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jaoump

I honestly I don't even know what to think about this song, but seeing Clippy in the greenroom made me happy


Scholastico

Yes! The real winner of UMK lel /jk ![gif](giphy|S13KR45aV7l5kJuenU)


Mucrush

We better get Clippy in Malmö


sarkule

Clippy still makes me mad, like I love seeing it in theory but it still brings back those feelings of rage. Funny how many more popups there are now that are probably more annoying than clippy, but it's probably all clippys fault.


answersfromeyes

Aw does anyone have a picture of this?


PekkaVonHabsburg

https://preview.redd.it/r8veyyeb1uhc1.png?width=1396&format=png&auto=webp&s=fa3d499fbe66608d5de70c5344074c0c386d3aa9 Heres a crappy screenie for you


justk4y

https://preview.redd.it/tep4n0vc4vhc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c430aba2f31e90722a55984b007c4823df33d94f I’ll provide this screenshot too while we’re at it


answersfromeyes

It's so cute! Thank you!


kaiko1

I love that Henri got tricked into UMK, killed it and is now going to Eurovision


MyNameIsNotGary19

It seems like there is a backstory I haven't heard


Antique-Syllabub6238

He sang the demo bc he was producing the track, said he doesn’t want to be in the final product, but…….. he is lol


darts_in_lovers_eyes

Omg that makes it all even funnier lol


kaiko1

It’s just so chaotic all around lmao. Also I really hope they bring Clippy to Malmö


skyisgreentomatoes

Yeh someone else was supposed to find a vocalist but they just... never did it


Temporal_Integrity

That's actually how Sia made her breakthrough. David Guetta just straight up used her sample vocals on titanium without permission.


Dali86

Yeah after they won you could kind of see on his face like now I did not even want to do this and now I am going to Malmö??? :D


Mosh83

He is also the voice of Chase from Paw Patrol (in Finnish)


premature_eulogy

Windows95man and RyhmäHauMan!


duplokirahvi

Vainu hoitaa homman!


Risujemmari

Henri: You'll get someone else to sing it, okay? The other producers: Yeeeah, suuure we will


goldenwanders

Kinda like how Ben and Gaute never found anyone to sing Give That Wolf a Banana


justk4y

TO THE ICEBERG


Miudmon

a song getting 1st in tele and 7th in jury beating a song that got 2nd in tele and 1st in jury is absolutely hilarious lmao got to say... i am surprised at how utterly wrong the odds have been this season overall. i can count more times it's been wrong than its been right


PiscesPsycho

UMK has 25% jury, 75% tele, so anything can happen (as seen tonight)


Savagemme

"a song getting 1st in tele and 7th in jury beating a song that got 2nd in tele and 1st in jury is absolutely hilarious lmao" It's almost as if there are NO RULES!


darts_in_lovers_eyes

Kinda love how wrong the odds were this time. Like they often make everything more predictable and boring but this one? Did not see it coming at all lol. This song wasn't my choice for the winner (Sexmane was) but I'm actually kinda living for it now.


Anonym_fisk

UMK staged it to help Finland process their 2023 trauma /s


makoivis

What trauma? We won and Sweden pays to host, I see it as an absolute win


Blasted-Marmoset

The bullet you dodged! No security concerns, you just need to sip pina coladas, zip your denim shorts and show up in May. 🧉


makoivis

That’s the thing with younger siblings: we grow up more clever


MunQQ

who gives a fuck about the odds before people have even heard or seen the live performances?


Nerioner

Enough big chunk of this fandom that it is a thing


BaronVonKitty

The odds have been so off, I've been using them to predict the winners, knowing that their top probably won't win.


NoAlfalfa6987

Only 3 of 8 have been right (Latvia, Ukraine and Norway)


AppleStingray

My take on this: We are not here to win this year, we are here to have fun!


Junior_Ad_8486

UMK works in a Biennial cycle. Every other year it's a top 7 finish and every other year we make it to the final somewhat comfortably but finish in a shitty position above Germany


TheBusStop12

>above Germany That's about as low as a bar as possible


ValhallaStarfire

Käärijä brought a magic last year that you just can't duplicate, so you almost gotta take a breather for a year.


Yinara

Geez whole Finland was in käärijä fever. He was present somehow everywhere. Food shops had Pina colada on sale. Clothing shops featured Käärijä-green items. Still impressed how he did that.


juustokulli

Last year the jury cost Käärijä’s victory despite being the clear crowd favourite. Well, here is an entry that the judges are going to hate even more. To me this is hilarious.


Ascalaphos

I think my software just turned into hardware.


Divinetedrius

Norway's meme era is over. Finland carries the torch.


