Lea Alén

Finnish judge. Does theatre, reads books, eats chocolate, drinks tea. Tweets both in English and Finnish, bear with me. All views my own.

[Lea Alén @thelea1]

Bless me Father, I’ve been bad. 🙈 Three consecutive evenings, three concerts: Blind Channel in Berlin on Thursday, Poets Of The Fall in Helsinki yesterday, and Blind Channel in Tampere just now. Jus’ call me rock chick extraordinaire.😌

[Lea Alén @thelea1]

Accurate.

[Lea Alén @thelea1]

And didn’t Portugal have an entry in the 80’s celebrating the joys of their colonialism? The times they are a-changing, and rightly so.

[Lea Alén @thelea1]

There’s a show on YLE right now where people can request past Eurovision entries, and somebody just requested ”Dschinghis Khan”, the German 1979 ode to pillage and destruction. It occurred to me that this might not be entirely politically correct these days.🤔

[Lea Alén @thelea1]

Happy Eurovision, everyone! I’m all about Australia and The Netherlands, though I’m furiously trying to figure out a way to vote for our own entry…’cause just how brilliant are The Rasmus?! 🤩

[National Theatre @NationalTheatre]

Michael Sheen performing 'Do not go gentle into that good night' is everything you'd hope it to be ❤️
#DylanThomasDay

[Lea Alén @thelea1]

@ESCViva I don’t have many faves in this semi…though I LOVE Netherlands, Iceland and Armenia!

[Lea Alén @thelea1]

A quick last minute prediction: ALB, UKR, ARM, NED, AUT, NOR, ICE, POR, GRE, MLD. I never get these things right., though, but what can you do. #Eurovision2022

[Lea Alén @thelea1]

YLE on näemmä panostanut tänä vuonna Euroviisujen tekstitykseen aivan poikkeuksellisen antaumuksellisesti.

[Lea Alén @thelea1]

Five songs in, and none of these can qualify, can they? Bit of a dullfest so far. #Eurovision

[Lea Alén @thelea1]

And to think I actually have a ticket to Blind Channel’s London gig tonight. But am I in London? Nope, I’m sitting on my sofa, jetlagged and exhausted. The unfairness of it!

[Lea Alén @thelea1]

Ahh, jet lag, my old friend. We meet again.

[Lea Alén @thelea1]

@ESCViva Thanks.

[Lea Alén @thelea1]

I’m on my way home from NYC, and my suitcase only weighs 20 kg and my other bag going into the hold just 13 kg. And I COULD have packed 23 kg into each of them! 😩 Rude.

[Lea Alén @thelea1]

@jaanakris Thanks!

[Lea Alén @thelea1]

@dragonslayerkah Are you on Instagram, btw? I’ve been neglecting Twitter, but I post a lot of BC stuff on IG. There are already some photos from the NYC show there, but I’ll post more once I get home. I’m there under my own name, if you want to have a look.

[Lea Alén @thelea1]

Howdy from New York! I flew here to witness Blind Channel’s first headlining concert in the US - fabulous stuff, obviously. Though having Niko the lead singer whip me in the face with his hair was definitely an Experience.😳🤣

[Lea Alén @thelea1]

@dragonslayerkah You absolutely should see them in the US! Different from Finland (no screaming pre-teens!), and yet exactly the same! It was amazing to witness.😍

[Lea Alén @thelea1]

Been to the theatre, too - Broadway, you know! Saw Hadestown (fantastic) and The Music Man, with a certain Hugh Jackman in the leading role. Can’t complain - well, I can: I paid $279 for the pleasure.😳 But this was one of those things you can’t put a price tag on.😍

[Lea Alén @thelea1]

Taviksena kuokkimassa @hktfi ’n Mikko Räsäsen tulevaisuuden enskarissa. Potkuja @RailiRaitala’lle! 👍🏻