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: Serbia completes line up tonight
Serbia: “Pesma za Evroviziju 26” will have its 2nd semifinal! The contest has two semifinals of 12 songs. From each semifinal, seven songs will go through to the final. 50% televoters and 50% jury will decide the winner. The show starts at 21:00 CET and you can watch it on YouTube. 2nd semifinal date: 26 FebruaryPlace: RTS Košutnjak, Studio 8Hosts: Dragana Kosjerina, Kristina Radenković & Stefan Popović (green room) 1 Aleksandar Sudbina l: Adriana Pupavac & Aleksandar Radojević m: Adriana Pupavac, Aleksandar Radojević & Andreas Björkman 2 Milica Burazer Svima vama treba mama l: Aleksandra Janković m: Aleksandra Janković, Ljuba Stojanović & Mladen Stojanović 3 Sanja Aleksić Ko me proba l: Adelina Iordachi m: Marian Stavar 4 Lu-ka Veruj l: Tamara Popović m: Andrija Gavrilović, Tamara Popović 5 Jack Lupino Adrenalin l & m: Daniel Ćulafić & Nebojša Ćulafić 6 Zona Čairi l & m: Tijana Trivić (Zona) 7 Brat Pelin Fräulein l & m: Stefan Papić (Brat Pelin) 8 Geminni Metar sreće l & m: Nataša Erić & Nemanja Erić (Gemini) 9 Avgust Jabuka l & m: Milan Trivić (Avgust) 10 Harem Girls & Ivana Bom Bom l: Aleksandar Dilan, Miljan Stojanović Nikolovski, Nemanja Antonić, Sanja Vučić & Titta Foureira m: Marian Stavar 11 Aleksandra Sekulić Kule l & m: Slavko Milovanović 12 Lavina Kraj mene l & m: Ivana Jegdić & Lavina 1st semifinal date: 24 FebruaryPlace: RTS Košutnjak, Studio 8Hosts: Dragana Kosjerina, Kristina Radenković & Stefan Popović (green room) 1 Mirna Omaja final l: Bojana Vunturišević & Đorđe Živadinović Grgur m: Mladen Stojanović 2 Kosmos Trip Sve je u redu final l: Luka Maksimović m: Luka Maksimović & Pavle Đurić 3 Iva Grujin Otkrivam sebe final l: Iva Grujin & Nikola Lazić m: Nemanja Antonić & Nikola Lazić 4 Eegor Klaber eliminated l & m: Igor Mišković 5 Makao Daj nam svet eliminated l: Imad El-Aoudeh & Nikola Knežević m: Nikola Knežević 6 Lores Unseen final l & m: Ruben Papian 7 Manivi Svaki Dan eliminated l & m: Ivana Vukmirović 8 Bella Trampolina eliminated l & m: Božidar Ristić & Pavle Kovačević 9 Yanx Srušio si sve final l & m: Aleksandra Janković 10 Zejna Jugoslavija final l & m: Marko Drežnjak & Zejna Murkić 11 Ana Mašulović Zavoli me final l: Radovan Dikanović m: Dušan Alagić 12 Đurđica Moma mala eliminated l: Pavle Petrović m: Aleksa Petrović final date: 28 FebruaryPlace: RTS Košutnjak, Studio 8Hosts: Dragana Kosjerina, Kristina Radenković & Stefan Popović (green room) * Mirna Omaja l: Bojana Vunturišević & Đorđe Živadinović Grgur m: Mladen Stojanović * Kosmos Trip Sve je u redu l: Luka Maksimović m: Luka Maksimović & Pavle Đurić * Iva Grujin Otkrivam sebe l: Iva Grujin & Nikola Lazić m: Nemanja Antonić & Nikola Lazić * Lores Unseen l & m: Ruben Papian * Yanx Srušio si sve l & m: Aleksandra Janković * Zejna Jugoslavija l & m: Marko Drežnjak & Zejna Murkić * Ana Mašulović Zavoli me l: Radovan Dikanović m: Dušan Alagić * * * * * * *
