#Saara Aalto

[duskodair]

A handful of non Eurovision songs from Eurovision artists that I've followed during and after the competition was over

Keiino ft. Charlotte Qamaniq - black leather (this is like choosing a favourite child but I love the whole Okta album so much and the project behind it but also Unbreakable and Summer of my Life, gang)

Hatari ft. Bashar Murad- Klefi / Samed (banger of a post Eurovision number. In their postcard outfits no less, legends)

Käärijä - Paidaton riehuja (I love him. This slaps. It was so hard to pick one of the many many songs I've had on loop this last couple of days but this one slaps)

Saara Aalto - Dance like nobody's watching (Saara I love you. I followed dancing on Ice avidly because you were in it and I was so excited for you)

Dadi Freyr (sorry my keyboard is lacking letters) ft. ÁSDÍS - feel the love (banger. What else need I say?)

Mélovin - Unbroken (legend. King. this still slaps)

[eurovision-facts]

Eurovision Fact #603:

Kaleen (Austria 2024) said she realized she wanted to get more serious about music when she realized how much fun she was having during the stand-in rehearsal for Saara Aalto's "Monsters" in 2018 (Finland).

[Source]

'Kaleen from Austria: "The whole three minutes will be a dance break",' Eurovisionworld.com.

[idiotlittleme]

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[desireisqueer]

just me or does dancing with demons sound like this one saara aalto song i cant remember rn??

[martin-osterdahl-official]

Month of LGBTQIA+ Eurovision contestants: Saara Aalto (8/30)

I am very proud to be lesbian and I feel very much like I am lesbian, totally.

[lageografiademicamino]

UMK top 3 worst and best stagings (recent years)

All Eurovision fans out there know that the staging is half of the performance and it can either kill you or raise you. 

Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu has had a track record of producing both over the recent years. Here are my top three for each category. The performances do not appear in my favourite order! 

TOP3 THE BEST UMK STAGINGS that have managed to elevate the songs : 

The Rasmus - Jezebel (2022 UMK winner)

Despite of being the biggest favourite when going in to UMK last year The Rasmus’ song didn’t quite reach the hights as a studio cut. However, the playful and colourful live performance elevated this one for me

Akseli Kankaanranta - Looking back (2020 winner) 

Akseli pushed through passed the fan favourite Cicciolina back in 2020 with his well balanced and stylish live performance! 

NormaJohn - Blackbird (UMK 2017 winner) 

Back in 2017 Blackbird left many people cold with its studio cut but when performed live.... the emotion was real and very atmospheric! 

TOP3 THE WORST UMK STAGINGS that have ruined the song’s success in the contest : 

Bess - Ram pam pam (UMK 2022)

Bess Ram Pam Pam eventually became the biggest hit in Finland last year but her UMK staging ended up being messy, confusing and not meeting the hype of the song before going in to the UMK live. 

Erika Vikman - Cicciolina (UMK 2020)

Can someone explain me what those bears and forest do on the same stage with sinful Cicciolina? This performance made no sense to me at all. Not then or not now. 

Saara Aalto - Monsters (winning song in 2018) 

Despite of winning the entry ticket to Lisbon’s Eurovision back in 2018 Monsters live performance was complex to start with. I liked the beginning with the cape and all but they ended up adding here too many elements (this got worse in Lisbon). 

Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu Final takes place tomorrow February 25th on Yle Areena at 9pm (FIN time zone)! Let’s see how the seven acts will do and if fan favourites are able to keep their positions!

[sammy9links]

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[because-its-eurovision]

do you think we finns get to send another rock act to ESC next year? 👀 we've been doing so well with BC and Jere but I feel like we never get too many in a row before people just forget what our strengths are and try to send in another ballad 😭

Based on the hints UMK shared about the participants of next year, there’s going to be at least one rock act involved so I’d say there’s a fair chance it gets picked. It all comes down to the entry itself though, and a good song is a good song regardless of genre. At this point I don’t credit our success that much to certain genres as Cha cha cha was something we’ve never seen in Eurovision before, but to choosing whatever we (the Finnish public) like. It has proven that we’re not afraid to vote for bold entries - Lordi, PKN, Erika, BC, Käärijä, not to mention UMK second-placers Teflon Brothers & Portion Boys - and lately that has also paid off.

