Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

"Se dig omkring, Var det det här vi drömde, drömde Är det någonting, Någonting vi glömde, glömde Har vi en planet fylld av mänsklighet Hela mitt liv har jag försökt att fråga Fråga och få ett svar... " Those lines of lyrics are ones that have burned into my mind like no other, since I heard them one summer night in 1983 as opening number of Carola's summer tour in Sweden. She was still behind the stage and her voice alone gave shivers to the audience listening in silence before exploding the applause and cheers when she entered the stage when the beat came in. Priceless moments.  Of course I knew the song from her debut album that I had listened by then about a half zillion times on vinyl. The song stayed with me and I heard it live again in Helsinki when she was doing concert here in 2015. And now thanks to Zara Larsson she has re-recorded and re-released it as a single due to public demand. Sometimes a simple pop song can go so far..... (And it...

    Katri Helena is no doubt THE Finnish female singer, The White'n'Blue Voice. Over six decades she has delivered hits and painted the Finnish mind landscape with her songs, many of them that have proven ageless over the years.  She has recorded nearly 500 songs, released over 50 albums and sold almost two million records and she can cover a wall or two with her gold, platimun and diamond discs. Besides doing Eurovision song contest twice for Finland, she also did Rostock 1965, Cannes 1967 and Sopot 1969. She has performed in Japan, France, Estonia, USSR, DDR and Poland. In Finland she's been touring and performing since 1963 and over the decades won several awards. She has taken part in the Finnish Eurovision national final Euroviisut six times and you can enjoy those songs below: 1965 - Minne tuuli kuljettaa (1st/3rd) The 1965 Euroviisut is still remembred but for all the wrong reasons. Katri Helena actually won the public voting - and many still b...

Remember when Meiju Suvas came out a bit outraged telling everyone she had been sacked from UMK2020 final line up? If not, have a read here . Later we of course found out Erika Vikman was in with Cicciolina , and two schlager bangers would have been just a bit too much for the line up, right? Anyways, the song's now been out awhile already - also in Finnish - and she has even made a very no filter and gay friendly video for it aiming to take Erika's crown as the reigning fag hag but no worries, there's plenty of room for both of them! Ay ay ay!

Here comes Senhit's second offering on her #FreakyTripToRotterdam and this time with a video filled with Hollywood "glamour", quote from Marilyn Monroe and reference to Hitler she has covered Everyway that I can , that gave Turkey its first and so far only victory in the Eurovision song contest in form of Sertab Erener and one of the most exciting votings ever in 2003.  Check out also CHEESECAKE