Finland’s chosen its representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, which takes place in Malmö, Sweden. It’s Windows95man, who’ll represent their country, which is taking part in the ESC for the 57th time.
The composition
The title of the song’s “No Rules!” and it was created by AHenri Piispanen, Jussi Roine, Teemu Keisteri. It’s sung in English.
You can watch an excerpt here:
The procedure
The ESC representative was chosen by the jury and the public. The duet took last place in the jury voting and in the public voting they finished first becoming the 57th Finnish representative at the Eurovision Song Contest.
What do we know about Windows95man?
Windows95man is a stage persona created by Teemu Keisteri – performer and owner of an art gallery in Espoo. In this form, he appears mainly as a DJ. The vocals in the ESC entry are provided by Henri Piispanen, who usually plays in the indie-pop band Pasa. Windows95man performed at Helsinki’s New Year’s Eve celebrations 2022, as the opening act for Käärijä at the Helsinki Ice Hall, and at many smaller events. Their song is the embodiment of Eurodance music from the 90s.
Eurovision Song Contest 2024
The Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Malmö, Sweden on Tuesday, 7th May (the First Semi-final), Thursday, 9th May (the Second Semi-final) and Saturday, 11th May (the Grand Final) 2024.
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Source (including photo): YouTube; Wikipedia; eurovision.tv.
