Waldo's People
| Waldo's People | |
|---|---|
 Waldo's People at a Eurovision 2009 press conference | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Finland |
| Genres | Eurodance |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Sony BMG RCA Records |
| Website | Official site |
| Members | |
| Waldo (vocal) Karoliina Kallio (vocal) Sami Lehto (drums) Karl Sinkkonen (keyboards) Kimmo Nissinen (guitar) | |
Waldo's People is a Finnish Eurodance band. The lead singer of the band is Waldo, whose real name is Marko Reijonen. They represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, with the song "Lose Control". It won a place for the Eurovision final on May 16 as the jury's chosen act. They finished in last place out of 25 entries with 22 points.
Waldo already had some success in a solo-career in mid-1990s. His band influenced Finnish electronic dance music in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Waldo's People's first video was U Drive Me Crazy. It was the first Finnish video included in MTV Nordic's daily video-rotation.[1]
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Discography
Albums
- Waldo's People (RCA/Blue Bubble 1998)
- No Man's Land (RCA 2000)
- Greatest Hits (Sony BMG 2008)
- Paranoid (Sony BMG 2009)
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions[2] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIN | SWE | SWI | ||
| 1998 | U Drive Me Crazy (RCA/Blue Bubble) | 3 | 60 | - |
| I Dream (RCA/Blue Bubble) | - | - | - | |
| Let's Get Busy (RCA/Blue Bubble) | - | - | - | |
| 2000 | No Man's Land (RCA) | 18 | - | - |
| 1000 Ways" (RCA) | 4 | - | - | |
| Bounce (To The Rhythm Divine) (RCA) | - | - | - | |
| 2008 | Back Again (Sony BMG) | 1 | - | - |
| Emperor's Dawn (Sony BMG) | - | - | - | |
| 2009 | Lose Control (Sony BMG) | 1 | 11 | 57 |
| New Vibration (Sony BMG) | 2 | - | - | |
| 2010 | I Wanna Be A Rockstar (Sony BMG) | 16 | - | - |
| Jackpot (Sony BMG) | - | - | - | |
| Preceded by Teräsbetoni with Missä miehet ratsastaa | Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 | Succeeded by Kuunkuiskaajat with Työlki ellää |
Notes
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