Here is the article written by a very enthusiastic (and quit drunk at the time, I suppose) Finnish correspondent for Helsingin Sanomat:
LORDI, LORDI, LORDI, what HAVE you done?
Finland finally wins Eurovision Song Contest with monster-rockers' "Hard Rock Halleluja"
Now we have seen it all!
As the television commentators cracked halfway through the voting, intelligent life will be found on Mars before Finland wins the Eurovision Song Contest.
Wrong. Sooooo wrong!
Amid scenes that can only be described as completely indescribable, Finland’s monster rockers Lordi actually went and DID it!
Years of humiliation, frustration, and “zero points” were wiped away as the Finnish entry blew everyone off the stage in Athens and collected serious votes - and not the usual scraps - across the board from practically every televoting jury.
It was clear well before halfway that the Finnish tidal wave had arrived, and when the United Kingdom voters gave Finland 12 points, one knew somehow that nothing would ever be quite the same again. As if this was not earth-shattering enough, the French voters gave us eight points. When was the last time Finland got anything but charity points from the land of the chanson?
The final scores left no room for iffing and butting: Lordi not only won by a street, they also set a new points-record for the competition. Lordi and Hard Rock Hallelujah collected 292 points, more than forty points ahead of the Russian entry, with Bosnia & Herzegovina in third place.
The result means that Finland will have to host the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, a monstrous challenge in itself, and that there will be a joyful homecoming celebration in Helsinki on Monday night.
We shall naturally return to this subject in our Monday edition.
Meanwhile, there is nothing to say but...
Finland rocks! Hallelujah!
www.hs.fi/english/artic...what+HAVE+you+
LORDI, LORDI, LORDI, what HAVE you done?
Finland finally wins Eurovision Song Contest with monster-rockers' "Hard Rock Halleluja"
Now we have seen it all!
As the television commentators cracked halfway through the voting, intelligent life will be found on Mars before Finland wins the Eurovision Song Contest.
Wrong. Sooooo wrong!
Amid scenes that can only be described as completely indescribable, Finland’s monster rockers Lordi actually went and DID it!
Years of humiliation, frustration, and “zero points” were wiped away as the Finnish entry blew everyone off the stage in Athens and collected serious votes - and not the usual scraps - across the board from practically every televoting jury.
It was clear well before halfway that the Finnish tidal wave had arrived, and when the United Kingdom voters gave Finland 12 points, one knew somehow that nothing would ever be quite the same again. As if this was not earth-shattering enough, the French voters gave us eight points. When was the last time Finland got anything but charity points from the land of the chanson?
The final scores left no room for iffing and butting: Lordi not only won by a street, they also set a new points-record for the competition. Lordi and Hard Rock Hallelujah collected 292 points, more than forty points ahead of the Russian entry, with Bosnia & Herzegovina in third place.
The result means that Finland will have to host the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, a monstrous challenge in itself, and that there will be a joyful homecoming celebration in Helsinki on Monday night.
We shall naturally return to this subject in our Monday edition.
Meanwhile, there is nothing to say but...
Finland rocks! Hallelujah!
www.hs.fi/english/artic...what+HAVE+you+
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