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# 2007 in the decathlon

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2007 in the men's decathlon. The main event during this season were the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, Japan, where the competition was held at the Nagai Stadium on Friday August 31 and Saturday September 1.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2007 season in track and field :
| World Record | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | 9026 | May 27, 2001 | Götzis, Austria |

## 2007 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Points | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 8697 | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | Kladno, Czech Republic | 2007-06-20 | |
| 2 | 8644 | Maurice Smith (JAM) | Osaka, Japan | 2007-09-01 | NR |
| 3 | 8617 | Andrei Krauchanka (BLR) | Götzis, Austria | 2007-05-27 | PB |
| 4 | 8586 | Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ) | Osaka, Japan | 2007-09-01 | |
| 5 | 8493 | Bryan Clay (USA) | Götzis, Austria | 2007-05-27 | |
| 6 | 8475 | Aleksey Drozdov (RUS) | Osaka, Japan | 2007-09-01 | |
| 7 | 8371 | André Niklaus (GER) | Osaka, Japan | 2007-09-01 | |
| 8 | 8357 | Aleksey Sysoyev (RUS) | Osaka, Japan | 2007-09-01 | |
| 9 | 8352 | Tom Pappas (USA) | Indianapolis, United States | 2007-06-23 | |
| 10 | 8298 | Romain Barras (FRA) | Kladno, Czech Republic | 2007-06-20 | |
| 11 | 8271 | Jānis Karlivāns (LAT) | Götzis, Austria | 2007-05-27 | |
| 12 | 8269 | Arthur Abele (GER) | Ratingen, Germany | 2007-06-17 | |
| 13 | 8257 | Yordanis García (CUB) | Osaka, Japan | 2007-09-01 | |
| 14 | 8255 | Norman Müller (GER) | Götzis, Austria | 2007-05-27 | |
| 15 | 8239 | Pascal Behrenbruch (GER) | Debrecen, Hungary | 2007-07-13 | |
| 16 | 8215 | Jake Arnold (USA) | Sacramento, United States | 2007-06-07 | |
| 17 | 8179 | Arkadiy Vasilyev (RUS) | Debrecen, Hungary | 2007-07-13 | |
| 18 | 8156 | Leonel Suárez (CUB) | Santiago de Cuba, Cuba | 2007-03-11 | |
| 19 | 8134 | Paul Terek (USA) | Desenzano del Garda, Italy | 2007-05-06 | |
| 20 | 8101 | Aliaksandr Parkhomenka (BLR) | Tallinn, Estonia | 2007-07-08 | |
| 21 | 8099 | Jacob Minah (GER) | Bangkok, Thailand | 2007-08-13 | |
| 22 | 8047 | Hans Van Alphen (BEL) | Bangkok, Thailand | 2007-08-13 | |
| 23 | 8042 | Alberto Juantorena (CUB) | Havana, Cuba | 2007-06-22 | |
| 24 | 8028 | Mikalai Shubianok (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 2007-05-19 | |
| 25 | 8020 | Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | Kladno, Czech Republic | 2007-06-20 | |
# Hem Kiry

Hem Kiry (born April 11, 1980) is a Cambodian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. He is a two-time Olympian (2000 and 2004), and served twice as Cambodia's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. He also held a Cambodian record of 26.48 in the 50 m freestyle from the Southeast Asian Games. Hem is currently working as a swimming coach for the Cambodia national team.
Hem made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's 50 m freestyle. Swimming in heat two, he posted a lifetime best of 26.41 to earn a fifth spot and sixty-sixth overall by a 1.08-second margin behind winner Jamie Peterkin of Saint Lucia.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Hem swam for the second time in the 50 m freestyle. As part of an Olympic Solidarity program, he received a Universality place from FINA in an entry time of 27.56. He challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including 16-year-old Chris Hackel of Mauritius. He edged out Libya's Khaled Ghezzawi to take another fifth spot by six hundredths of a second in 27.49. Hem failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed seventieth overall out of 86 swimmers in the preliminaries.
He is a son of Hem Thon (1943–2015), who was also a swimmer. His siblings, sister Hem Raksmey and brother Hem Thon Ponloeu are also swimmers.
# 1993 in the decathlon

