Käärijä - "Cha Cha Cha"

looic28 June 2024Last Updated: 1 April 2025

Käärijä

Birth Name: Pöyhönen, Jere
Nationality: Finland
Born: 1993-10-21 (32 years old)
Birth Place: Helsinki
Music Genre: finnish pop

Jere Mikael Pöyhönen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈjere ˈmikɑel ˈpøy̯hønen]; born 21 October 1993), known professionally as Käärijä (Finnish: [ˈkæːrijæ]), is a Finnish rapper, singer and songwriter. He represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 with the song "Cha Cha Cha", placing second with 526 points and finishing first in the public vote with 376. His entry topped the charts in Finland, Sweden, Latvia and Lithuania and reached the top ten in thirteen other countries, becoming the first song in Finnish to reach the top ten of the UK Singles Chart.