Käärijä - "Cha Cha Cha" (LIVE) | EUROVISION WINNER | Finland 🇫🇮 | FINAL | Eurovision 2023 | REACTION

[@GOTGames]

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[@anesan_art]

VINLAND SAGA EPISODE 4 REACTION!🔥

[@TETGFF]

I like how he put "winner" in the title. A true man of the people! ❤🇫🇮

[@GOTGames]

🫡

[@Kai81194]

I mean, he DID win the popular vote 😗😂

[@SofiaMelander]

😂😂😂😂

[@lLikeDucks]

Conjuring the whole finnish population in the comments

[@Pingu2004]

And 1 swedish person 😂

[@GOTGames]

🫡❤️

[@aerinn6136]

and a norwegian fan 😅

[@Pingu2004]

@@aerinn6136 😂

[@aerinn6136]

@@Pingu2004 it's crazy

[@Emirrea]

Watching the Eurovision finals last year was NUTS. I have never, ever heard the Eurovision audience be so loud that the announcers were not able to speak over them. It felt like the whole audience was chanting Käärijä's name, hoping that he'd win. Also, Finland's representative this year, Windows95man, will definitely make for a great reaction

[@obscurxnefi]

genuinely one of my favorite moments of any eurovision final ever was the crowd chanting for him.. never heard that before it makes me so happy and emotional to this day. so happy he at least got to experience that much love

[@GOTGames]

I'll make sure to react to him as well! 💯💯

[@ArthurOfThePond]

It's wild hearing the audience singing along on cha cha cha. they knew who the real winner was.

[@airfei2210]

As he said at the final of the song: "It's crazy, it's party!". Such a lovely guy

[@samhartford8677]

And then released a single called 'It's crazy, it's party!"

[@airfei2210]

@@samhartford8677 yes, I know. Thanks for that song I discovered another good artist 😊

[@yurihuffles]

The guy singing is super nice and kind as well. He was super supportive of everyone involved in the event (not just singers, but stage crew, runners, etc) and during the days they had the acts performing live at the Liverpool docks for free - and he made a point of making sure that anyone that want to take a selfie or have him sign anything got the chance.

[@GOTGames]

Really?? Awe bless! Sounds like a lovely person

[@SK-nw4ig]

I think that really was an important factor why he was so popular. He really does seem very genuine and humble when not on stage. Just very small ego and gets along with everyone. Doesnt seem to be interested what people think of him, in the best way possible.

[@granme8503]

​@@SK-nw4ig you're so right. Well said.

[@jayp4687]

The anomaly that happened during this competition was not that the result was really close. In eurovision there are judges and popular vote from each country and the points translate roughly 50/50 between those two. Between Loreen and Käärijä the two sides went really different directions. Most judges gave most points to Loreen and hardly eny to Käärijä. Loreen got a lot of points from the audience, but was not the favourite in any country. Käärijä was the favourite in 15. This sparked a huge debate over the judge system, when whole europe wants one act to win, but judges don't like these types of songs so they can't win. Edit: 18 countries favored Käärijä, not 15, and he was actually 4th in judge points. Loreen was just THAT ahead of anyone else in judge points.

[@gmr6898]

Käärijää was actually the favourite in 18 countries in the televote.

[@sk70091]

I wouldn't say the juries gave hardly any points to Käärijä though, he still came in 4th. It's just that they gave Loreen SO many of the jury points that it was basically impossible for anybody else to catch that lead. Even Käärijä couldn't do it with his second-highest ever televote points. And I'm going to be salty about it until the end of days.

[@GOTGames]

Ohhh I didn't know it worked like that 🤔

[@Caldera01]

@@sk70091 It wasn't "basically" impossible. Even if Käärijä had gotten full 12 points from EVERY country, he STILL wouldn't have won. It was LITERALLY impossible.

[@sk70091]

@@Caldera01 Actually, since they added the "rest of the world" vote last year, it could have happened, theoretically, but it would have been HIGHLY unlikely. The maximum amount of points available in the televote was 444. Käärijä would have needed 433 of those to beat Sweden and get 583 points to their 582. Which means he would have needed to get more than 97% of the available points. Which of course has never happened in the history of Eurovision. Very frustrating that you can get a televote score that is higher than all past WINNERS except for Ukraine 2022, and still not win because 150+ jurors decided otherwise.

