"Dark Side" is a song by Finnish

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Blind Channel Blind Channel is a Finnish nu metal band from Oulu. The band define their musical style as "violent pop". They represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song " Dark Side", finishing in sixth place. Career In Februar ...

. It represented

Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song " Dark Side" written by Aleksi Kaunisvesi, Joonas Porko, Joel Hokka, Niko Moilanen and Olli Matela. The song was performed by the band Blind Channel. The Finnish broadcaster ...

, having won '' Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021''. It reached number one in Finland on 28 February 2021. The song was nominated at the 2021 Global Metal Apocalypse Awards, where it finished joint 9th.

Eurovision Song Contest

The song was selected to represent

, after winning ''Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2021'', the music competition that selects Finland's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. The semi-finals of the 2021 contest featured the same line-up of countries as determined by the draw for the 2020 contest's semi-finals. Finland was placed into the second semi-final, held on 20 May 2021, and performed in the second half of the show. The song finished in 6th position in the Grand Final with 301 points.

Charts

References

2021 songs Eurovision songs of 2021 Eurovision songs of Finland Nu metal songs Rap rock songs Finnish rock songs Number-one singles in Finland {{2020s-song-stub Blind Channel songs