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Masked Singer Suomi
''Masked Singer Suomi'' is a Finnish reality singing competition television series based on the ''Masked Singer'' franchise which originated from the South Korean version of the show ''King of Mask Singer''. It premiered on MTV3 on 14 March 2020, and is hosted by Ilkka Uusivuori and the panelists are Janne Kataja, Jenni Kokander and Maria Veitola. The inaugural season premiered in March 2020 and was successful with roughly a million viewers per episode. Season 2 started on 17 October 2020, with new panelist Christoffer Strandberg joining in. The third season was announced in June 2021, with 16 contestants, while Uusivuori hosting and Kataja, Veitola, Kokander and Strandberg serve as panelists. Cast The series has been hosted by Ilkka Uusivuori all way from Season 1. The Regular panelists have been Janne Kataja, Jenni Kokander and Maria Veitola from Season 1 as well. In Season 1, there was a changing Guest panelist in each episode. These appearances were made by Tuure Boelius, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reality Competition
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 1990s with shows such as ''The Real World (TV series), The Real World'', then achieved prominence in the early 2000s with the success of the series ''Survivor (franchise), Survivor'', ''Idols (franchise), Idols'', and ''Big Brother (franchise), Big Brother'', all of which became global Franchising, franchises. Reality television shows tend to be interspersed with "confessionals", short interview segments in which cast members reflect on or provide context for the events being depicted on-screen; this is most commonly seen in American reality television. Competition-based reality shows typically feature gradual elimination of participants, either by a panel of judges, by the viewership of the show, or by the contestants themselves. Documentar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bomfunk MC's
The Bomfunk MC's is a Finnish hip hop group that was active between 1998 and 2005, before reuniting in 2018. The group's frontman is the rapper B.O. Dubb (born Raymond Ebanks, and formerly known as "B.O.W."), and the main producer is Jaakko Salovaara, known as "JS16". Career 1999–2005 The band's debut release was the 1999 album '' In Stereo'' (Sony Music), which contained the singles "Freestyler", "Uprocking Beats", and "B-Boys & Flygirls", all of which were popular in the United Kingdom. "Uprocking Beats" reached the number one position on the Finnish Dance charts. '' In Stereo'' sold over 600,000 units. The album's success led to the release of "Freestyler" in Scandinavia and Germany; by 2000, "Freestyler" was popular throughout Europe, becoming the region's highest-selling single of the year. The single also reached the number one position in Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Italy, and Germany, and was number 2 in the United Kingdom. Howeve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freestyler
"Freestyler" is a song by Finnish hip hop group Bomfunk MC's. It was released in Finland on 30 October 1999 as the third single from their debut studio album, '' In Stereo'' (1999), and was released internationally in February 2000. "Freestyler" peaked at number four on the Finnish Singles Chart and topped the charts in more than 10 countries, including Australia, Germany, Italy, and New Zealand. The song also peaked within the top 10 of the charts in Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Composition "Freestyler" is primarily a breakbeat song, with strong influences of UK dance culture and electronic dance music, as well as some influences from drum and bass and hip hop. It is written in the key of E minor and composed in a tempo of 164 beats per minute. Critical reception '' Daily Record'' described "Freestyler" as a "cracking old-skool track". ''CMJ New Music Monthly'' described the track as "a housed-up hip-hoppity mélange of sampled slide-guitar, rubbery syn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Jungner
Mikael Jungner (born 20 April 1965, in Helsinki), is the former party secretary of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, a member of the Finnish parliament, and a former managing director of the Finnish national broadcaster Yle. Junger grew up on the Finnish west coast in the city of Vaasa. He started a five-year term as Managing Director of Yle on 1 May 2005. Although he sought another term, the political board of Yle replaced him with Lauri Kivinen, a member of National Coalition Party, on 1 May 2010. Jungner's term as the managing director of Yle is generally considered to have been a success. Jungner was the director of information society relations at the Microsoft Corporation between 2002 and 2004. He was the former aide of previous Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen. It is commonly understood that Lipponen helped Jungner to get the Managing Director's position in Yle. In May 2010, Jungner was elected as the party secretary of the SDP. Jungner's term proved to be a disappointm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Chafak
Sara Chafak (born 25 October 1990) is a Finnish beauty pageant winner of Moroccan origin who was crowned Miss Finland 2012 and represented Finland in Miss Universe 2012. Early life Chafak was born on 25 October 1990 in Helsinki, Finland, to a Moroccan Berber father and a Finnish mother. In 2011, she was crowned the 1st runner-up in the Miss Helsinki pageant. Pageants Miss Finland 2012 Chafak was crowned Miss Suomi 2012 (Miss Finland 2012) at the Vanajanlinna Castle in Hämeenlinna in southern Finland on 29 January 2012. Miss Universe 2012 Chafak participated in the 61st edition of the Miss Universe pageant. She competed to succeed outgoing titleholder Leila Lopes from Angola. Other In autumn 2013 Chafak participated in the Finnish version of ''Dancing on Ice'' where ten celebrities (Sauli Koskinen among others) learned to ice skate with a professional partner. She was partnered with ice dancer Sasha Palomäki and they placed third in the final standings. In July 2014 Chafak m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paleface (Finnish Musician)
