I'm so glad this was chosen for Finland, no other song this year has put such a massive smile on my face every time I listen to it! I think the staging could be improved but Kaarija has so much charisma that I can forgive it for now, whatever they do he'll going to have the audience eating out of his hand in Liverpool.
The cha cha cha dancers make the live performance epic for me. They emphasize the genre-bending, outside of the box unpredictability which is the most striking feature of the song.
@@IMAGINE_ANDIZZZ Well Loreen havent won yet but she will not be my number one but I can see a Scandinavian takeover in Eurovision this year with top 3 Finland, Sweden and Norway.
Käärijä means wrapper, as you correctly thought, but it mean the person doing the wrapping, not the paper. It seems it was given to him as a nickname at school, where he was an aspiring rapper. It comes from the Finnish expression "kääriä rahaa", to wrap or to roll money, which means to make some quick money. I think his class mates probably thought, that the rappers make a lot of money. Some of them do, of course.
when a dudes song is "I'm going to drink a fucking lot with both hands", basically in the lyrics department then one shouldn't discount rolling joints as the meaning.
In Finland we have slot machines in every supermarket, almost - and the nickname came from the days they used to play a couple of coins, hence the joke.
Käärijä got his name from his friends since he had good luck with money games. So it’s like money wrapper. Also I know theproducer and songwriter of this song is and he was also there in Umk (obviously), so this years 3urovision has a bit more meaning for me! So exited!!!!
I also think the live show should be changed to better portray that insane energy and charisma from the music video / song. Can't wait to see how Käärijä will do in Liverpool 😊
"wrapper" in the burger wrapper etc would be "kääre". Käärijä is the person doing wrapping. According to Käärijä, it's from Finnish idiomatic expression, "kääriä rahaa", "make money", literally "wrap up money".
I think the performance should be changed to be more similar to the music video especially in the first part. It needs to be darker and more intimidating. Then in the second part it can explode with disco. The name Käärijä comes from an inside joke in his friend group. It's about the idiom "kääriä rahaa" (to coin money/ get money rapidly), "käärijä" being a person who does the action.
Yeah, I agree. The staging and camera angles could definitely be improved, but they will be. Everything will be bigger and better in Liverpool 😀 Also thanks for explaining the name 🙏
Thanks for the info! 🤩 For me, Google Translate gave the answer "envelope" 😆 In Estonian, "käärima" as a verb means a totally different thing. But a good thing! It basically means brew, if you are making a beer 😆And, I'd put it that way, "käärija" in Estonian means the catalyst for making the beer brew 😁 And of course, as much as I can do about it, Finland will get the whole 12+12 points from Estonia! 🥰
@@ollibox Oh no xD Well, to give google translate some credit, "kääre" means wrapping. So in a way envelope also wraps a letter inside itself 😅 "käärijä" could also mean a person who does the wrapping. Interesting to learn about Estonian words! We have the word "käyminen" to mean the fermentation of alcohol and "käydä" can be used to mean many things (e.g. visit the doctor and come back: "käydä lääkärissä"). I just love how there are so many similarities in our languages and yet they are so different and unique as well! :D You are so sweet, I hope our performance can live up to your expectations in May!
Käärijä is a reference to someone trying to get more money. Käärijä has done an album full of songs about gambling and problems it brings with it, he has been playing since he was a kid (as the age limit was 15 when he was 15) and he has been struggling with money troubles in the past. He actually needed money for food and stuff so bad he decided to sell his moustache a couple years back, and arranged an auction for it. He got a smaller bid and a really big bid which clearly was just to help him out, but decided to go for the smaller one because he wanted to sell them to thw one that really wanted them. The smaller bidder made the bid as a somewhat joke but has held on to the moustache and remembers the whole thing as something really weird and funny in his life. This happened a couple of years ago, around the time that Käärijä made the song Menestynyt mies where he sings he was supposed to be a succesfull one, someone dipped in gold, superb and talented, but he is not there and is doubting he will ever be. And look at him now. I am so happy for him. And proud. And also worried as he got what he wished for.
