eurovision 1988
Boulevard
Boulevard represented Finland at Eurovision 1988 in Dublin with “Nauravat silmät muistetaan”, finishing 20th of 21.
Finland
1988
- what
- band
- formed
- 1983, Finland
- contest
- 1988
- best result
- 20th, 1988
- music
- rock
- active
- since 1983
- sang for
- Finland
Biography
Boulevard was a Finnish rock band, founded in 1983 by Kyösti Laihi and Erkki Korhonen, who played clubs and bars together before Matti Auranen and Tuomo Tepsa joined. The band is known above all for the contests of 1987 and 1988; under its own name, “Nauravat silmät muistetaan” finished 20th of 21 in Dublin in 1988. It broke up in 1994.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia (Spanish), “Boulevard (banda)”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1988 Dublin
“Nauravat silmät muistetaan”
20th of 21 Finished 20th of 21, with 3 points.
- Sung in
- Finnish
- Written by
- Kirsti Willberg, Pepe Willberg
- Conductor
- Ossi Runne
- Running order
- 3rd of 21
- Won that year
- Switzerland: Céline Dion, “Ne partez pas sans moi”
The story of Eurovision 1988: Céline Dion, by one point, on the last vote
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