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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

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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.

This year’s Eurovision Song Contest has become a political and social minefield

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