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Finland: Käärijä’s first Concert after Eurovision will be streamed worldwide!

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It’s crazy, it’s party!

Käärijä will offer his first concert after Eurovision on Saturday 20th of May live from Helsinki Ice Hall.

Not only that but fans all over the world can watch the concert through Finnish broadcaster Yle.  The Finnish Broadcasing company will broadcast Käärijä’s concert next saturday.  Käärijä will perform among other songs his Eurovision hit Cha Cha Cha together with the dancers that joined him onstage in Liverpool.

Käärijä promised we will have an experience full of energy, surprises and fun

‘In Liverpool everyone got to see an absolutely fantastic and crazy Eurovision show. On Saturday, we will take over the Helsinki Ice Hall and raise the mood up to the ceiling,‘ says Käärijä.

The concert can be watched at Yle Areena worldwide.

Käärijä represented Finland during the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.  He finished in second place in the Grand Final and won the televote giving Finland their best result at the Eurovision Song Contest since Finland’s 2006 victory with Lordi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6rS8Dv5g-8&ab_channel=EurovisionSongContest

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Loreen: “It didn’t bother me that the audience was singing Cha Cha Cha”!

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Loreen gave her first interview on Swedish TV after being the winner of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and talked about the moment when during her victory the croud on the arena was singing “Cha Cha Cha”.

More specifically, Loreen said that:

“I mean Käärijä is so (f-word) awesome! An amazing performance. And it’s nice, when acts get such support. You can’t just go “Shush shush, you can only think I’m good“, that’s not how it works!

No, no. That doesn’t bother me. I have to work a little on my ego.”

Finally, she was also asked what message she would like to send to the Finnish representative and she stated:

To Käärijä I’d like to say that it’s not every day, that you see creators be that authentic on stage, and he has an authentic expression. He is himself. It’s pure all the way through, and that’s why people cheer for him. That happens when you are authentic. So I know things will go well for him. Things will go really damn well for Käärijä!”

During the rehearsals and the pre-parties we have seen several times the two artists coming in contact and chatting, showing the excellent relations they have with each other.

https://youtu.be/BE2Fj0W4jP4

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Finland: UMK to be the selection process for the Eurovision 2024 Finnish entry!

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Shortly after the completion of the Eurovision 2023 Grand Final,the Finnish broadcaster YLE confirms “UMK” as the national selection process for the Eurovision 2024 entry,with submissions opening from 21 to 24 August.

https://twitter.com/ESCdiscord/status/1657568322529918979?cxt=HHwWhoCw9e3m7oAuAAAA

Finland was represented by the 30-year old Kaarija.His song “Cha Cha Cha” won him 526 points,376 of which came from the televote.He reached the second place,only behind Sweden.

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Finland: Käärijä wins Eurovision Audience Poll

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Käärijä has won the Eurovision Audience Poll for the Grand Final.  The Finnish representative is therefore the audience favourite to win the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

The Eurovision Audience Poll for the Grand Final was published just a few hours after the Grand Final jury show.

In second place we have the Swedish representative Loreen which remains the favourite to win Eurovision 2023.  One of the biggest surprises of the Audience Poll is Belgium which would ended up in third place according to the poll.

On the other side of the spectrum we have Moldova, Serbia, Armenia, Portugal and Albania which would end in the bottom five.

These are the full results of the Audience Poll:

Source: Escxtra

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Finland: Käärijä wins SF1 Eurovision Audience Poll!

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Käärijä came in first place at the Eurovision Audience Poll for Semi-final 1.  Käärijä got 41.7% of the audience votes.

With this result Käärijä more than doubled Loreen who came in second place with 15.4% of the audience vote.  However, we must remind that Loreen is still the favourite to win Eurovision according to the bets by a wide margin.

Here are all the results of The Eurovision Audience Poll for Semifinal 1:

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Source: ESCXTRA

Finland: Bess will be the spokesperson for Eurovision 2023!

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Bess will be Finland’s spokesperson for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

Bess will announce the results and the 12-points of the Finnish jury at the Grand Final. Essi Launimo, better known as Bess, competed in Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2022 with “Ram pam pam” and finished third in the final. She has a special love for the competition and despite not winning, “Ram pam pam” was the most streamed song in Finland in 2022. Remarkably, it broke records by staying at number 1 on the Finnish Airplay Charts for 19 weeks! She has a remarkable career in the music industry and has won four awards at the Emma Gala 2023. In particular, she was named artist of the year, song of the year, pop artist of the year and song of the year with the most streams domestically.

The following countries have announced their spokespersons for Eurovision 2023:

  • Albania – Andri Xhahu
  • Azerbaijan – Narmin Salmanova
  • Cyprus – Loukas Hamatsos
  • Estonia – Ragnar Klavan
  • Greece – Fotis Sergoulopoulos
  • Israel – Ilanit
  • Netherlands – S10
  • Poland – Ida Nowakowska
  • Romania – Eda Marcus
  • San Marino – John Kennedy O’Connor
  • Spain – Ruth Lorenzo
  • Switzerland – Chiara Dubey
  • Ukraine – Zlata Ognevich

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Eurovision 2023: Finland’s Second Rehearsal!

