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Sing It Away
Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Sing It Away" written by Sandhja Kuivalainen, Milos Rosas, Heikki Korhonen, Petri Matara and Markus Savijoki. The song was performed by Sandhja. The Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) organised the national final ''Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2016'' in order to select the Finnish entry for the 2016 contest in Stockholm, Sweden. 18 entries were selected to compete in the national final, which consisted of three semi-finals and a final, taking place in February 2016. Six entries competed in each semi-final and the top three from each semi-final, as selected solely by a public vote, advanced to the final. Nine entries competed in the final on 27 February where the 50/50 combination of votes from ten jury groups representing different factions of Finnish society and votes from the public selected "Sing It Away" performed by Sandhja as the winner. Finland was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandhja
Sandhja Kuivalainen (born 16 March 1991), known professionally as simply Sandhja, is a Finnish singer. She represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song " Sing It Away". Sandhja was born to an Indo-Guyanese mother and a Finnish father. Career 2013–14: ''Gold'' Sandhja released her debut single " Hold Me" on 15 November 2013 as the lead single from her debut studio album. On 7 March 2014 she released "Gold" as the second single from her debut studio album. She released her debut studio album ''Gold'' on 23 May 2014 through Sony Music Entertainment Finland. 2015–present: ''Eurovision Song Contest'' and ''Freedom Venture'' In May 2015 she featured on Brandon Bauer's single "The Flavor". On 30 October 2015 she released the single "My Bass". Sandhja was announced as one of the 18 competing artists in '' Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2016'' on 12 January 2016. She competed in the third semi-final and advanced to the final. In the final, she was declared the win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikko Silvennoinen
Mikko Silvennoinen (14 May 1975 in Kiihtelysvaara) is a Finnish television host, journalist and producer. At 18, he started as a host of the music programme ''Jyrki''. He was one of the first well-known faces of the show. After hosting ''Jyrki'' for one year, Silvennoinen left to study television in the United States where he did interviews and reports about the world of entertainment for Nelonen and the magazines ''Apu'' and ''Katso''. He graduated from California State University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications Studies and Broadcast Journalism. The following year, he brought the show ''Hollywood eXpress'' to Nelonen. After returning from his studies, Silvennoinen continued to work at Nelonen, working on both sides of the camera. His most significant work on television is considered to be the show ''4POP'' which he both edited and hosted from 2003 to 2004. The show was a weekly programme of pop culture. Silvennoinen's newest show, however, was not a succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stig (singer)
Pasi Siitonen (born 22 August 1978, in Finland), better known by his stage name Stig or Stig Dogg, is a Finnish hip hop, R&B and country music singer. He has also played in jazz/funk bands like G-Litter, Kuja Orchestra and Raisin Team. He is a studio engineer under the pseudonym Hullukoira at 3rd Rail Music. In 2011 he shortened his name from Stig Dogg to just Stig and sang "Laululeija" in a bid to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, but came third in the finals with Pernilla Karlsson winning with " När jag blundar". Stig joined forces with Kuningas Pähkinä and Setä Tamu (a duo already cooperating with each other since 2000) to form in 2012 the group Yön Polte releasing the single "Tyttö sinä olet meritähti". The song peaked at number seven on the Official Finnish Singles Chart. Siitonen is signed as a writer to Elements Music. He is credited for writing for Elena Paparizou Helena Paparizou (; , ; born 31 January 1962) is a Swedish-born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimi Constantine
Jimi Constantine (born Konstantinos Jorma Hiekkanen, 31 December 1981) is a Finnish musician and actor. He was previously the vocalist and guitarist of the band Technicolour. He has also played with the bands Tyrävyö, Cliché, and Kalle Päätalo. His previous artist name was Jimi Pääkallo. Constantine is also an actor, having appeared in the films ''A Long Hot Summer'' (1999), '' Pearls and Pigs'' (2003), and ''8 Days to Premiere'' (2008), as well as the TV series ''Kallio'' (2010) and ''Salatut elämät'' (Secret Lives) (2000/2011). Jimi was the primary songwriter in the band Technicolour and he has also composed music for Cristal Snow, Robin Packalen, Princess Avenue, and numerous Russian and Latvian artists. He has also produced songs for Pekko Haimin and Aikakone. He has collaborated with artists including Cheek, Uniikki, and Flowboysfamin, and contributed music to numerous film and television soundtracks. In 2008, Jimi participated in the Tanssii tähtien kanssa ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael James Down
Michael James Down is a songwriter from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is best known as a composer and lyricist of several pop songs performed by other artists, many of them in national pre-selections of the Eurovision Song Contest. He has worked with American popstar/rapper Sean Paul, the Japanese girlgroup MAX and in 2018 it was revealed that he'd written six of the songs for Russian pop star Sergey Lazarev's new album 'The One' which charted at number 1 in Russia. Discography Entries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest * "Señorita" by Carlos Higes, Spain, (Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022), 6th place Entries in national Eurovision pre-selections 2012 * "This Must Be Love" by Ana Mardare ( Romania 2012), 13th place 2013 * "Meðal Andanna" by Birgitta Haukdal ( Iceland 2013), 3rd place * "Hullócsillag" by Mónika Hoffmann ( Hungary 2013), eliminated (semi-final) * "I Need a Hero" by Samanta Tina ( Latvia 2013), 2nd place * "One" by Niko ( Latvia 2013), 6th place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MaJiKer
Matthew Ker, known by his stage name MaJiKer, is a British songwriter-producer and performer. He resides in London and works internationally, having lived for many years in Paris, France. Music career Collaborations MaJiKer has worked extensively as a songwriter-producer and live performer, with a special interest in vocal production and co-writing material. After graduating from Dartington College of Arts, MaJiKer produced the double platinum-selling album '' Le Fil'' with French singer/songwriter Camille and the pair collaborated again when producing and co-writing its platinum-selling follow-up ''Music Hole''. He performed on stage with Camille on her international tour for ''Le Fil'' during 2005–2006 and was musical director and performer on the ''Music Hole'' tour in 2008-2009. MaJiKer also co-wrote songs with Camille for her albums Ilo Veyou (2011) and Ouï (2017). His work with Camille has won awards including the Prix Constantin, several Victoires de la Musique and BB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonas Gladnikoff
