Mikko Silvennoinen is a Finnish

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...

 television host, journalist

Journalist

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 and producer. At 18, he started as a host of the music programme Jyrki. He was one of the first well-known faces of the show.

After hosting Jyrki for one year, Silvennoinen left to study television

Television

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 in the United States

United States

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 where he did interviews and reports about the world of entertainment for Nelonen

Nelonen

Nelonen is a Finnish commercial TV channel. It started out as Helsinki's local television channel PTV in 1989 on the HTV cable network, which name was changed first to PTV4 and then to Nelonen. It started on June 1, 1997. Nelonen, in Finnish, means the glyph of the number four. The channel is...

 and the magazines Apu and Katso. He graduated from California State University

California State University

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 in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 degree in Communications Studies and Broadcast Journalism. The following year, he brought the show Hollywood eXpress to Nelonen.

After returning from his studies, Silvennoinen continued to work at Nelonen, working on both sides of the camera

Video camera

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. His most significant work on television is considered to be the show 4POP which he both edited and hosted from 2003 to 2004. The show was a weekly programme of pop culture.

Silvennoinen’s newest show, however, was not a success. The talk show Kuka, mitä, häh?, which was placed in the Thursday night time slot of the ambitiously legendary Hyvät, pahat ja rumat show, was cancelled only after a few episodes in spring 2007. Silvennoinen himself hosted the show along with five regular guests, and also a few special guests.

As a television producer, Silvennoinen was honored with the job of producing the popular Hauskat kotivideot, which shows videos from America's Funniest Home Videos

America's Funniest Home Videos

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. The show is hosted by Sampo Marjomaa

Sampo Marjomaa

Sampo Marjomaa is a Finnish television personality and entertainer. He was one of the first announcers on the television channel Nelonen....

.

Silvennoinen has openly spoken about is homosexuality

Homosexuality

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. He has written columns for the gay magazine Voltti (formerly Z-lehti) and worked as a member of the SETA board from 2005 to 2006. The magazine City

City (magazine)

City is a Finnish free-of-charge magazine in various cities in Finland.City is aimed for the young adult population of 18-35-year-olds...

voted him as the city’s best gay celebrity.

Since January 2011, he is the TV programme director of the Estonian TV3

TV3 (Estonia)

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Television shows

Hosted

• Jyrki (1995–1996)
• Hollywood eXpress (2001)
• 4POP (2003–2004)
• Jussi-gaala
• Kuka, mitä, häh? (2007)

External links

• http://www.lehdentekijat.fi/?sc=1436&sa=2283&lang=fi
• http://www.nelonen.fi/unicef/mikko.html
• http://www.nelonen.fi/kmh/mikko.html
• http://www.seta.fi/fi/setafi2004.htm
• http://mediaviikko.fi/palsta/697/mikko-silvennoinen-nelosen-kansainv228listen-ohjelmien-vastaavaksi-tuottajaksi