Finns Break Viewing Records with 2.6 Million Watching Eurovision Final

The idea of a double win for Finland and Sweden at Eurovision was a funny joke that was repeated so long that people started to believe it, including here in the media, writes cultural journalist Ilkka Mattila.

Finns break viewing records with 2.6 million watching Eurovision final

Finland’s Eurovision contestants drew millions to their screens over the weekend, with the Grand Final broadcast reaching approximately 2.6 million viewers on Yle TV1, according to data from Finnpanel. The average viewership throughout Saturday night was 1.7 million. Online streams on Yle Areena, Yle.fi and the Yle app totalled over 500,000. The spike in interest followed the qualification of both Finnish acts: Erika Vikman and KAJ, to the final…

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IS followed live broadcast on Sunday evening at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to see what kind of atmosphere Erika Vikman, who represented Finland at Eurovision, would be in when she arrived.