Jonas Gladnikoff (born 11 January 1985) is a Swedish songwriter and music producer. Born in Täby, he began songwriting at an early age. Later in life he moved to Åland in Finland before eventually moving to Stockholm. He has written several songs for singers from across Europe, but is best known for writing entries for the Eurovision Song Contest and for various national pre-selections. He studied songwriting at the Music Production Academy Musikmakarna, graduating in 2006. In 2009 he co-wrote the song that represented Ireland. The song " Et Cetera" was performed by Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy in Moscow, Russia. In the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest he once again co-wrote the Irish entry. The song, "It's for You", was performed by the 1993 Eurovision winning singer Niamh Kavanagh. He also later wrote the 2014 Irish entry " Heartbeat" sung by Can-linn. Among his entries in national pre-selections for the Eurovision Song Contest he is best known for having co-written the runner u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimmo Blom
Kimmo Sakari Blom (31 January 1970 – August 2022) was a Finnish singer and stage artist, known for his work in several rock and metal bands such as Urban Tale, Boys of the Band, and Heartplay. From 2004, he performed in the Finnish Christmas metal project Raskasta Joulua and from 2018, he was the lead vocalist of melodic metal band Leverage. He has also provided backing vocals for metal bands such as Stratovarius, Thunderstone, Kiuas, Ari Koivunen, Timo Tolkki's Avalon, and Twilight Guardians. Career In 2010, Kimmo and his band Boys of the Band applied to represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "America (I Think I Love You)", but weren't successful in qualifying for the final. Five years later, and under the pseudonym of Angelo De Nile, he performed in Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2015, the national final for Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, with the song "All For Victory", and came in 5th place. A year later, this time together with Anni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Facebook Features
Facebook is a social-network service website launched on February 4, 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg. The following is a list of software and technology features that can be found on the Facebook website and mobile app and are available to users of the social media site. Facebook structure News Feed The news feed is the primary system through which users are exposed to content posted on the network. Using a secret method (initially known as EdgeRank), Facebook selects a handful of updates to actually show users every time they visit their feed, out of an average of 1500 updates they can potentially receive. On September 6, 2006, Ruchi Sanghvi announced a new home page feature called News Feed. Originally, when users logged into Facebook, they were presented with a customizable version of their own profile. The new layout, by contrast, created an alternative home page in which users saw a constantly updated list of their friends' Facebook activity. News Feed highlights infor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristal Snow
Tapio Huuska (born 14 July 1975), known by his stage name Cristal Snow, is a Finnish musician, television presenter, and a drag artist. He was one of the candidates to represent Finland in Eurovision Song Contest 2008. In 2016, he participated again in the preselection for Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Love Is Blind" and was placed 6th. In March 2018, Snow started hosting the Finnish television game show ''Kymppitonni''. Early life Huuska was born in Naantali. When he was seven years old, his mother died and he moved with his father to Kankaanpää where he grew up. Huuska has two half-siblings from his father's second marriage, and the family also included the stepmother's two children. After Huuska graduated from an upper secondary school, he moved to the United States. He lived in New York for seven years and studied theatre at the City College of New York. During his years in New York, Huuska performed as a drag queen A drag queen is a person, usually ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaana Pelkonen
Jaana Pelkonen (born 27 January 1977) is a Finnish member of parliament and television presenter. Career Pelkonen's media career started as a radio presenter for ''Radio 99'' in Lahti in 1995–1997. She became famous in Finland as the host of the video gaming show ''Tilt'' in 1997–2005 and the youth program Jyrki in 1998. In 2001–2002 she hosted an entertainment travel show called ''FarOut''. She has also hosted the Finnish qualifications of the Eurovision Song Contest for five years. On 12 May 2007 Pelkonen hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 together with Mikko Leppilampi. She also gave the Finnish votes in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 held in Glasgow, Scotland which was the second ever Dance Contest. She earned her master's degree in Political Science from Helsinki University in 2007, after graduation she worked as an assistant for the Finnish Minister of Communications Suvi Lindén. Pelkonen received attention in Finland when she took part in the 2008 local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yle X3M
Yle X3M ( kstrẹ:m ''Radio Extrem'') is a Finnish Swedish-language radio station, owned and operated by Yle. It is generally aimed at the youth audience, and the target audience is 15- to 30-year-olds. It was established in 1997. In 1998, X3M became one of the first Finnish radio stations with an online broadcast. The studios of Yle X3M are located in Helsinki and Vaasa. Programmes Weekdays *'' Succémorgon'' *'' Jouren'' *'' Stiftelsen'' *''Bumerang'' *'' Metallrepubliken'' (Mondays) *'' Rytmrepubliken'' (Tuesdays) *'' Rockrepubliken'' (Wednesdays) *'' Poprepubliken'' (Thursdays) *'' Äntligen fredag'' (Fridays) *''Hovet'' Weekends *'' Veckoslutskommittén'' *'' Sedlighetens vänner'' (Saturdays) *'' Önska'' (Saturdays) *'' Cirkus Kiev'' (Sundays), produced by Sveriges Radio P3 *'' X3M Live'' (Sundays) Sister channels within Nordvision *Finland: YleX (Finnish-language) * Sweden: Sveriges Radio P3 *Norway: NRK P3 *Denmark: DR P3 *Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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