Waldo's People is a Finnish Eurodance band. The lead singer of the band is Waldo, whose real name is Marko Reijonen. They represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, with the song "Lose Control". It won a place for the Eurovision final on May 16 as the jury's chosen act. They finished in last place out of 25 entries with 22 points.
Waldo's People | |
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 Waldo's People at a Eurovision 2009 press conference | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Finland |
| Genres | Eurodance |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Sony BMG RCA Records |
| Members | Waldo (vocal) Karoliina Kallio (vocal) Sami Lehto (drums) Karl Sinkkonen (keyboards) Kimmo Nissinen (guitar) |
| Website | www |
Waldo already had some success in a solo-career in mid-1990s. His band influenced Finnish electronic dance music in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Waldo's People's first video was U Drive Me Crazy. It was the first Finnish video included in MTV Nordic's daily video-rotation.[1]
Discography
editAlbums
edit| Year | Title | Chart positions[2] |
|---|---|---|
| FIN | ||
| 1998 | Waldo's People | 6 |
| 2000 | No Man's Land | 6 |
| 2009 | Paranoid | 13 |
Compilations
edit| Year | Title | Chart positions[2] |
|---|---|---|
| FIN | ||
| 2008 | Back Again: The Greatest Hits | 27 |
Singles
edit| Year | Title | Chart positions[2] | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIN | SWE | SWI | UK [3] | |||
| 1998 | U Drive Me Crazy | 3 | 60 | - | - | Waldo's People |
| Let's Get Busy | - | - | - | - | ||
| I Dream | 15 | - | - | - | ||
| 2000 | 1000 Ways | 4 | - | - | - | No Man's Land |
| No Man's Land | 18 | - | - | - | ||
| Bounce (To The Rhythm Divine) | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2001 | Remedy | - | - | - | - | |
| Disconnected | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2008 | Back Again | 1 | - | - | - | Back Again: The Greatest Hits |
| Emperor's Dawn | - | - | - | - | ||
| Lose Control | 1 | 11 | 57 | 100 | Paranoid | |
| 2009 | New Vibration | 2 | - | - | - | |
| 2010 | I Wanna Be a Rockstar | 15 | - | - | - | |
| Jackpot | 19[4] | - | - | - | ||
| 2011 | Echo | - | - | - | - | |
| 2014 | You | - | - | - | - | |
| 2019 | Nousee | - | - | - | - | |
| 2022 | Life Is Now | - | - | - | - | |
| 2024 | Öljytyt kanteet | - | - | - | - | Vain elämää |
| Draamaa | - | - | - | - | ||
| Sen pituinen se | - | - | - | - | ||
| Syysunelma | - | - | - | - | ||
Notes
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