Yeah Kääriä is full of puns. The name "Käärijä" means "Wrapper" which sounds like a "Rapper" because he is a Finnish rapper. The wooden structure was built from wooden pallets which can be bought from 1euro so they are called "euro-pallets" which translates to "euro-lava" ."lava" also means "stage" so he was literally performing on Euro-stage :D.
Oh my God, how well You pronounce the Finnish language! Awesome, I am very proud! And well, of course the performer and performance both are beyond human understanding imo😊😊🙃🙂
Possible winner unless Loreen from Sweden with that "Tattoo" since she managed to pull even better song than that former winner "Euphoria"...Dang...classic winning supersong vs grazy Cha Cha Cha :D...time will tell :)
I was talking with my friend about going to Tallinn next month. He said its warm enough to go there in shorts. I said him that I'm going there with wearing only Käärijäs sleaves.
Käärijä means a person who wraps stuff. He said in a interview it was a nickname he got as a kid when he was playing slot machine and won a lot of money so his friends called him käärijä as he wrapped up the bills from the machine.
Käärijä could mean "wrapper" but it's the person doing the wrapping, not the thing. Better translation would be Folder, as it comes from "folding money" (or the finnish equivalent). So a non-literal translation could be High Roller
Haha yeah I can see the English way of pronouncing it sounds like that but if you put Kääriä in google translate (finnish) and play it it's a whole different story :D
Hi from Finland! Käärijä is very very good. I mean Cha, Cha, Cha. How you learn talk Finnish ? Are you parents from Finland or you learn? Thank you comments. Käärijä is number 1.
I don't actually talk Finnish and I have no relatives from Finland, but my mum talks it pretty fluently. You can hear more about it and see her reaction here: ua-cam.com/video/dcufx_82LBc/v-deo.html
Käärijä (wrapper) is a play on words (very common with how Finns use their language), so wrapper - rapper (he's a rapper) and wrapper for someone who rolls their own cigarettes (or reefers), maybe a reference to a laid back kind of person who's chill, but probably also some irony (also a very Finnish thing) that he's a bit of a loser having to roll his own cigarettes or reefers, but in a sweet and relatable way, as if the whole job of figuring out life and the Finnish introversion, trying to be part of the crowd is just too much, so just accept being awkward and nerdy. Which I think you can see in the whole performance and persona of Käärijä this Cha Cha Cha. Disclaimer: I'm not a Finn, but my wife is. Hyvä suomi! If I'm not so correct with the interpretation, hopefully a Finn can correct it.
Käärijä name comes from meaning "someone who collects everything". Like you're playing poker and the person that wins all the money could be called "käärijä". If he wins in Liverpool, he would be "käärijä" :) ...collecting everything
I love your reaction, and the Finnish your pronouncing is almost perfect, well done. 🤩 We are now in the Finals and I am exited and looking forward to this Saturdays performance, I have high hopes for this, I am quite sure that we will be in the top, if not the WINNER. For me the best song is the song that catch me with it, the song that is in my head the whole time, song that I sing during the whole day. Also a winner is the one that has a program and show what is original and not a cliché copy of what has already been seen so many times. Winner is someone who can take and own the public and charm it so it go completely crazy singing and dancing along. It is so cool to hear people in so many countries singing this in my language Finnish. Oh yeah Greetings from Finland 💙🤍 This is a 💣what is exploding every time Käärijä is entering in the stage. 🦹💃🕺💃🦹♂💗💯
It's an utter nonsense by a guy who cant actually sing without tons of autotune and recorded vocals. And it's that kind of songs that gave Eurovision the reputation of a freak show of kitsch and bad music. We deserve something more than that.
Then why is this song so popular? I mean it's ok not to like it, but come on you have to admit there is some magic in it for it is making people crazy and chanting cha cha cha! 💃💃💃
Crowd is singing and claping almost as loud as Käärijä. That's a phenomenom, never seen anything like this in UMK before.
Yes. What was all that "nöyrinä kuljetaan" and "eikä paljon puhellakkaan" all about? That audience was crazy! 😂
Your Finnish is so good and you truly are in it. Good for you and for us all!
