As a musician , Loiri has performed compositions of Perttu Hietanen and Taisto Wesslin , Eino Leino 's poems , Carl Michael Bellman 's drinking songs and Juha " Watt " Vainio 's songs . Loiri also plays the flute , a talent he put to use representing Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 in The Hague/Netherlands with the song " Huilumies " , dedicated to his flute . He finished last in a field of 19 participating countries . During his career , Loiri has sold over 730,000 certified records in Finland and is currently the fifth-best-selling soloist and ninth-best-selling artist of all time in the country . He was the voice of the Genie in the Finnish dub of Disney 's Aladdin , even performing the musical number '' Friend Like Me ''
Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Eurovision Song Contest 1980
Vesa-Matti Loiri