[@marsh2741]

About a month after the contest I went clubbing in Amsterdam on my birthday and they played Cha Cha Cha and it was soooo good in the club and the best bday present ever! Saw Käärijä in Glasgow for hos concert too and he's sooo good live, i love so many of his other songs too

[@ynbtm]

This performance still hits u hard. The energy, beat, melody, lyrics. Everything. Something that was never seen before in Esc. Though it is almost a year ago it still feels sad and annoying and even hurts to think that it could not win. Go Käärijä!!!!

[@moa7840]

Euphoria was a moment and magic, tattoo is the poor cusin, I think she won on nostalgia.

[@vanyadolly]

Exactly. What makes it so dodgy is that Tattoo got a higher percentage of the votes from the judges than Euphoria (a truly phenomenal song and performance) did. The judges were feeling nostalgic, but Europe voted for Cha cha cha.

[@meduzsazsa8490]

Tattoo is a musical masterpiece

[@Armpitfan]

​@@meduzsazsa8490nah u tripping fr. It sounds like the 2010's, it doesn't fit with today's pop world and it should never have won

[@meduzsazsa8490]

@@Armpitfan what about "music masterpiece" you didn't understand?

[@Kaarijafan2024]

Käärijä so humble,kind and goofy 💚 His all songs are pure gold. You should check them out 👌🏼 Thank you for reaction!

[@erufailon4723]

As a longtime Finnish watcher and subscriber of your channel I love to see you finally react to Finnish music! Käärijä is great, I saw him perform live in my hometown and it was probably the most exciting thing to happen in my hometown during its entire history, lol. Super wholesome guy - during a break between songs he noticed a lost kid right at the front of the audience and pointed it out and made sure the kid found his way back to his parents.

[@LadyMorgaine1976]

The way THE ENTIRE AUDIENCE was singing the Cha Cha Cha part every single time!

[@KrJiZu1]

Now that we're on board the Käärijä train I think it would be fun to check out Ruoska by Käärijä & Erika Vikman, especially the Live version from UMK24!

[@yldz2805]

he is my winner, I live this song so much.

[@coco5241]

This man made a 63 yo Swedish woman spend all her money to Käärijä conserts. His older (as the new ones) is pure gold. I don’t give a shit about Tatoo. Loved Euporia, though.

[@Nobody--_--]

I was actually about to recommend the compilation of all eurovision winners :D definitely check it out. I also recommend: •2006 winner Lordi 🇫🇮- Hard Rock Hallelujah •2021 winner Måneskin 🇮🇹 - Zitti E Buoni •2023 Vesna 🇨🇿 - My sister's crown (the MV) •2023 Lord Of The Lost 🇩🇪 - Blood & Glitter (very underrated btw)

[@bogidream]

For Vesna's case, I suggest you should watch My Sister's Crown on their official channel, not the Eurovision one.

[@Nobody--_--]

@@bogidream agreed 💯

[@victoriarissland1569]

Yes to lord of the lost. It doesn’t happen often that I am not ashamed for my country’s contribution. 😅 And maneskin is something else 🙌🏻

[@teszter704]

Omg, Käärija 💚 half of this song's spotify streams are from me, trying to memorize the lyrics 😅

[@Zolfried]

another entry from finland.. a winner, albeit a few years old, is Hard Rock Halleluja

[@kirai986]

This would be wild reaction

[@coco5241]

His interval act at this years UMK with the song Ruoska together with Erika Vikman was fantastic too!

[@jkp1603]

omg lets go, as a finn I am super happy

[@ecryloxr89]

Watch Spain 2022 sometime - Chanel´s SloMo is the pinnacle of how the staging lifts a song into Top3.

[@romy1renee249]

I loved „who the hell is Edgar“ it’s also from 2023 and two Austrian girls sung it… loooved it so much the music video is so well made as well

[@moa7840]

YES! It was so good! And fun and strange, eurovision at it's best!

[@romy1renee249]

@@moa7840 yeees exactly… this song was so Eurovision…. I love songs like that… and that’s why I watch it haha

[@jemleye]

Oh and for recommendation in 2024 Eurovision: 1. Baby lasagna - Rim tim tagi dim 2. Windows95man - No rules!

[@listentomusic5065]

Loreen is the officially winner but Käärijä is our winner in our heart's! Cha, Cha, Cha, It's Crazy, Its Party!

[@Aenea-de9vy]

This is one of those songs, the moment you hear it for the first time, you instantly know this is gonna be huge. 💚💚 And yes, this is nothing like Loreen, and that’s great! I love Loreen’s Euforia, but Tattoo, not so much. Very nice reaction!

