And it is finnish idols winner ari koivunen. Check their homepage, i'm too lazy to link that here.
This totally reminds me of what happened with Nightwish and the preppy new singer Anette Olzon, or however the fuck you spell her name.
Seriously, you got to hear him first to judge. I don't think Idols competition record deal allows you to go anywhere but mainstream since the competition seeks a mainstream singer. That means he had to put out a year of that stuff anyway because of his contract!
I think all you get from winning is one pop album. You don't write it, you just sing it, and I think a music video and a tour. Then you are unpopular and don't give a shit what you do.
Then again, I don't really follow the Idol stuff , that being said just the American and Canadian ones.