Jaana Pelkonen (b. 27 January 1977 in Lahti, Finland) is a Finnish political science graduate and television hostess. She was elected to the Helsinki City Council in 2008 elections.
Pelkonen's media career started as a radio presenter for Radio 99 in Lahti in 1995–1997. She became famous in Finland as the host of the video gaming show Tilt in 1997–2005 and the youth program Jyrki in 1998. In 2001–2002 she hosted an entertainment travel show calle...
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Jaana Pelkonen (b. 27 January 1977 in Lahti, Finland) is a Finnish political science graduate and television hostess. She was elected to the Helsinki City Council in 2008 elections.
Pelkonen's media career started as a radio presenter for Radio 99 in Lahti in 1995–1997. She became famous in Finland as the host of the video gaming show Tilt in 1997–2005 and the youth program Jyrki in 1998. In 2001–2002 she hosted an entertainment travel show called FarOut. She has also hosted the Finnish qualifications of the Eurovision Song Contest for five years. On 12 May 2007 Pelkonen hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 together with Mikko Leppilampi.She also gave the Finnish votes in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 held in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom which was the second ever Dance Contest.
However, that is not all she does. She earned her Master’s Degree in Political Science from Helsinki University in 2007, and she is currently working as an assistant for the Finnish Minister of...
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