Heavier entries are usually my personal preference as well and I do think that is still what we're best at. Still I’d love us to send something really ethnic-inspired (think Ukraine 2016/2021, Montenegro 2015, Czechia 2023), perhaps even in a Sámi language, or a gorgeous Finnish-language ballad. I don’t accept ballad slander here 😤 Pernilla, Norma John, Ilta and Lxandra were all amazing (Norma John would’ve qualified with televote only) and my dream would be to see something like Lautturi or Missä muruseni on from us.

You don't have to be afraid though since Finland hasn't gotten behind any ballads in UMK after 2017 when Norma John was the only reasonable choice since the early favourite Emma messed up her live. In 2020 Aksel won thanks to juries and Erika's live wasn't convincing though she eventually did win the televote.

Personally I’m more afraid of lukewarm pop entries (we can never beat Sweden in that territory) or trying too hard to be Eurovision-appropiate like Saara Aalto and Darude did, without really understanding what the contest is about nowadays. Thankfully UMK seems to be finally going to the right direction as every performance last year was visually incredible and contest-ready, and got rid of the ridiculous clichés like dresschanges. I have very high hopes and faith in UMK team for the first time ever and I can’t wait to see what they deliver next year 🥰

[holyprincenerd]

hey, do you have any recommendations of queer/queer-adjacent finnish music? if not, it's okay, no pressure

Hey anon, sorry for the late reply! 💕

Let me preface this by saying that since the Finnish language doesn’t have gendered personal pronouns, a lot of songs are open for interpretation when it comes to gender and sexuality! So, I opted to go for some songs that are very clearly queer coded, and also to give you a few examples Finnish artists who are part of the LGBTQ community!

Again, for any finns who may be reading this, please feel free to add onto the list!

Here’s the tldr version with links to the songs:

Ihmisten edessä by Jenni Vartiainen (YouTube Link) (Spotify Link)

(Mentioned in relation: Jenny by Studio Killers) (YouTube Link) (Spotify Link)

Hoida Mut by Benjamin (YouTube Link) (Spotify Link)

Kuuma jäbä by Isaac Sene (YouTube Link) (Spotify Link)

Cicciolina (YouTube Link) (Spotify Link) and Syntisten pöytä (YouTube Link) (Spotify Link) by Erika Vikman

Tähdet, taivas ja sä by Saara Aalto (YouTube Link) (Spotify Link)

(Mentioned in relation: Monsters by Saara Aalto) (YouTube Link) (Spotify Link)

2080-luvulla, (YouTube Link) (Spotify Link) Hei kevät (YouTube Link) (Spotify Link) and Pornoo (YouTube Link) (Spotify Link) by SANNI (though her discography in general is pretty great. Especially her album Sotke Mut has many good songs imo.)

Sydämeni osuman sai (YouTube Link) (Spotify Link) by Siiri Nordin (out of her albums I personally enjoy Lyö tahtia the most.)

(Sydämeni osuman sai is a cover of the song Something’s Gotten Hold of my Heart written by Roger Greenway and Roger Cook.)

Rakkautta ja Piikkilankaa (YouTube Link) (Spotify Link) by Sini Yasemin

(Cover of the song Rakkauta ja Piikkilankaa by Uniklubi) (YouTube Link) (Spotify Link) (Fun fact I absolutely adored this song as a kid lol)

First off, I think it’s essential to start with the Finnish lesbian anthem: ”Ihmisten edessä” by Jenni Vartiainen. This song is really important for many people my age, as it was pretty much ”Baby’s first exposure to non-het relationships” to a lot of people. The song is an absolute banger, and, fun fact, was written and composed by Teemu Brunila, who is believed to be the voice behind Studio Killers’ singer Cherry. Thus it’s likely that he may even have been involved in the creation of Jenny, which is another lesbian anthem.

