More Eurovision, more LORDI!

Tonight LORDI celebrated their Eurovision success with a free concert in the middle of their hometown Helsinki (like already announced in Finnish television the day of the win) - while the "scandal" about the unmasked pictures in several European tabloids, especially in the Finnish tabloid "7 päiväauml;" is causing bigger outrage.

On the same time CHILDREN OF BODOM and their fans are outrageous about the posted canard on Englands THE SUN and "set things straight" on the band's homepage. Yes, COB are no LORDI. Who could fall for that seriously???

Funny enough by the way that no one really took care of the high-res pics published in BILD... But to get back to some serious coverage: Helsingin Sanomat went shopping with LORDI in Athens - and is still linking to the earlier article in which Finland was facing an apparent identity crisis. LOL!

As Janne Jalkanen put it: Anyone who promised to move to Sweden if Lordi wins: You don't have to." Right!

Some people brought up the question about how Lordi actually could win, even though there's big communities of Russian or Turkish or former Yugoslavian supporters are spread all over Europe: First of all, there was a "I vote for Lordi" sticker spread in every bigger Heavy Metal magazin all over Europe (f.e. Rock Hard, Metal Hammer Germany, Metal Hammer UK...). Second, even though the sales of their past albums were not this overwhelming, there is a certain sympathy in the whole metal scene all over Europe - and several people who have never watched the Eurovision did it this year. So LORDI wasn't a dime pathetic when saying: This is not only a victory for Finland but a victory of rock music. A victory of the minority!"

Appendix:
Links to all the videos of Lordi:

• Official LORDI video page at their label - watch "Hard Rock Hallelujah" as a clip
• The Eurovision gig on YouTube
• Press conference after winning the Eurovision
• Direct link to the press conference at BBC media