I'm so glad this was chosen for Finland, no other song this year has put such a massive smile on my face every time I listen to it! I think the staging could be improved but Kaarija has so much charisma that I can forgive it for now, whatever they do he'll going to have the audience eating out of his hand in Liverpool.
I was about to compliment you on your very good Finnish and then I realized you're Estonian so it's no wonder hahaha
Yup, no compliments in that case 😂😂
@@EpixEurovisionGuy I'm still impressed by your finnish 😂
yeah I was about to comment it's unfair that Estonians are probably the only ones that can sing along besides Finns xD
@@drjulietburke hahhaha yeah, most likely the only thing people can sing in Liverpool is cha cha cha 😂
Actually I just saw a reaction from a French reactor who sang along to this
The cha cha cha dancers make the live performance epic for me. They emphasize the genre-bending, outside of the box unpredictability which is the most striking feature of the song.
The "boxing ring" is made of Euro-pallets, which in Finnish is "Euro-lava". "Lava" also means stage.
20 songs selected and my top 3: 1.Finland 2.Norway 3.Italy. I think we might be going to Helsinki next year.
Short trip over the Gulf of Finland 😂
You already know that the juries will bury it deep in the sand of Liverpool...
@@Marios_Gr No they won't. He won the jury vote in UMK so...
You forgot Sweden number 1😈
@@IMAGINE_ANDIZZZ Well Loreen havent won yet but she will not be my number one but I can see a Scandinavian takeover in Eurovision this year with top 3 Finland, Sweden and Norway.
Käärijä means wrapper, as you correctly thought, but it mean the person doing the wrapping, not the paper. It seems it was given to him as a nickname at school, where he was an aspiring rapper. It comes from the Finnish expression "kääriä rahaa", to wrap or to roll money, which means to make some quick money. I think his class mates probably thought, that the rappers make a lot of money. Some of them do, of course.
when a dudes song is "I'm going to drink a fucking lot with both hands", basically in the lyrics department then one shouldn't discount rolling joints as the meaning.
Mmm, no, actually it is a reference to his tendency to "wrap up" money from gambling. A lot of his early work revolved around this theme.
Everyone shouting CHA CHA CHA gives me goosebumps
AMAZING! 12 points from the Netherlands !
Eurovision needs Cha Cha Cha! 🇫🇮💣💥💚
He will have my votes in SF1 and FINAL ... greetings from Portugal ... !
"Käärijä" is a nickname from his casino-gambling days, given to him by his pals, it means something like "Mr win-a-lot."
In Finland we have slot machines in every supermarket, almost - and the nickname came from the days they used to play a couple of coins, hence the joke.
Käärijä got his name from his friends since he had good luck with money games. So it’s like money wrapper. Also I know theproducer and songwriter of this song is and he was also there in Umk (obviously), so this years 3urovision has a bit more meaning for me! So exited!!!!
I also think the live show should be changed to better portray that insane energy and charisma from the music video / song. Can't wait to see how Käärijä will do in Liverpool 😊
"wrapper" in the burger wrapper etc would be "kääre". Käärijä is the person doing wrapping. According to Käärijä, it's from Finnish idiomatic expression, "kääriä rahaa", "make money", literally "wrap up money".
Your finnish singin r really spot on !!
The ring is made from the transport shelves we use in the store and theyre called "eurolavat" so it's kinda just a pun
Pisti hymyilyttämään kun kuulee jonkun lausuvan suomen kieltä niin sujuvasti :)
Nice ... the piano is wonderfully playing CHA CHA CHA ... 😍😍😍
This song will be the biggest party song of the spring and summer. For me, Käärijä's Cha Cha Cha brings a smile and joy😁😃😂🙂
I think the performance should be changed to be more similar to the music video especially in the first part. It needs to be darker and more intimidating. Then in the second part it can explode with disco.
The name Käärijä comes from an inside joke in his friend group. It's about the idiom "kääriä rahaa" (to coin money/ get money rapidly), "käärijä" being a person who does the action.
