Northern Kings - A little different kind of a "boyband"

Northern Kings - Nothing Compares 2 U (Prince)

Northern Kings is an all-star vocal group formed by Jarkko Ahola (Teräsbetoni), J-P Leppäluoto (Charon), Marco Hietala (Tarot, Nightwish) and Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica). They sing covers of known hit songs adding a heavy metal sound to them.

They have released two albums:
Reborn (2007) and Rethroned (2008)

As you guys can probably already guess, I'm a "metalhead" and I love Finnish metal music.

I also like this group a lot. Some of their cover songs are pure WIN, but some...not so much. Handsome men who sing extremely well, and great music with a little melodramatic humor.
Here are a couple of those pure WIN songs for you!

Broken Wings (Mr. Mister)


They Don't Really Care About Us (Michael Jackson)


We Don't Need Another Hero (Tina Turner)


Take On Me (A-Ha)


Photo from Last.fm

Kuorosota - Clash of the choirs

Soo...Kuorosota (Clash of the choirs) started last night.

It's a TV-show that is based on a Swedish TV-show called Körslaget. The basic idea is that a bunch of famous people gather up a choir from the people of their hometowns and then they compete against each other. The celebrities have chosen a charity to which they will donate the price money if they win.

This year's celebrities are Suvi Teräsniska (a pop artist), Olli Herman (the singer of Reckless Love), Meiju Suvas (a schlager artist), Aste (a rapper), Emma Salokoski (a soul artist) and Pete Parkkonen (a rock artist).

I watch all of these kinds of shows (Idols, Talent, X-factor etc). I think there was something wrong with the audio system last night, because I could hardly hear the choirs beneath the solo singers...

Well anyways...I don't have a favorite from this season yet, but I thought I'd share some of my favorite performances from the last two seasons.

The choir of Timo Kotipelto - Hunting High And Low (Stratovarius)

The celebs are allowed to sing along in two (?) songs during the show.

The choir of Timo Kotipelto - Over The Hills And Far Away

The choir of Marco Hietala - Like A Virgin

The choir of Marco Hietala - I Walk Forever (Tarot)

Season 2 choirs - It's My Life