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Taina Kokkonen (born 15 May 1975 in Vantaa near Helsinki, Finland) 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 semi-finals. In 1996 she got through the Raisio semi-finals and was one of the 10 best. She rather frightened herself with her success: In 2009 Taina Kokkonen worked during the summertime as a radiohost having morning programs in a local radio station near Helsinki resort.

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rdfs:comment	Taina Kokkonen (Vantaa, 15 maggio 1975) è una cantante finlandese. (it) Taina Kokkonen (born 15 May 1975 in Vantaa near Helsinki, Finland) 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 semi-finals. In 1996 she got through the Raisio semi-finals and was one of the 10 best. She rather frightened herself with her success: In 2009 Taina Kokkonen worked during the summertime as a radiohost having morning programs in a local radio station near Helsinki resort. (en)
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has abstract	Taina Kokkonen (born 15 May 1975 in Vantaa near Helsinki, Finland) 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 semi-finals. In 1996 she got through the Raisio semi-finals 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." (Nyman, p. 175) 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 . 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 ; 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. Before she became a Tango Queen in Seinäjoki, Kokkonen had been finished her studies and became a Master of Education Sciences and a teacher in Hämeenlinna. At the moment she works as a class teacher in Vantaa. In 2007 Kokkonen married Cemo Timucin, a man working in an IT-branch and educated as a Master of engineering. They live in Vantaa with their son Tino. In 2009 Taina Kokkonen worked during the summertime as a radiohost having morning programs in a local radio station near Helsinki resort. The singer, Taina Kokkonen, is not the same person as Taina Kokkonen the printmaker, whose website is http://www.tainakokkonen.net. (en) Taina Kokkonen (Vantaa, 15 maggio 1975) è una cantante finlandese. (it)
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