Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Virve "Vicky" Rosti joins the string of Eurovision artists who have been awarded the annual Iskelmä-Finlandia aka Schlager Finlandia award, the most important award of its kind and worth of 10.000 euros given by the city of Nokia (yes, Nokia, rings a bell?)  "Vicky has a recognisable voice, she's a charming persona with charisma and a string of hits from the 1970's onwards and she can sing besides schlager also rock, jazz and blues" are the motivations. She shot to fame in 1974 when she was only 15 and won a talent contest and toured with Danny, the biggest showman of the time and her debut single's B-side Kun Chicago kuoli became the biggest hit of the year and is an evergreen today. Other hits like Tuolta saapuu Charlie Brown , Näinkö meille täällä aina käy , Jolene , Rahaa rahaa rahaa and Oon voimissain followed, being covers like it was back then. After a break and motherhood she returned in 1987 by winning Euroviisut with Sata salamaa a...

Vicky Rosti turns 58 today. Congratulations! Vicky represented Finland at the Eurovision song contest 1087 with Sata salamaa , a song that enjoys huge popularity again in the past few years as a karaoke and cover favorite. It places 15th out of 22. She's still busy with her career.

Another year has passed and it's time to look back who managed to score a #1 hit in the official Finnish charts.... Once again the chart is dominated by foreign DJs and Finnish rappers and most every act has "feat." in it. But hey, one Eurovision entry is one of the biggest hits of the year: Vicky Rosti's Sata salamaa covered by Antti Tuisku in Vain elämää series. Also another cover from that series made it to number one: VilleGalle and Sanni doing Pave Maijanen's classic Lähtisitkö . And another Eurovision link is UMK host Roope Salminen having one of the summer hits.  Only 18 songs made it, and Finnish ones beat the foreign ones 10-8 :-) Check all their videos after the jump.... Oops, I forgot there are 53 weeks in 2015! This one's the new number one 53/2015:

The Finnish Eurovision entry 1987, originally by Vicky Rosti, has been covered by Antti Tuisku for the Vain elämää series and is this season's first hit. It enters both official and download charts at number One and is already getting also radioplay entering at 71. One hundred lightnings are surely striking again!  Official Finnish singles charts (week 39) - 1.  Download and streaming charts (week 39) - 1. Radio Play charts (week 39) - 71.

Vicky Rosti had the honor to open the fourth season of megapopular Vain elämää series. Over one million Finns tuned in to see it on television and streaming continues online. Antti Tuisku's Sata salamaa has got already over 300.000 views. This season the artists doesn't seem to know each other beforehand that well or at all so the first lunch and dinner were still a bit akward but surely when the season goes on they loosen up. As expected all but Anssi have searched a song from Vicky's early years and 70's cover hits - besides her Eurovision entry 1987 of course that was sure to be in the line up.  VilleGalle Vs. Vicky - Menolippu ( One way ticket ) Him being a rapper the song had gone through a total make over and gotten new lyrics sampling Vicky's original vocals. Good start but not outstanding or quite totally there.  Maija Vilkkumaa Vs. Vicky - Näinkö meille aina täällä käy ( Ain't that just the way ) This song fitted nicely Maija's voic...

Virve Rosti has been around for 40 years already! Hard to believe but it's true. She scored her first hits in mid 70's ( Kun Chicago kuoli , Tuolta saapuu Charlie , Näinkö meille täällä aina käy ). More hits followed, mainy covers like Menolippu , Oon voimissain , Soita kelloain and Koputa puuta in the middle of 70's disco fever and the golden era of cover version. Two other good examples are Jolene and Rahaa, rahaa, rahaa . After a decade of hectic tours, hits and show biz she married, had a string of kids and concentrated on family life.