''Jyrki'' (sometimes stylised as ''JYRK:.'') is a

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music television program that aired on the

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channel from 1995 to 2001. It was an afternoon program about

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for youths. The idea for the program came from the

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'' MuchMusic'' program by the CHUM network, whose material ''Jyrki'' borrowed and cooperated with to improve the concept. ''Jyrki'' was produced by Funny-Films Oy.

Overview

The first episode of ''Jyrki'' was on 1 September 1995, and the live broadcast from the Lasipalatsi in central

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was sent five days a week one and a half hours at a time. When the Lasipalatsi was under renovation, the program was broadcast from Kalevankatu. The program consisted mostly of

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s and artist interviews. The last episode of ''Jyrki'' was on 21 December 2001. There were a total of 2901 episodes and they showed approximately four thousand music videos. The first music video shown on ''Jyrki'' was Veikko Lavi's ''Löysin rantein''. In the final years from 2000 to 2001 the program was also broadcast on the TVTV! channel (currently known as Sub). Side shows of ''Jyrki'' included the dance music oriented ''Jyrki Electric Circus'', the one-artist spotlight show ''Intimate & Interactive'', the video list ''Jyrki Countdown'', ''Jyrki Spotlight'' containing foreign artist interviews, ''Jyrki+'' containing older music videos and interviews, the

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show ''Jyrki Goes Movies'' and the live music show ''Live@Jyrki''. Also the traditional Finnish rock'n'roll championship was renamed "Jyrki Hit Challenge". The Jyrki Video Awards celebration rewarded the best music artists and music videos from 1997 to 2001. The show brought many new faces to publicity. Hosts included

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, Marika Makaroff,

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, Vera Olsson,

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, Mikko "Peltsi" Peltola, Kaija Ståhl, Micaela Metso, Veeti Kallio, Olli "Molli-Olli" Oikarinen, Minna O (Ojala/Ottavainen), Joonas Hytönen, Tiina Kylmälä, Heta Hyttinen,

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, Jussi Heikelä, and the editor-in-chief Antti "Pizza" Pekkarinen. From December 2005 Pan Vision started publicising the best interviews and live performances of ''Jyrki'' on

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under the title of ''Jyrki: Lost Tapes''. The program was planned to consist of six episodes, but it was stopped after the third episode, which consisted of live performances from autumn 1997 to spring 1998.

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0411000, Jyrki
''Jyrki'' at archive.org
Finnish television shows MTV3 original programming 1995 Finnish television series debuts 2001 Finnish television series endings