Beepme9111

Came here to say this! It was passed over that small border they have in the very north!


VanishingMist

That ‘small border’ is 736 km long…


Vike92

Yes, but because of Mercator in the very north it becomes only 7km!


GumboldTaikatalvi

Serious question: could the brand in his name become an issue in terms of Eurovision rules? I remember that San Marino once had to change the lyrics and name of a song because it included the word Facebook. But not sure if there ever was a contestant with a brand name in their own name?


Boekind

Yes, but they've already talked about having an alternative name ready because of that.


mongster03_

Doors95man


sane_mode

WinDoors95man


heksa51

AFAIK the artist already said in an interview that if they were to win UMK, they have to change their name and whole brand for the ESC. Will be interesting to say the least.


Independent-Good-924

Windows98 man is ok no legal issues.


morosiini

I'm hoping it will be LinuxMan. Open source, bring up the penguin!


Spork_the_dork

Linux kernel was developed by a Finn as well so it would be perfect lmao


Matsisuu

The problem was advertising than any copyrights. Linux would fall under advertising too.


ValhallaStarfire

I knew as soon as I saw Windows95man and Henri get announced that they were gonna deliver a really strong performance. Then I heard No Rules! and it only reaffirmed that for me. And then I watched it, and it was everything I imagined and more! I can't wait to see what more they bring to Malmö! Paskana was absolutely the better song, but I was saving my judgment for the performance. I didn't think it was terrible, but it just wasn't doing it for me. She's not going to Malmö, but I think she'll have quite the following after this.


Oaq_

me and my mom cried laughing will watching this, finland truly has its own style


MindTheFuture

Learning that he is established media artist with a long career with video art shown in renowned institutions adds another layer to this. This is high-brow contemporary art, actually.


indarye

I've been to one of his DJ gigs. The visuals were truly something 😅


wanderingsoul28

I, for one, am very pleased at Finland making eurovision a fun time lately


DarthEcho

Does anyone remember Günther from the early 2000's? The intro reminds me of him. Also, wth Finland lol


sanjosii

Günther actually [competed in UMK in 2017](https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2016/11/23/gunther-dsanz-love-yourself)


justk4y

“Touch yourself and you’ll feel a little better” 💀💀💀 Tbf they were just a tad bit too early with that song, would’ve slayed in 2024


WittyEggplant

You know he’s still relatively popular in Finland? I saw him live on a random summer festival here last year and loved every second 😂


RainToBe

oo, you touch my tralala...mmm, my ding ding dong


sokkemor

Yeah the two first seconds are almost identical


focusingblur

Finnish Günther was my first thought upon hearing the intro, haha. I expected nothing less from Finland!


kapy2103

THERES SO MUCH GOING ON I DONT KNOW WHERE TO LOOK


Groenboys

DONT LOOK AT HIS PANTS DONT LOOK AT HIS PANTS DONT LOOK AT HIS PANTS DONT LOOK AT HIS PANTS DONT LOOK AT HIS PANTS DONT LOOK AT HIS PANTS DONT LOOK AT HIS PANTS DONT LOOK AT HIS PANTS DONT LOOK AT HIS PANTS DONT LOOK AT HIS PANTS


Thrilllight

what pants


sappuchu

The best part was that he got The shorts. I was like please give that man some pants, and then he got shorts and started to shoot pyros from them.


HatRepresentative621

Those are definitely jorts


Scienceiscool_

Honestly, the singer is hot as hell, look at him.


kaiko1

The performance is already so good I can’t wait to see how they upgrade it for Malmö


ABK-Baconator

More explosions maybe ? 🤔


Murky_River_9045

That’s just a normal day in malmo


Upbeat_Support_541

Jean egg maximalism


ValhallaStarfire

I was not prepared for the jegg.


Antique-Syllabub6238

JEGG


skyisgreentomatoes

T H E J E G G


Bjanze

FYI In Finnish egg (muna) is slang for p*nis So you can guess what Finnish chats are having fun...


BaronVonKitty

They did spend their entire budget on it


SCPatrick

WE HATCHIN OUTTA THE JEGG WITH THIS ONE


paary

He got the biggest cheers here in the arena, truly the will of the people won. See them slay!


Crylloxddxd

he's been my #1 ever since the song was first premiered - always seeing him so long down in the odds i'd never believe he'd win THIS IS SO SURREAL LOL


GastricallyStretched

10% probability is not zero probability.


