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Fredi
Fredi sang at two Eurovision Song Contests, in 1967 and 1976, for Finland. The best result was 11th place in 1976, with “Pump-Pump”.
- who
- Finnish singer
- born
- 23 July 1942, Mikkeli, Finland
- died
- 23 April 2021 (aged 78), Helsinki, Finland
- contests
- 1967, 1976
- best result
- 11th, 1976
- music
- pop, schlager, disco
- sang for
- Finland
Biography
Fredi, who died in 2021, was a Finnish comic actor, musician, singer-songwriter and television presenter who sang for Finland twice. “Varjoon – suojaan” finished joint twelfth in Vienna in 1967; “Pump-Pump”, with the Friends, finished eleventh in The Hague in 1976.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Fredi (singer)”.
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At Eurovision
Two songs, oldest first, and what became of each.
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1967 Vienna
“Varjoon – suojaan”
12th of 17 Finished 12th of 17, with 3 points.
- Sung in
- Finnish
- Written by
- Lasse Mårtenson, Alvi Vuorinen
- Conductor
- Ossi Runne
- Running order
- 8th of 17
- Age on the night
- 24
- Won that year
- United Kingdom: Sandie Shaw, “Puppet on a String”
The story of Eurovision 1967: Mirrors, a muddled scoreboard and Britain's first win
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1976 The Hague
“Pump-Pump”
11th of 18 Finished 11th of 18, with 44 points.
- Billed as
- Fredi and the Friends
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Pertti Reponen, Matti Siitonen
- Conductor
- Ossi Runne
- Running order
- 11th of 18
- Age on the night
- 33
- Won that year
- United Kingdom: Brotherhood of Man, “Save Your Kisses for Me”
The story of Eurovision 1976: A waiver for the Greek singer, and four points France forgot
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