You really don't want to see him."įinland's president Tarja Halonen congratulated the band with a telegram, and the culture minister, Tanja Karpela, said it showed Finnish music could succeed abroad. Underneath there's a boring normal guy, who walks the dogs, goes to the supermarket, watches DVDs, eats candies. Whenever we appear in public people there do their best to ignore us. Scratching his nose with his plastic talon after his band's victory, Mr Lordi said: "In Finland, they've said things like we eat babies for Christmas. "This is a victory for rock music and also a victory for open-mindedness." Terry Wogan, doyen of British Eurovision TV coverage, jokingly described the performance as "nicely understated" and added "every year I expect it to be less foolish, and every year it's more so".ĭespite giving Finland its first win, Lordi's shock tactics have not met universal approval at home. "This is proof that there were rock fans watching Eurovision," said the group's singer, Mr Lordi. Lordi gained 292 points, the highest score in Eurovision history, and their crushing victory was heralded as a turning point for a contest for years dominated by lightweight pop and sugary ballads. The cartoon metalheads wore latex monster masks and played spark-spewing instruments as they sang: "Wings on my back, I got horns on my head/ My fangs are sharp and my eyes are red."Īnd they found that a combination of shock and comedy value made them irresistible to several hundred million TV viewers, many voting by phone and text message.
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