(born 1984) is a Finnish rock and pop rock singer and vocalist in a number of Finnish bands, notably the power metal band Celesty, in addition to Diecell and The WildFire. After reaching the semi-finals in Finnish '' Idols'' (2007), and taking part in (Finnish version of ''

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''), he took part in

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of the Finnish music competition ''

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'' carrying the title in the final held on 26 April 2013.

Musical career

started as a vocalist in the Finnish

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band Celesty starting in 2003. During his six years in the band, Celesty released three albums, ''Legacy of Hate'' in 2004, ''Mortal Mind Creation'' in 2006 and ''Vendetta'' in 2009. He left the band just after the release of the album in 2009. While in Celesty, he also cooperated with band Diecell recording with them a demo, ''Audile Assault'' in 2005 and an EP ''Thrashborne'' in 2005. In 2009, he moved to another band, The WildFire, releasing with them the album ''Sands of Time'', a promotional album

Musical competitions and reality shows

has been very active in music competition shows and reality television programmes. First he took part in season 3 of the Finnish version of '' Idols'' in 2007 reaching the semi-final stage before being eliminated. In 2009, he was in the inaugural season of , the Finnish version of ''

''. The series was won by .

''The Voice of Finland''

In 2013, returned to competition with ''

'' which started on 4 January 2013 on the Finnish television

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. He was the first contestant to appear on the show singing "

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. All four judges, , , and

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turned their seats. opted to be with Team . In the Battle Rounds, put him against Daniela Persson. Both sang "

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" and picked to moved to the next round. In the live rounds starting on 15 March 2013, he sang consecutively "

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", "" and "" and in the semi-finals, "

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" advancing to the finals as Team finalist, alongside (Team Michael), Emilia Ekström (Team ) and Ike Ikegwuonu (Team ). The final was aired 26 April 2013 singing "" as solo and "" as a duo with his mentor . He carried the title with a high score of 124 out of a possible 200, against runner up Ekström with just 76 out of 200.

Solo career

After his win, embarked on a solo career. His debut single "" entered at #3 on , the official Finnish Singles Chart in its first week of release.

Discography

Band appearances

*In Celesty – ''Legacy of Hate'' (2004) / ''Mortal Mind Creation'' (2006) / ''Vendetta'' (2009) *In Diecell – ''Audile Assault'' (demo) (2005) / ''Thrashborne'' (EP) (2006) *In The WildFire – ''Sands of Time'' (Promo) (2011) *In Christmas compilations ** (2013) – "" / "" ** (2014) – "" **''Ragnarok Juletide'' (2014) – "We Celebrate at Christmastime" / "Christmas Has Come" ** (2015) – "" * – ''My Father's Son'' (2022) / "My Father's Son"

Singles

Singles featured in

References

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