Such a conclusion can be drawn judging from the results of the final of the Eurovision song contest, which took place last night in Athens. \n \nAn unexpected but indisputable victory was won by the heavy metal band Lordi from Finland. The musicians, dressed up as monsters, left their competitors far behind, reports the NTV channel. \n \nThe romantic song "Never Let You Go", performed by Dima Bilan, appealed to the tastes of the residents of Eastern Europe and they gave it the maximum number of points. Third place went to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The ballad "Lejla", performed by the band Hari Mata Hari, left no one indifferent. \n \nAnd the Ukrainian singer Tina Karol took seventh place. Almost all countries voted for the Ukrainian woman, however, they did not give her many points – from 2 to 6. The only highest score of 12 - Tina received not from the Russians, Belarusians or Poles, Karol's talent was duly appreciated by Portugal. There, they say, there are the most Ukrainian migrant workers. \n \nThe friendly Russian people gave the Ukrainian woman 10 points. Although Ukraine gave Bilan the highest score. Overall, the victory of the Finnish monsters once again proved that at Eurovision the main thing is to be remembered. When people see 24 similar performances in a row – they need to be impressed. As Ruslana did with her wild dances. And as Dima Bilan tried to do with the piano, from which a woman's head appeared. \n \nBut this time it was impossible to outplay the horrible ghouls with their wings from Count Dracula. So it seems that even if Tina Karol had indeed had the promised flying heart from Copperfield appear in the hall, she would have been at most second. "We will shout very loudly, as soon as we can, and we will turn the amplifiers on at full power," the soloist of the Finnish band Lordi promised before the final. And as we can see, he was right. \n \nThe musicians in monster costumes and scary masks did not frighten the residents of the 38 countries that took part in the voting at all. On the contrary, their vivid parody of all hard-rock bands – hoarse yelling and a pyrotechnic show – fired up the European public like never before. \n \nBy the way, the participation of the Finnish collective in Eurovision became a complete scandal. Conservatively minded communities organized mass protest actions in Greece. They accused the Finnish performers of propagating Satanism and demanded that the organizers of the song festival exclude this band from the list of contestants. \n \nAnd music critics agreed that Lordi's songs cannot be called music at all. However, the Finns were left in peace. And all these actions and reviews only drew even more attention to them and became free advertising. \n \nIn the end, Finland won this contest for the first time in more than forty years of Eurovision history. In the band's homeland, public festivities did not subside all night. \n \nBy tradition, it is the winner of the final who receives the right to host the next song contest. Next year Eurovision will go to the Finnish capital – Helsinki. \n \nAnd the Ukrainian finalist of the Eurovision song contest, Tina Karol, has already returned from Greece to her homeland. She is not disappointed with the seventh place she achieved. And she considers the victory of her competitors - the Finnish eccentric rockers - an accident. \nFans, journalists, colleagues in the profession and, of course, family - all of them are waiting for the appearance of the Eurovision finalist. Tina appears smiling and cheerful. In joy, her father tightly squeezes her in his arms. Even his daughter's seventh place at Eurovision he perceives as first. \n \nHryhoriy Liberman, the singer's father: \n- At the same time I perceive it critically and at the same time with respect and with pathos. Because this is a victory. 30 countries behind, only six countries ahead. \n \nThe singer herself is also satisfied with her performance. She says that even without the flying heart promised by Copperfield, her performance made an unforgettable impression on the public. The results of the viewers' voting are not yet an indicator, Tina Karol assures. The contest is not professional, so the place achieved in it means practically nothing. If earlier the singer stated that she was going for victory, now she sincerely rejoices at what has been achieved. \n \nTina Karol, Eurovision finalist: \n- It's even good that it's seventh place. Firstly, it's a divine number, secondly, we also came out seventh in the semi-final, this will definitely be some kind of sign. If I had received victory now, I even think it would have been too sweet, a little too sweet. I now have such a little injection in one place to move forward. \n \nAccording to the Ukrainian contestant, the winners of this year's Eurovision were nice guys who simply got lucky. After all, their music, so to speak, is not new, and the aesthetics are also strange. The singer's producer is also in solidarity with his ward's position. \n \nOleh Chornyi, the singer's producer: \n- In all countries they do not quite understand why exactly the Finns and why exactly such aesthetics won. That is, next year apparently a muppet show or some kind of puppet theater should represent. \n \nTina Karol considers experience to be the main asset of Eurovision. Therefore she has no intention of resting on her laurels. In a few weeks she plans to release a Ukrainian-Russian album, and in the autumn she will set off on a tour of Ukraine. \n