Band of people with intellectual disability selected into Eurovision Song contest

Finnish entrant into the 60th Eurovision song contest to be held in Vienna, Austria towards the end of May is Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät (Pertti Kurikka's Name Day). The punk music playing band consist in its entirity of people with Down syndrome. Their song Aina Mun Pitää ("I always have to...") won by getting 36,2% of the popular vote in the televoting, besting its closest rival Satic Circus by over 10%.

Eurovision song contest has come to known in a forum to raise social issues and other controversial subjects. Just last year the winner was an openly gay drag artist Conchita Wurst. Members of Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät met at a workshop for the mentally disabled. Their aim is to raise awareness for people with Down's Syndrome