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Stratovarius singer Timo Kotipelto's led his choir to victory: Timo and his choir from his home village Lappajärvi won the Finnish TV series "Kuorosota" (Clash of the Choirs).



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The concept of the program is that the choir leaders pick ordinary people for a choir from their respective home towns. The choirs then perform in TV, competing with each other. TV viewers vote and determine the winner, and each week another choir gets voted off.

The winner get to designate a home town charity which then receives 40000 Euro (about 50000 dollars). Timo decided the money should go for music education and band rehearsal spaces in Lappajärvi.

Week by week, Timo and his Lappajärvi choir crushed his fellow Finnish artists and choirs. First to be whipped was Kristiina Wheeler and her choir from Tampere. Then came the turn of Irina (Heinola) and her choir: they were roundly drubbed. Next, the can of choir whop-ass was opened on Veeti Kallio (from Salo), and it was not long before also Marion Rung (Helsinki) met her well-deserved Waterloo. Finally Mikki Kauste (Espoo) and his choir were subjugated and annihilated.

About half a million people watched every week, which means a tenth of the population of Finland were glued to their TV sets.

Lappajärvi has about 3,800 inhabitants.

Congratulations!

Finnish Kuorosota site
http://www.nelonen.fi/kuorosota/

The US version (info in English)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_of_the_Choirs

Wikipedia on Lappajärvi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lappaj%C3%A4rvi

ZOMG!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS KOTIPELTO and Lappajärvi!!!

:ola: :ola: :ola: :ola: :ola:

:headbang: !!!

Congratulations!!

Job well done!

WOOHOO!!!

Week by week, Timo and his Lappajärvi choir crushed his fellow Finnish artists and choirs. First to be whipped was Kristiina Wheeler and her choir from Tampere. Then came the turn of Irina (Heinola) and her choir: they were roundly drubbed. Next, the can of choir whop-ass was opened on Veeti Kallio (from Salo), and it was not long before also Marion Rung (Helsinki) met her well-deserved Waterloo. Finally Mikki Kauste (Espoo) and his choir were subjugated and annihilated.

Who wrote that? Really funny

Week by week, Timo and his Lappajärvi choir crushed his fellow Finnish artists and choirs. First to be whipped was Kristiina Wheeler and her choir from Tampere. Then came the turn of Irina (Heinola) and her choir: they were roundly drubbed. Next, the can of choir whop-ass was opened on Veeti Kallio (from Salo), and it was not long before also Marion Rung (Helsinki) met her well-deserved Waterloo. Finally Mikki Kauste (Espoo) and his choir were subjugated and annihilated

That part was pure awesomeness
Congratulations kotipelto and Lappajärvi. That is great that their town gets funds added for music education and rehearsal spaces.

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations TK!
Good job Lappajärvi choir!
Kuorosota...

:party:

Congratulations!

Congratulations!!!!

Congratulations Timo and Lappajärvi
You were the best all the time :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

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great news!!
which was the song they sang at the final stage??

Rock the Metal :headbang:

I never had any doubt Timo would win! Congrats!

Congrats to Timo and his choir. they must be really happy!

Congratulations TK you deserve it

yeah Timo you rock!!! well done!!

Congratulations! Good to hear the money goes to good hands, Lappajärvi people must be really happy now.

:banana1: :banana2: :jump:

AWESOME!

Wonderful news! :ola:
Congratulations!!!

Yay!

Joacim Cans won the Swedish version and Kotipelto won the Finnish version! Indeed power metal musicians are really damn good aren't them?

:party:

Huge congratulations!

Congratulations!

They sang

Queen - I Want It All
Ac/Dc - You Shook Me All Night
Gary Moore - Over the Hills And Far away

Timo sang with his choir on the last song which was awesome!

AAAAAAAAAA wrote:WOOHOO!!!

Week by week, Timo and his Lappajärvi choir crushed his fellow Finnish artists and choirs. First to be whipped was Kristiina Wheeler and her choir from Tampere. Then came the turn of Irina (Heinola) and her choir: they were roundly drubbed. Next, the can of choir whop-ass was opened on Veeti Kallio (from Salo), and it was not long before also Marion Rung (Helsinki) met her well-deserved Waterloo. Finally Mikki Kauste (Espoo) and his choir were subjugated and annihilated.

Who wrote that? Really funny

God thing I was tired and coffee-free, or there would have been something about Barbarossa or "strung up with piano wire" (to quote John Cleese from Fawlty Towers)

Now we need Dimmu Borgir's Shagrath (or even better, Burzum's Varg Vikernes) to win Norway's version for an epic nordic metal -combo.

Anyway, congrats to Timo and Lappajärvi (Pohojammaa!).

Congratulations!

Mormegil wrote:Now we need Dimmu Borgir's Shagrath (or even better, Burzum's Varg Vikernes) to win Norway's version for an epic nordic metal -combo.

Anyway, congrats to Timo and Lappajärvi (Pohojammaa!).

it would be awesome to see this!

Congrats TK and Lappajärvi, you rock!

Let's make a German version with Tobias Sammet. I think he fits perfectly.

Ragehead91 wrote:Let's make a German version with Tobias Sammet. I think he fits perfectly.

Nope, that would result in just another crappy Pro7Entertainment-Show