[@jemleye]

Cha cha cha was audience favorite like not seen since Ukraine winning few years back. Everyone, but the stupid juries loved it, which was its death sentence. Tattoo is a fine song, but absolutely nothing new. Yet, the juries scored Tattoo super high because Loreen is 1. famous, 2. easy choice as a pop song, 3. cha cha cha being fun rap instead of super performative pretentiousness. Listening to the audiences really gives a point of view of which song was actually enjoyed more, despite any technical performative skills.

[@becauseimbatman1391]

Let's be real here. The amount of points given to Finland by the jury wasn't the problem, it was a very good amount. The problem was the jury's pure biasedness on voting exclusively Sweden and giving them way too many points, many of which should have gone to other countries with great singers like France and Portugal

[@siru4334]

Glad you liked it! Finland has such a rich culture for music and many artists worth listening to like Apulanta, Haloo Helsinki and PMMP! But that aside, Cha cha cha is such a good song! I went to a music festival the summer after the Eurovisions Käärijä performed at and I have to say, not many artists can perform the same song twice in the same set and make the crowd dance like grazy both times, but he did it!

[@maestrobash7822]

"Is that how I pronounce it? Not at all, but don't worry about it 😂

[@GOTGames]

😂

[@linsw0455]

The Swedish flag next to Finland 😂

[@GOTGames]

Yup 😂 KZbin messed up there with the copy and paste title, but it's fixed 😂❤

[@EmilAhvenainen]

Pojat, nyt ois aika lähtee TORILLE

[@Battlebox0]

TORILLE PERKELE

[@__Rasse__]

TORILLA TAVATAAN!

[@akumayoxiruma]

No niin! ...ja GOT oli myös tarpeeksi mukava käyttääkseen biisin oikeaa sijoitusta. 😁

[@Martyyri]

TORILLE

[@KristerL]

KAIKKI TORILLE!

[@MiudmonDice]

One that I'd recommend for just how nuts staging can get is Australia's 2019 attempt, zero gravity. It catapulted a song people didn't think would make it to the final into the top 10 of said final.

[@katriperttuli427]

Käärijä says that this genre is PARTY METAL.

[@Kai81194]

Yeees, I was so happy when I saw someone else comment this and get it hearted as I thought of that one after recommending Lordi (2006) and Verka Serduchka (2007) 😅😅

[@kennethhansen7768]

Norway's entry is my favourite this year: Gåte - Ulveham. Hope you will have a listen.

[@omnart]

Love seeing one of my favorite reaction channels react to this Finnish song and performance! Even if I didn't love the song, it was fun!

[@kari-annerrstad99]

Chachacha is iconic! You should react to Norways entry this year!🇧🇻❤️‍🔥

[@ahkkariq7406]

I love the song and the performance but I didn't understand the lyrics until today - and I have to say I love it even more now! Obviously he sings about the Nordic mentality where we need alcohol to loosen up, and the Finns are perhaps the ones who need it the most out of all of us. Greetings from Norway - and you should definitely check Norway's contribution for this year.

[@AHVENAN]

If you're going down a Eurovision rabbit hole you have got to check out the first, and so far only time Finland ever actually WON the Eurovision, which of course they did with a metal act! Lordi - Hard Rock Halleluljah, from way back in 2006!

[@joaopaulol.189]

This dude made a god damn experience out of a song, there ain't many singers who can pull this off successfully. His rythm convey exactly the experience of a taciturn guy reluctant to drink too much, yet he drinks a few and frees himself from his worries, then just starts dancing and actually having fun.

[@NiinaRuotsalainen]

You should listen his other songs too! Like "Huhhahhei" , "It's Crazy it's party" and "Ruoska".

[@firenzetanke2272]

Just listen to how loud the crowd is

[@Widmouno]

Knowing your taste, I think you'd enjoy this year's entries from Czechia, Switzerland and Poland. Be sure check out the music video versions too~

[@Nobody--_--]

He already reacted to Czechia's entry. Spoiler alert: He loved it :D

[@user-hr9cy7vj6o]

Hi from Finland. Best performanse Käärijä - Cha ch cha Live UMK 24. Käärijä X Erika Vikman Ruoska UMK 24 LIVE.

