Kojo (singer)

Finnish pop rock singer

Timo Kojo (born 9 May 1953, in Helsinki) is a Finnish pop rock singer. He started his recording career in 1977 when his band, Madame George, released their only album, Madame George: What's Happening?.

Kojo's first solo album, So Mean, was a hit in Finland. The second sold equally well, though it was not considered quite as good. In 1981, however, his third solo album was a flop.

In the Eurovision Song Contest of 1982 he represented his country with the entry Nuku pommiin (Oversleep!), a rock song with music by Jim Pembroke and lyrics by Juice Leskinen; the conductor was Ossi Runne. The song performed in Finnish was a protest against nuclear bombs and the danger of a nuclear war in Europe (the Cold War was still under way in 1982). The song received no points (nul points). Despite this poor result, Kojo continued his career in his native country.

Kojo's music declined in popularity in Finland after 1982; however, he remains well known on the strength of his Eurovision career.

## Discography

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* Madame George: What's Happening (1977)
* So Mean (1979)
* Lucky Street (1980)
* Go All the Way (1981)
* Hitparade (1982)
* Nuku pommiin or Bomb Out (1982)
* Time Won't Wait (1983)
* Bee tai bop (1985)
* Rommia sateessa (1986)
* Kaksi alkuperäistä: So Mean / Lucky Street (1990)
* Pyöri maa pyöri kuu (1990)
* Kojo and the Great Boogie Band (1993)
* Suloinen Maria (1997)
* 20 suosikkia – So Mean (1998)

## Sources

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Wikipedia in Finnish in:

* Finnish page about Kojo

## External links

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* Lyrics of the entry Nuku pommiin in Finnish and English

Preceded by

Riki Sorsa
with Reggae OK

|  Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
1982 | Succeeded by

Ami Aspelund
with Fantasiaa

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Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

National selection: Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu

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* ~~2020~~
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Artists|

* Saara Aalto
* ~~Aksel~~
* Markku Aro
* Ami Aspelund
* Monica Aspelund
* Nina Åström
* Beat
* Blind Channel
* Boulevard
* Carita
* CatCat
* Darude
* Edea
* Kim Floor
* Fredi
* Laila Halme
* Kristina Hautala
* Jarkko and Laura
* Jasmine
* Käärijä
* Kaija
* Katri Helena
* Laila Kinnunen
* Kirka
* Viktor Klimenko
* Koivisto Sisters
* Kojo
* Kari Kuivalainen
* Kuunkuiskaajat
* Laura
* Vesa-Matti Loiri
* Lordi
* Sonja Lumme
* Lasse Mårtenson
* Norma John
* Ann-Christine Nyström
* Hanna Pakarinen
* Päivi Paunu
* Paradise Oskar
* Pave
* Pernilla
* Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät
* Pihasoittajat
* The Rasmus
* Sebastian Rejman
* Geir Rönning
* Vicky Rosti
* Marion Rung
* Anneli Saaristo
* Sandhja
* Krista Siegfrids
* Jari Sillanpää
* Seija Simola
* Softengine
* Riki Sorsa
* Teräsbetoni
* Erika Vikman
* Waldo's People
* Windows95man

Songs|

* "Aava"
* "Addicted to You"
* "Aina mun pitää"
* "Anna rakkaudelle tilaisuus"
* "Aurinko laskee länteen"
* "Blackbird"
* "Bye Bye Baby"
* "Cha Cha Cha"
* "Da Da Dam"
* "Dark Side"
* "La dolce vita"
* "Eläköön elämä"
* "Fantasiaa"
* "Fri?"
* "Hard Rock Hallelujah"
* "Hengaillaan"
* "Huilumies"
* "Hullu yö"
* "Ich komme"
* "Jezebel"
* "Katson sineen taivaan"
* "Keep Me Warm"
* "Kuin silloin ennen"
* "Kun kello käy"
* "Laiskotellen"
* "Lapponia"
* "Leave Me Alone"
* "A Little Bit"
* "Look Away"
* ~~"Looking Back"~~
* "Lose Control"
* "Marry Me"
* "Missä miehet ratsastaa"
* "Monsters"
* "Muistathan"
* "Muistojeni laulu"
* "När jag blundar"
* "Nauravat silmät muistetaan"
* "Never the End"
* "Niin kaunis on taivas"
* "No Rules!"
* "Nuku pommiin"
* "Old Man Fiddle"
* "Playboy"
* "Pump-Pump"
* "Reggae OK"
* "Sata salamaa"
* "Sing It Away"
* "Something Better"
* "Takes 2 to Tango"
* "Tie uuteen päivään"
* "Tipi-tii"
* "Tom Tom Tom"
* "Tule luo"
* "Työlki ellää"
* "Valoa ikkunassa"
* "Varjoon – suojaan"
* "Why?"
* "Yamma, yamma"

Note: Entries scored out signify where Finland did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1982

Countries|

| Final|

* Austria
* Belgium
* Cyprus
* Denmark
* Finland
* Germany
* Ireland
* Israel
* Luxembourg
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Portugal
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* United Kingdom
* Yugoslavia

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Disqualified|

* Greece

Artists|

| Final|

* Aska
* Bardo
* Brixx
* Chips
* Bill van Dijk
* Doce
* The Duskeys
* Kojo
* Lucía
* Mess
* Neco
* Nicole
* Stella
* Svetlana
* Jahn Teigen and Anita Skorgan
* Avi Toledano
* Anna Vissi
* Arlette Zola

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Disqualified|

* Themis Adamantidis

Songs|

| Final|

* "Adieu"
* "Amour on t'aime"
* "Bem bom"
* "Ein bißchen Frieden"
* "Cours après le temps"
* "Dag efter dag"
* "Él"
* "Halo, halo"
* "Hani?"
* "Here Today Gone Tomorrow"
* "Hora"
* "Jij en ik"
* "Mono i agapi"
* "Nuku pommiin"
* "One Step Further"
* "Si tu aimes ma musique"
* "Sonntag"
* "Video-video"

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Disqualified|

* "Sarantapente kopelies"

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States

Artists|

* MusicBrainz

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