Years > 2007 > Hosts
PRESENTERS
Jaana Pelkonen (born 1977) has a lot of experience presenting TV-shows, most of all the Finnish national Eurovision selections and commenting the international finals for the Finnish audience since 2005. Jaana Pelkonen started her TV career hosting the Tilt game show in 1998 and after that she presented MTV3’s Jyrki, FarOut and Escort. She worked for YLE’s Radiomafia in 1997-98 and before that at Radio 99 based in Lahti from 1995-97. Jaana is working on her postgraduate degree in communication at Helsinki University. She is natural, real, outspoken and relaxed presenter, model and PR professional who has also hosted many functions, fairs, shows and other live events.
Mikko Leppilampi (born 1978) is one of the best known faces of Finnish show business from the past few years. He is a well-known actor, TV-presenter and singer. He graduated from the Finnish Theater High School and won Jussi award (the Finnish Oscar) for his first film Helmiä ja sikoja as the best male actor in 2003. Hit movies followed one after another: Keisarikunta in 2004, Paha maa , Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa and Tyttö, sinä olet tähti in 2005 and Saippuaprinssi in the following year. In 2006 he also co-hosted the Saturday night prime time TV-show Nevada. In 2006 he released his first album and acted on stage in the musical Hairspray in Helsinki. Besides these activities he has also done some dubbing work for cartoons as well as being every Finnish grandmother’s ideal son-in-law – except he is married and the proud father of a small daughter.