Taina Kokkonen

Singer, Musical Artist

1975 –

94

Who is Taina Kokkonen?

Taina Kokkonen is a former award-winning Finnish singer.

She has performed on Italian TV, in Brussels, and in Argentina and Uruguay as part of the Tango 2000 educational tour.

She first tried for the prestigious Tangomarkkinat competition in 1995, but did not reach the semifinals. In 1996 she got through the Raisio semifinals and was one of the 10 best. She rather frightened herself with her success:

"I was in a great panic. I thought, do I really want this? . . . . I secretly hoped I wouldn't get any further. I have watched my performance on video and it shows how inexperienced I was."

She did not however reach the Seinäjoki finals, and Saija Varjus became Tango Queen. Taina's third attempt was in 1998, when she reached the finals and became Tango Princess, losing the winning place to Kirsi Ranto. After a record four attempts, she finally became Tango Queen in 1999.

In 2002, taking advantage of the new rule that songs may be in any language, she composed an Italian-language entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. This was Silenzio, and was performed by Pertti Haverinen; but it was not selected, and the Finnish entry for that year was the English-language "Addicted to You", sung by Laura, which came 20th with 24 points.

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Born
May 15, 1975
Nationality
  • Finland
Profession

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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