Karri Pekka Matias Miettinen (born April 21, 1978), better known by his stage name Paleface, is a Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ... hip hop musician. Discography Albums * ''The Pale Ontologist'' (2001) * ''Quarter Past'' (2003) * ''Studio Tan'' (2007) * ''Helsinki–Shangri-La'' (2010) * ''Palaneen käryä'' (2011) * ''Maan tapa'' (2012) * ''Food for the Gods'' (2013) with Matre * ''Luova tuho'' (2014) Singles * "The Ultimate Jedi Mind Trick – Episode IV" (2000) * "Back to Square One" (2000) * "Maximize the Prophet" (2001) * "Keep Hope a Lie" (2001) * "Til' the Break of Dawn" (2003) * "Colgate Soulmate" (2003) * "Hellsinki Freezes Over" (2007) * "Gently" (2007) * "Merkit" (2010) * "Talonomistaja" (2010) * "Syntynyt rellestää" (2010) * "Helsink ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sami Uotila (actor)
Sami Uotila (born 1971) is a Finland, Finnish male actor, who is known best as Aki Nikkinen from the Finnish TV-series ''Salatut elämät'' on MTV3. He has also acted in the Municipal Theatre of Helsinki, in plays such as ''Housut pois'' and ''Poika ja tähti''. In addition he has lent his voice to a few cartoon films. Uotila has played Danny in the ''Grease'' musical directed by Marco Bjurström in year 2002. Uotila spent the summer of 2003 in Turku and worked in the play ''Oklahoma'' in the Summer Theatre of Samppalinna. In 2006 Uotila gave the Finnish language voice to Lighting McQueen in the animated cartoon film ''Cars (film), Cars''. Uotila stopped shooting episodes of ''Salatut elämät'' in 2001, but his character remained on screen until 2002 and later in 2014. Filmography * ''Salatut elämät'' (1999) – Aki Nikkinen (1999–2002, 2014–) * ''Veera (1998 film), Veera'' (1998) * ''Porträttet: Asko Sarkola - skådespelare och teaterchef'' (2005) * ''Thilia Thalia'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viivi Pumpanen
Viivi Pumpanen (born 20 July 1988) is a Finnish beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss Finland 2010, the official representative of Finland to the 2010 Miss Universe pageant. Pumpanen currently lives in Nurmijärvi. Early life Born in Vantaa, Pumpanen was Miss Helsinki in 2009. Miss Finland 2010 As the 71st Miss Finland, Pumpanen accepted the crown from Essi Pöysti, the 2009 titleholder, on 17 January 2010 and said "I have been dreaming about this since I was eight years old. My mother and father have been supporting me." She competed in the Miss Universe 2010 pageant on 23 August 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, .... Tanssii tähtien kanssa In 2011, Pumpanen won Tanssii tähtien kanssa, the Finnish version of Strictly Come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Lampenius
Linda Magdalena Cullberg Lampenius (born 26 February 1970), better known by her maiden name Linda Lampenius and international stage name Linda Brava, is a Finnish classical concert violinist. Named as one of the most versatile and accomplished players of her generation, Brava has also performed pop, rock, folk, techno, film, jazz, and world music, among others.''Linda''. WSOY, 2003. Background Brava was born into a Swedish-speaking Finnish family in which music formed a vital part of life. Her father, Börje Lampenius (1921–2016), was a former theatre director, actor, singer, and also a composer of musicals and operettas. Her mother, Ulla Eklund, is a former actress and singer. Both of them worked at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki. At age three, Brava began to perform with her parents as a singer. Later on, in addition to her solo and orchestral performances, Brava would play the violin accompanied by her father on the piano, while her mother sang alongside them. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandora (singer)
Anneli Magnusson (born 20 June 1970 in Västerås), known by her stage names Pandora and United DJs vs. Pandora, is a Swedish Eurodance singer. She was most popular during the mid-1990s in the Nordic countries and in Asia and Australia in the end of 1990s to mid-2000s. Musical career Magnusson grew up with her family outside of Västerås. She learned to play the guitar at an early age. In her teenage years, Magnusson started performing on stage, playing acoustic versions of songs and she could also be seen with different bands, mostly singing rock covers. She was accepted into the musical college Carlforsska, and it was here where she met Henrik Andersson, Martin Ankelius and Peka P. known as Hit Vision. Hit Vision were looking for 'a girl with an attitude in her voice, someone who could sing their melodic dance music'. In 1993, Magnusson and Hit Vision moved to Stockholm and signed with Virgin Records. In October 1993, her debut single " Trust Me" was released under the arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jannika B
Jannika Wirtanen (née Bergroth) (born 28 February 1985) better known as Jannika B is a Finnish singer and songwriter. Her professional music career began when she took part in the music competition '' Idols'' in 2007 and 2008, followed by the Finnish ''X Factor'' in 2009. After a few appearances on Finland's Swedish-language station , she debuted her Finnish-language single "Kuin kynsi lakattu" in 2009. Her first studio album was released in 2013 titled ''Kaikki rohkeus''. In February 2012, she had founded her own independent record label Ona with distribution agreements with |
