AMERICAN REACTS To Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha | Finland 🇫🇮 | Eurovision 2023

[@riikaasaa]

The pallets are a language joke in Finnish. They are called "Euro-lava". And "lava" means also 'stage' in Finnish.

[@teuzkii]

Euro-stage

[@rumi_dr8859]

Congratulations from Spain to Finland is my entry winner this year I love it the song the King of the Ring Käärijä must win and my 12 points to Finland I will dance and I will learn the song to sing it with you in the grand final, all my support

[@akinordman7145]

Well damn... I actually would not never got that. Thank you. I feel stupid. Then again I just am.

[@Glyxis.]

They also represents the "prison" that the guy is in, referring to social fears, shyness and reserved nature. And finally after enough alcohol the he can be freed from his prison and dance like there's no tomorrow, that's why the music also changes to happy sounding. I can 100% relate to this imprisonment feeling as I am exactly like that (like most Finns really are.)

[@emmilii73]

Yep, and those pallets are so finnish things. Everyone wants them here! They are practical for use for example beds, sofas, tables and garden. 😁

[@roy.moreno]

This song gives me LIFE ♥

[@SuperJNG18]

I'm so glad to see a fellow American getting into this! I agree, the staging isn't perfect, but it already gets at the chaotic energy of the song itself. Definitely see it going far in Liverpool.

[@K3ROKO]

The staging is a joke or a message of sorts. In Finnish those pallets are called Euro-lava, lava translates also to "stage". So he is on Euro stage (Eurovision stage).

[@SuperJNG18]

@@K3ROKO It was less that and more the dancers lol

[@jazzx251]

The staging in the finals of Eurovision (which has a huge stage) begins with him inside the pallets - like breaking out of a box.... And then he bursts out! .. soon after, a different box opens, revealing his dancers. For the Grand Final of Eurovision, I gave the staging a 9.5/10 - second-best of all 26 finalists [Ukraine's visual wizardy got a 10 - but didn't save the song for me]

[@jaanalewis5091]

In Liverpool there is a bigger stage.. perhaps also a boxing ring, we'll see

[@veli-pekkakultanen2353]

I guess Finland will win Eurovision 2023.

[@jeig0865]

Good reaction, keep it up! gotta say this song is all about the mental battle for a men to ''get loose'' and enjoy hes night out. thats why there was no boxing ring Even ishowspeed loved it :D

[@invisible-kid]

Winner is coming ❤🔥🔥🔥

[@smoguattube]

Could it be that the green muscles are a mexican style of a wrestling costume .. I think I remember some latino guy in youtube saying so .. (?)

[@TheJimbo1791]

The boxing ring was a DAMN good idea ! ! ! Hope they´d watch this and bring it back for the final. WHY did they throw it away, just don´t get it, it was so good. Thanks and greetings from Finland (the song is just nuts but it´s fun)

[@poikatiikeri]

you can only have 6 people on stage at once at eurovision

[@sielukettu]

Cha cha!! You could do ASMR with your voice btw 😌🙏🏼

[@ProfessorGunk]

This is why we don't invite finland to our scandinavian sleep overs

[@TheChiesa]

🤣Yeah, this is what we Finns do at weekends.

[@emmilii73]

Lol 😆

[@JaniceHope]

Dude, what's wrong with the pallets...? Also those pink ribbons are like the boxing ropes... just sayin'. Just think outside the box... this is Finland... they don't have endless money for their production, esp. when this creative solution does just as well... . Also kicking the panel out of the pallet in the beginning is pretty bad ass.

[@kukkaistyttoiik]

Pallets are inside joke, they are called eurolava which can mean europallet or eurostage(!) in Finnish. I really hope they bring a real boxing ring for the main event.

[@teijafi3734]

The panel kicking also fits the story: he's still sober and shy so he only takes a quick peek to the world that makes him afraid. Later when he gets drunk, the dancers come inside the closed area and release Käärijä.

[@tepetti]

It’s not about money. He just wanted pallets

[@birkinater1139]

🤩😍♥👌🏻

[@user-dl5zl5ph6q]

Nah the ring wouldn't fit the live imo. And it would be too predictable to do it just like the video

[@pirkkopalermaa3045]

I want the boxing ring too 💚