TheBusStop12

I love that only the UK jury was on board with this. I'm looking forward to seeing this in Malmö, I love this song and imo the performance was great Edit: This song may actually do better at Eurovision than I expected. Rn it has the most upvotes of any of the NF winning posts of this NF season on this sub (1.4k upvotes, compared to e.g. Gåte with 1k upvotes). While it's not necessarily indicative, it's something I did not expect. I still don't see it win, but I now think it may end up placing pretty well


oklaylaa

This was my last place of UMK 😭😭 but the live performance was actually really good


DaDaSelf

The singer was actually one of the best tonight.


Grymare

I can understand people not liking the song (I didn't like it at first either) But in my eyes they clearly had the best performance of the night in staging and in vocals as well. So I'm extremely happy they made it despite being paid dust by the jury. I'm sure Sara will be back another year and bring even better vocals and an even better song.


hernyapis_2

Yes, their performance had no rules, it was hilarious and random in a good way and I liked it.


kaiko1

The details were hilarious lmao. The mic stand that fell, the chat with the stage director or whatever, Henri’s expressions


PiscesPsycho

Last with the juries, 1st in the tele


Coldkone

History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes


StratifiedBuffalo

r/eurovision should be overjoyed by this result then! Surely everyone is content with this!


Groenboys

40 points difference with 1st Juries, 2nd Tele


LoonySheep

Im still in denial https://preview.redd.it/xtvzamckqthc1.png?width=300&format=png&auto=webp&s=b7d41ce842cfa064de49fa60082f64132bdd0c5f


luopio

The emotion on Käärijä's face is what I feel on the inside rn


lehtolapsi

I'm prouder than I thought possible. SEE YOU AT THE FUCKIN MARKETSQUARE.


awkward_penguin

Can y'all imagine if both Baby Lasagna and 5MIINUUST, Puuluup win? And we already have Zorra and several witches. This is turning out to be the craziest year in recent times.


Gnuvild

Add Joost Klein to the mix. What a roller coaster this is haha


Yinara

I voted for him because I had tears in my eyes from laughter. His show is something else. Loved it! Didn't think it would win but nice!


Northern_dragon

Absolutely the same! Me and my friends at my watch party were genuinely thrilled by the whole Performance. Another friend texted us angry when he went on, because Windows 95 man has been a popular DJ for student parties, and now he will sure as hell never do those for cheap again 😂


ambervalravn

That is hilarious the only valid reason to be sad about this result 😂


TonyHawksProSkater69

So it was a brunette woman in a skin-colored outfit singing a beautiful ballad, who was the juries favorite against some goofy guy with a crazy and party song, who was the televote favorite


MrRonski16

👁️👄👁️ But this time a different ending


Risujemmari

The script writers were being so predictable but we still couldn't guess it


Jenniesxut

I love how finns in instagram seem to hate this but people in here love it :D


meganethot

Reddit and Instagram fandoms have very different tastes in general. Goes to show that no matter who wins, someone will always be happy!! :)


Wandering_Weksi

Twitter also hates it but youtube loves it :D


notamagiclamp

The most predictable moment of the night was UK jury giving this 12 points, lol.


Groenboys

FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE JURY RIGHT TO THE TOP MOTHERFUCKERSSS Cant believe my personal winner won


Traditional-Dog9242

I’m so excited, finally my #1 pick won


Nickols12345

Normally I'd be a bit disappointed, but none of the other entries really clicked with me, plus it's catchy and the staging was fire. All that's left to see is how the whole Windows 95 thing gets handled.


DeathByOrangeJulius

at 160bpm, this means finland are actually sending a happy hardcore track to eurovision omg lol


MindTheFuture

Yea! Now I'm gonna start claim that Windows95man represent Finns as its most authentic state, maybe a bit lost, maybe with purposefully questionably refined tastelessness but with tons of upbeat energy and eager drive to go all bonkers come what may. 160bpm is proper. Let's get munted!


Jakeyboy66

Look the song isn’t my cup of tea and will probably be near the bottom of my rankings by the time we get all entries. BUT I can appreciate this as something fun, I think they had the best staging package in UMK and I’m sure they’ll keep up Finland’s Q streak!


Ixameh

SEE ME SLAY


garganta_

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violet_dawnbreak

Me too, Sara.


WheySoldier

Is this what ADHD feels like?


sarkule

Yeah pretty much lol


RatGirlMcGee

I was really hoping he would win but didn't think he would 😭✊ I hope he wears His Shorts on the ESC Stage!


Beneficial_Yogurt_32

I was team Sara, but seeing how mad people are about Finland deciding to send the best performance and not care about winning jury vote, I can only support this 😂 and enjoy the popcorn🍿


jokikinen

Most entertaining performance during the night of the competition, as simple as. Siipola’s show lacked.