Yeah, I agree. The staging and camera angles could definitely be improved, but they will be. Everything will be bigger and better in Liverpool 😀
Also thanks for explaining the name 🙏
@@EpixEurovisionGuy Agreed! And you're welcome :)
Thanks for the info! 🤩 For me, Google Translate gave the answer "envelope" 😆
In Estonian, "käärima" as a verb means a totally different thing. But a good thing! It basically means brew, if you are making a beer 😆And, I'd put it that way, "käärija" in Estonian means the catalyst for making the beer brew 😁
And of course, as much as I can do about it, Finland will get the whole 12+12 points from Estonia! 🥰
@@ollibox Oh no xD Well, to give google translate some credit, "kääre" means wrapping. So in a way envelope also wraps a letter inside itself 😅 "käärijä" could also mean a person who does the wrapping.
Interesting to learn about Estonian words! We have the word "käyminen" to mean the fermentation of alcohol and "käydä" can be used to mean many things (e.g. visit the doctor and come back: "käydä lääkärissä").
I just love how there are so many similarities in our languages and yet they are so different and unique as well! :D
You are so sweet, I hope our performance can live up to your expectations in May!
@@Sipu97 Many many ❤!
cant wait to see this in arena in Liverpool.
Käärijä is basically a slang term form someone who makes lots of money. "Kääriä rahaa" = "to wrap money" (like money rolls).
We have winner, Helsinki 2024
Käärijä is a reference to someone trying to get more money. Käärijä has done an album full of songs about gambling and problems it brings with it, he has been playing since he was a kid (as the age limit was 15 when he was 15) and he has been struggling with money troubles in the past. He actually needed money for food and stuff so bad he decided to sell his moustache a couple years back, and arranged an auction for it. He got a smaller bid and a really big bid which clearly was just to help him out, but decided to go for the smaller one because he wanted to sell them to thw one that really wanted them. The smaller bidder made the bid as a somewhat joke but has held on to the moustache and remembers the whole thing as something really weird and funny in his life.
This happened a couple of years ago, around the time that Käärijä made the song Menestynyt mies where he sings he was supposed to be a succesfull one, someone dipped in gold, superb and talented, but he is not there and is doubting he will ever be.
And look at him now. I am so happy for him. And proud. And also worried as he got what he wished for.
Actually, sorry, the song is names Menestynyt yksilö. This is what you get when you have a cheese brain and don’t double check stuff.
Käärijä = someone who wraps something, in this case it's a reference to the way he used to gamble when younger and would wrap up bills lol
And the story goes that he won all of 20 €...
Yeah Kääriä is full of puns.
The name "Käärijä" means "Wrapper" which sounds like a "Rapper" because he is a Finnish rapper.
The wooden structure was built from wooden pallets which can be bought from 1euro so they are called "euro-pallets" which translates to "euro-lava" ."lava" also means "stage" so he was literally performing on Euro-stage :D.
I think the staging will change complitly. But I liked the dancers 🤔
I love the human centipede! 😂 wasn't expecting the dancers, but I hope they don't lose the centipede 💕😄
Käärijä=wrapper=rapper...hahah :D Only now understood that joke :'D :D
Oh my God, how well You pronounce the Finnish language! Awesome, I am very proud! And well, of course the performer and performance both are beyond human understanding imo😊😊🙃🙂
Possible winner unless Loreen from Sweden with that "Tattoo" since she managed to pull even better song than that former winner "Euphoria"...Dang...classic winning supersong vs grazy Cha Cha Cha :D...time will tell :)
Your finnish is actually pretty good. 😁👍
Se on Virolainen btw
I was talking with my friend about going to Tallinn next month. He said its warm enough to go there in shorts. I said him that I'm going there with wearing only Käärijäs sleaves.
It's below 0 and snowing, but in a month... who the hell knows 😂😂
Käärijä is someone who "käärii" big money in betting or gambling.
Käärijä means a person who wraps stuff. He said in a interview it was a nickname he got as a kid when he was playing slot machine and won a lot of money so his friends called him käärijä as he wrapped up the bills from the machine.
You are a jewel❤
äijä puhuu tosi hyvin suomea... :)
Are you Finnish? You're the first reaction guy that pronounced his artist name correctly. 😄👍
Estonian
Käärijä name comes from the fact that the singer used to gamble and win a lot (käärijä a slang word for a person to win money in gambing).
