Finland's Satanic Eurovision Choice

Finland's pick for Eurovision, Lordi, and the national identity crisis it seems to have engendered, in The New York Times.

They have eight-foot retractable latex Satan wings, sing hits like "Chainsaw Buffet" and blow up slabs of smoking meat on stage. So members of the band Lordi expected a reaction when they beat a crooner of love ballads to represent Finland at the Eurovision song contest in Athens, the competition that was the springboard for Abba and Celine Dion.

But the heavy-metal monster band did not imagine a national identity crisis.

First, Finnish religious leaders warned that the Freddy Krueger look-alikes 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 Lordi members were agents sent by President Vladimir V. Putin to destabilize Finland before a Russian coup — an explanation for their refusal to take off their freakish masks in public.

(Hat tip: Alex Cooley)

Comments

[Stefany]

This is my favorite story so far this week after the sheep billboards (same issue of the Times). Yet, my question is: how would Lordi match up against MiniKiss?
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[joe]

Lordi will perform 'Hard Rock Hallelujah' in the next round of the Eurovision Grand Prix, so prepare to dial in your votes. The official single will be released on 19.05. And then, on 20.05 the final decision will come down in Athens. A grandiose pyro show is guaranteed, and for your viewing pleasure click on the link for a short but amusing film from Finland
http://files.ww.com/files/15151.html

Have you seen the trigger happy TV version of the Daz Doorstep challenge..... Genius!
There is NO working class anymore... Just Chavs and everyone else.
http://files.ww.com/download.html?id=14207 (Download Daz Sampson Teenage Life music)