Second time lucky?
Well, despite indications to the contrary, Teräsbetoni managed to beat Kari Tapio yesterday in the finnish eurovision qualifiers and will represent the country in the finals in Serbia in May.
The band (steel-reinforced concrete) is obviously not entirely serious about their barbarian image, but the shock value of this group may not be enough for the jaded juries who got caught with their pants down the ankles by Lordi back in 2006. But that’s hard to estimate before hearing what the other countries put forward - quasi-Manowar might be just the trick to combat the prevalent scantily-clad babes from the eastern regions.
The song itself is, sadly, not up to par with their finest hour Taivas lyö tulta, but is a passable three minutes nonetheless. Apart from the Tshingis Khan-evoking opening bars and cringe-inducing lyrics. Hopefully the subtitles will not be available through some technical difficulties.
And he, if the conan-lite theme does not bring in the prize, we can always up the ante in 2009 with Turisas or Ensiferum.
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