfinals. Eventual finalist Finland lost to Latvia and made it to the quarterfinals only due to a shootout win over Switzerland. The tournament was won by Russia (which had a stacked NHL squad compared to other teams who sent in younger players after the 2014 Winter Olympics), Finland won silver and Sweden won bronze defeating the Czech Republic. The 2015 IIHF World Championship was held in Prague and Ostrava, it was"
"however, not in Finland, but rather in Hoorn, Netherlands on 31 July. 521 swimmers (279 boys, 242 girls) from 44 countries were entered in the event. Teams were from (with total team size following name): Five (5) countries were listed as attending, but without any swimmers: , , , , and . Preliminary heats began at 9:00; Finals at 17:00. Prelims/semifinals/finals format used for events 200 m and under; prelim/finals used for events over 200 m. In 50 m events, prelims/semifinals/finals held on the same day; in 100 m and 200 m events, prelims/semis held on first day with finals"
"Paltrinieri of Italy. Hosszú won six gold medals and one silver, breaking two world records and six championship records, while Paltrinieri won one gold medal in a world record time. Legend: WR - World record; ER - European record; CR - Championship record Legend: WR - World record; ER - European record; CR - Championship record Legend: WR - World record; ER - European record; CR - Championship record 500 swimmers from 48 nations participated at the competition. The only LEN members did not participate are Gibraltar, Monaco, Montenegro and San Marino. 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships The 2015"
"(2013) and 1500 m indoors (2013 & 2014) and 3000 m indoors (2013). Kristiina Mäki Kristiina Hannele Mäki (born 22 September 1991) is a Finnish-born runner who represents the Czech Republic in international competitions. Kristiina was born in Lapua, Finland and moved to the Czech Republic with her parents at the age of three. Her father is Finnish and mother from the Czech Republic, both former runners. In February 2014 Kristiina ran the fastest Finnish indoor time of 21st century 9.02,14 and she also won gold medals from 2014 Finnish indoor championships from both 1500 and 3000 meters. She now"
"the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. ""GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix"" Laura Lepistö Laura Anneli Lepistö (born 25 April 1988) is a Finnish former competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 world bronze medalist, the 2009 European champion, and a two-time (2008 and 2010) Finnish national champion. After missing two seasons with various injuries, Lepistö announced in March 2012 that she would not return to competitive skating. Lepistö was born in Espoo, Finland. In September 2010, she started her higher education studies at the Aalto University School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland. In 2016, she"
"Tommi Evilä Jaakko Tommi Kristian Evilä (born April 6, 1980 in Tampere) is a Finnish former long jumper. He gained fame following his surprise bronze in the 2005 Helsinki World Championships, which was Finland's only medal in the championships. He won the bronze medal in a wind-aided 8.25 metre jump. Before the 2005 World Championships he had finished tenth at the 1998 World Junior Championships and fourth at the 2005 European Indoor Championships. He then improved his personal best jump to 8.19 metres in August, and finished sixth at the 2005 World Athletics Final. Years troubled by injuries then followed."
"All (song) ""All"" was the United Kingdom entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1957 performed in English by Hull born actress and occasional singer Patricia Bredin. It was a ballad and at a length of 1:52 minutes, it had the distinction of being the shortest entry in the history of the Contest until Finland in 2015 as well as being the first song to be performed in English. The song was performed 3rd on the night (following Luxembourg's ""Amours mortes (tant de peine)"" and preceding Italy's ""Corde della mia chitarra"", the latter coincidentally being the longest entry in the history"
"It thus stands as something of a one-off in Contest history, and is regarded with interest by many fans of the Contest. It is not the song with the briefest lyric in contest history, that distinction being held by Norway's Secret Garden with ""Nocturne"", but it does hold the record for the fewest different words, a total of 6. It was succeeded as Finnish representative at the 2000 Contest by Nina Åström with ""A Little Bit"". Aava ""Aava"" (""Open landscape"") is a song by Edea, which was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998. The song was performed"
"position 15, following the entry from Greece and before the entry from Armenia. Finland performed fifteenth in the first semi-final, following the entry from Greece and preceding the entry from Armenia. At the end of the night, Finland were one of the ten countries announced as having qualified for the grand final, their first qualification since 2014. Following the semi-final, Saara Aalto joined the other qualifiers in a press conference in which they drew to see which half of the final they would compete in. Finland was drawn to perform in the second half of the grand final (Aalto joked"
"Mrs J. v.d.Most-Leyerweert, member of the board of DGF. They submitted their request for an international meet at the 1951 FIG conference. Zurcaroh from season 13 of America's Got Talent represented Austria at WG in Helsinki. The World Gymnaestrada 2015 was held in Helsinki, Finland, from 12 to 18 July. It was the largest event ever held in Finland in terms of number of participants, surpassing even the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. The World Gymnaestrada Helsinki 2015 in brief: World Gymnaestrada The World Gymnaestrada is the largest general gymnastics exhibition. It is held every four years much like the"
