"Yamma, yamma" was the Finnish

Finland

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 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992

Eurovision Song Contest 1992

The Eurovision Song Contest 1992 was the 37th Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1992 in Malmö, Sweden. The presenters were Lydia Cappolicchio and Harald Treutiger. Linda Martin, representing Ireland, was the winner of this Eurovision with the song Why Me?. The song was written by Johnny...

, performed in Finnish

Finnish language

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 by Pave Maijanen

Pave Maijanen

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.

The song was performed twelfth on the night, following Iceland

Iceland

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's Heart 2 Heart

Heart 2 Heart

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 with "Nei eða já

Nei eða já

Nei eða já was the Icelandic entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, performed in Icelandic by Heart 2 Heart....

" and preceding Switzerland

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's Daisy Auvray with "Mister Music Man

Mister Music Man

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". At the close of voting, it had received 4 points, placing 23rd (last) in a field of 23.

The song is in praise of listening to "valve radio", with Maijanen likening it to a stadium with "a hundred musicians inside it". The unusual subject matter and title have contributed to the song becoming something of a favourite among Contest fans. Maijanen also recorded the song in English under the same title; "Yamma-yamma".

It was succeeded as Finnish representative

Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

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 at the 1993 Contest

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 by Katri Helena

Katri Helena

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 with "Tule luo

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"Tule luo" was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, performed in Finnish by Katri Helena. This was Katri Helena's second Eurovision entry, in the 1979 contest she sang "Katson sineen taivaan" , placing 14th in a field of 19.The song was performed seventeenth on the night "Tule...

".

During the ESC 2010 semi-final voting session "Yamma Yamma" was included in a medley presenting some "funniest bottoms".