Then we have our UMK contestants who didn’t quite make it to the Eurovision like Benjamin who competed with the song ”Hoida Mut” in 2023, Isaac Sene who competed with the song ”Kuuma jäbä” in 2022, and Erika Vikman, who competed in 2020 with the song ”Cicciolina”. Out of these three, Hoida Mut and Kuuma jäbä make it obvious that they’re about gay relationships, while Cicciolina is open for interpretation (which may be because Erika is bisexual). Of course, there is also Saara Aalto, who competed in the Eurovision song contest in 2018 with ”Monsters”.  Out of her songs that are in Finnish, I personally like the song ”Tähdet, taivas ja sä” the most.

One of my favourite Finnish LGBTQ artists is SANNI. Some of my favourite songs by her are 2080-luvulla, Hei kevät, and Pornoo.

The singer Siiri Nordin is also LGBTQ. Her cover of the song "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart”, called ”Sydämeni osuman sai” is very lovely.

I can’t say I’m super familiar with the career of Sini Yasemin, however she is an emerging LGBTQ artist whose work is also worth looking into! Her cover of Rakkautta ja piikkilankaa (originally performed by the rock group Uniklubi) is probably a safe place to start if you want to get a grasp of her sound.

Again, for anyone who can come up with more songs/artists, feel free to add onto this!

[teal-skull]

Shuffle your favorite playlist and post the first five songs that come up. Then copy/paste this ask to your favorite mutuals. 💌💜

Huge thank you for the ask! 🫀

For this I'm gonna pick a playlist of songs that I would play if I was a DJ at a clup. It started when me and my fiends complained how we were at supposedly "lgbt"-themed party during pride and they didn't play (in our opinion) any gay music. Then I started growing the playlist one night planning it more and dividing it into parts etc. It's 8 hours long currently....

(on my defence, I think this would do well if you played this at a night clup in Finland, this is at least a karaoke classic. Also yes the playlist has a " iconic finnish classics" section)

(I don't actually like this song but at the time of adding it I needed filler because I wanted the playlist to be multiple hours long, and well, the playlist does have eurovision section, except I put Saara in the "general pop songs" section, because the esc section is reserved for actual bangers)

I put this in the playlist because I wanted to being some goth clup vibe, and I like this rock version justas much as the original!

[evelhak]

Thanks for the tag, @lylakoi. I enjoyed knowing things about you.

Here we go:

5 Songs:

Galadriel by New Better Spring Band, Dalai Lama by Emma Salokoski, HÄN by Saara Aalto, Girl Into Devil by S.J. Tucker, Dips by Daisy the Great. These came to mind first.

Three ships you like: KagaKuro (KnB), Willow/Tara (BTVS), Lorelai/Luke (Gilmore Girls). These three are the most actively on my mind right now.

First ship ever: I'm not sure what I count as shipping. I feel like being invested in a couple while watching/reading a story but never thinking about them outside of it doesn't quite make it. So, I think maybe Toya/Yukito (CCS) or Shiro/Saber (Fate/Stay Night).

Last song you heard: Some folk song my brother was playing on the piano but didn't know the name of.

Favorite Childhood Book: Siniliina books by Silja Frangén. (Blueline? Bluelyn? Not sure how to explain the main character's name in English.) It's a fairy tale novel trilogy about a fairy who travels from the fairy world to the material world as a coming-of-age ritual, in search of their calling, guided by a "locker" in their heart which is shaped like a human. During their journeys, the fairy touches many creatures' and people's lives, sometimes unseen, sometimes forming a truly symbiotic relationship with them, most notably a couple of humans, who the fairy grows with and both mutually shape each other's lives, help each other's self-discovery, leaving a lasting positive impact when their paths naturally diverge. Generally there's some big self-development or family problem the fairy helps the human through, by simply being there. There's some practical magic, sure, but most of it is simply about being a friend who walks by you. These books were read to me when I was five, and the fairy's relationship with a lemming and one of their humans was true soulmate level shit to me, I don't think I still have recovered from them, they were simultaneously so fulfilling and heartbreaking. I also loved how the fairy's calling, or "career" if you will isn't just one clear thing, yes, it's about helping others, but it takes new shape and grows with them all the time, and they aren't limited to being a sidekick, it's always as much about the fairy as it is about the ones they help. These books made me as a person, and they made me a writer. I can now see not all the messages in these books are as good as they could be (particularly how the fairies are essentially genderless but still the ones with male coded names have traditionally masculine jobs and ones with female coded names have traditionally feminine ones, plus some eh takes on alcoholism), but the core of the books is psychologically and metaphorically complex and layered and just full of love, hope, acceptance and bonds in a way that really touched me deeply as a kid and will always move me, and mean the world to me. Also look at the art. It influenced me a lot too.

