Waldo (musician)
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Waldo is a Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 Eurodance musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....

. His solo hits, sang in Jamaican accent, are "It's About Time" and "Feel So Good" in 1995. The number of sales of the album "It’s About Time" was certified as gold record in Finland in 1996. Waldo has also written songs for different artists such as Christian Forss
Christian Forss
Christian Forss is a Finnish singer who finished fourth in the first Idols-contest of Finland. After Idols he took part in the Finnish national final of the Eurovision song contest in 2005. His singles have gotten reasonably good air play on national radio, and he has released two albums.Forss is...

.

After 1998 Waldo has been a lead singer and songwriter of his band Waldo's People
Waldo's People
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 represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Finland first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961, and has participated a total of 45 times. Finland won the contest for the first time in 2006 with Lordi's "Hard Rock Hallelujah"...

 in 2009
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and was hosted by Russia after their win in 2008. It took place between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia....

 in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 with Lose Control
Lose Control (Waldo's People song)
"Lose Control" is a song by the Finnish band Waldo's People and was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, held in Moscow, Russia. The band won the right to represent the country after winning the Finnish national final Euroviisut 2009 on January 31, 2009...

. The group won qualification to the final as the jury's selected qualifier from the first semi-final. It the final however, they finished 25th and last place, scoring 22 points.

Marko Reijonen owns two clothing shops in Sello
Sello
Sello is a shopping mall in the Leppävaara district of Espoo, Finland. The mall contains more than 170 shops and services including a concert hall and a library....

 and Myyrmanni
Myyrmanni
Myyrmanni is a shopping center located at the Myyrmäki suburb of Vantaa, Finland. The center was built in the early 1990s and it has over 120 stores and 1,100 parking spaces. It was the site of the Myyrmanni bombing on October 11, 2002....

called Waldo's Clothing.

Singles

  • "Forever" (1995)
  • "It's About Time" (Remixed 1995)
  • "Feel So Good" (Blue Bubble 1995)
  • "Be bop a lula" (Blue Bubble 1995)
  • "Move Your Body" (Blue Bubble 1996)
  • "Give Me Your Love" (Blue Bubble 1995)
  • "Gimme Gimme" (Blue Bubble 1996)
  • "The Look" (Native Dance)
  • "Cool Lover" (Blue Bubble 1997)
  • "Ooh-la-la" (Blue Bubble 1997)
  • "Face The Fact" (Warner 2003)
  • "Yellow sky" (Warner 2003)
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