Hanna Pakarinen
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Hanna Helena Pakarinen (born April 17, 1981 in Lappeenranta, Finland) is a Finnish pop singer who was the first winner of Finland's version of Idols in 2004.
Hanna was born in Lappeenranta, Eastern Finland. She proudly speaks the dialect of the region. She currently lives in Helsinki, Finland. Before she won the first Finnish Idols in 2004, gaining over 60% of the votes, she worked as a forklift driver. Pakarinen also had previous musical experience in a band called Rained.
Ever since her first performance in the show, Hanna became a favorite to win. She was praised by the judges and even went so far as hugging one of them. They described her to be "the first real singer in this competition". This was thought to be one of reasons for her huge popularity.
During the finale of Idols (Finland), which was held on Friday, January 9th, 2004, Pakarinen got 431,000 votes out of 713,000, which was 60% of the total votes. The rest (40% or 282,000 votes) went to Jani Wickholm. Pakarinen received a check worth EUR 30,000 and a recording contract with BMG Finland. In the finale, Pakarinen performed Tina Turner's The Best, the Bangles' Eternal Flame and the first song made for the Idols winner, Tulin Voittamaan ("I Came to Win"). Pakarinen also made an English version of the song titled Love is Like a Song.
Her debut album When I Become Me sold platinum. Her second album Stronger only sold gold. Her third album Lovers was released on February 2007. On February 17, 2007, Pakarinen was chosen to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki with the song Leave Me Alone.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- "When I Become Me" (2004 - FIN #2)
- "Stronger" (2005 - FIN #2)
- "Lovers" (2007 - FIN #3)
[edit] Singles
- "Fearless" (2004)
- "Love is Like a Song" (2004 - FIN #1)
- "Kiss of Life" (2005 - FIN #4)
- "Stronger Without You" (2005)
- "Damn You" (2005)
- "Go Go" (2007)
- "Leave Me Alone/Tell Me What To Do" (2007)
[edit] Songs
When I Become Me
- When I Become Me
- Run
- Fearless
- How Can I Miss You
- Ejected
- Love's Run Over Me
- Don't Hang Up
- Save My Life Tonight
- Sorry
- Heaven
- Superhero
- Love Is Like A Song
Stronger
- Out of Tears
- Stronger Without You
- Wasted
- Falling Again
- Tears in Your Eyes
- We Don't Speak
- Damn You
- Kiss of Life
- Paralysed
- One Way or The Other
- Run (bonus track)
Lovers
- It Ain't Me
- Go Go
- Leave Me Alone
- Tell Me What to Do
- You Don't Even Know My Name
- Heart Beating Steady
- Tears You Cry
- Free
- It Ain´t Gonna Happen
- Lovers
- Hard Luck Woman
[edit] External links
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Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 |
Succeeded by TBA |
