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: Lithuania’s 5th heat results
Lithuania: The 5th and last heat of Eurovizija.LT will has been held tonight. Lolita Zero won with a landslide, but Walls Of Water will head to the final as well. In the upcoming days, a wildcard will be chosen as the 11th finalist. You could watch that at LRT and on YouTube. 5th heat date: 21 FebruaryPlace: LRT Studios, VilniusHosts: Gabrielė Martirosian, Rimvydas Černiauskas & Eglė Kernagytė 1 Hansanova Lumina 5 3 8 8 l & m: Giedrius Balčiūnas 2 Lokytė Vilko akių 3 5 8 7 l: Gabija Lokytė m: Gabija Lokytė, Kasparas Barisas & Vidas Bareikis 3 Matas Ligeika Svetimi 7 7 14 4 l & m: Matas Ligeika, Rokas Jančiauskas, Paula Valentaitė & Iveta Svilainytė 4 Il Senso Brave Enough 6 6 12 6 l: Agnė Daniūnaitė m: Deividas Edas Kukta 5 Jokūbas Jankauskas Shine 4 10 14 3 l & m: Jokūbas Jankauskas 6 Walls Of Water Unshakable 8 8 16 2 7 Aika Raga 10 4 14 5 l: Jekaterina Fiodorova m: Alvydas Mačiulskas & Jekaterina Fiodorova 8 Lolita Zero Salve im meum mundum 12 12 24 1 l & m: Gytis Ivanauskas (Lolita Zero) 1st heat date: 24 JanuaryPlace: LRT Studios, VilniusHosts: Gabrielė Martirosian, Rimvydas Černiauskas & Eglė Kernagytė 1 Siga Noriu jo 4 3 7 8 l & m: Sigita Jonynaitė 2 Valdas Lacko Pabandom 3 4 7 7 l & m: Vladas Chockevičius 3 Elizabeth Olshey Between 10 5 15 4 l: Adelina Iordachi m: Marian Stavar 4 Noy Stand up 6 12 18 2 l: Nojus Žebrauskas m: Leon Somow 5 Rug!le Ikona Žemaitė 12 10 22 1 l & m: Rugilė Ulytė 6 Aistė Pilvelytė Tarp žvaigždžių tylos 7 6 13 6 l & m: Aistė Pilvelytė, Gendrius Jakubėnas, Justas Chachlauskas 7 Thomas G One Night Lover 8 7 15 3 l & m: Dovydas Lazdinis, Ema Zdanavičiūtė, Tomas Gailiūnas 8 The Ditties Mambo 5 8 13 5 l & m: Veronika Čičinskaitė-Golovanova 2nd heat date: 31 JanuaryPlace: LRT Studios, VilniusHosts: Gabrielė Martirosian, Rimvydas Černiauskas & Eglė Kernagytė3 1 Theya LeRoy Oblivion 3 3 6 8 l & m: Tėja Peleckaitė 2 Vilnius Voices Grįšim 12 10 22 2 l & m: Monika Švilpaitė-Rogoža 3 Mėnulio Fazė Dabar ir čia 4 4 8 7 l & m: Vladas Chockevičius 4 Grete Parade 8 7 15 3 l: Grėtė Eitmantytė m: Grėtė Eitmantytė & Sam Cooper 5 Atikin Deganti žemelė 10 12 22 1 l: Nikita Vaitkevičius m: Lukas Kemėšis & Tomas Tamulionis 6 Melanija The Offering 5 5 10 6 l: Gendrius Jakubėnas & Stasys Šarkiūnas m: Gendrius Jakubėnas 7 Dagna Sau meluojam 7 6 13 5 l & m: 8 Agnė Buškevičiūtė Unbound 6 8 14 4 l & m: Agnė Buškevičiūtė, Celine Alette Pedersen Breivoll, Jonas Holteberg Jensen, Oscar Immanuel Mathisen, Vilius Tumalavičius 3rd heat date: 7 FebruaryPlace: LRT Studios, VilniusHosts: Gabrielė Martirosian, Rimvydas Černiauskas & Eglė Kernagytė 1 Agata Ray Gravity Lies 4 7 11 6 l & m: Agata Griškevič, Patricija Luščynska & Rolandas Venckys 2 Juozas Martin Atmerk akis 7 5 12 5 l & m: Juozas Martinkėnas 3 Justė Osh Gaisras 8 6 14 4 l: Justė Bubelytė & Rokas Povilius m: Liutauras Baltrūnas & Rokas Povilius 4 Akire Šiluma 5 4 9 7 l: Erika Elzbergaitė m: Erika Elzbergaitė & Justinas Drūtys 5 Ledi Ais Mes siekiam žvaigždžių 3 3 6 8 l & m: Ingrida Tamošaitienė 6 Aurimas Papečkys Tu mano 6 8 14 3 l & m: Aurimas Papečkys 7 Paulè Sako 12 10 22 2 l: Paulina Skrabytė m: Viktoras Woop 8 Black Biceps Let me cook 10 12 22 1 l & m: Andrzej Jaworski, Jan Vavra, Vitalij Valentinovič 4th heat date: 14 FebruaryPlace: LRT Studios, VilniusHosts: Gabrielė Martirosian, Rimvydas Černiauskas & Eglė Kernagytė 1 Patricija Luščynska Worth it 5 7 12 5 l & m: Patricija Luščynska 2 Selene Ice Nessuno 4 3 7 8 l & m: Allex Loiudice, Leonardo Valcarenghi, Loris Gregorio & Michele Rivoltini 3 Lion Cecchah Sólo quiero más 8 12 20 2 l & m: Aurimas Galvelis, Tomas Alenčikas 4 Freya Alley No Kiss Goodbye 3 4 7 7 l & m: Kamilė Balčytytė, Laurence Hobbs & Max Honsinger 5 Emi Acidic U broke me 7 6 13 4 l & m: Emilija Balsevičiūtė 6 More Taip lengvai 6 5 11 6 l & m: Dovydas Lazdinis & Ema Zdanavičiūtė 7 Nøra Blu Hold My Own 10 8 18 3 l & m: Raiga Tautkus 8 SHWR Contact! 12 10 22 1 l: Simonas Krukonis m: Dominykas Kazimieras Krulikovskis, Faustas Venckus, Jonas Filmanavičius, Simonas Krukonis & Vainius Indrūnas Wildcard round * Thomas G One Night Lover l & m: Dovydas Lazdinis, Ema Zdanavičiūtė, Tomas Gailiūnas * Grete Parade l: Grėtė Eitmantytė m: Grėtė Eitmantytė & Sam Cooper * Aurimas Papečkys Tu mano l & m: Aurimas Papečkys * Nøra Blu Hold My Own