5. Currently Reading: Psyche in a Dress by Francesca Lia Block

6. Currently Watching: Buffy The Vampire Slayer season 4 (Rewatch count unknown)

7. Currently Craving: To finish several writing and art projects.

No pressure, of course, but I will tag @lilypheria, @anonarat, @misfitmiska, @ni-kol-koru and @myndless88 .

[rabidline]

2023 World Junior Championships - March 1, 2023 Josephine Lee → Letting Go by Saara Aalto, choreographed by Massimo Scali and Jamie Isley

[his-argentite]

I gotta appreciate Mikko's commentary during the eurovision especially during the second semi final when australia was performing. He was so supportive of them tho he needed to say that the singer had copied saara aalto's hairstyle xD

[solarcas]

I ain't scared no more!

For @magickastiel's eurovisionnatural event - Pride Party/"Monsters" by Saara Aalto

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[lesbiankiliel]

good evening, may i request all of your eurovision opinions, just all of them?

well you're not settling for scraps then xD idk if this is *all* because the second I'm asked anything like this, I forget every opinion I've ever had

but let's hope for the best

ABOLISH JURY VOTE

the best host countries I've seen since I started to watch in 2006 have been finland 2007, denmark 2014, sweden 2016, and the netherlands 2021

reasons being: no awkward dead moments, the show kept running, the hosts were good and genuinely funny (jaana and mikko were so good, there's a reason they were voted as the best hosts in the first decade of 2000's)

in contrast the most awkward and second-hand embarrassment inducing host country was portugal. that was just so cringe, and not even funny cringe like ukraine the year before

@ ebu: now that you finally kicked russia out, do israel next! and then azerbaijan!

hard rock hallelujah and dancing lasha tumbai are the all-time best entries. you can fight me but you will lose

dancing lasha tumbai should've won

finnish broadcaster yle always subtitles every entry (unless it's in finnish or completely untranslatable like dancing lasha tumbai) and the result is often hilarious

I pity countries that don't have this delight (everyone else afaik)

finnish jury needs to stop simping sweden. sweden-senpai will never notice us! just stop already! you're embarrassing!

sweden takes itself too seriously every year and hates fun. just send an old man with a silly schlager, it won't kill you!

the biggest crime anyone can commit in eurovision is being boring. sweden commits this crime consistently. unfortunately finland does too very often

finland needs to send hevisaurus some year

alvan & ahez was underrated

more countries need to send entries in local minority languages. europe has so many beautiful languages that deserve more recognition

less flashing lights and woozy effects all around. make eurovision safe for people with epilepsy and motion sickness

I miss petra and måns every year. they were hilarious. nothing will ever top love love peace peace

as great as the 2021 esc was, I wish they could've had the 2020 contest simply so iceland could've won

that moment in 2021 when the top4 was italy, ukraine, iceland, and finland, everything was right in the world and I wish the night had stopped there

italy and ukraine have had the most consistently good and memorable performances

saara aalto deserved better

daði og gagnamagnið deserved better

never have americans in the interval show. justin timberlake wasn't good, and madonna was worse. we don't want them. they don't get the eurovision camp aesthetic. they take themselves too seriously

in contrast, mika was phenomenal

we need more obviously queer performances. this is eurovision, i.e. the gay olympics. bring out the gay more!

I will add stuff if I realize I've forgotten something

[escmemesandstuff]

Man I miss the class of 2018. Melovin, Alekseev, Mikolas, Rasmussen, Saara Aalto, Surie, Ermal and Fabrizio, Madame Monsieur... that cast was gold tier.