Eurovision Hosts: 2007

YLE announced the hosts of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki.

Jaana Pelkonen is a familiar face to Finnish Eurovision fans as she was the YLE on-the-spot commentator in 2005 and 2006. She was always following the contest but she says that she really fell in love with it in 2005 whe she first presented Finland's national selection with Heikki Paasonen. She has extensive TV experience. She started with a game show in 1998, then moved on to chart show Jyrki, then FarOut and Escort shows. She did radio work first 1995-1998 before moving to the small screen.

Mikko Leppilampi released his debut solo album in May 2006. But it was another art form that originally made him famous all over Finland. Mikko won the Jussi Award (Finnish equivalent of the Oscars) for Best Male Leading Actor for his debut film Helmiä ja sikoja in 2003.Since then he has done 5 box office hit movies and also took part in the Hairspray musical in Helsinki last year. He was also the presenter of the TV series Nevada. Currently he is working on two films, Joulutarina, a family drama and War of the dead, an action film where he plays Lieutenant Laakso.