Eurovision song contest is just around the corner. I understand that many of you may think it's a lot of crap and to be hones so do I. Except this year!
Finnish entry, (hard) rock band Lordi is something all of you should remember. If you love Finland at all, please give us this chance. Tune in to watch the semi-finals (18.5) and finals (20.5) and give your vote for one of the greatest bands ever entered the competition.
To hear the song:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6666637566522776701&q=lordi&pl=true
Also give your support by sending an email to Terry Wogan. (You Brits know what I'm talking about.)
Vote For Lordi For Eurovision!
This is where we start our campaign to ensure that Finland's Eurovision entry Lordi win the contest with their amazing song 'Hard Rock Hallelujah'. We need you. Lauren needs you. You can help. Between us, we can make this happen.
May 20 is the highlight of the musical calendar. The day that the finest musical talents in Europe will be coming together in Athens to fight for the greatest honour, the highest acclaid of the arts, to reach the very pinnacle of artistic achievement. Its Eurovision.
We here at Xfm love Eurovision. and more specifically, Lauren Laverne loves Eurovision with every beating ounce of her sparkly pink heart. She loves the glamour, the spectacle, the tears, the laugher the drama and most of all the music.
Sadly, the UK's entry, 'Teenage Life' by Daz 'DJ Daz' Simpson, is frankly appalling.
However, Finland's entry is by Lordi with the excellent song 'Hard Rock Hallelujah'. Lordi are a death metal band who dress like goth horror monsters (check out the picture) so - obviously - we want them to win. Hence we're starting a campaign supporting this noble and frankly utterly mental Finlandians (Finlanders? Finderlanders?).
And we need your help. We need you to help us apply some pressure to where it really matters, right at the heart of Eurovision. To Terry Wogan. Below is a message we'd like you to send to terry.wogan@bbc.co.uk. Just copy and paste it then fire it off.
Together, we can make this happen. Thank you.
Dear Terry,
Words cannot express our love and respect for you as King of Eurovision and Godfather of breakfast radio, so please help us.
We are urging you to switch allegiance from the UK's Eurovision entry by DJ Daz to the Finnish entry from Lordi, we know, like us you believe it's time for metal to break through at Europe's premier music event.
So please Terry use your considerable Euro muscle and influence to ensure that the Eurovision winners for 2006 are Lordi.
We love them, and we love you.
The listeners of the Xfm Breakfast show with Lauren Laverne
http://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=208149
