Lordi sang Hard rock Hallelujah in 2006.
Back in 1992 Mr Lordi formed a hard rock and heavy metal band. The idea came during a cruise for fans of the group Kiss. He met Amen and G-Stealer there and discussed the idea. Later Enary joined the band but it wasn’t complete. In fact G-Stealer left, was replaced by Magnum and they then added a drummer called Kita in 2000. This band was like no other as the members would remain anonymous. Hidden behind monster masks!
It was not until 2002 when their single Would you love a Monsterman? was released that they achieved significant success. With various member changes they have toured the world. With masks a change of line up is not so obvious, but Mr Lordi remains!
Their album Get heavy won the 2003 Emma award for best domestic hard rock or heavy metal album and was certified multi-platinum.
They took part in the Finnish Eurovision selection in 2006 and completed against eleven other artists in the Grand Final. There was no doubt as to them being the popular choice as they received 67,369 televotes with the second place getting 45,431 and third 19,565.
In September 2012 Scarchives vol. 1 was released to celebrate Lordi’s 20th anniversary.
In 2013 a Lordi exhibition was opened displaying costumes, masks, album artwork and stage props.
They continue to perform and record showing that you don’t need to see the artist’s face to appreciate their music!
The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the fifty first edition of the event.
The venue was the Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece. This arena was originally built in 1995, being the largest of the 2004 Olympic Games indoor sports venues. It has played host to many big names including Jennifer Lopez and Beyoncé.
It had a capacity of fifteen thousand seats for the two shows of the Eurovision week.
The symbol of this year’s show was said to have been adapted from the Phaistos Disc and inspired by the wind and the sea, the golden sunlight and the glow of the sand.
The previous year all thirty nine sets of votes were given in their entirety, causing an massive over run to the allocated time. This year brought about a change that has divided the Eurovision community. No longer would all the ten sets of points be given by each country but only the top 8, 10 and 12. During the process the scoreboard did not operate as quickly as had been hoped. Also Paul de Leeuw from the Netherlands insisted in quickly awarding the first seven points!
Every country except Albania and Monaco used televoting. Three countries achieved more than 200 points but Fabrizio Faniello from Malta managed to get only one of them. This was Malta’s worst result in the Final for any year.
In third place with 229 points was Bosnia & Herzegovina. Second came Russia achieving 248 points and, with six sets of ten points and eight sets of douze points, the masked band from Finland, Lordi, took the trophy with the song Hard rock Hallelujah.
