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.
🇦🇹 Hostcountry Austria selects a song
Hostcountry Austria will select a song tonight. The country will do so via the show ‘Vienna Calling – Wer singt für Österreich”. Twelve songs will compete. A jury and televote will decide the winner. The show starts tonight at 20:15 CET and you can watch it at ORF1 and on YouTube. final date: 20 FebruaryPlace: ORF-Zentrum Kuniglberg, ViennaHosts: Alice Tumler & Cesár Sampson * Anna-Sophie Superhuman l & m: Anna-Sophie Heibl, Guiliano Sannicandro & Jonas Strondl * Bamlak Werner We Are Not Just One Thing l: Bamlak Werner & Dominik Wendl m: Bamlak Werner & Elias Stejskal * Cosmó Tanzschein l & m: Benjamin Gedeon (Cosmó), Elias Stejskal & Ella Stern * David Kurt Pockets Full Of Snow l: David Kopelent (David Kurt) m : David Kopelent & Fabian Hainzl * Frevd Riddle l & m: Alvin Ehrnberger, Andreas Wöckinger, Christopher Stummer, Florian Rauscher & Lukas Mantsch * Julia Steen Julia l & m: Bob Inski, Danielle Lamb, Ela Steinmetz & Julia Wastian * Kayla Krystin I brenn l & m: Gregor Glanz, Kayla Krystin & Manuel Stix * Lena Schaur Painted Reality l: Lena Schaur m: Lena Schaur, Michael Oberhauser & Thomas Tolloy * Nikotin Unsterblich l: Nikotin, Richardo Bettiol & Tamara Olorga m: Dominic Muhrer, Nikotin, Richardo Bettiol & Tamara Olorga * Philip Piller Das Leben ist Kunst l & m: Julia Kautz, Lukas Hillebrand & Philip Piller * Reverend Stomp Mescalero Ranger l: Christoph Mooser m: Christoph Mooser, Florian Strober, Franz Gies & Tobias Voges * Sidrit Vokshi Wenn ich rauche l & m: David Slomo, Sidrit Vokshi & Thomas Kröss
