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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
Entertainment
Christopher Megrath

Eurovision's Käärijä addresses touring strain, fan adoration and the fate of his green jacket

The Eurovision Song Contest's Käärijä addressed concerns he was feeling overwhelmed, the excessive fan adoration, and his plans for the iconic green bolero.

The Finnish rapper boasts potentially the biggest cult favourite since Verka Seduchka's Dancing Lasha Tumbai in 2007. Cha Cha Cha stormed the UMK qualifiers for a place in the Liverpool contest and solidified Käärijä as one of this year's biggest contenders.

The heavy rock-orientated entry fused with a Kpop climax, backed by striking acid-green visuals, is a sight to behold and one that will no doubt blow the roof off of the M&S Arena. Fans around Europe are rightly obsessed with the agent of chaos that is Käärijä but the man behind the character, Jere Pöyhönen, is stunned by the sheer volume of love sent his way.

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