[@librasgirl08]

They were not anywhere close to winning, but are now after ESC '23 slowly taking over Europe : Joker Out from Slovenia. The singer became a good friend of Käärijä, they performed at each other's concerts several times, Käärijä joined their tour for three sold out concerts in Finland last year, where the song received a Gold record. And he joined them for gigs in Helsinki and Tallinn this year. The music is completely different from Käärijä, but it's fun in their own rights. (they do have much better songs, the band celebrating their 8th anniversary soon and the release of their third studio album)

[@mulraf]

Finland 2023 was really great, yeah :D I have so many recommendations and am happy that we are going down the rabbit hole but i guess leaving one recommendation a time is the way to go so ESC 2021 winner from Italy: Måneskin - "Zitti E Buoni" would be my recommendation. It's in italian. I mean you may remember them as you already reacted to another song of theirs :D

[@tereza4480]

please react to vesna (czechia/czech republic) from eurovision 2023, their song is called my sisters crown and i recommend watching the mv as well. they just released their new album called muzika slavica and i have to say bangers after bangers. they placed 10th. love u and ur reactions

[@hellothere8674]

i’m so glad you are looking into eurovision songs!!!

[@tinasjostrand2677]

Yes, this should have won because it is peak Eurovision. Crazy clothes, colour, fun, everybody can sing the chorus, dancers, lots of energy, it just doesn't get any better! I'm Swedish and I can't stand Loreen😊

[@djdevilicious1]

Have you listened to Croatia's eurovision song from this year? It's one of the favourites to win, and its really good

[@teuntje_esle]

For recommendations: I'd love you to react to the winners of 2021 (Maneskin with Zitte e Buoni), 2019 (Duncan Laurence - Arcade) and 2009 (Alexander Rybak - Fairytale) and also the runner-up from 2014 (The Common Linnets - Calm After The Storm). Alexander Rybak was for me the performance that made me fall in love with Eurovision, back when I was a teenager, I loved the pure joy and musical fun on stage. And then 2014 and 2019 are both Dutch entries that did very well and that I love, just very amazing songs. And Maneskin was an epic performance that made me love the band and check out more of their stuff (I would also recommend listening to more of their songs if you want to).

[@roadpirate9089]

Watching you react to all the Eurovision winners would be so cool!

[@minel5020]

My favorite will always be 💚💚🕺💃💥🔥🔥💚🕺💚💃

[@Feethei]

euphoria is a great song and had a great esc performance too! also check out finland's only esc winner 'hard rock hallelujah' and the last few winners 'stefania' from 2022 and 'zitti e buoni' from 2021! Both were absolutely amazing as well! Btw you have a swedish flag in the title 🤣 (edit: I see you fixed it! As a finn i just found it funny 😂)

[@mikkel2598]

I would heavily suggest checking a video that goes through all the Eurovision winners throughout the years(1956-2023).

[@susanarcher1321]

Fell in love with this guy first time i heard this in the play offs .. was sickened when he didn't win but followed his music since ... Such a nice guy with a lovely personality... Not sure i will get the same feels this year

[@Becksnnc]

For next Eurovision reaction you must listen to Queen of the Kings by Alessandra. BUT watch the Melodi Grand Prix version which was the Norwegian selection show for Eurovision. Her performance is so much better than the Eurovision Grand Final performance. You could even watch both to compare. It was my favourite last year, I believe it came fifth. Also the girl who sings Tatoo and Euphoria's name is pronounced La-Reen. Like the word "serene". Not Lauren lol

[@Pips-hw8nd]

My fav winners from old Eurovision videos are: winner 2014: Austria winner 2006 Finnland winner 2018 israel

[@WolfieSKE]

Please react to "Fairytale" (2009 winner) and "Euphoria" (2012 winner)!

[@notanybirdie2076]

broo right in time for everyones eurovision fever when the next ones right around the corner, get hyped with us haha genuinly so many good songs you could react to, let me list a couple of my favourites haha 2007 Ukraine - Verka Serduchka - Dancing Lasha Tumbai 2009 Azerbaijan - AzerAysel and Arash - Always 2009 Turkey - Hadise - Düm Tek Tek 2010 Moldova - Sunstroke Project - Run Away (Epic Sax guy, you might know it lol) 2010 Turkey - maNga - We Could Be The Same 2012 Turkey - Can Bonomo - Love me back 2016 Australia - Dami Im - Sound Of Silence 2019 Norway - KEiiNO - Spirit in the Sky 2020 Russia - Little Big - Uno 2021 Ukraine - Go_A - Shum 2022 Serbia - Konstrakta - In Corpore Sano (there has been a religion formed around this one i think) 2022 Moldova - Zdob şi Zdub & Advahov Brothers - Trenulețul 2023 Austria - Teya & Salena - Who The Hell Is Edgar? 2023 Czechia - Vesna - My Sister's Crown God this list is way to long- I was holding back as well hahahaha I am also purpusefully avoiding winning songs, cuz theres a good chance youll watch the all winners compilation lol

