Today, the sad news came to us that Finnish singer Laila Halme passed away. Laila Halme, born Laila Soppi in the Finnish town of Jääski, was a Finnish singer and actress. She began her career in the 1950, singing in several orchestras. Her first single “Kaunis rakkaus” was released in 1959. In 1960, she released several singles and EP’s at the Philips label. In 1961 she debuted as an actress in two films: “Penkki” and “Tähtisumua”.
In 1963, she participated in Euroviisut, the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song “Olen mikä olen”. She became 3rd, while the song “Muistojeni laulu” won and Irmeli Mäkelä was chosen to sing it in the Eurovision Song Contest. However, Finnish broadcaster YLE decided to let Laila Halme sing it in the international final. She did not receive any point at all. A year later, Laila Halme represented Finland in the festival of Sopot in Poland. She released a couple of singles but left showbusiness in 1967. We only saw her back in 1987, when she hosted Euroviisut. Her son Jussi Halme is also a singer, he took part in Euroviisut in 1990.
Laila Halme was 87 years old.
🇲🇩 Moldova selects tonight!
Moldova: The Moldovan final will be held on 17 January. An international jury, a national jury and televoters each decide for 1/3 who is gonna win. The show starts at 18.00 CET and you can watch it here. final date: 17 januaryPlace: Arena Chișinău, ChișinăuHosts: Hana Sofia Lopes, Loïc Juchem & Raoul Roos 1 Artiom Topal Money l & m: Artiom Topal 2 Valleria Valerian Steel (Rai di ri di dam) l & m: Valeria Condrea 3 Adelisha Alegria l: Adelina Iordachi m: Marian Stavar 4 Maxim Zavidia Alo l & m: Maxim Zavidia 5 Evgenii Avramov & Ivan Alenin Foc la ghete l: Evgenii Avramov m: Evgenii Avramov & Ivan Alenin 6 Cătălina Solomac Pink Margarita l: Atlas Atlas & Nikos Sofis m: Atlas Atlas 7 Dayana Doina l & m: Daniel Antonescu & Diana Surza 8 Satoshi Viva Moldova l & m: Vlad ‘Satoshi’ Sabajuc 9 Sasha Flowers We Fight Till The End l & m: Alexandru Bublițchi 10 Cristy Rouge Bliss l: Victoria Demici m: Cristina Rujițcaia 11 Ilinca Siviroveanu Running Through The Rain l & m: Radu Zaplitnii 12 Bacho Tata l: Anton Ragoza, Edgar Bacioi & Iuri Ribac m: Anton Ragoza, Edgar Bacioi, Ghennadi Covalenco & Iuri Ribac 13 Curly Respir liber l & m: Grigore Chirsanov & Inga Luca 14 Emforia Tipare l & m: Ion Staver 15 Katy Rain Dance & Cry l & m: Ecaterina Tostogan-Condrea 16 Pavel Orlov Can’t Say Goodbye l & m: Pavel Orlov
