YLE spent a good share of its budget to get a time machine and send us back to 1972.

This could mean that next year will see this in their final:
YouTube - ESC NF 1973 - Finland - Nina - Super-extra-wonder-shop

· Finland Gives The Clap (vid) - Sun 31 Jan

Finland is the only non-Scandinavian country in Scandinavia, and it even has its own airline! Made globally famous by saunas and a a president that is the spitting image of an American talk show host, this cold sparsely populated country offers its inhabitants one of the world's highest standards of living yet no one wants to live there.

Being on the receiving end of many-a-Eurovision voter thrashings, Finland made a glorious comeback in 2006 when hard rockers Lordi won the contest earning the largest number of points in ESC history.

Interesting facts:
Owner: Nokia and Marianne
Motto: "Connecting People"
Alcoholic consumption: whatever fits in the ferry from Estonia