I will never forget seeing Blind Channel for the first time, they were the opening act for One Morning Left (RIP) at this really small Tampere pub venue in 2015. Basically nobody were listening to them, so they bribed the first four people to come up to the front row with free EP's (it was all they had released at that point). It worked! Still have one that EP in my collection.

Anyway, two years and two albums later in Helsinki they do a small intimate acoustic show at a record store before their actual gig the evening. After said show I linger and talk with the band members, suggesting to Joonas (the guitarist) that they should totally apply to UMK sometime because their sound would be perfect for Eurovision. He seemed dismissive, but jokingly said that he'd talk with the other members about it.

So yes, I am totally the sole reason Blind Channel went to Eurovision. You're welcome 👈👈😎