Jockeys, you also have to remember that Lordi were an established band who had a global following, be it a small one. Vote fixing at it's best, as every mobile owning mosher the world over went with Lordi regardless of whether they were watching the show or not.
I figured as much. I had heard of them (via sattelite radio, yay Liquid Metal!) but you definitely could not get any of their cds and such here in Texas. After they won the Eurovision I started seeing their albums at my local best buy, which was pretty cool.