"Wilma Murto Wilma Anna Helena Murto (born 11 June 1998 in Kuusjoki) is a Finnish pole vaulter. Murto is one of the most promising athletes in Finland. She made her international debut at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics at the age of sixteen. On 27 December 2015 she cleared a new best of , which represented a European youth best (under-18s). On 31 January 2016 Murto set a new indoor world junior record (under-20s) in Zweibrücken, where she jumped . The result is also a new Finnish record, beating Minna Nikkanen's previous record by . Her outdoor record"
"lowest in their history. However, in the autumn of 2017, Finland began to rise up the FIFA rankings and, as of September 2018, they sit at 58th. Finland has also participated on two occasions in the European sub-regional Baltic Cup championship, which takes place every two years between the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Finland's best result in the Baltic Cup tournament was in 2012 when they finished as runners-up. In 2014 Finland finished the tournament in third place. The Football Association of Finland was founded in 1907 and became a member of FIFA in 1908. At the"
"12 points to Hanna Pakarinen with ""Leave Me Alone."" Finland has also given notably high points to Italy, a country that had not competed in various periods, especially from 1998 to 2010, but returned in 2011. The jury vote also seems to adversely affect Finnish results, given that three of its non-qualifications (2010, 2015, and 2017) were on account of the juries when the televote alone would have carried them through to the Grand Final otherwise (in 2010 comfortably and in 2015 and 2017 less comfortably, but still). Finland's best results, including their victory, came during all-televote years. Finland in"
"other. She represented Finland in cross-country skiing at the 2013 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Brașov, placing eighth in the 5 km classical race. In 2015, she competed in the World Junior Championships in Almaty, where she placed 16th in the under-20 skiathlon. At higher levels, the increasing incompatibility of skiing training and running training made it impossible for Matintalo to continue to seriously pursue both sports indefinitely; as a skier she needed much more upper-body strength, implying additional mass that would slow her down as a runner. In 2016, she decided to continue skiing at the cost of"
"from placements at the 2015 World Synchronized Skating Championships. There would also be three substitutes. The following countries qualified: Substitutes: Yuzuru Hanyu set a new world record for the short program (110.95), for the free skating (219.48), and for the combined total (330.43). Polina Tsurskaya set a new junior world record for the free skating (128.59 points) and for the combined total (195.28 points). 2015–16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final The 2015–16 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final and ISU Junior Grand Prix Final took place from December 10 to 13, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. Hosted by Barcelona for"
"teamed up with Cecilia Törn in 2013. In their first season together, the two won the silver medal at the Finnish Championships, behind Henna Lindholm / Ossi Kanervo. Törn/Partanen placed seventh at the 2014 CS Finlandia Trophy and second to Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm at the Finnish Championships. They were sent to the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai but were eliminated after placing 25th in the short dance. Törn/Partanen began the 2015–2016 season by placing fourth at the Lombardia Trophy and fifth at a Challenger Series event, the Finlandia Trophy. Their first international medal, gold, came at the International"
"the ISU requires that all programs conform to junior-specific rules regarding program length, jumping passes, types of elements, etc. Based on the results of the 2015 World Junior Championships, the ISU allowed each country one to three entries per discipline. Some national associations began announcing their selections in December 2015. The ISU published a complete list on 25 February 2016. Israel's Daniel Samohin climbed from 9th after the short program to win his country's first World Junior title in figure skating. Nicolas Nadeau, who missed the cut for the free skate in 2015, obtained the silver medal and three spots"
"from only four countries (Estonia, the Netherlands, Romania and Sweden), placing Finland joint 18th (with Spain) of the 24 entries. The 12 points from the Finnish televote were awarded to Latvia. The low placement meant that Finland were once again relegated and did not take part in the 2001 contest – the country would miss every contest held in an odd-numbered year between 1995 and 2003 for this reason. Switzerland missed also those same years except for 1997. Anna Eriksson's ""Oot voimani mun"" represented Finland in the annual OGAE Second Chance Contest, a contest for entries that failed to win"
"is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds. 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women The 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women started on Thursday December 3, 2015 in Östersund and finished on March 9, 2016 at the World Championships in Holmenkollen. The defending titlist Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland finished on the 8th place. Dorothea Wierer of Italy won the title. The individual race is the oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone,"
"Finland at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships Finland competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Finnish divers qualified for the individual spots and the synchronized teams at the World Championships. Finnish swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard): Swimmers must qualify at the 2015 Finnish Grand Prix series (for pool events) to confirm their places for the Worlds. Twelve Finnish swimmers (four men and eight women) have been"