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Lordi 2006

Singing Hard rock hallelujah

Lordi to represent Finland in Athens!

Lordi has won the Finnish national selection with the song Hard rock hallelujah and will represent the country in the semifinal of the 51st Eurovision Song Contest in Athens, on 18th May.
After all the songs were performed, there was an initial period of voting, after which the six songs for the 'superfinal' were announced. These were: 1. Anika Eklund - Shanghain valot 2. Kilpi - Katharsis 3. Jane - V.I.P. 4. Lordi - Hard rock hallelujah 5. Jennie - Take me higher 6. Tomi Metsäketo - Eternamente Maria A second round of voting confirmed Hard rock hallelujah as the winner. With 67,369 votes (42,2%), the monsters won with a landslide. Lordi will have to perform in the qualifier round in Athens on 18th May, due to Finland's disappointing result in 2005.

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brooke . [33262]
Thu 30 Mar 2006 15:44:25

this song is cool ;D i like it, but the music and the words are too lame for them.. thiss song too soft for them, but i like it. its one of the best song ;)


Jovana Rula [33080]
Sat 25 Mar 2006 19:08:04

What a great news!!! I've been listened Lordi for a long time and now they will represent Finland on Eurovision!!!!! This is fantastic!
THEY WILL WIN!
METAL, FINLAND AND LORDI FOREVER!


leonard de monte [32484]
Sat 25 Mar 2006 01:58:01

Who opened the gates of hell? I mean the look of them......Isn't that just too scary for Eurovision?


cst 003 [29480]
Fri 24 Mar 2006 09:22:41

Good luck Finland!


Stephen Muscat [32764]
Tue 21 Mar 2006 21:36:02

Go Finland! Great SONG!
Greetings from Malta


Dejan Rauzanovic [32154]
Tue 21 Mar 2006 03:48:42

Ewwwwwwwwwww!
They must have taken a wrong turn.
This is Eurovision, not a Nightmare on Elm Street!


Ulla Bjorgson [32695]
Mon 20 Mar 2006 15:20:12

I listen to them again and again... And probably I will vote for them!

TUBLI soomlased!!!
>:/


Ulla Bjorgson [32695]
Mon 20 Mar 2006 15:13:26

The Next best entry after Lithuanian jokers! Superb!

SUOMI RULES!!!!!


smile _on [32485]
Sat 18 Mar 2006 16:42:57

energy song.. but i like it, something different from other songs,(like Latvia)


Juste Shkote [23146]
Fri 17 Mar 2006 20:11:09

That's the best song after the lovely live Latvia. GO FINLAND! :)

I hope you'll get good points from my depressive funny country - from LITHUANIA, I mean.


Katrina Kalna [32041]
Thu 16 Mar 2006 14:35:45

Ok! Good! :) If you will do great I think some Latvian heavy metal groups will try to participate in our final next year :DDDD


Steve Nutting [32424]
Wed 15 Mar 2006 15:06:03

great to see so much variety in the esc 2006!!! :) As you asked who Lordi was, then please do check out their website at url=http://www.lordi.org/main.html]http://www.lordi.org/main.html/url]


Steve Nutting [32424]
Wed 15 Mar 2006 15:01:00

great to see so much variety in the esc 2006!!! :) As you asked who Lordi was, then please do check out their website at url=http://www.lordi.org/main.html]http://www.lordi.org/main.html/url]


blue alibi [23783]
Wed 15 Mar 2006 13:31:21

ughhhhhhhhhh who the hell are they?


Jan 1964 [9886]
Wed 15 Mar 2006 11:44:12

With Lordi you are always a loser even if it wins the ESC.


Liisa Lähteenmäki [32392]
Wed 15 Mar 2006 05:44:52


Henk Jan ... [12594]
Tue 14 Mar 2006 22:37:51

OMG!!! What a creep!!! ZERO POINTS!


Jan 1964 [9886]
Tue 14 Mar 2006 22:14:45

To put it clkearer Akseli. I think Finland attracts too much groups who like to feel at the edge (reuna ?) of society and I do not feel myself attracted to that or at home with that. .


Finn P [18662]
Tue 14 Mar 2006 21:35:02

I much preferred Takes 2 to tango and Why. Still, good luck to you, Finland ! Not only cos the country's nearly my namesake but also cos they really deserve it after so many tries!

(This line of thinking may have something to do with the fact my country hasnt won for 31 years and we're getting icnereasingly desperate, eventhough Treble ROCK!!!!!!!)


THODORIS KOUTROS [31886]
Tue 14 Mar 2006 13:42:49

The melody of the refrain is based on ''bye bye baby''!!Remember?Finland 1994


Jan 1964 [9886]
Mon 13 Mar 2006 22:54:58

I do not understand that Finns thinks Lordi is a big act in the rest of Europe. I had never heard of them and I wish I would never have known them. At this page you can see how people reacted at Lordi (as soon 13 March is on line) url=http://dewerelddraaitdoor.vara.nl/terugkijken.php]http://dewerelddraaitdoor.vara.nl/terugkijken.php/url]


Jan 1964 [9886]
Mon 13 Mar 2006 22:37:53

Quote : Anyway Jan, you can't be so small minded you judge Finnish people because you don't like one Finnish band? Haha, "I never want to have anything to do with England because I don't like Beatles!"... Damn how absurd it sounds
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This remark shows that you do not understand a word of what I am writing.
Once more : my interest in Finland has been falling during the past years as I think Finland does not creative enough positive cultural things. It seems more and more an aniti-country and not just only in the respect of the ESC. This Lordi-thing makes the gap between me and my interet in Finland again bigger to an extent that I do not know if I really want to belong to a Finnish-Dutch friendship society or read about all kind of Finnish alternative weirdo's in Suomen Kuvalehti every week.


Miisa Repola [32318]
Mon 13 Mar 2006 21:59:24

I found this link in another forum:

url=http://files.drakkar.de/lordi_hardrockhallelujah.avi]http://files.drakkar.de/lordi_hardrockhallelujah.avi/url]

This is a great song... Hard rock HALLELUJAH!!!!


Miisa Repola [32318]
Mon 13 Mar 2006 21:55:49

I found this link in another forum:

url=http://files.drakkar.de/lordi_hardrockhallelujah.avi]http://files.drakkar.de/lordi_hardrockhallelujah.avi/url]

This is a great song... Hard rock HALLELUJAH!!!!


Liisi Anttila [27719]
Mon 13 Mar 2006 20:55:26


Akseli Eskolin [32307]
Mon 13 Mar 2006 18:26:20

Hehe, I never thought I would subcribe to an Eurovision site but... O tempora! O mores! :)

Anyway Jan, you can't be so small minded you judge Finnish people because you don't like one Finnish band? Haha, "I never want to have anything to do with England because I don't like Beatles!"... Damn how absurd it sounds :D


Zishan Qureshi [31925]
Mon 13 Mar 2006 16:30:42

Ireally want to see Finland win Eurovision, maybe it's there year!


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