Laila Halme

After the final Yle organized an extra singing test to find the best vocalist for the song. Laila Halme, who originally had finished third with Tamara Lund in the national final, was chosen as the performer on 19 February 1963.

• Year — 1963 • Broadcaster — Yleisradio (Yle) • Country — Finland • Selection Process — Song: National final Artist: Internal selection • Selection Date — 14 February 1963 • Song — Muistojeni laulu • Artist — Laila Halme • Writer — Börje Sundgren • Final Result — 13th, 0 points

• Illustration — Irmeli Mäkelä next to the scoreboard Eight entries were selected for the competition from 200 received submissions. Yleisradio (Yle) held the national final on 14 February 1963 at its studios in Helsinki, hosted by Aarno Walli, Erkki Salmi, Risto Vanari, and Marion Rung. The eight songs were performed twice, once with a small combo and once with a full orchestra. The winner was chosen by a jury consisting of 40 members. Final – 14 February 1963 • R/O Running order — Artist 1 (Combo) — Artist 2 (Orchestra) — Song — Songwriter(s) — Points — Place • 1 — Seija Lampila — Rauni Pekkala — "Marraskuu" — * Lasse Mårtenson * Margareta Mutreich — 279 — 4 • 2 — Per-Erik Förars — Stig Fransman — "Niin kuin ruusu" — Laura Railo — 258 — 8 • 3 — Tamara Lund — Laila Halme — "Olen mikä olen" — * Jorma Panula * Sauvo Puhtila — 298 — 3 • 4 — Lasse Liemola — Matti Heinivaho — "Kristiina ja minä" — * Toivo Kärki * Reino Helismaa — 276 — 5 • 5 — Marjatta Leppänen — Irmeli Mäkelä — "Muistojeni laulu" — Börje Sundgren — 331 — 1 • 6 — Lasse Mårtenson — Johnny Forsell — "Kaikessa soi blues" — * Toivo Kärki * Reino Helismaa — 315 — 2 • 7 — Maynie Sirén — Tapio Lahtinen — "Malaga" — * Nils Lerche * Erkki Aunamo — 269 — 7 • 8 — Erkki Liikanen (musician) — Tuulevi Mattila — "Pimpula vei" — Åke Granholm — 272 — 6

On the night of the final Halme performed 7th in the running order, following Italy and preceding eventual contest winners Denmark. Voting was by each national jury awarding 5-4-3-2-1 to their top five songs, and at the close "Muistojeni laulu" was one of four songs (along with the entries from the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden) which had failed to pick up any points at all, the country's first last place finish. The Finnish jury awarded its 5 points to Denmark.

Finland did not receive any points at the Eurovision Song Contest 1963. Points awarded by Finland • Score — Country • 5 points — Denmark • 4 points — Austria • 3 points — United Kingdom • 2 points — Italy • 1 point — Luxembourg