Kesäkumi is a major annual Finnish campaign organized by the

Finnish Red Cross The Finnish Red Cross (FRC, fi, Suomen Punainen Risti, sv, Finlands Röda Kors) is an independent member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, which is one of the biggest and best-known international organi ...

(in Finnish Suomen Punainen Risti)
the Family Federation of Finland
( Väestöliitto) and Finnish radio station

YleX YleX (formerly known as YLEX) is one of the major radio stations of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle) featuring pop music and cultural programming. The station started as Radiomafia, and name changed to YleX in 2003. Programming targets the yo ...

(originally called Radiomafia). Held every summer since 1996, it aims to encourage young people to prevent the spread of STDs (sexually transmitted diseases) and informs and encourages them to safe sex through use of condoms, thus the name Kesäkumi (meaning "summer rubber" in Finnish). The campaign is supported by major Finnish and international artists and free condoms are distributed throughout the summer events. The campaign is also followed through direct broadcasts by YleX radio that gains much bigger listening audiences during the festival. Summer Rubber is a registered trade mark held by

Yle Yleisradio Oy (Finnish, literally "General Radio Ltd." or "General Broadcast Ltd."; abbr. Yle ; sv, Rundradion Ab, italics=no), translated to English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, founde ...

. The campaign was spearheaded by Radiomafia presenters Jusu Lounela and Eve Mantu. In later years, Kesäkumi partnered for an additional winter event that coincides with World AIDS Day.

Theme songs

A major theme song is launched contributed each year by a lead artist in Finland that usually becomes a radio hit. In some years supergroup collaborations have been formed for the songs made up of more than one major band or group of performers. The theme songs until now: *1996: Reino syö akryylimassaa: "Kumia ja nahkaa" (with

Raptori Raptori was a rap group, formed 1989 in Hyvinkää, Finland. They were pioneers of Finnish rap music. Raptori were both aggressive and humoristic at once, and often used counter-intuitive rhymes. During the last years of 1990s dozens of new Fin ...

and Päivi Lepistö) *1997: Nuoret Kemistit feat.

Nylon Beat Nylon Beat was a Finnish girl group consisting of Jonna Kosonen and Erin Koivisto (later known as Erin during her solo career). Their main period of popularity was during the late 1990s and early 2000s. History The band was formed in 1995 as ...

: "Kesägummitus" (with Kemistit and Apulanta) *1998:

Klamydia Klamydia (Finnish language for Chlamydia) is a Finnish punk rock band from Vaasa, Finland. The band's name was chosen because it was the worst name that came to their minds. History The band was formed in 1988, and has been continuously activ ...

: "Onnesta soikeena" *1999: Juustopäät: "Kumimuumi" *2000: Seremoniamestari: "Vinyyliä ja kumia" *2001: KMA feat. Mariko: "Kuuma kissa" *2002: Rockin da North: "Tuu mun uniin" *2003: Mordor Boys: "Peitä lohikäärme" *2004:

Tiktak Tiktak, also known as Tik N' Tak, was a Finnish music group consisting of six musicians from northern Helsinki. The band was formed in Pohjois-Helsingin Bändikoulu (''Northern Helsinki Band School'') and signed to Universal Music in 1999, when t ...

feat. Peltsi & Juuso: "Oma syy" *2005:

PMMP PMMP was a Finnish pop rock band fronted by singers Paula Vesala and Mira Luoti and backed by musicians Mikko Virta, Juho Vehmanen and Heikki Kytölä. The name of the band is often said to be an abbreviation of the sentence "Paulan ja Mira ...

: "Kumivirsi" *2006: Smak: "Antaa palaa vaan" *2007:

Antti Tuisku Antti Tuisku (born 27 February 1984) is a Finnish pop singer. He finished third in the 2003 '' Idols'' talent show, the Finnish version of ''Pop Idol''. Tuisku has sold over 300,000 records during his career in Finland. In 2016, Tuisku won the ...

feat. Mariska: "Hyppää kyytiin" *2008: Pariisin Kevät feat.

Katri Ylander Katri Marianne Ylander (born 17 December 1985) is a Finnish singer who rose to popularity after finishing second in '' Idols Finland 2'', the Finnish version of ''Pop Idol''. Ylander received 45% of votes, while the winner, Ilkka Jääskeläinen, ...

& Super Janne: "Mä haluun sua enemmän ku muut haluu" *2009:

Haloo Helsinki! Haloo Helsinki! ( en, Hello, Helsinki!) is a pop rock band from Finland, founded in 2006. They have released five studio albums, all of which have reached the top ten on the Finnish Albums Chart. From 2007 to 2012, the band were signed to EMI Fi ...

: "Mun sydän sanoo niin" *2010: Herra Ylppö & Ihmiset: "Hevimetallia" *2011:

Fintelligens Fintelligens is a hip hop group from Helsinki, Finland. The band is formed of two MCs: Elastinen and Iso H. The band has released three albums and one compilation, all selling more than 150,000 copies. Career In the early 1990s the Finnish hi ...

feat.

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: "Etkot, juhlat ja jatkot (ja Kesäkumit)" *2012: DUO: "Panisin" *2013:

feat.

Jukka Poika Jukka Rousu (born 19 July 1980), better known by his stage name Jukka Poika, is a Finnish reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its ...

: "Jossu" *2014:

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: "Kesärenkaat" *2015: Kasmir feat.

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: " Vauvoja" *2016:

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feat. VENIOR: Stay Awake *2017:

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, Nelli Matula, Sini Yasemin and Ida Paul: Tyynysotaa *2018:

: " Kumipuku" *2019: Gasellit: "Suojaus petti" *2020: Tuure Boelius: "Hengitä" *2021:

Erika Vikman Erika Vikman (born 20 February 1993) is a Finnish singer and songwriter. Beginning her career as a Finnish tango singer, Vikman first received recognition after winning Tangomarkkinat in 2016. She later received further nationwide attention follow ...

Arttu Wiskari Arttu-Pekka Aleksi Wiskari (born September 16, 1984) is a Finnish singer-songwriter. Wiskari has attended several Finnish television programs including The Voice Kids, Tähdet tähdet, and Vain elämää ''Vain elämää'' is the Finnish versio ...

: "Tääl on niin kuuma" *2022:

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& Isaac Sene: "Rakastellaan"

References

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