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1993 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, where the competition started on Thursday August 19, 1993, and ended on Friday August 20, 1993.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1993 season in track and field :
| World record | Dan O'Brien (USA) | 8891 | September 5, 1992 | Talence, France |

## 1993 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Points | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 8817 | Dan O'Brien (USA) | Stuttgart, Germany | August 20 | |
| 2 | 8724 | Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR) | Stuttgart, Germany | August 20 | |
| 3 | 8548 | Paul Meier (GER) | Stuttgart, Germany | August 20 | PB |
| 4 | 8500 | Christian Schenk (GER) | Stuttgart, Germany | August 20 | PB |
| 5 | 8444 | Alain Blondel (FRA) | Stuttgart, Germany | August 20 | |
| 6 | 8398 | Christian Plaziat (FRA) | Stuttgart, Germany | August 20 | |
| 7 | 8362 | Michael Smith (CAN) | Götzis, Austria | May 30 | |
| 8 | 8324 | Steve Fritz (USA) | Stuttgart, Germany | August 20 | |
| 9 | 8297 | Vitaliy Kolpakov (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | June 6 | PB |
| 10 | 8296 | Sheldon Blockburger (USA) | Brescia, Italy | May 16 | |
| 11 | 8237 | Rob Muzzio (USA) | Stuttgart, Germany | August 20 | PB |
| 12 | 8188 | Robert Změlík (CZE) | Götzis, Austria | May 30 | |
| 13 | 8156 | Lev Lobodin (RUS) | Götzis, Austria | May 30 | |
| 14 | 8146 | Mikhail Medved (UKR) | Götzis, Austria | May 30 | |
| 15 | 8101 | Dezső Szabó (HUN) | Brescia, Italy | May 16 | |
| 16 | 8076 | Petri Keskitalo (FIN) | Oulu, Finland | July 11 | |
| 17 | 8075 | Michael Kohnle (GER) | Stuttgart, Germany | August 20 | |
| 18 | 8074 | Torsten Voss (GER) | Vaterstetten, Germany | June 20 | |
| 19 | 8061 | Stefan Schmid (GER) | Aachen, Germany | August 8 | |
| 20 | 8054 | Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | Tours, France | August 30 | |
| 21 | 8052 | Kip Janvrin (USA) | Aachen, Germany | August 8 | |
| 22 | 8013 | Aric Long (USA) | Eugene, United States | June 16 | |
| 23 | 8007 | Chris Huffins (USA) | New Orleans, United States | June 5 | |
| 24 | 7995 | Munehiro Kaneko (JPN) | Shanghai, China | May 14 | NR |
| 25 | 7986 | Alex Kruger (GBR) | Alhama de Murcia, Spain | May 2 | |
# 2002 in the decathlon

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2002 in the men's decathlon. One of the main events during this season were the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany, where the competition started on August 7, 2002 and ended on August 8, 2002. Roman Šebrle had broken the world record in the previous year, collecting 9026 points at the 2001 Hypo-Meeting in Götzis, Austria.

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field :
| World Record | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | 9026 | May 27, 2001 | Götzis, Austria |

