Sami Helle

Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät won Finland's Eurovision vote with their performance of “Aina Mun Pitää,” or “I Always Have To.” From left: Kari Aalto, Pertti Kurikka, Sami Helle, and Toni Välitalo.

Finland's Eurovision finalists sing about discrimination against the intellectually disabled — from experience

March 3, 2015
Music

Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät is a Finnish punk rock band. All of the members have intellectual disabilities. But that hasn't kept them from winning the competition to represent Finland in the Eurovision semifinals.

Finland's Eurovision finalists sing about discrimination against the intellectually disabled — from experience

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