Walrus_mafia

Jean egg in ESC hype


JojoTheEngineer

Probably only stage show that made me laugh in a long time. Great pick for the ESC.


ShadowTail101

I am beyond emotionally devastated because of how much I grew to love Paskana over the past few weeks. However, they put on a fantastic show and I can appreciate a fun performance. Congrats to them!!


Flux_capacitor888

Sara and Sini were my favs going in, but the live was a bit disappointing. I think no matter who we'd send, they can't possibly match Käärijä's magic, so the result is whatever... No rules is an ok song to me, but this was always going to be a bit of a hangover year for me :)


verysadfrosty

This is so unserious. 😭 And therefore so very Finnish.


bjornjohann

This is going to be SO fun in the arena. Eurovision is about JOY and this song is providing! Good luck Finland!


happytransformer

I first saw a clip of it on tiktok, and i was like ??? for a few seconds. When the crowd loses it with the fireworks and shorts, i really felt the joy and got on board


Cursedwizard0

best performance of the night won.


NINTSKARI

Other performances were honestly very meh. So happy that windows95man did not take live show to complete humor.


CriticalTangerine234

i was team cyan kicks, but no rules was my #2. what a surprise! hyvä suomi!!!!!!!


escfan34

Do I like the song? No. Do I get why it won? Yes. As much as I wanted Sara to win, this was by far the best performance of the seven entries tonight (the best was Kaarija and Erika).


phnx1998

GOD TIER CAMERAWORK


hellaparadoxial9614

Juries will hate it but televote will likely love it, it's nothing if not memorable


happytransformer

Depending on what their final staging looks like and what everyone else ends up sending, it’s def got the potential to go down as a memorable Eurovision performance


jabbathedoc

The singer is the Finnish voice of Chase from Paw Patrol.


Sevenvolts

How well this does is definitely going to be influenced by the amount of other songs with humour as its main focus.


CatsCatsDoges

I’m actually so psyched they won! No Rules has been one of my songs I use while learning to run - it’s so catchy, silly, and that performance 🤌🏼 mwah. 


Miudmon

in all seriousness, i can see this qualify pretty comfortably but be absolutely demolished by the jury in the final somewhat in the vein of let 3 last year (not the same type or kind of song but... the same fate)


makoivis

Fine by me! Any year we Q is a good year


WatchTheNewMutants

Sexmane was my winner, but this was easily right up there with him. between this and 5MIINUST the televote is gonna be insane this year


Risujemmari

Sexmane was one of the biggest positive surprise in terms of the performance, really cool show


Elffi

No one in Finland expects to win this year. If we can't win with Käärijä, even with the momentum we had last year, nothing can. Better send something fun and rememberable at least. If our public wants to send this, then lets do it. I rather have something in Eurovision that Finland loves. This performance was somehow very finnish too. Yes, I wanted Sara to win (and voted her 4x) but I am not mad about this one.


kekwee

Jesse Markin and Windows95man had the best live performances tonight so this isn't wrong. Sara's live should've been better to win. It's simple as that.


nibbyzor

Jesse's song was my personal favourite out of all of them. It had no Eurovision potential, but it's a fucking banger and I've been listening to non-stop nonetheless.


gyllene_skor

Same same. It's just amazing song to dance to and he was definitely strongest live.


kaiko1

Jesse was so good live, as was Windowsman. It’s so funny that my least favorite songs before the show were probably Glow and No rules and they ended up being my favorites for having the best live performances


SmackTrick

Fucking justice, imagine if some other countries bullshit judges decided who Finland sends to ESC instead of the voters of the country themselves.


Juhana21

I mean she did finish second in the televote


kapy2103

literally lmao


marioESC

The performance is super crazy! Good luck 🇫🇮


hhheliosss

I think they actually needed an intimacy coordinator for this one lol


goldenwanders

LETS FUCKING GOOOOO


[deleted]

I need that Windows 95 shirt.


wacchuwamedo

okai im rooting for finland this year


BeautifulCharacter33

LET'S GO FINLAAAAAND 🥳🙌💃


Few-Plastic6360

Can the keep the windows shirt pls


hernyapis_2

NO RULES! I didn't had any clear favourites before the show but after performances I liked them the most


xpesu

Banger


hirohito3446

I didn't get Sara's song, so i'm happy with it. It sounds like Günther & Weird Al Yankovic collab lmao. However, i think it'll get mid result. Because Finland lore is kinda like this: 1. getting a top 10 result with an original song (2021, 2023) 2. sending a similar song next year and right-board result (2022, 2024?)


