Waldo (born Marko Reijonen, 1967) is a Finnish Eurodance musician. His solo hits, sang in
Jamaican accent
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, are "It's About Time" and "Feel So Good" in 1995. The number of sales of the album "It's About Time" was certified as
gold record in Finland in 1996. Waldo has also written songs for different artists such as
Christian Forss
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
.
After 1998 Waldo has been a lead singer and songwriter of his band
Waldo's People
Waldo's People is a Finland, Finnish Eurodance band. The lead singer of the band is Waldo (musician), Waldo, whose real name is Marko Reijonen. They represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, with the song "Lose Control (Waldo's Peo ...
. They represented
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest in
2009
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in Moscow, Russia with
Lose Control. The group won qualification to the final as the jury's selected qualifier from the first semi-final. In the final however, they finished 25th and last place, scoring 22 points.
Marko Reijonen owned two clothing shops in
Sello and
Myyrmanni
Myyrmanni is a shopping center located at the Myyrmäki suburb of Vantaa, Finland. The center was built in the early 1990s and it has over 90 stores and 1,100 parking spaces. The main tenants of the shopping center include S-market, Alko, H&M, Lin ...
called Waldo's Clothing.
Nowadays he currently lives in
Lepsämä
Lepsämä is a village in the municipality of Nurmijärvi, Finland. There is a comprehensive school in Lepsämä, which was partially destroyed by arson fire in October 2019. With the exception of the village kiosk, there are no grocery stores ...
in the municipality of
Nurmijärvi
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.
Discography
Albums
* ''It's About Time'' (Blue Bubble 1995)
* ''The Riddle'' (Blue Bubble 1996)
Singles
* "Forever" (1995)
* "It's About Time" (Remixed 1995)
* "Feel So Good" (Blue Bubble 1995)
* "
Be-Bop-a-Lula" (Blue Bubble 1995)
* "Move Your Body" (Blue Bubble 1996)
* "Give Me Your Love" (Blue Bubble 1995)
* "Gimme Gimme" (Blue Bubble 1996)
* "The Look" (Native Dance)
* "Cool Lover" (Blue Bubble 1997)
* "Ooh-la-la" (Blue Bubble 1997)
* "Face The Fact" (Warner 2003)
* "Yellow Sky" (Warner 2003)
References
1967 births
Living people
Finnish electronic musicians
Finnish male singer-songwriters
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