Yes that's right Lordi won the Eurovision, and it's about bloody time, I'm sure we can all agree, we've had enough of this cheesy pop shite we hear now a days.


Finland was the surprise winner of this year's Eurovision song contest in Athens with the monster-themed rock band Lordi beating 23 other competitors, including an Australian-fronted German act.

Lordi scored 292 points from telephone voters in 38 countries with its song Hard Rock Hallelujah

The Finnish band thanked viewers for voting for their song, which featured the lead singer hoisting a double-headed axe over his head - a radical departure from the catchy pop tunes, folk songs and emotional ballads usually associated with Eurovision.

Combining crunchy guitars, a catchy chorus and mock-demonic imagery, Lordi is reminiscent of 1970s American band Kiss - an acknowledged inspiration of lead singer Mr Lordi.

"What this has shown is that there are different styles of music than just pop and rock," Mr Lordi told a news conference after the win today.

"That should be the goal of Eurovision."

Initially shocking many people in the traditionally Christian Orthodox host country with their masks, which Lordi members refuse to take off in public, even the Greeks ended up giving the outrageous group top points.

Finland had never before won Eurovision, and even before coming to Athens the band upset many Finns with their outrageous behaviour, many even requesting the president to intervene for fear of a national humiliation.

Originally hailing from arctic Lapland, Lordi has been plagued by allegations of links with Satanism but became a phenomenon in Finland with the platinum-selling debut album Get Heavy in 2002.

Since then, the band has scored Finnish hits with albums The Monsterican Dream and The Arockalypse.

"This is a victory for rock music ... and also a victory for open-mindedness," Mr Lordi said.

"We are not Satanists. We are not devil-worshippers. This is entertainment."

Although widely associated with kitsch and trite lyrics in the west of the continent, the annual Eurovision contest has drawn increasing interest from viewers in eastern Europe.

The 51st annual Eurovision was broadcast live across Europe with an estimated 100 million viewers tuning in.

Regarded by many as the contest good taste forgot, Eurovision is adored by fans of camp everywhere.

"You don't imagine something so bad could be so good," said Carmela Pellegrino, an Australian who travelled to Athens from London to witness the contest.

Although many past Eurovision winners have faded into obscurity, it has helped launched the careers of performers like Abba, which won in 1974 with Waterloo, and Canada's Celine Dion, who won for Switzerland in 1988.

In Finland, young people on the streets of the capital Helsinki welcomed the news of the triumph enthusiastically.

Source: SMH.com