King of eurovision
Kääriä is an inside joke according to him. He got the nick name when playing cards and winnning money. He rolled it "kääriä"
ihana että puhut suomea
Käärijä could mean "wrapper" but it's the person doing the wrapping, not the thing. Better translation would be Folder, as it comes from "folding money" (or the finnish equivalent). So a non-literal translation could be High Roller
His name seems funny to me, because it sounds like a word in Romanian (carie/caria) which means dental caries.
Haha yeah I can see the English way of pronouncing it sounds like that but if you put Kääriä in google translate (finnish) and play it it's a whole different story :D
Helsinki 2024 would be good, but i think Tampere 2024 is better 😉
And more likely since Helsinki lacks the proper arena now :/
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Käärijä refers to "wrapping" money from gambling. Edit. So, it's basically from inside joke of one of his friends.
I thought it was Finnish for Electric Callboy?
@@js0988 lol, no 🤣
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Hi from Finland! Käärijä is very very good. I mean Cha, Cha, Cha.
How you learn talk Finnish ?
Are you parents from Finland or you learn? Thank you comments. Käärijä is number 1.
I don't actually talk Finnish and I have no relatives from Finland, but my mum talks it pretty fluently. You can hear more about it and see her reaction here: ua-cam.com/video/dcufx_82LBc/v-deo.html
Käärijä (wrapper) is a play on words (very common with how Finns use their language), so wrapper - rapper (he's a rapper) and wrapper for someone who rolls their own cigarettes (or reefers), maybe a reference to a laid back kind of person who's chill, but probably also some irony (also a very Finnish thing) that he's a bit of a loser having to roll his own cigarettes or reefers, but in a sweet and relatable way, as if the whole job of figuring out life and the Finnish introversion, trying to be part of the crowd is just too much, so just accept being awkward and nerdy. Which I think you can see in the whole performance and persona of Käärijä this Cha Cha Cha. Disclaimer: I'm not a Finn, but my wife is. Hyvä suomi! If I'm not so correct with the interpretation, hopefully a Finn can correct it.
Käärijä name comes from meaning "someone who collects everything". Like you're playing poker and the person that wins all the money could be called "käärijä". If he wins in Liverpool, he would be "käärijä" :) ...collecting everything
I love your reaction, and the Finnish your pronouncing is almost perfect, well done. 🤩 We are now in the Finals and I am exited and looking forward to this Saturdays performance, I have high hopes for this, I am quite sure that we will be in the top, if not the WINNER. For me the best song is the song that catch me with it, the song that is in my head the whole time, song that I sing during the whole day. Also a winner is the one that has a program and show what is original and not a cliché copy of what has already been seen so many times. Winner is someone who can take and own the public and charm it so it go completely crazy singing and dancing along. It is so cool to hear people in so many countries singing this in my language Finnish.
Oh yeah Greetings from Finland 💙🤍 This is a 💣what is exploding every time Käärijä is entering in the stage. 🦹💃🕺💃🦹♂💗💯
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osz ty znałes to :P
poland 10 points
Käärijä - the one who rolls the joint 😅
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You can good finnish :)
😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮
do you mean tampere 2024
Do you understand finnish as estonian?
I understand some of it of course, but not much. As much as any Estonian that doesn't speak Finnish 😀
It's an utter nonsense by a guy who cant actually sing without tons of autotune and recorded vocals. And it's that kind of songs that gave Eurovision the reputation of a freak show of kitsch and bad music. We deserve something more than that.
Not to mention that he obviously copied everything fron electric callboy
Then why is this song so popular? I mean it's ok not to like it, but come on you have to admit there is some magic in it for it is making people crazy and chanting cha cha cha! 💃💃💃
Kinda ironic that u say that considering UMK doesn't use autotune...😂😂
@@Nopeahuoli1 mitäh??? 😂😂😂
@@Nopeahuoli1 sulla ei ole mitään hajua mitä kopiointi on
Congratulations Electric Callboy for winning the Finnish UMK!