## 2002 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Points | Athlete | Venue | Date |
| 1 | 8800 | Roman Šebrle (CZE) | Götzis, Austria | 02/06/2002 |
| 2 | 8583 | Tom Pappas (USA) | Götzis, Austria | 02/06/2002 |
| 3 | 8509 | Oleksandr Yurkov (UKR) | Götzis, Austria | 02/06/2002 |
| 4 | 8438 | Erki Nool (EST) | Munich, Germany | 08/08/2002 |
| 5 | 8433 | Lev Lobodin (RUS) | Ratingen, Germany | 16/06/2002 |
| 6 | 8390 | Jón Arnar Magnússon (ISL) | Ratingen, Germany | 16/06/2002 |
| 7 | 8230 | Bryan Clay (USA) | Berkeley, United States | 20 06 2002 |
| 8 | 8226 | Tomáš Dvořák (CZE) | Ratingen, Germany | 16/06/2002 |
| 9 | 8192 | Jaakko Ojaniemi (FIN) | Munich, Germany | 08/08/2002 |
| 10 | 8175 | Attila Zsivoczky (HUN) | Götzis, Austria | 02/06/2002 |
| 11 | 8163 | Aleksandr Pogorelov (RUS) | Krasnodar, Russia | 24/05/2002 |
| 12 | 8158 | Mike Maczey (GER) | Munich, Germany | 08/08/2002 |
| 13 | 8133 | Chad Smith (USA) | Atlanta, United States | 17/05/2002 |
| 14 | 8122 | Dennis Leyckes (GER) | Berlin, Germany | 01/09/2002 |
| 15 | 8108 | Laurent Hernu (FRA) | Arles, France | 02/06/2002 |
| 16 | 8099 | Sebastian Knabe (GER) | Ratingen, Germany | 16/06/2002 |
| 17 | 8094 | Claston Bernard (JAM) | Baton Rouge, United States | 01/06/2002 |
| 18 | 8081 | Kristjan Rahnu (EST) | Arlington, United States | 11/05/2002 |
| 19 | 8041 | Paul Terek (USA) | Baton Rouge, United States | 01/06/2002 |
| 20 | 8041 | Qi Haifeng (CHN) | Busan, South Korea | 10/10/2002 |
| 21 | 8023 | Florian Schönbeck (GER) | Ratingen, Germany | 16/06/2002 |
| 22 | 8008 | Stephen Moore (USA) | Götzis, Austria | 02/06/2002 |
| 23 | 8007 | Aleksandr Shtepa (RUS) | Krasnodar, Russia | 24/05/2002 |
| 24 | 7995 | Dmitriy Karpov (KAZ) | Busan, South Korea | 10/10/2002 |
| 25 | 7989 | Pierre-Alexandre Vial (FRA) | Arles, France | 02/06/2002 |
# Vicky Rosti

Virve Hannele "Vicky" Rosti (born 10 November 1958) is a Finnish singer of popular music. Her most famous songs include "Kun Chicago kuoli" (the debut single from 1975, a Finnish language cover version of "The Night Chicago Died" by Paper Lace), "Tuolta saapuu Charlie Brown" ("Charlie Brown" by Benito di Paula), "Menolippu" ("One Way Ticket"), "Oon voimissain" ("I Will Survive"), "Tunnen sen täysillä taas" ("Total Eclipse of the Heart"), "Sata salamaa" (One hundred lightnings) and "Jolene". During her career, Rosti has sold over 75,000 certified records, which places her among the top 50 best-selling female soloists in Finland.
Rosti was born in Helsinki, and represented her home country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 in Belgium. She sang "Sata salamaa", composed by Petri Laaksonen. The song finished 15th out of 22, scoring 32 points.
Rosti currently sings in the band Menneisyyden Vangit together with Freeman.
In 2015, she features on the fourth season of the Nelonen series Vain elämää.

## Discography
### Studio albums

* Vicky (1975)
* 1-2-3-4-tulta! (1976) (Gold 1976, Platinum 1977)
* Vickyshow (1977)
* Tee mulle niin (1978)
* Oon voimissain (1979)
* Sata salamaa (1987)
* Tunnen sen täysillä taas (1992)
* Sydämeen kirjoitettu (2000)
* Vicky Rock Vol. 1 (2007)
* Pitkästä aikaa (2014)

### Collections

* Parhaat (1989)
* 20 suosikkia – Kun Chicago kuoli (1995)
* 20 suosikkia – 1-2-3-4-tulta! (2000)
* Parhaat (2004) (Gold 2004)
# Oleg Khorokhordin

Oleg Leonidovich Khorokhordin (Russian: Олег Леонидович Хорохордин; born 3 April 1972), is a Russian politician who served as Head of the Altai Republic from 2019 to 2024.

