The abundant visibility of the Rodeo band in the various sections of the Linna jullat broadcasts has sparked discussion.
Anna Puu, Ida Paul and Erin, members of the Rodeo band founded this fall, were invited to Linna’s party this year.
The band’s high visibility during the evening has sparked discussion on social media. Some of the viewers have wondered why the newly founded band gets so much visibility on Yle’s broadcast, while others have considered the trio’s performance to be the highlight of the evening.
Rodeo includes Ida Paul, Anna Puu and Erin. PDO
Iltalehti contacted the producer responsible for the TV broadcasts of Linna’s celebrations Ville Mätön to comment on the discussion.
– The President of the Republic is responsible for inviting guests to the Castle’s parties, and each guest arrives at the Castle according to their schedule, meaning that Yle does not influence what time or in which party each person arrives at the Castle, Ville Mättö commented by email.
– Linna’s most interesting people were also interviewed this year, in accordance with the selection of the program’s production, and all the artists who appeared in the program were interviewed in the Linna’s sequels. In the sequels, people who have also been to Linna have been interviewed in previous years, because the party experience that progresses throughout the evening is content that is interesting to viewers. The band in question had already been confirmed as the performer of Linna’s sequels well in advance, explains the responsible producer.
Mättö says that artist choices always divide opinions.
– In this case, there were also many viewers who enjoyed the choice of artist in question, Mättö concludes.
The members of the Rodeo band gave a long interview to Yle during the official telecast of Linna’s party. Later, they performed at Linna’s official sequels. Rodeo performed two of his own songs and gave Yle a new television interview. The broadcast ended with Anna Puu, Ida Pauli and Erin singing Finland– to the national anthem.
The castle’s festivities attracted a large number of spectators this year. According to Finnpanel, an average of 2.1 million people watched the TV broadcast this year. The broadcast reached 2.8 million Finns.
According to Yle, Yle’s Independence Day TV broadcasts reached a total of three million people, after counting Towards the Castle celebrations and Extensions of the castle programs.