Friday, 16 September 2011

2007: Mikko Leppilampi & Jaana Pelkonen

Mikko Johannes Leppilampi (born 22 September 1978 in Pälkäne, Finland) is a Finnish actor and musician who is the son of Jukka Leppilampi (b.1954), a Finnish gospel musician. Leppilampi is considered to be one of the most promising stars of Finland's movie industry in the new millennium. He shot to fame as a result of his debut movie Helmiä ja sikoja, for which he also won a Jussi award.
In the 2005 film Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa, he starred as a poet in the early 20th century when Finland was part of Russia, working with actors such as Vesa-Matti Loiri and director Timo Koivusalo.
Leppilampi is currently filming Stone's War, in which he will portray Lieutenant Laakso.
In addition to acting, Leppilampi has been actively involved in the music scene. His first full-length album, which bears his name, was published on 10 May 2006. He has also sung on the soundtracks of some of the movies he has starred in.
Leppilampi has a daughter, Lilia (born 31 October 2005), with Emilia Leppilampi (née Vuorisalmi), whom he married in summer 2006. They filed for divorce in spring 2010.
On 10–12 May 2007 Leppilampi hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki together with television host Jaana Pelkonen. In the 2008 edition he was the spokesperson for YLE, announcing the results of the Finnish televote.
He has a brother who plays in a Finnish Rock band called SleepWalkers.

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikko_Leppilampi

Host of the 2007 ESC in Helsinki.

Jaana Pelkonen (b. 27 January 1977 in Lahti, Finland) is a Finnish member of parliament and former television hostess.

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.
However, that is not all she does. She earned her Master’s Degree in Political Science from Helsinki University in 2007, and she is currently working as an assistant for the Finnish Minister of Communications Suvi Lindén.
Pelkonen was also a lot in the news, when she took part in the Finnish local elections in 2008. She was elected to Helsinki City Council by 3450 votes, which is the 15th highest number of votes in the whole country. She was also the highest ranking celebrity amongst the candidates for local councillors. She was also elected as a member of Finnish parliament in elections 2011 representing the National Coalition Party.

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaana_Pelkonen

Helsinki, 2007.

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