"Muistathan" was the Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972

Eurovision Song Contest 1972

The Eurovision Song Contest 1972 was the 17th edition series. Monaco was unable to host this year's Eurovision as they were unable to provide the resources. They approached French TV, who agreed to produce the contest, but only if the contest was staged in France and not the planned Monte Carlo...

, performed in Finnish

Finnish language

Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...

 by Päivi Paunu

Päivi Paunu

Päivi Paunu is a Finnish singer from Tampere. Paunu performed in the 1972 Eurovision contest in the United Kingdom with the song "Muistathan" .-Albums:* Päivi Paunu, 1966* Päivi, 1969* Hei vain, 1971...

 & Kim Floor.

The song was performed tenth on the night (following Malta

Malta

Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

's Helen & Joseph with "L-imħabba" and preceding Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

's Milestones

Milestones (band)

Milestones, also referred as The Milestones in the Eurovision official web site, were an Austrian rock band, active between 1968 and 1975. They are known for their participation in the 1972 Eurovision Song Contest.- 1968-1972 :...

 with "Falter im Wind

Falter Im Wind

"Falter im Wind" was the Austrian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972, performed in German by Milestones....

"). At the close of voting, it had received 78 points, placing 12th in a field of 18.

The song is a love duet, with the singers recalling their first meeting and how they felt.

It was succeeded as Finnish representative

Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Finland first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961, and has participated a total of 45 times. Finland won the contest for the first time in 2006 with Lordi's "Hard Rock Hallelujah"...

 at the 1973 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1973

The Eurovision Song Contest 1973 was the eighteenth Eurovision Song Contest and was held in Luxembourg. The language rule forcing countries to enter songs sung in any of their national languages was dropped, so performers from some countries sang in English....

 by Marion Rung

Marion Rung

Marion Rung is a Finnish pop singer. She is known to have represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1962 and 1973. Her 1962 Eurovision song placed 7th and in 1973, she managed to bring Finland's second best result ever in this contest, placing 6th...

 with "Tom Tom Tom

Tom Tom Tom

"Tom Tom Tom" was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1973, performed in English by Marion Rung...

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