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Scurrilous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 12:49 PM
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Finland celebrates Eurovision win
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"Heavy metal monsters Lordi have been hailed as heroes in their home country after scoring Finland's first ever Eurovision Song Contest victory.

President Tarja Halonen congratulated the band in a telegram after their song Hard Rock Hallelujah won in Athens.

Hundreds of people celebrated in the streets of Helsinki, honking car horns, waving flags and singing Lordi's song.

Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat proclaimed: "It's official: Hell has frozen over. Finland has won."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5002798.stm

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Monkey see Monkey Do Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-21-06 01:52 PM
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1. It's the Arockalypse!
(or is that the Day of Rockening!)
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