Pöyhönen's image as Käärijä started off with a bowl cut and a yellow suit, but during performances he would get too warm, remove the suit and perform mostly shirtless, which became a part of his brand. Artistic style and influences Käärijä in 2021 With the release, Finland became the first country in the world whose capital city has a photorealistic twin in Fortnite. Īhead of Eurovision, Finnish software company Zoan created an experience inside the popular online video game Fortnite, where players can visit a virtual rendering of Helsinki's famous Senate Square with Käärijä signs and stages. In the final, he topped the public vote with 376 points, but ultimately finished in second place with 526 points overall to Sweden's entrant Loreen. Performing in the first semi-final, held on, Pöyhönen finished first with 177 points and thus qualified for the final. Käärijä performing " Cha Cha Cha" on stage during the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 at the Liverpool Arena. At the national selection competition he finished in first place with a total of 539 points (467 points from the televote and 72 points from the juries), thus becoming the Finnish representative for that year's Eurovision in Liverpool. His entry "Cha Cha Cha" was co-written with Aleksi Nurmi and Johannes Naukkarinen, and was released on 18 January 2023. On 11 January 2023, Pöyhönen was announced as one of seven participants in Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2023, the Finnish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. In 2020, his debut album Fantastista was released. ![]() The following year, he released an extended play, titled Peliä. ![]() He subsequently released the double single " Koppi tules" / " Nou roblem". Pöyhönen released his music independently until 2017, when he was signed to the record label Monsp Records. ![]() His stage name, owing to his gambling hobby, is derived from the phrase kääriä rahaa, "to make a quick buck". He discovered his passion for music while learning to play the drums, and started producing music in 2014. Pöyhönen grew up in the Ruskeasanta neighbourhood of Vantaa, Greater Helsinki, as the son of Mikko and Arja Pöyhönen. His entry topped the charts in Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Sweden, and reached the top ten in thirteen other countries including the United Kingdom, becoming the first ever song in Finnish to reach the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart. He represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song " Cha Cha Cha", finishing first in the public vote and coming in second place with 526 points. Jere Pöyhönen ( Finnish pronunciation: born 21 October 1993), known professionally as Käärijä ( Finnish: ), is a Finnish rapper, singer and songwriter.
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