Finland crowds chant 'Cha Cha Cha' and 'Käärijä' at Eurovision 2023 Final for 3 minutes straight

Finland crowds went OFF for Käärijä chanting for his name and his song at the #Eurovision 2023 grand final at Liverpool in front of the hosts that were very heated. Did he deserved to win?

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© European Broadcasting Union, British Broadcasting Corporation 2023

[eod]

“Just ignore everyone” - that’s exactly what you did.

[smallblueangel]

i absolutely cant remember that something like this has ever happened, everyone loves Käärijä

[pumpkinheartwcue]

"Just ignore everyone" THAT IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD NOT DO! ITS UNITED BY MUSIC, UNITING PEOPLE WITH MUSIC- AND KÄÄRIJÄ CLEALRY DID IT!

[virpitolonen]

Never heard before audience doing this. Shouting artist Käärijä name and song Cha cha cha. Hostess and host must stop shouting.

[kelemi]

this is a fucking robbery! CHA CHA CHA!

[smallblueangel]

They knew they fucked up when the chants started

[SurpresaAganju]

Ignoring doesn't help much, does it? And that is such a bad manner and unacceptable behaviour. But that speaks for those who did it, doesn't it?

He told the truth about what people behave like because of the way the world has become (and you contributed by saying: "Just ignore everyone!"). It's what actually happens more and more each day everywhere in the world and he found the greatest possible way of saying it out loud. I admire him.

Finland was THE BEST on Eurovision 2023 and they still took its victory away!! Whoever involved in that: you do NOT know how to live!! Let them be and just Cha Cha Cha!!!

[Tarmoherra]

This video quite singlehandedly proves the voting system is rotten. This should never happen.

[kristel]

This still brings tears to my eyes one year later. Käärijä did something magnificent. I wonder if 2023 ESC was the last good one 💔

[NicknooVision]

I knew everyone would cheer for Kaarija (even my pals in a Discord stream during the Grand Final were rooting for him), but now this is what I call a real "the public choosing their champion" moment in Eurovision.
My dear congratulations to Loreen, but yeah, I still would have loved Kaarija to win. <3

[HimeCookie]

who the hell decided that JUDGES can decide when there have never been any before? it's about the audience vote, not the judges! FINLAND IS THE TRUE WINNER 🇫🇮

[its_elkku]

Looking back on in, this makes me genuinely upset. Feels like such a special cultural moment was totally blundered

[oskariratinen]

The hosts' faces say it all. They absolutely knew who was going to win, and they knew it before a single jury had even submitted their points. They feel very uncomfortable, having to stand there as the faces and representatives of a fraudulent organization. And the same happened this year. The juries paved the way to victory for Switzerland. It's not about who has the the most popular song anymore, it's about who EBU thinks is the most "suitable" winner.

And Loreen had her fucking microphone back on long before the winner was announced. She probably knew when she agreed to compete in Melodifestivalen that she would win the entire thing. 😄

[timenotime]

as a Finn, this is so surreal but also so heartwarming. ESC 2023 was one of the best events ever for me, watching käärijä get huge and everyone sing along was incredible. and anyways, turns out it was good we didn't have to host!

[tobesfb]

To this day this is such an atrocity. Fuck the music industry.

[RandomBrunette]

Eurovision last year was sick, something like this happens once an year, and you except everyone to "calm down"? Such an shame. And not her telling "just ignore everyone." Im glad she isnt announcing this years votes. LETS GO 2024 EUROVISION!‼️🔥🔥

[Whatwhat]

This was fixed everyone wanted Finland to win and they should of

[France]

Il faut rappeler käärija au prochain Eurovision pour la cérémonie d'ouverture

[SjP_]

As a swede who don't usually watch ESC Käärijä should've won imo, Loreens song wasn't nearly as good

[Joovain]

TBH, i think Loreen thought Finland would win, cause you can see how she reacts to her win and to other things