"Sata salamaa" 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 1987

Eurovision Song Contest 1987

The Eurovision Song Contest 1987 was the 32nd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1987 in Brussels, Belgium after Sandra Kim's win the previous year. The presenter was Viktor Lazlo. Johnny Logan was the winner for Ireland with the song "Hold Me Now"...

, 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 Vicky Rosti

Vicky Rosti

Virve "Vicky" Rosti is a Finnish singer of popular music. Her most famous songs include "Kun Chicago kuoli" , "Tuolta saapuu Charlie Brown" , "Menolippu" , "Oon voimissain" , "Sata salamaa"...

 and Boulevard.

The song was performed eighteenth on the night, following Cyprus

Cyprus

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' Alexia with "Aspro Mavro

Aspro Mavro

"Aspro Mavro" was the Cypriot entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987, performed in Greek by Alexia....

" and preceding Denmark

Denmark

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's Anne-Cathrine Herdorf

Anne-Cathrine Herdorf

Anne-Cathrine Herdorf, born 10 July 1967 in Copenhagen, is a Danish singer and actress who represented Denmark with the group Bandjo at the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest...

 & Drengene with "En lille melodi

En Lille Melodi

"En lille melodi" was the Danish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987, performed in Danish by Anne-Cathrine Herdorf & Bandjo....

". At the close of voting, it had received 32 points, placing 15th in a field of 22.

The song is sung from the perspective of a woman telling her lover that, regardless of the adversity (the "hundred lightnings" of the title) they face in their love, "There's a thousand worlds out there, and one of them is ours" - in other words, they will triumph in the end. Rosti also recorded the song in English, then under the title "Fire Night".

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 1988 Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1988

The Eurovision Song Contest 1988 was the 33rd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 30 April 1988 in Dublin. The presenters were Pat Kenny and Michelle Rocca...

 by Boulevard with "Nauravat silmät muistetaan

Nauravat Silmät Muistetaan

"Nauravat silmät muistetaan" was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988, performed in Finnish by Boulevard .The song was performed third on the night, following Sweden's Tommy Körberg with "Stad...

".