The Rasmus will be representing Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest

Virgin Radio

28 Feb 2022, 16:58

The 'In The Shadows' stars are back.

Decades after their breakthrough smash hit song, the Finnish band will now be representing their country at the Eurovision Song Contest.

With their new song, 'Jezabel' the band announced a comeback and a new line-up.

Watch their winning performance below:

The band used the song and performance as a chance to introduce Emilia ‘Emppu’ Suhonen as their new guitarist.

She takes a leading role in the performance, with an animation of her as the background.

The band competed against other entrants in a televised competiton, Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK), on Saturday night.

They were crowned the winners by a 'landslide' with a huge 310 points.

This means the band will now be representing Finland this May at the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy.

Vocalist Lauri Ylönen said excitedly: "We did it! We are so happy. It was a super-tough competition, all the other songs were very good. We were preparing so hard for this for six months. We are really taken and honoured and we will be working like pigs to represent Finland in the best way in Turin."

Lars Tengroth, The Rasmus' A&R at Playground Music added: "This is just amazing."

"We signed the band just when our label started in 1999, and now we have our first entry in the ESC together. I am so happy for the band, and I love them with all my heart. They totally deserve this win after long hard work, it's not that they suddenly got lucky. It really shows that persistence plus talent equals luck!"