## Early life and career

Oleg Khrokhordin was born in Glushinka in Altai Krai on 3 April 1972. From 1988 to 1989, he worked janitor in secondary school No. 106 of Barnaul, then clerk at the Leninsky District Court of Barnaul.
In 1989–1990 he was a repairman of the 2nd category at the Altai Engine Plant. From 1990 to 1992, he served in the Russian Army for urgent service in Ukraine. In 1993, after serving in the army, he worked for half a year as a carpenter-concreter of the 2nd category at the SU Barnaul thermal power station. He was transferred as a driver the same year. In 1994 he was transferred to PFC “Altaienergostroy” as a driver. In 1997, he was transferred to the position of Head of Section No. 2 “Trading House Altaienergostroy”. From 1997 to 2002 he became the director of Altai Energy Trading House.

## Education

In 1999, he studied Faculty of Economics at the Altai Academy of Economics and Law. In 2000, he became a student at the Department of State and Municipal Administration of the Altai Academy of Economics and Law.
In 2003, he full-time postgraduate study of the Department of Public Administration and personnel policy of the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation, where he defended his thesis for the degree of candidate of sociological sciences on the subject “State and small business: interaction in the formation of personnel potential (sociological analysis)”.
Since 2012, he has been working in the council of the federal network operator in the field of navigation activities of GLONASS NP. In 2018, he worked in the second stream of preparation of the presidential personnel reserve on the basis of the Higher School of Public Administration of the RANEPA.

## Political career

On 20 March 2019, Khorkhordin was appointed Acting Head of the Republic of Altai by the Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Altai before taking office as a person elected Head of the Republic of Altai, Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Altai. He was elected as head of the republic on 8 September 2019.
Khorkhordin resigned as head of the republic on 4 June 2024, citing a "transition to a new workplace".

## Family

Oleg is married to Svetlana Aleksandrovna, a graduate of the Moscow State University. They have a son and daughter, Danila Khorkhordin, born in 1990, and Yaroslava Khorokordina, born in 1998. As of September 2013, Danila studied at the 2nd year of economics at the Moscow State University, while Yaroslava attended school in 5th grade.

## Personal life

He is fond of martial arts, alpine skiing, hunting in his spare time.
He does not have social networking accounts, and he uses the Internet only for work.
# Fuat Güner

Aziz Fuat Güner (born 1 April 1948), better known as Fuat Güner, is a Turkish pop musician, member of the renowned band MFÖ and an actor.

## Early life

He was born on 1 April 1948 in Istanbul, Turkey to a renowned photographer father, Sami Güner. He is of partial Albanian descent. During his school years at St. Joseph High School in Istanbul, he was a very active sportsman, playing football, volleyball and sailing. He became a champion in the 400 m category of college athletics in Turkey. After high school, he was trained as a civil engineer at the State Architectural Academy of Istanbul. Fuat Güner worked as an engineer at the State Highway Authority for 3 years and then for 2 years at STFA Group, a private company for infrastructure.

## Musical career

However, he was interested more in composing music. So, in 1979 he quit his job and devoted himself professionally to music, he says, when he was paid the equivalent of his annual wages for a single commercial jingle.
He had been playing the guitar during primary school years, since his uncle presented him with an acoustic guitar. In 1966, he met Mazhar Alanson, and soon the two formed the band "Kaygısızlar" ("The Carefree") inspired by the Beatles. Özkan Uğur joined the group in 1972, and the band was renamed MFÖ, for the initials of its members' names. He was also one of the founding members of Kurtalan Ekspres, Barış Manço's band.
MFÖ worked with Turkey's most popular singer Ajda Pekkan, wrote songs and played the concert circuit. In 1984 Fuat invested all the money they earned into recording their first album. The group released the album Ele Güne Karşı Yapayalnız, which hit number one and stayed there for 26 consecutive weeks.
In 1989 Güner joined forces with his friend, Turgut Berkes, to build Turkey's first-ever A-class recording studio, "FT", which became a legend over the years.
In 1998, Fuat Güner teamed up with Dağhan Baydur and Erdal Kızılçay to play Beatles Alaturca, a revival of Beatles' music performed with an orchestra of Turkish instruments, at the Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar Convention and Exhibition Center, İstanbul. The group played the same work when they performed at the 1999 Beatles Festival held in Liverpool, England.
Fuat Güner is the composer of several film scores and has performed as an actor on stage and in one movie.

