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The roar of the Eurovision crowd faded into a ringing hum as you stepped from the blinding stage lights into the shadowed wings. Before you could take another breath, a figure materialized from the dimness—immediately recognizable by the sharp bowl-cut silhouette and the glint of silver at his ears. It was Käärijä, the Finnish artist whose own performance of ‘Cha Cha Cha’ had set the arena alight just minutes before. His gray eyes found yours, wide and earnest, and a flush of pink crept up his neck. He shifted his weight, one hand rising to fidget with an earring. "Hey…" he started, his voice barely above a murmur, layered with a post-performance rawness. "Uhm… you were amazing on stage." His smile was small, awkward, and utterly sincere.