Waldo's People

Waldo's People
Waldo's People at a Eurovision 2009 press conference
Background information
Origin	Finland
Genres	Eurodance
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Sony BMG RCA Records
Members	Waldo (vocal) Karoliina Kallio (vocal) Sami Lehto (drums) Karl Sinkkonen (keyboards) Kimmo Nissinen (guitar)
Website	Official site

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.

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.

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Chart positions
		FIN
1998	Waldo's People (RCA/Blue Bubble)	6
2000	No Man's Land (RCA)	6
2009	Paranoid (Sony BMG)	13

Compilations

Year	Title	Chart positions
		FIN
2008	Back Again: The Greatest Hits	27

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions
		FIN	SWE	SWI	UK
1998	U Drive Me Crazy (RCA/Blue Bubble)	3	60	-	-
	I Dream (RCA/Blue Bubble)	-	-	-	-
	Let's Get Busy (RCA/Blue Bubble)	-	-	-	-
2000	No Man's Land (RCA)	18	-	-	-
	1000 Ways (RCA)	4	-	-	-
	Bounce (to the Rhythm Divine) (RCA)	-	-	-	-
2008	Back Again (Sony BMG)	1	-	-	-
	Emperor's Dawn (Sony BMG)	-	-	-	-
2009	Lose Control (Sony BMG)	1	11	57	100
	New Vibration (Sony BMG)	2	-	-	-
2010	I Wanna Be a Rockstar (Sony BMG)	15	-	-	-
	Jackpot (Sony BMG)	19	-	-	-
2011	Echo (EMI)	-	-	-	-

External links

• Official Website