With the band Lordi represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with a song called "Hard Rock Hallelujah" and won 1st place, which is also the
top-score for Finland in Eurovision.
Surprisingly won The Eurovision Song Contest (2006) in Athens by a significant margin over the
second place Dima Bilan from Russia. Although some conservatives in the
host country Greece criticized the band`s monster costumes, it became
the contest`s first Finnish winner ever (20 May 2006).