[@notanybirdie2076]

wait i forgot i wanted to add a section with upcoming 2024 songs- ehh, this is already way too long anyway

[@AckeeDJ]

You are few centuries too late to put Finland under the swedish flag 😂

[@catrinmelldansen]

Cha Cha Cha is amazing! It's so fun to sing too! My votes for 2023 Eurovision were Queen of Kings by Alessandra Mele (representing Norway, won 5th place), Who the Hell is Edgar? by Teya and Salena (representing Austria) and Mama ŠČ! by Let 3 (representing Croatia) I've seen Alessandra live since then, she's incredible, but I'd love to see you react to any of these! I also adored My Sister's Crown (Vesna, Czechia) and Future Lover (Brunette, Armenia)!

[@24Shigeru24]

The whole of Europe wanted Käärijä to win, Loreen got a lot of votes from the jury, which sparked some controversy since this year would mark the 50th anniversary of ABBA winning the contest... Loreen got 340 points from the jury, but "only" 243 votes from the puplic, Käärijä got 150 from the jury but 376 points from the puplic, clearly stating that he should be the winner, He got the second highest ever score from puplic voters, who also didn't give loreen a single 12 point score.

[@PastaSauce.]

You got to react to Baby Lasagna (live performance) The potential winner of 2024 He’s like this years Kaarija

[@saprumk4]

Fun Fact: at 2:53 you can see Käärijä almost hitting a cable holding the box in place.

[@perkeletto640]

song is about stereotypical Finnish mentality where we don't smile, are introverted and silent, definitely we won't dance. Until we drink some alcohol and we dance and become mellow :D

[@akumayoxiruma]

The name of the singer is pronounced like CARE-ee-yeah or 'carrier' if you elongate the first vowel. Alternatively, just paste his name in the Finnish Google Translate and let it speak for you. This is also a suggestion in general for other foreign names and words whose pronunciation you do not know of.

[@blackday8228]

I would love to see you reaction on Eurovision 2007 winner Serbia Maria Serifovic "Molitva" for me it's something epic 🤩

[@Nobody--_--]

Yea that is a good one. I love it ❤🇷🇸

[@rrreidlin]

btw käärijä means "wrapper", like a person who wraps, in finnish, so i'm pretty sure it's a pun for "rapper" :D

[@NelaKo]

You keep saying "that's crazy..." , you missed the final part where Käärijä himself days it... It's crazy, it's partyyyyyy! 😊

[@Peikkomies]

I love the trolling by putting swedish flag next to finland in the title. Yes Luke, succumb to the dark side and use the ways of the trolls to gain more interaction in the comment section. edit. Shame it got fixed. Mission failed we'll get them next time.

[@kinndis]

You should check more käärijä's songs 😁 🇫🇮

[@RiasSenpaiTheWallet]

Lets go luke, i'm from Finland

[@cardboard_sheep]

The fun thing about Eurovision is that most people actually know more Eurovision songs than they realize! There is more than one tiktok meme based on a Eurivision song.

[@giron8645]

I quiet enjoyed Moldova's 2022 performance, was a pleasant surprise

[@vansting]

If you like crazy…watch Finland 2024. 😂😂😂

[@desember1467]

The true winner of Eurovision 2024! He received 85% of all possible points from the 'Audience votes' making him the second most voted even, right behind Ukraine who received 94% in 2022. Loreen however, didn't get a single 12 points from Audience votes in any participating country. Sadly, the competition has a 50/50 split between jury and audience, leaving Loreen the winner as the Jury awarded her twice as much points as any other country. Europe was not happy with the result since everyone (us in the audience) had paid real money to make Kaarija the winner, awarding him 85% of all possible points from the audience point pool, only for the jury to completely run us over. Even if Kaarija had gotten every single possible point from the audience point pool, he would only have won over Loreen by 9 points. Many say it was rigged af, to ensure that Sweden would host Eurovision for ABBA's 50 year anniversary, which I almost believe myself. But who knows, I just find it a bit convenient that Loreen would come back to Eurovision out of nowhere, after hearing the song stating "I knew I had to compete with it", only to win because of having been awarded insane jury points, making Sweden the hosting country just in time for ABBA's 50 year anniversary.

