BBC mistakes hardcore Eurovision fan for Finnish entrant Käärijä
nme.comEurovision fan, after believing that he was this year’s representative for Finland, Käärijä.A fan-favourite from this year’s instalment of the iconic song contest, Käärijä recently turned heads at the first semi-finals for his eccentric neon green outfit, featuring puffy sleeves, a bare chest and a spiked collar.
However, the look has since inspired a few hardcore Eurovision fans, and led to a few attendees taking to the streets of Liverpool, sporting the same look.One Käärijä fan, however, seems to have pulled off the look a little bit too well, and even convinced a few journalists that he was “the man himself”.The man, who actually turned out to be a member of an Australian Eurovision fan group was approached on the street by reporters for the news programme BBC North West Tonight, who declared to viewers that they had “managed to catch up with the main man himself”.“How do you think Liverpool’s done out there?” The news reporter asked the lookalike, to which he responded: “Oh, incredible.
In comparison with other countries I’ve been to, this is better organised, everything is in walking distance.”“It’s just so friendly.
Everything is just so easy around here,” he continued. “It’s incredible.”Since it aired, the moment has now gone viral across social media, with Eurovision fans quickly poking fun at the blunder. “I watched the BBC reporters CHASE this completely random man down to do this interview,” one attendee explained on Twitter.
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