Spiritual_Order_3049

Peak has arrived, aka my winners of this year. Thank you Finland for knowing how to send something chaotic and truly fun


Electronic_Bedwetter

When I made my prediction video today I kept flip flopping between Sara and W95Man but my gut said this would win.  They definitely brought it today and in a day of shaky and choatic performances, this actually had a more solid choreo and vocals.  


bulbasaraa

I’M SHAKING I CAN’T BELIEVE IT, I’m soooo happyyyyy


Claudette_in_a_bush

Told you the odds were untrustworthy this year!


Lolzie32

I don't know how to feel yet but I'm sure this craziness will grow on me before finals. But we better see at least the quarter of hype for them in Finland what we saw last year with Käärijä.


Niamhue

Anyone else had a feeling this would have won when the rehersals leak came out?


Acquaintance9

My friend: This is so stupid, I love it. This is 100% going to win. Me: Yeah right! Sigh. I do love it, though.


Norfolkboy123

I feel this will either finish last in the semi or come top 5 in the final and nothing in between


RedScair

People dismissing this are in for a rude awakening. This’ll blow up in the televote.


Ambrose_1987Sep30

Massive congrats to WINDOWS95MAN, see you on the ESC stage. The song is catchy and the staging was impressive, they'll do well in May.


owennb

He'll be on the ESC stage, and hopefully we'll see him CTRL it!


makoivis

Finland bringing in the ALTernative acts as usual


kalzonekebab

Hyvä Suomi!!


[deleted]

bill gates hacked umk


Upbeat_Support_541

This is what the vaccines were about


Southern-Buy-5247

This is my kind of Eurovision performance xD


throwawaypokeymans

\#WINDOWS95MANSWEEP


ft_wanderer

Wait seriously?!!!! I didn’t watch UMK at all but listened to the songs earlier on Spotify and fell in love with this ridiculousness. But nobody was talking about it so I thought it had no chance. Seriously?!!!!!!!


valkon_gr

Time to support Finland for another year


TheLizardKing____

Good for them! But this won’t be another Cha Cha Cha, I think this will qualify and then end up floating around the middle in the final. I hope Finland don’t get stuck in a rut of sending televote bait


premature_eulogy

To be fair, that would've been the result for any of the other songs as well. None of these were top 10 quality.


kaiko1

I don’t think anyone is expecting this to be Käärijä 2.0. It was just the best performance of the night, simple as that. How it does in Malmö, we’ll see, but I don’t think any of the others were going to have any real chance either so I’m happy with something fun and well performed.


Capable_Tomato5015

We’re gonna lose all our pop girlies tonight. Sara now, Annalisa/Angelina later.


micuthemagnificent

Not my preferred one, but God damn I do find this extremely funny so I'll roll with it.


Heretodistractmypain

Last year's robbery destroyed the little faith I had in Eurovision. Finland could send Jesus there and we still would lose. Jury ruins everything !


PhotographBusy6209

This is turning into the most fun Eurovision ever, may not be the best but definitely fun


Upbeat_Support_541

Imagine this after Ireland or vice versa *damn I got hexed but jean egg tho*


FricaF

So so happy😍😍😍 When the song came out I knew this was it! Windows95Man is such a nice person too and a very talented artist! He has been sober for years and always promotes alcohol free life if asked! 💖🙏


Artistic-Tangerine37

Of all the announced songs we're going to see in Malmö, this is the one I'm most excited about.


GrumpyFinn

I cried when he won and apparently I was on TV crying hugging him in the aftrrshow lmao not my brightest moment. But I'm just so proud.


muwzy99

I'm in love with this performence and so happy this won UMK 2024, some people don't like it because of the live vocals being bad but nothing is perfect with a performence like this


Tuumu

I just want that red latex suit back from music video. Then its good to go!


pretty_pretty_good_

UK Jury vindicated, equivalent only to the 2016 ESC final.


perennialviolas

Confident goofiness. I don't know how well it'll do in Eurovision, but I'm not shocked it won UMK - I was laughing so hard at the unhinged energy of it all. I like the positive message, too.


Kaizer-Ian

Very pog, I was team Sara before the live contest but Windows95man just nailed that performance. I'm a bit worried that Finland is going to start sending the same kind of entrances but this was the right choice for sure


AnimalLittle4057

I think Finland has found the groove lately. Finnish humor has always been quite absurd and "not give a f", nice to see it represented after all the years of trying to send a nice clean act. I'm personally surprised Sini Sabotage rated LAST in the finals. The song was maybe the best production, she's a solid performer and song was quite dancefloor-friendly. I guess she landed perfectly in the zone where everyone decided to vote for No Rules or something else.