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Hard Rock Hallelujah!!

Okay, perhaps we all know everything about it, or just don’t care, but sorry, I just have to!

Finland has actually won the Eurovision 2006 song contest, with the highest score anyone ever received in the history of Eurovision. The team work of the nordic countries was flawless as well, as the finnish monsters of LORDI and their entry song Hard Rock Hallelujah received the full 12 points from Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland. Good job!

The finnish act was somewhat exceptional, as where the other countries participated with the common catchy pop tunes, Finland entered with a bunch of horrid monsters playing rock, with axe guitars and flames flying around the stage. As unreal as the whole contest felt, in the end it’s no big surprise Lordi won, but how Lordi got into the contest in the first place, remains a total mystery to me.

What a historical event.

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5 Responses to “Hard Rock Hallelujah!!”

  1. Magnus Says:
    May 22nd, 2006 at 00:54

    They got my vote ! :)

  2. Gil Says:
    May 22nd, 2006 at 10:46

    i like it a lot, thanks !
    sweden seems to have quite a good “experimental-rock” scene, with jeniferever, Ef and now sickoakes !

  3. Gil Says:
    May 22nd, 2006 at 10:49

    the official music video for the winning song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdItwaLrv1U

    and their performance on tv: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xWFMisxI38&search=lordi%20hard%20rock%20hardrock%20hallelujah%20eurovision%20song%20contest%20finland

  4. Marsu Says:
    May 23rd, 2006 at 09:32

    Hahaha… I’m from Finland, and when Lordi got to the Eurovision all of the older population of Finland got shocked(and I guess about half of ‘em died from a heart attack :D).

    I think Lordi getting to the Eurovisions was like a big joke.. And I’m really glad that they won, cuz that showed to mainstream media that they can’t own our minds with their crappy pop-tunes :D

  5. Win2 Says:
    May 27th, 2006 at 07:27

    I was thrilled with the whole thing! Not into heavy metal myself, but still– Finnish Monsters beating the boys and girls of Eurovision at their own game!!!

    Well here in East Asia not that many people know about it, but it still made the papers (a rarity for Finland).