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Closing the First Semi Final with an explosive performance is Finland with Käärijä and his Finnish rap song “Cha Cha Cha”.

Who is Käärijä?

Jere Pöyhönen is known in the music industry as Käärijä, which it means someone who rolls or wraps something up. He is a Finnish rapper, singer and songwritter. Käärijä grew up in a neighbourhoud outside Helsinki, while his passion for music kept increasing. He learned how to play the drums and started producing music in 2014. In 2020, he released his debut album called Fantastista. 

On January, Käärijä was announced as one of the seven participants in the Finnish National Selection Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2023 where he managed to finish in the first place with a landslide of 539 points (467 from the public and 72 from the juries).

The Rehearsal

Unfortunately this year, accredited journalists don’t get the chance to watch the first and second rehearsals, so we only get the information and content that the organizers officaly release to the public.

It was confirmed for the first rehearsal that, the acid green bolero jacket from UMK along with four pink-clad dancers are accompaning with the singer. There is a new prop compared to the national final performance, a huge wooden box among with a stack with paletes are placed on stage. In the begining of the song the singer is inside it, then he climbs on top and throws a few moves before returning to the floor and leading his dancers in a routine.

Finland Second Rehearsal 2

Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU

At the end of the song, he pours himself with champagne, at which point the thumping techno/rap first half transforms into a joyful schlager anthem to the end. A “crazy” and “party” way to close the first semi final!

Finland Second Rehearsal 1

CHLOE HASHEMI /EBU

Below you can watch a small clip from the Finish second rehearsal, once it’s published on YouTube:

The Dress Rehearsal for Finland and the rest of Semi Final 1 will be held on the 8th of May.

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Finland: Watch an exclusive video of Käärijä’s first rehearsal!

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Käärijä’s first technical rehearsal was concluded an hour ago and the official Eurovision account of YLE shared some exclusive footage of Käärijä’s rehearsal.

https://www.tiktok.com/@uudenmusiikinkilpailu/video/7228212459327212827?embed_source=121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%3Bnull%3Bembed_share&refer=embed&referer_url=eurovisionfun.com%2F2023%2F05%2F%25cf%2586%25ce%25b9%25ce%25bd%25ce%25bb%25ce%25b1%25ce%25bd%25ce%25b4%25ce%25af%25ce%25b1-%25ce%25b4%25ce%25b5%25ce%25af%25cf%2584%25ce%25b5-%25cf%2584%25ce%25b1-%25ce%25b1%25cf%2580%25ce%25bf%25ce%25ba%25ce%25bb%25ce%25b5%25ce%25b9%25cf%2583%25cf%2584%25ce%25b9%25ce%25ba%25ce%25ac-%25cf%2580%25ce%25bb%25ce%25ac%25ce%25bd%2F&referer_video_id=7228212459327212827

Käärijä’s stage performance seems more refreshing and updated in comparison with the one he had in UMK 2023, in February. The wood pallets are still present, but the prop brought to Eurovision stage is noticeable bigger. We can also notice a Käärijä’s mirroring on the led behind him, moving to the beat exactly like him, which sure creates a beautiful effect.

You can read more on Käärijä’s first rehearsal below:

Eurovision 2023: Finland’s First Rehearsal!

We will see more from Käärijä on Wednesday, when he will have his second rehearsal and the exclusive TV snippets will be uploaded.

Käärijä with his song Cha Cha Cha participates in the 2nd Semifinal on May 9, perfroming 15th!

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Eurovision 2023: Finland’s First Rehearsal!

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Closing the First Rehearsals from Semi-Final 1 is Finland, with Käärijä and his Finnish rap song “Cha Cha Cha”.

Who is Käärijä?

Jere Pöyhönen is known in the music industry as Käärijä, which it means someone who rolls or wraps something up. He is a Finnish rapper, singer and songwritter. Käärijä grew up in a neighbourhoud outside Helsinki, while his passion for music kept increasing. He learned how to play the drums and started producing music in 2014. In 2020, he released his debut album called Fantastista. 

On January, Käärijä was announced as one of the seven participants in the Finnish National Selection Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2023 where he managed to finish in the first place with a landslide of 539 points (467 from the public and 72 from the juries).

The Rehearsal

Unfortunately this year, accredited journalists don’t get the chance to watch the first and second rehearsals, so we only get the information and content that the organizers officaly release to the public.

