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Finnish band Kaj leaves for Eurovision sauna song conquered

Kaj leaves for Swedish to the Eurovision Song Contest with Bara Bada Bastu. The song of the Vöyrian band charmed the audience, in particular.

  • Jenny Matikainen,
  • Laura Kangas
  • 23: 07 • Updated 23:46

    Stockholm Kaj, a Finnish humor band, has won Swedish Eurovision Song Contest, the Melodifestivalen Music. Kaj won the song Bara Bada Bastu.

    The Kaj band from Vöyri belongs to Jakob Norrgård, Axel Åhman and Kevin Holmström.

    Pre -favorite, singer Måns zelmerlöw Stayed second in the sore. Zelmerlöw won the entire Eurovision Song Contest in 2015 with Heroes. This year he competed with the song Revolution.

    Zelmerlöw scored 76 points and Kaj 74 points from international jury. However, Kaj was a favorite of the audience: the band received 90 points from the audience, while Zelmerlöw received 81 points from the audience.

    International jury gave half of the points and the audience half.

    Kaj’s victory can be considered a small surprise, as Zelmerlöw, for example, in betting statistics was a clear advance favorite. However, Kaj attracted a lot of support after her semifinal deposit and rose to the top of Swedish Spotify listen and singles.

    Kaj will compete in the Eurovision final in May as a representative of Sweden. The Finnish Sauna Song is Sweden’s first Swedish -language Eurovision song since 1998.

    The Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Basel, Switzerland, on Saturday, May 17th.

    Finland is represented Erika Vikman with the song ICH Kemme.

    The Melodifestivalen final can be viewed in full.

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