eurovision 2015
Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät
Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät represented Finland at Eurovision 2015 in Vienna with “Aina mun pitää”, and went out in the first semi-final.
- what
- Finnish punk band
- formed
- 2009, Finland
- split
- 2016
- contest
- 2015
- active
- 2009 to 2017
- record labels
- Sony Music
- members
- Kari Aalto, Sami Helle, Pertti Kurikka past and present
- sang for
- Finland
Biography
Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät was a Finnish punk rock band formed in 2009 at a charity’s workshop, and the subject of the 2012 documentary The Punk Syndrome. “Aina mun pitää” finished last in its semi-final in Vienna in 2015.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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2015 Vienna
“Aina mun pitää”
Out in the first semi-final Went out in the first semi-final: 16th of 16, with 13 points.
- Sung in
- Finnish
- Written by
- Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät
- Won that year
- Sweden: Måns Zelmerlöw, “Heroes”
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