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Katri Helena
12+ albums
finnishiskelmaSuomipopfemale vocalists
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Katri Helena Kalaoja-Rajala (born August 17th, 1945, Tohmajärvi) is a Finnish singer. She is more commonly known just as Katri Helena. She has recorded over 400 songs and released 30 records. She has gotten 14 gold records, three platin records and one double platin record. Eurovision Song Contest 1979 Finland (YLE) Performer: Katri-Helena Song title: Katso Sineen Taivaan Song writer(s): Vexi Salmi Song composer(s): Matti Siitonen Sang in Position: 5 Final Position: 14 Total Points: 38 The 24th Eurovision Song Contest was held outside the geographical area of Europe for the first time. Jerusalem played the proud host of the annual European event The Israeli capital, Jerusalem, was this year's host city that welcomed 19 different delegations. Turkey withdrew from the contest because it took place in Israel and many Arab countries put some pressure on Turkey not to go to Jerusalem. Lots of the artists were familiar - they had returned to the contest like Peter, Sue & Marc from Switzerland, Anne-Marie David, the 1973 winner for Luxembourg, now singing for France, and Anita Skorgan for Norway. Israel won for the second time in a row with the song Hallelujah which became a Europe-wide hit. Spain was the last country to cast its votes. At that moment Spain was in the lead with 1 point ahead of Israel, but the Spanish 10 points gave Israel its second victory. It was later rumoured Spain had deliberately given its points to Israel because they didn't want to win themselve
