Finland's disabled rockers earn Eurovision semi-final spot

Middle-aged rock band PKN has won the spot to represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest after TV viewers strongly backed the rockers with learning disabilities. Their entry song -- a rowdy tirade against the numbing nature of daily chores that clocks only 87 seconds -- earned just 10 percent of the jury vote but soared to 37 percent once viewers had their say, comfortably beating tastemaker favourites Satin Circus, Finnish public broadcaster Yle said. After winning the Finnish qualifiers on Saturday night, the band now heads for the semi-finals in Austria. PKN, short for Pertti Kurikka's Nameday after its frontman, formed in 2009 during an artistic workshop for people with disabilities and have since toured Europe and the United States.