It’s known that the acid green bolero jacket from UMK has made it to Liverpool, along with four pink-clad dancers. There’s also a stack of pallets and a huge wooden box and in the begining of the song the singer is inside it, then he climbs on top and throws a few moves before returning to the floor and leading his dancers in a routine.

finland first rehearsal 1

Corinne Cumming / EBU

As Käärijä said “It’s crazy, it’s party”, because the lyrics are essentially a bar crawl where Käärijä starts out with a few piña coladas and ends up pouring champagne all over himself, at which point the thumping techno/rap first half transforms into a joyful schlager anthem to the end. What a great way to close Semi Final 1

finland first rehearsal 2

Corinne Cumming / EBU

Below you can watch a small clip from the Finnish first rehearsal, once it’s published on TikTok:

https://www.tiktok.com/@eurovision/video/7228237952474811675?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc

 

The second rehearsal for Finland will be held on the 3th of May, when we will know how things will appear on screen for the Finnish entry.

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Norway: Finland wins Adresse Liverpool show two!

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Norway’s state broadcaster NRK broadcasts a special programme dedicated to the Eurovision Song Contest every year. Each week approximately eight songs will be reviewed with the judges scoring the songs from one to twelve points.

Käärijä from Finland won the second episode of the Norwegian preview show for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

The celebrity jury for the second Liverpool address show includes Ingeborg Heldal (music editor), Staysman (singer and presenter), Kevin Vågenes (comedian) and guest judge gnete Husebye (YouTuber). While the audience jury consists of four participants, as in previous versions.

The results were as follows:

  1. Finland – Käärijä – “Cha Cha Cha” – 88 points (12, 12, 6, 12, 12, 12, 12, 10)
  2. United Kingdom – Mae Muller – “I Wrote a Song” – 77 points (5, 12, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10)
  3. Ukraine – TVORCHI – “Heart of Steel” – 52 points (4, 6, 5, 7, 10, 7, 6, 7)
  4. Serbia – Luke Black – “Samo mi se spava” – 48 points (4, 6, 1, 10, 8, 8, 8, 3)
  5. Albania – Albina & Familija Kelmendi – “Duje” – 47 points (12, 4, 5, 2, 5, 6, 3, 10)
  6. Slovenia – Joker Out – “Carpe Diem” – 47 points (4, 4, 2, 6, 12, 7, 4, 8)
  7. Denmark – Reiley – “Breaking My Heart” – 45 points (7, 10, 3, 4, 7, 6, 6, 2)
  8. Estonia – Alika – “Bridges” – 39 points (4, 6, 3, 7, 4, 4, 7, 4)
  9. Poland – Blanka – “Solo” – 24 points (8, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 4)

This means the combined results so far are:

  1. France – La Zarra – Évidemment – 96 points (12 points from all jurors)
  2. Finland – Käärijä – “Cha Cha Cha” – 88 points (12+12+6+12+12+12+12+10)
  3. United Kingdom – Mae Muller – “I Wrote a Song” – 77 points (5, 12, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10)
  4. Italy – Marco Mengoni – Due vite – 73 points (12, 4, 10, 10, 10, 12, 10, 5)
  5. Czech Republic – Vesna – My Sisters Crown – 62 points (7, 6, 6, 7, 8, 8, 8, 12)
  6. Malta – The Busker – Dance (Our Own Party) – 61 points (10, 6, 10, 8, 1, 8, `12, 6)
  7. Ukraine – TVORCHI – “Heart of Steel” – 52 points (4, 6, 5, 7, 10, 7, 6, 7)
  8. Armenia – Brunette – Future Lover – 51 points (4, 8, 12, 5, 4, 3, 5, 10)
  9. Serbia – Luke Black – “Samo mi se spava” – 48 points (4, 6, 1, 10, 8, 8, 8, 3)
  10. Albania – Albina & Familija Kelmendi – “Duje” – 47 points (12, 4, 5, 2, 5, 6, 3, 10)
  11. Slovenia – Joker Out – “Carpe Diem” – 47 points (4, 4, 2, 6, 12, 7, 4, 8)
  12. Denmark – Reiley – “Breaking My Heart” – 45 points (7, 10, 3, 4, 7, 6, 6, 2)
  13. Greece – Victor Vernicos – What They Say – 42 points (5, 6, 7, 6, 2, 5, 4, 7)
  14. Australia – Voyager – Promise – 41 points (6, 7, 3, 4, 10, 4, 2, 5)
  15. Estonia – Alika – “Bridges” – 39 points (4, 6, 3, 7, 4, 4, 7, 4)
  16. Croatia – Let 3 – Mama ŠČ! – 32 points (5, 2, 6, 10, 6, 1, 1, 1)
  17. Latvia – Sudden Lights – Aijā – 30 points (6, 2, 1, 1, 3, 5, 8, 4)
  18. Poland – Blanka – “Solo” – 24 points (8, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 4)

The broadcast dates of the next Liverpool Address shows, the additional judges and some of the countries that will be featured are:

  • 28 April -Amanda Tenfjord (Greece 2022) & Fawad Ashraf (former Eurovision judge), for Iceland, Austria and Germany.
  • 5 May- Henrik Aasheim (deputy leader of the Conservative Party), Linn Skåber (comedian and writer), for Sweden, Finland and Moldova

You can watch the show on NRK Player here

Source: Eurovoix.com

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