[@RuinerXP100]

Check out Australia from 2016 Dami im with Sound of silence is extremely good!

[@Brienna82]

I'd def like for you to check out a compilation of Eurovision winners over the years, i haven't checked the 5 min one you saw specificly, sounds like it might be too short to get a proper grasp of all the songs seeing there's over 60 winers to compile. I'd maybe go for a bit longer compilation, SchlagerLukas does a bunch of them.

[@vanyadolly]

Finland definitively won last year, the judges just voted against everyone else. But you should absolutely check out Euphoria. It's arguably the best Eurovision entry of all time and absolutely fantastic.

[@TeodorKarabelov]

This year's Belgium and Ukraine's performances are by far the once I loved the most. Definitely should react to those!

[@earthtonona13]

I think you would really like Norways 2023 entry!

[@tuomorajala203]

you have to watch the käärijä feat Erika Wikman--ruoskaa-

[@theincomparablemess]

You should watch Spain 2022 Grand Final performance from Eurovision (not benidorm fest, thats important!) You'll see the real "robbery" in the contest because the gurl would have won any other year with that stellar performance.

[@mjaomjao2]

The all winners compilation would be cool. There's also compilations of all songs specific countries has sent to eurovision too.

[@sebastian3217]

A really interesting Eurovision song to react to would be iceland 2019 - "Hatrid mun Sigra" by Hatari. AN ABSOLUTLY CRAZY PERFORMANCE!!!

[@rosiethreakallrosiefreckle5765]

Please rect to Kalush Orchestra - Stefania

[@victoriarissland1569]

And jamala 1944 ❤

[@MH-cj9dz]

He's my winner ! Loreen did not make me smile and feel 100% happy the way he did

[@emre_serin]

So? Loreen's song was suppose to be heartbreaking while Kaarija's was crazy. It just divides on what people prefer on music. Some people value sad songs that brings them the chills while others more energetic in order to dance. Comparing them isn't really fair since they're completely different styles.

[@Trinedyy]

Change the flag in title or you will get a lot of passive agressive comments :)

[@Ichika_Amasawa_05]

It hits different understanding Finnish language 🇫🇮

[@victoriarissland1569]

I am so here for this Eurovision ride. Please check some Ukrainian artists out. Kalush orchestra was the winner 2022 and the song is so good and heartbreaking. But I would also strongly recommend the other Ukrainian winner (Jamala 2016 and ruslana 2004) and other contestants like Verka Serduchka from 2007, go_a from 2021 or tvorchi 2023. they have so many amazing artists and everyone is unique. Also please check one of my all time favorites Maneskin out. LOVE them ever since. And as a German I would love a reaction to our lovely Lena. Winner 2010.

[@cardboard_sheep]

Do Elina Nechayeva 'La forza'!! That one literally gave me goose bumps the first time I heard it.

[@hedda6975]

A reccomendation i have is Norway entry this year «Ulveham»

[@Quagony]

I heavily recommend Eurovision 2024 Norway (Gåte - Ulveham)

[@luciaarnaotorrego6852]

You should check out Spain's 2022 entry, the song slomo, by chanel. Great performance.

[@Caldera01]

If you want to get conspiratorial, here's one for you. EBU, Sweden and Sony all wanted Sweden to win so that Sweden would host this years ESC for ABBA's 50th year celebration event. It's good for all 3 as a big easily marketable event, which would be easy for record labels to sell to radio stations and so forth. Huge majority of the judges work for Sony. It would be remarkably easy for them to get a word through Sony's massive media empire for the judges to favor Loreen for numerous reasons. Her music is quality enough that placing her as #1 wouldn't raise eyebrows, her music is great easy listening for traditional radio stations (Unlike Käärijä's with his 'Party Rock') and since ABBA is also under Sony label, they get a massive double whammy event next year that benefits everyone involved. But that's just a theory, a conspiracy theory.

[@Kapitan17]

You could react to every Eurovision song from each country, who's with me? That's if Luke has not seen them of course.

[@matildetorres2936]

React to Joker Out!

[@uwuowogrr274]

i know this is not a eurovision song but PLEASEE check out miniskirt by AOA its one of the best kpop songs ever... overall AOA is such a good kpop band!

[@OpalHydra]

Shlagerlucas has done a video with all the eurovision winners, and one with all the runner ups! Would love to see your reaction on those!