Lordi成员: Lordi (主唱), Amen (吉他), Ox (贝斯), Awa (键盘), Kita (鼓手) 2006年5月20日，芬兰重金属摇滚乐队洛尔迪在希腊首都雅典举行的2006雅典欧洲电视歌曲大赛上击败所有对手，捧走最高奖项，并为芬兰夺得了 2007年欧洲电视歌曲大赛的主办权。欧洲电视歌曲大赛是欧洲广播电视联盟组织、由主办方国家电视台承办的一项重大艺术类赛事。这项赛事已有51年的历史，并成为全世界收视率最高的文艺类电视节目之一.这个现场是在他们得奖后26号在芬兰本土开的一个现场,当时有8-9万名来自芬兰本地的歌迷到达现场,Lordi演唱了他们至今最为出名的几首歌曲. 经过40年的努力，芬兰终于在比赛中获胜。Lordi乐队以其反传统单曲《重金属哈利路亚》（Hard Rock Hallelujah），震撼并愉悦了观众，赢得了该赛事的历史最好成绩——292分，且高出亚军俄罗斯40分。 芬兰总统Tarja Halonen向粘着魔鬼面具的Lordi乐队发去贺电；芬兰文化部长Tanja Karpela说，Lordi的胜利表明芬兰的音乐在国外也是能够成功的。有官员表示，明年芬兰作为东道主将会上演最好的比赛。芬兰国家广播公司YLE运营总裁Mikael Jungner说道，这件事就好像芬兰中了头彩。 5月21日，虽然有雨，赫尔辛基的大街小巷仍然挤满了为Lordi庆祝的人群，大家挥舞着芬兰国旗，大声唱着Lordi的歌；汽车行驶在湿漉漉的街道上，一路鸣笛。 芬兰是个比较内敛的国家，2006年3月以来，当Lordi赢得芬兰参赛的入场券时，许多芬兰人还担心这样的乐队会破坏国家的声誉呢。作为音乐大师西贝柳斯故乡的芬兰，除去几位歌剧表演者和作曲家之外，几乎没有在国际大赛上获得过成功。芬兰在欧洲电视网歌曲大赛中一度没有成绩，甚至两次因担心成为倒数第一而退出比赛。 终于，这支乐队向为其投票的观众致意，主唱将手中的双头斧高高举起，他们的表演灵感来自20世纪70年代的摇滚乐队Kiss。主唱Tomi在一个新闻发布会上说道，他们的成功证明除流行音乐与摇滚乐之外，还有不同的音乐形式，那才应该是欧洲电视网比赛的目的。 欧洲电视网歌曲大赛以往的获胜者虽已星光黯淡，不过大赛却曾为一众明星奠定了辉煌事业的基础，其中包括Abba乐队和席琳迪翁等等。 芬兰北部城市罗凡涅米将在2006年6月9日对Lordi乐队进行嘉奖庆典。Lordi主唱Tomi Putaansuu正是罗凡涅米人，他将获得一块私人领地；乐队其他成员则将成为该市的荣誉市民，包括来自万塔市（Vantaa）的鼓手Kita，波尔沃的键盘手Awa，艾斯堡的贝司手Ox 和曼撒拉（Mäntsälä）的吉他手Amen。罗凡涅米中心的Sampo广场也将正式更名为Lordi广场。庆典连接着当日晚间的音乐会，这也是乐队环球之旅的开球仪式。此外，罗凡涅米市还向芬兰国家广播公司YLE表示，该市已为主办2007年欧洲电视网歌曲大赛做好准备。With their operatic heavy metal and monster-movie stage persona, Lordi seemed a most unlikely choice to represent their native Finland in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. So just imagine how many jaws hit the floor when the group not only claimed top honors, but also earned the most points in the venerable event's history. Vocalist Tomi Petteri Putaansuu, aka Mr. Lordi, assembled Lordi in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1996 following a concert headlined by his favorite band, Kiss; after recruiting guitarist Jussi Sydänmaa (known as "Amen"), bassist Magnum (real name unknown), former Chidren of Bodom keyboardist Erna Siikavirta ("Enary"), and drummer Sampsa Astala ("Kita"), he began writing songs as well as creating the elaborate foam-latex monster costumes and pyrotechnic effects that would become the hallmark of their theatrical live performances. After a series of label auditions went nowhere, Lordi signed to Sony BMG Finland and in 2002 issued a debut LP, Get Heavy, which rose to the number three spot on the Finnish charts on the strength of the number one single "Would You Love a Monsterman?" Magnum left the group soon after, and with new bassist Pekka Tarvenen ("Kalma"), Lordi cut a sophomore album, 2004's The Monsterican Dream, returning to the Top 20 with "Blood Red Sandman." After touring in support of the LP, both Tarvenen and Siikavirta left the lineup, and with new bassist Samer el Nahhal ("Ox") and keyboardist Leena Peisa ("Awa"), Lordi released a third full-length, The Arockalypse. When the record's chart-topping lead single, "Hard Rock Hallelujah," was appointed Finland's official entry in the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, some religious leaders criticized the move, charging the band with advocating Satanism (even in the face of their 2003 hit "The Devil Is a Loser"); Lordi scored the most points in contest history with 292, 44 more than runner-up Dima Bilan of Russia. In the wake of Lordi's victory -- Finland's first in Eurovision competition -- tabloids from across Europe scrambled to publish photos of the band sans makeup, earning criticism from fans and media rivals alike and forcing public apologies from the offending parties. On May 26, 2006, Lordi celebrated their triumph with a free open-air performance in Helsinki's Market Square, playing to more than 80,000 fans. Finland president Tarja Halonen even took the stage to award the band for their global recognition.