Waldo's People

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Waldo's People
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Waldo's People at a Eurovision 2009 press conference
Background information
Origin Finland
Genres Eurodance
Years active1998–present
Labels Sony BMG
RCA Records
Members Waldo (vocal)
Karoliina Kallio (vocal)
Sami Lehto (drums)
Karl Sinkkonen (keyboards)
Kimmo Nissinen (guitar)
Website www.waldospeople.fi

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.

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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

Albums

YearTitleChart positions [2]
FIN
1998Waldo's People6
2000No Man's Land6
2009Paranoid13

Compilations

YearTitleChart positions [2]
FIN
2008Back Again: The Greatest Hits27

Singles

YearTitleChart positions [2] Album
FIN SWE SWI UK [3]
1998U Drive Me Crazy360--Waldo's People
Let's Get Busy----
I Dream15---
20001000 Ways4---No Man's Land
No Man's Land18---
Bounce (To The Rhythm Divine)----
2001Remedy----
Disconnected----
2008Back Again1---Back Again: The Greatest Hits
Emperor's Dawn----
Lose Control11157100Paranoid
2009New Vibration2---
2010I Wanna Be a Rockstar15---
Jackpot19 [4] ---
2011Echo----
2014You----
2019Nousee----
2022Life Is Now----
2024Öljytyt lanteet----Vain elämää
Draamaa----
Sen pituinen se----
Kemiaa----
Syysunelma----
Piironkijalka----
How Can I Miss You----
Wish I Had an Angel----
Markku----
2025Sana vaan----

Notes

Preceded by Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
2009
Succeeded by