Vappu Pimiä

Who is Vappu Pimiä?

Vappu Marjaana Pimiä is a Finnish radio personality and television hostess. She has been awarded as the best female television personality at the Kultainen TV Awards in 2009 and 2010.

Pimiä is best known as a hostess in the Finnish version of Big Brother. She hosted Big Brother Extra from 2005 to 2006 and then Big Brother Talk Show from 2007 to 2009. On November 29, 2009, she announced that she has decided not to return as a hostess next season. She was later replaced by Susanna Laine, who is a close friend to Pimiä.

In the spring of 2008, Vappu Pimiä was a competitor in the third season of Tanssii tähtien kanssa with Jani Rasimus. They were the fifth couple to be eliminated. In January, 2009, it was announced that Pimiä would host the fourth season of the series with Marco Bjurström. Pimiä continued as a hostess in the show's fifth season, but Bjurström was replaced by actor Mikko Leppilampi. Pimiä also had her own talk show Vappu tähtien kanssa based on Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two in 2010. The two continued as hosts in the series' sixth season in 2011. Pimiä left the show after the sixth season due to her pregnancy.