MARCO HIETALA OF NIGHTWISH IS A GLEEK IN A BAD ROMANCE

I knew there had to be a reason why I read Anette Olzon’s blog other than to make fun of her funny accent. Recently, the Nightwish songstress (who is pregnant! Congrats, sistah girl!) posted some videos from a Finnish TV show called Kuorosota, an American Idol-type series in which Finnish celebrities lead teams of competing choirs. (I’m guessing it’s a call-in and vote sort of thing…) On the most recent season of the show, Anette’s bandmate, guitarist Marco Hietala, lead one such team to a second place finish.

Now, I wouldn’t really consider myself much of a Nightwish fan (and neither are most people I know), but holy crap…the performances on this show are so horrifically funny, I had to show you guys. Here’s the entire ensemble singing none other than Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance.” Marco’s part at the 1:05 mark gave me major lulz. And I don’t know who that chick is in the middle, but daaaamn did she mess up.

See more videos over on Anette’s blog.  I wish this show was in America so I could laugh at it. But not an American version. The broken English is too funny. They’d have to bring to Finnish singers over, and just use American celebrities to lead them. Who would you like to see do this? Metal celebrity, actor, reality star…doesn’t matter. I vote Robert Downey Jr.

-Elise