The ever conservative, fluffy and bland song competition that is Eurovision, is still coming to terms with the shock that a country is sending a band which is representative of one of that nation's most popular forms of music.
That's right, those rebellious fins have only gone and entered a metal band!
This hasn't gone down well in either Greece, where the contest is to be held, or Finland. Lordi have created an up roar in their home country after the band was chosen to represent them at Eurovision, the European song competition that launched ABBA and Celine Dion and where UK offerings have included Cliff Richard.
Finnish religious leaders warned that the Freddie Kruger look-a-likes could inspire Satanic worship. Then critics called for President Tarja Halonen to use her constitutional powers to veto the band and nominate a traditional Finnish folk singer instead.
The best part about this is the rumors which circulated that the five members of Lordi were KGB agents sent by Vladimir Putin to destabilize Finland before a Russian coup. This was apparently the explanation of why they refused to take off their freakish masks in public.
The Greeks, who will host the event after winning last year, have got themselves into a state about this too. An anti-Lordi movement called Hellenes urged the Finnish government to "say 'no' to this evil group."
The lead singer, Lordi, a former film student who goes by the name Tomi Putaansuu when not wielding a blood-spurting electric chainsaw, is unsurprisingly philosophical about the reaction. Part of his on stage costume is to have horns protruding from his facemask and sports black fingernails 15 centimeters long.
He is reported to have said that this has exposed his countries insecurity. Finland is a young country, and it's language is spoken by only six million people worldwide.
He believes that Finland's sense of identity has been dented by being part of the Swedish kingdom and the Russian empire until gaining independence in 1917.
It seems many people in Finland are worried about the picture of their country which this may portray, during one of the biggest TV events in Europe
Lordi said: "In Finland, we have no Eiffel Tower, few real famous artists, it is freezing cold and we suffer from low self-esteem."