Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät was founded sometime 7-8 years ago and recently they signed a deal with a major, Sony. Their claim to fame came in 2012 after a documentary film The Punk Syndrome that followed this band of learning disabled members, living with autism and Down syndrome. Since then they have performed regularly both in Finland and abroad. Their hobbies besides music include alcohol, flea markets and being lazy at home watching DVDs. Why should they go to Eurovision? "Because many Finnish musicians have won Eurovision back in the 70s, 80s, 90s and 60s. Like Juice Leskinen with Syksyn sävel ." Yeah right.  Timo: Oh dear lord... we have hit the rock bottom.... cannot say nothing else but... one star. 1/5 Michele: C'mon this is terrible, no sense at all. Can I give zero? No? ... next, please 1/5 Jack : If polls in Finland are to be believed, this handicapped punk band could be the ones heading to Vienna. Definitely a potential winner, and if they do ...

I digged into this year's UMK artists musical past already here  and here , and now let's have a look at some others. We have the Voice of Finland 2014, Finnish bhangra, a possible joke entry, a boyband with the hottest Scandipop guy , and disabled punk. Make your pick.  Siru (Airistola), the Voice of Finland 2014 took the spotlight after the leak when it was discovered her entry was the only one available online. YLE is investigating and she could be disqualified, but let's see about that in due time. She has released one EP so far including Kaksi naista , Sä et kulu pois , and she has a lot of videos on her youtube channel . Check out also her The Voice videos here . Despite winning her career hasn't went anywhere so far. Shava is a Finnish bhangra band doing Indian music in Finnish. If that sounds weird, check out these videos to judge yourself: Onkimiehen bhangra and 79 (Hertzigassa aamubussissa) . The latter was a tiny minor local hit in Helsinki. ...