Posted April 20, 200619 yr Dan Bilefsky of the International Herald Tribune recently spoke to Lordi singer and namesake about the uproar crated in their home country after the band was chosen to represent Finland at Eurovision, the European song competition that launched ABBA and Celine Dion. First, Finnish religious leaders warned that the Freddie Kruger look-a-likes could inspire Satanic worship. Then critics called for President Tarja Halonen to use her constitutional powers to veto the band and nominate a traditional Finnish folk singer instead. Rumors even circulated that the five members of Lordi were KGB agents sent by Vladimir Putin to destabilize Finland before a Russian coup and that explained why they refused to take off their freakish masks in public. The backlash migrated to Greece, winner of last year's Eurovision and site of the next contest, in Athens in August. An anti-Lordi movement called Hellenes urged the Finnish government to "say 'no' to this evil group." One young Finn calling himself Suomi (Finland in Finnish) wrote to a newspaper blog saying: "If Lordi wins Eurovision, I am leaving the country." The lead singer, Lordi, a former film student who goes by the name Tomi Putaansuu when not wielding a blood-spurting electric chainsaw, is philosophical about the uproar. The affair, he says, has exposed the insecurity of a young country whose language is spoken by only six million people worldwide and whose sense of identity has been dented by being part of the Swedish kingdom and the Russian empire until gaining independence in 1917. Most Finns, he adds, would rather be known for Santa Claus than heavily made-up monster mutants. "In Finland, we have no Eiffel Tower, few real famous artists, it is freezing cold and we suffer from low self-esteem," said Lordi, who has horns protruding from his face mask and sports black fingernails 15 centimeters, or 6 inches, long. Source: Blabbermouth http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/media/metalhammer/lordi150.gif < Thats Lordi :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Finland's Lordi Hard Rock Hallelujah video from Eurovision final [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LgJYCK-6hE.swf Finland's Lordi Hard Rock Hallelujah [flash=450,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8Zv-rStWHU.swf For Eurovison discussion - a complete dedicated forum on it.. click here ----- edit:video added
April 20, 200619 yr Fantastic!! :lol: :lol: If this lot are gonna be on Eurovision, then I might actually watch it this year. :dance: Maybe Mortiis could represent Norway..... :lol: :lol:
April 20, 200619 yr Hilarious..... :dance: :lol: :lol: :lol: HARD! ROCK! HALEEEEEEELUUJAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHH!!!! :lol: :lol: Reminds me of just about every song Alice Cooper or KISS ever wrote...... But I reckon the humourless b/astard Eurovision judges will probably say "Null Points" even though it is blatantly superior to anything Britain has contributed for about 20-odd fukkin' years.....
April 20, 200619 yr Hilarious..... :dance: :lol: :lol: :lol: HARD! ROCK! HALEEEEEEELUUJAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHH!!!! :lol: :lol: Reminds me of just about every song Alice Cooper or KISS ever wrote...... But I reckon the humourless b/astard Eurovision judges will probably say "Null Points" even though it is blatantly superior to anything Britain has contributed for about 20-odd fukkin' years..... There ain't no judges, it's all televoting
April 21, 200619 yr There ain't no judges, it's all televoting I thought at the competition itself it was a panel of judges from the various European countries.... :unsure:
April 21, 200619 yr I thought at the competition itself it was a panel of judges from the various European countries.... :unsure: Nope, 100% televoting nowadays!
April 21, 200619 yr Nope, 100% televoting nowadays! So does the mean we dont have to be bored off our tits for three hours waiting for them to do all the rounds anymore then.....? :lol: :lol:
April 21, 200619 yr Author Nope they still go around each country asking what points they've given the others!
April 23, 200619 yr oh good lord Lordi are so funny ^_^ i was rather shocked when i heard their music as it was rather melodic coming from their ...interesting bodies lol
May 20, 200619 yr Results 2006 1 Finland 292 Lordi 2 Russia 248 3 Bosnia Herzegovina 229 4 Romania 172 5 Sweden 170 6 Lithuania 162 7 Ukraine 145 8 Armenia 129 9 Greece 128 10 Ireland 93 11 Turkey 91 12 FYR Macedonia 56 13 Croatia 56 14 Norway 36 15 Germany 36 16 Latvia 30 17 Switzerland 30 18 Denmark 30 19 United Kingdom 25 20 Moldova 22 21 Spain 18 22 France 5 23 Israel 4 24 Malta 1
May 20, 200619 yr Fantastic!! :lol: :lol: If this lot are gonna be on Eurovision, then I might actually watch it this year. :dance: Maybe Mortiis could represent Norway..... :lol: :lol: no! quite fancied that entry :lol: :lol: should do it every year http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1c/CG_SurfingInTheAir.jpg
May 20, 200619 yr Will they be releasing this as a single in the British charts :wacko: hope so!!! and LT United re-done as a last minute world cup song!!!!
May 20, 200619 yr Hilarious..... :dance: :lol: :lol: :lol: HARD! ROCK! HALEEEEEEELUUJAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHH!!!! :lol: :lol: Reminds me of just about every song Alice Cooper or KISS ever wrote...... Poison was it?
May 21, 200619 yr Adore the song :heart: & im so glad it won, it something memerable at least :fingers: expect it on Kerrang soon :D Edited May 21, 200619 yr by Joey Deacon
May 21, 200619 yr Adore the song :heart: & im so glad it won, it something memerable at least :fingers: yep apart from the football chant the only thing i can remember is this and brian kennedy's song
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