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.
🇭🇷 National: Lelek wins Dora 2026
Croatia has chosen their representatives! The annual edition of Dora has taken place, and Lelek have crowned themselves the winner! The group won over both the jury and televote. The girls will represent croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. photo: HRT/ Dario Njavro date: 15 FebruaryPlace: HRT Studios, Prisavlje, ZagrebHosts: Barbara Kolar, Duško Čurlić, Ivan Vukušić & Iva Šulentić 1 Ananda Dora 13 7 20 15 l: Ananda Đuranović, Diogo Guerra, Tchiah Ommar Abdulrahman & Ynke Dingenen m: Ananda Đuranović, Diogo Guerra, Dora Pejačević, Tchiah Ommar Abdulrahman & Ynke Dingenen 2 Sergej Scream 33 9 42 10 l: Laura Sučec, Matej Magdić & Sergej Božić m: Laura Sučec 3 Noelle Uninterrupted 27 11 38 13 l: Bonnie Max, Ivana ‘Noelle’ Crnković, Larissa Tormey & Rebecca Lane m: Bonnie Max, Filipe Nicolau, Larissa Tormey, Rebecca Lane 4 Alen Đuras From Ashes To Flame 41 15 56 7 l & m: Alen Đuras & Siniša Reljić 5 Irma Ni traga 32 11 43 8 l & m: Anja Grabovac & Jan Jakovljev 6 Lara Demarin Mantra 22 18 40 12 l: Ananda Đuranović, Lara Demarin & Luka Demarin m: Ananda Đuranović, Lara Demarin, Robert Aralica 7 Ema Bubić Vrijeme za nas 3 9 12 16 l & m: Lara Pilepić 8 Lima Len Raketa 20 36 56 6 l & m: Alen Kozić & Damir Božanić 9 Lana Mandarić Tama 21 11 32 14 l: Zorana Mandarić m: Zorana Mandarić & Lana Mandarić 10 Ritam Noir Profumi Di Mare 5 35 40 11 l & m: Moris Orbanić 11 Marko Kutlić Neotuđivo 20 22 42 9 l & m: Marko Kutlić 12 Devin Over Me 22 39 61 5 l & m: Devin Juraj 13 Lelek Andromeda 77 96 173 1 l: Tomislav Roso m: Filip Lacković, Lazar Pajić & Zorja Pajić 14 ToMa Ledina 44 27 71 4 l: Tomislav Marić m: Jan Jakovljev & Tomislav Marić 15 Stela Rade Nema te 46 47 93 3 l & m: Anja Grabovac & Jan Jakovljev 16 Cold Snap Mucho Macho 38 70 108 2 l: Jan Kerekeš m: Jan Kerekeš & Josip Novak 1st semifinal date: 12 februaryPlace: HRT Studios, Prisavlje, ZagrebHosts: Barbara Kolar, Duško Čurlić, Ivan Vukušić & Iva Šulentić 1 Lima Len Raketa advanced l & m: Alen Kozić & Damir Božanić 2 Jasmina Makota Higher eliminated l: Jasmina Makota m: Jasmina Makota & Marin Hraščanec 3 Ananda Dora advanced l: Ananda Đuranović, Diogo Guerra, Tchiah Ommar Abdulrahman & Ynke Dingenen m: Ananda Đuranović, Diogo Guerra, Dora Pejačević, Tchiah Ommar Abdulrahman & Ynke Dingenen 4 Tony Sky O Ne! eliminated l & m: Toni Volar 5 Fran Uccellini Ako bolje bude sutra eliminated l & m: Fran Uccellini 6 Ema Bubić Vrijeme za nas advanced l & m: Lara Pilepić 7 Noelle Uninterrupted advanced l: Bonnie Max, Ivana ‘Noelle’ Crnković, Larissa Tormey & Rebecca Lane m: Bonnie Max, Filipe Nicolau, Larissa Tormey, Rebecca Lane 8 Alen Đuras From Ashes To Flame advanced l & m: Alen Đuras & Siniša Reljić 9 Fenksta Momento Mori eliminated l: Abby Dank, Emma Louise Gale & Saša ‘Fenksta” Stević m: Abby Dank & Saša ‘Fenksta’ Stević 10 Cold Snap Mucho Macho advanced l: Jan Kerekeš m: Jan Kerekeš & Josip Novak 11 ToMa Ledina advanced l: Tomislav Marić m: Jan Jakovljev & Tomislav Marić 12 Lelek Andromeda advanced l: Tomislav Roso m: Filip Lacković, Lazar Pajić & Zorja Pajić 2nd semifinal date: 13 FebruaryPlace: HRT Studios, Prisavlje, ZagrebHosts: Barbara Kolar, Duško Čurlić, Ivan Vukušić & Iva Šulentić 1 Ritam Noir Profumi Di Mare advanced l & m: Moris Orbanić 2 Irma Ni traga advanced l & m: Anja Grabovac & Jan Jakovljev 3 Gabrijel Ivić Light Up eliminated l & m: Gabrijel Ivić & Jun Ishida 4 Zevin My Mind eliminated l & m: Jernej Drnovšek, Nives Cilenšek 5 Ivan Sever Crying Eyes eliminated l & m: Aidan O’Connor, Ivan Sever & John Doherty 6 Lana Mandarić Tama advanced l: Zorana Mandarić m: Zorana Mandarić & Lana Mandarić 7 Stela Rade Nema te advanced l & m: Anja Grabovac & Jan Jakovljev 8 Devin Over Me advanced l & m: Devin Juraj 9 Kandžija 3 ujutro eliminated l & m: Stjepko ‘Kandžija’ Galović 10 Marko Kutlić Neotuđivo advanced l & m: Marko Kutlić 11 Sergej Scream advanced l: Laura Sučec, Matej Magdić & Sergej Božić m: Laura Sučec 12 Lara Demarin Mantra advanced l: Ananda Đuranović, Lara Demarin & Luka Demarin m: Ananda Đuranović, Lara Demarin, Robert Aralica
