Ellen Jokikunnas
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Ellen Jokikunnas is a Finnish
model, PR manager, and television
presenter. She is best known for hosting all four seasons of Idols
, but her first fame came from competing in the Miss Finland
pageant in 1998. Besides Idols, she has hosted the children's quiz show Suuri kupla
("Big Bubble"), as well as her own traveling show, Ellen Express.
Jokikunnas has three brothers and sisters: Emil, Anton and Ida. She has lived in Turku
, but moved later to Helsinki
, and has recently bought an old railway station from Nurmijärvi
, which she is renovating as her new home. The renovation is documented on TV on Joka kodin asuntomarkkinat. She is also known as an active traveler, who survived the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
in Sri Lanka
.
Jokikunnas experienced some questionable publicity when her insinuations about Pamela Anderson
's breasts and hepatitis C
while hosting Raumanmeren juhannus ("The Midsummer Festivals of Rauma") in 2007 – where Anderson was a VIP performer – caused a stir in Finnish tabloids.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
model, PR manager, and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
presenter. She is best known for hosting all four seasons of Idols
Idols (Finland)
Idols is a Finnish reality-television singing competition that airs on MTV3 . It debuted in the summer of 2003, and went on to become one of the most popular shows on Finnish television...
, but her first fame came from competing in the Miss Finland
Miss Finland
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pageant in 1998. Besides Idols, she has hosted the children's quiz show Suuri kupla
Suuri kupla
Suuri kupla was a Finnish playful quiz show for youths about comics and cartoons. On the show, two teams competed against one another. In the first Jukka Heiskanen acted as host and later Sami Garam and Ellen Jokikunnas. In its last years Tuulianna Tola hosted the program....
("Big Bubble"), as well as her own traveling show, Ellen Express.
Jokikunnas has three brothers and sisters: Emil, Anton and Ida. She has lived in Turku
Turku
Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...
, but moved later to Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
, and has recently bought an old railway station from Nurmijärvi
Nurmijärvi
Nurmijärvi is the most populated rural municipality of Finland, located north of the capital Helsinki.The close proximity to Helsinki has led to a considerable growth of the major villages such as Klaukkala and Rajamäki, which nowadays are considered dormitory towns of Helsinki...
, which she is renovating as her new home. The renovation is documented on TV on Joka kodin asuntomarkkinat. She is also known as an active traveler, who survived the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on Sunday, December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake...
in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
.
Jokikunnas experienced some questionable publicity when her insinuations about Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Denise Anderson is a Canadian-American actress, model, producer, author, activist, and former showgirl, known for her roles on the television series Home Improvement, Baywatch, and V.I.P. She was chosen as a Playmate of the Month for Playboy magazine in February 1990...
's breasts and hepatitis C
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is an infectious disease primarily affecting the liver, caused by the hepatitis C virus . The infection is often asymptomatic, but chronic infection can lead to scarring of the liver and ultimately to cirrhosis, which is generally apparent after many years...
while hosting Raumanmeren juhannus ("The Midsummer Festivals of Rauma") in 2007 – where Anderson was a VIP performer – caused a stir in Finnish tabloids.
Career in television
- Suuri kuplaSuuri kuplaSuuri kupla was a Finnish playful quiz show for youths about comics and cartoons. On the show, two teams competed against one another. In the first Jukka Heiskanen acted as host and later Sami Garam and Ellen Jokikunnas. In its last years Tuulianna Tola hosted the program....
- Ellen Express
- Idols (Finland)Idols (Finland)Idols is a Finnish reality-television singing competition that airs on MTV3 . It debuted in the summer of 2003, and went on to become one of the most popular shows on Finnish television...
- V.I.P. Seikkailu
- Eurovision Song ContestEurovision Song ContestThe Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
, Finnish commentator