I'm not normally into Eurovision contests. At times I've even hated it. But there are some things that I appreciate with the contest. In some views it's considered as some kind of minoritie's feast, a party that gives voice to them as well which is good though.
In early 2000's, there was a Kiss-type of a metal band called "Lordi" from Finland who won the contest. They had monster costumes, and whole of their show was a total contrary to what was seen as a "Eurovision standard" you know. I remember reading some articles where other nations asked do Finland really want to bring monsters to the show... It was kind of funny because we have always been the least-liked in the whole contest. (I admit every one of the earlier candidates before that were total crap.) So it became as a kind of a joke with us to send there whatever stuff and not to try to appeal the jury at all.
Well, now there's a new contest coming and a punk band called Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät won among the Finnish contesters. PKN is somewhat a different band in all manners if you compare them with the other Eurovision stuff. Brutal sounding bashing that 4 disabled guys do. They've won a place in our hearts and they'll go to the final contest later on.
Are there any fans of Eurovision?
