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Windows95man
Teemu Keisteri (; born 22 August 1985) is a Finnish visual artist and DJ who is known for his stage persona Windows95man. As a visual artist, he gained recognition in Finland for his paintings and Printmaking, prints of the fictional character (), whom he created in 2008. As a DJ, his artistic style and appearance draw inspiration from the mid-1990s, during which the Windows 95 operating system was released. He Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "No Rules!", alongside singer Henri Piispanen. Early life Keisteri was born in Espoo, Finland. In his childhood, he saw 1990's fashion and art, inspiring him to become a DJ. Keisteri has studied photography at the Institute of Design in Lahti. He has said that he learned during his studies that he is more of a visual artist than a photographer. He is also known as a video artist, dance performer and DJ. Keisteri has his own art gallery called in Kallio, Helsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland In The Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Finland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "No Rules!" performed by Windows95man, featuring uncredited live vocals from Henri Piispanen. The Finnish participating broadcaster (Yle) organised the national final ''2024'' in order to select its entry for the contest. Finland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 7 May 2024. Performing during the show in position 10, "No Rules!" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 11 May. It was later revealed that Finland placed seventh out of the 15 participating countries in the semi-final with 79 points. In the final, Finland performed in position 17 and placed nineteenth out of the 26 participating countries, scoring 38 points. Background Prior to the 2024 contest, (Yle) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Finland fifty-six times since its first entr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Rules!
"No Rules!" is a song by Finnish visual artist Teemu Keisteri, known professionally by his stage name persona, Windows95man. It was written and composed by Henri Piispanen, Jussi Roine, and Keisteri, and released on 16 January 2024 through All Day Entertainment Oy. The song represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, where it placed 19th with 38 points at the grand final. Background and composition "No Rules" was composed and written by Henri Piispanen, Jussi Roine, and Teemu Keisteri. In interviews, Keisteri has stated that the song spreads a message that advocates to not "take everything so seriously", with an intent for Keisteri to be as relaxed as possible while performing the song. In addition, the song title refers to Keisteri's mantra that he has utilized throughout his life. Keisteri has also stated a desire to bring out the Finnish people's nature of being " looney-tunes deep inside". In a ''Wiwibloggs'' analysis written by Ruxandra Tudor, they state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Piispanen
Henri Piispanen (born 17th May 1994) is a Finnish voice actor, singer-songwriter and television presenter. Following his win at '' Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2024'' with Windows95man, the duo represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "No Rules!", of which he was the producer and uncredited vocalist. As a voice actor, he has voiced many animated films and television shows in Finnish. Career Piispanen is the singer and multi-instrumentalist of the band and the singer and keyboardist of the band Kontio Polaris. Piispanen has voiced Finnish dubs of television shows and films such as Lewis in ''Meet the Robinsons'', Hiro Hamada in '' Big Hero 6'', Adrien Agreste in '' Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir'', Chase in ''PAW Patrol'' and Lloyd Garmadon in ''Ninjago''. He was a host of the Finnish television series ''Summeri'' in 2012, Eurovision Song Contest 2024 Piispanen was the primary songwriter and producer of the song "No Rules!", intended to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 2024
The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is set to be the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It is scheduled to take place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Tattoo" by Loreen. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (SVT), the contest will be held at the Malmö Arena, and will consist of two semi-finals on 7 and 9 May, and a final on 11 May 2024. It will be the third edition of the contest to take place in Malmö, which hosted it in and , and the seventh in Sweden, which last hosted it in Stockholm in . Thirty-seven countries were confirmed to participate in the contest, with returning 31 years after its last participation in , while is still in discussion regarding its participation. Location ,, The 2024 contest will take place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the 2023 edition with the song "Tattoo", performed by Loreen. It will be the seventh time Sweden hosts the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Käärijä
Jere Pöyhönen (; born 21 October 1993), known professionally as Käärijä (), is a Finnish rapper, singer and songwriter. He represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song " Cha Cha Cha", finishing first in the public vote and coming in second place with 526 points. His entry topped the charts in Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Sweden, and reached the top ten in thirteen other countries including the United Kingdom, becoming the first ever song in Finnish to reach the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart. Musical career Pöyhönen grew up in the Ruskeasanta neighbourhood of Vantaa, Greater Helsinki, as the son of Mikko and Arja Pöyhönen. He discovered his passion for music while learning to play the drums, and started producing music in 2014. His stage name, owing to his gambling hobby, is derived from the phrase '' rahaa'', "to make a quick buck". Pöyhönen released his music independently until 2017, when he was signed to the record label Monsp Recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musiikkituottajat
Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland ry, or Musiikkituottajat for short, ( en, Music Producers; formerly known as Suomen Ääni- ja kuvatallennetuottajat ÄKT), IFPI Finland in English, is the umbrella organization of recording producers active in Finland, with 23 record labels as its members. Activity The aim of the association is "to improve the cultural-political situation and legal protections of record production, develop the distribution and production of recordings and music videos and participate in governing and overseeing the production rights". Musiikkituottajat is the Finnish representative of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). It is also one of the three member associations of Gramex.Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland ry (2010) Since 1994, Musiikkituottajat has been responsible for composing th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AGATA (organization)
Lithuanian Neighbouring Rights Association ( lt, Lietuvos gretutinių teisių asociacija), known as AGATA, is a non-profit performance rights organization established in 1999 that deals with the licensing and rights of music publishers and performers in Lithuania. In 2011, it became the country's designated body for the collection of compensation for writers, performers, actors and producers. AGATA is an associated member of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). Since September 2018, AGATA publishes weekly top 100 charts of the most popular albums and singles in Lithuania. The charts are based on sales and streams from Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music, iTunes, Google Play and Shazam Shazam () may refer to: Comic book franchise * Captain Marvel (DC Comics), also known as Shazam, a superhero character published by Fawcett Comics and DC Comics ** Shazam (wizard), a character from the ''Shazam!/Captain Marvel'' comics, who give .... References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sverigetopplistan
Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish Recording Industry Association (in Swedish Grammofonleverantörernas förening). Before Topplistan, music sales in Sweden were recorded by Kvällstoppen, whose weekly chart was a combined albums and singles list. History For the period of 1976 to 2006, the official Swedish music charts were published by Sveriges Radio P3, a station owned by Sveriges Radio. At the end of 2006, it stopped publishing the general charts, which were entrusted to Swedish Recording Industry Association in the beginning of 2007. However, Sveriges Radio P3 continued to publish the most downloaded music charts, according to the statistics compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The new strictly-download chart was called DigiListan. Since late 2006, the chart has includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland In The Eurovision Song Contest
Finland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 55 times since its debut in . Finland won the contest for the first – and to date only – time in with Lordi's "Hard Rock Hallelujah". The country's best result before then was achieved by Marion Rung with the song "Tom Tom Tom" in , which placed sixth. Finland has finished last in the contest eleven times, receiving ''nul points'' in , and . Since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, Finland has failed to reach the final eight times. In , the country had its best result in eight years when Softengine with "Something Better" finished 11th, a result that would be surpassed seven years later by Blind Channel with " Dark Side", which came sixth in , thereby achieving the country's joint-second best result to date and its first top 10 result since 2006. In , Finland finished last in the first semi-final with the shortest-ever Eurovision entry, "" performed by Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät. History Before the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Cha Cha Cha (Käärijä Song)
"Cha Cha Cha" is a song by Finnish rapper/singer Käärijä, released on 17 January 2023. The song is set to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 after winning ''2023'', the Finnish national selection for that year's Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision Song Contest ''2023'' ''2023'' was the twelfth edition of (UMK), the music competition that selects Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The competition consisted of a final on 25 February 2023, where seven entries competed. The winner was selected by a combination of public votes (75%) and seven international jury groups from Australia, Germany, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (25%). The viewers had a total of 882 points to award, while the juries had a total of 294 points to award. Each jury group distributed their points as follows: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 points. The viewer vote was based on the percentage of votes each song achieved through telephone, SMS and app vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Births
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a new agreement on fishing rights. * January 7 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches '' Sakigake'', Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union. * January 15 – Tancredo Neves is elected president of Brazil by the Congress, ending the 21-year military rule. * January 20 – Ronald Reagan is privately sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. * January 27 – The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is formed, in Tehran. * January 28 – The charity single record " We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa. February * February 4 – The border between Gibraltar an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
