US EditionEurovision favorites KAJ fly the flag for Sweden and make saunas all the rage at the contest
- This year, the Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Basel, Switzerland, with Finnish comedy group KAJ representing Sweden with 'Bara Bada Bastu'.
- KAJ's entry, an ode to the sauna culture of the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland, became the bookies' favorite amid Eurovision’s usual spectacle and competition.
- Throughout the weeklong Eurovision celebrations, sauna aficionados from Vora transported a mobile sauna across approximately 1,500 miles to Basel, where they stationed it near the Rhine and allowed the public to use it at no cost, alongside KAJ’s subdued suits homage to Finnish president Kekkonen.
- Band member Norrgård humorously said, "three dudes sitting and grilling a sausage" among millions of LED lights contrasts Eurovision’s grandeur, while Holmström called it a delight to be "an ambassador for sauna culture."
- Victory for KAJ would grant Sweden a record eighth Eurovision win, meaning much to the Swedish-speaking Finnish community and sauna enthusiasts worldwide as the grand final attracts over 150 million viewers.
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Thousands of Sauna Lovers Participate in a Sauna Event Near the Center of Helsinki
Sauna lovers and Eurovision fans will be pampered in Helsinki this weekend. The Saunavision event, which is reserved for the end of the season, will raise the mood for the Eurovision final tomorrow.
At Eurovision 2025: Glitter, geopolitics, and a sauna diss track
Europe’s glitter-soaked, pyrotechnic-powered, music competition fever dream – otherwise known as the Eurovision Song Contest – takes place Saturday in Basel, Switzerland at 9pm CEST (3pm ET). It’s part talent show, part geopolitical popularity contest, and fully unhinged fun. Eurovision is officially “non-political,” but that’s never really the case: Ukraine won in 2023 after Russia’s invasion; Israel’s 2024 entry was about the Oct. 7 attacks. U…
KAJ Finally Got a Bath in Basel
In a newly built sauna from Ostrobothnia, KAJ finally got to take a long-awaited sauna bath on Thursday afternoon. – It was incredibly nice. It had been a long time since we last had a sauna. I think it was when our tour finished in Vörå, says Axel Åhman. The sauna was built on wheels by a group that calls itself “Bastu ti Basel” from Jakobstad and driven down to S...
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