Johanna Debreczeni

Who is Johanna Debreczeni?

Johanna Debreczeni born 28 April 1980 in Tampere, Finland is an award-winning Finnish singer. She first came to fame as a tango singer; now her repertoire includes evergreens and Finnish pop.

She is the only child of her family, her father being the Hungarian musician Gabriel Debreczeni. Her first major public appearance was in the musical Grease, at the Tampere Music Theatre. She entered the prestigious Tangomarkkinat competition three times, reaching the finals in 2002, only the semifinals in 2003, and becoming Tango Queen in 2004.

The 1998 Tango King Jouni Keronen is her cousin and they often sing together, particularly under the name of Tango Primo, specialising in Finnish tangos in the Argentine style.

She was part of 2010 Tango King Marko Maunuksela's backing group along with Hanna Talikainen; Esa Nummela; and Suvi Karjula in his entry "Synkän maan tango" for the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. It was not in fact selected by the Finnish TV viewing public.

Many Finns have difficulty pronouncing Johanna's surname and she has called herself Däbä or Johanna D.