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Pertti Kurikka

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.