Finland breaks a 26-year-old ESC taboo: Linda Lampenius plays the violin live – without playback. What this means for Vienna 2025 and who will take the crown.
This is a sensation: for the first time since the ban on live games in 1999, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has approved an instrument being played on the ESC stage in real time. In the Finnish entry “Liekinheitin” (“Flame Thrower”), star violinist Linda Lampenius will play her violin without a backing track – a breach of taboo in a competition in which double-neck guitars etc. have so far been seen as mere props…
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