## Discography
### Solo albums

* Aziz Fuat Güner (1999)
* Dinleyene Aşk Olsun (2010)

### As guest artist

* Dünya Benim (2001) - Demir Demirkan (Aşk Var Ya)
* Sihirbaz (2009) - Burcu Güneş (Ateş Ve Suyun Aşkı)
* Göğe Selam (2011) - Kurtalan Ekspres (Can Bedenden Çıkmayınca)

### Collaborative albums
#### Mazhar-Fuat

* Türküz Türkü Çağırırız (1973)

#### İpucu Beşlisi

* Heyecanlı / Hop Otur Hop Kalk (1976)

## Filmography
### Film score composer

* Arkadaşım Şeytan, 1988
* Robert'in Filmi (Robert's Movie), 1990
* Aşk Ölümen Soğuktur, 1994
* Ölümsüz Karanfiller, 1995
* Koltuk Sevdası, 2001
* Çekirdek Aile, 2002

### Actor

* Koltuk Sevdası, 2001
* Tehlikeyle Flört, 2015
# Nino de Angelo

Domenico Gerhard Gorgoglione (born 18 December 1963), known professionally as Nino de Angelo, is a German singer of Italian descent known for his 1983 chart-topper "Jenseits von Eden", and who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "Flieger", written by Dieter Bohlen and Joachim Horn-Bernges.
He had a minor hit in 1984 in the UK Singles Chart with "Guardian Angel". Originally the song was recorded in German and written by Drafi Deutscher. Titled "Jenseits von Eden", it remained number one for ten weeks on the German chart in 1983, while an Italian version was number one in France for five weeks. He collaborated with German band Mr. President, performing a song called "Olympic Dreams" from their "We See the Same Sun" album. He participated in Eurovision Song Contest in 1989 with the song "Flieger", performed 21st in the night and finished 14th with 46 points. German punk band Die Ärzte covered the song "Jenseits Von Eden" on their self-titled album, released in 1986.

## Discography
### Albums

* 1983: Junges Blut
* 1984: Jenseits Von Eden
* 1984: Nino
* 1984: Zeit Für Rebelle
* 1985: Time To Recover
* 1986: Ich suche nach Liebe
* 1987: Durch tausend Feuer
* 1988: Baby Jane
* 1989: Flieger
* 1989: Samuraj
* 1991: De Angelo
* 1993: Verfluchte Zeiten
* 2000: Schwindelfrei
* 2002: Solange man liebt
* 2003: Zurück nach vorn
* 2004: Un Momento Italiano
* 2005: Nino
* 2012: Das Leben ist schön
* 2014: Meisterwerke – Lieder meines Lebens
* 2017: Liebe für immer
* 2021: Gesegnet & verflucht
* 2023: Von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit

### Singles (selected)

* 1983: "Jenseits von Eden"
* 1984: "Atemlos" / "Gar Nicht Mehr"
* 1984: "Giganti" / "Tempo Verra"
* 1984: "Guardian Angel"
* 1984: "Unchained Love"
* 1984: "Wir Sind Giganten" / "Zeit Für Rebellen"
* 1989: "Flieger" / "Laureen"
* 1989: "Samuraj"
* 1989: "If There Is One Thing That's Forever"
* 2001: "Engel"
* 2002: "Ich mach' meine Augen zu (Everytime)" (with Chris Norman)
* 2002: "Wenn du lachst"
* 2004: "Komm zurück zu mir"
* 2005: "Im Arm eines Engels"
* 2005: "Wie der Wind"
* 2006: "Wenn Du mich suchst"
* 2007: "Dich holt niemand mehr zurück"
* 2012: "Heiligenschein"
* 2016: "So lang mein Herz noch schlägt"
* 2017: "Liebe für immer"
* 2020: "Gesegnet und verflucht"
* 2021: "Zeit heilt keine Wunden"
* 2023: "Mein Kryptonit"
* 2024: "Irgendwann im Leben"
# Da Vinci (band)

Da Vinci is a Portuguese band created by Iei-Or and Pedro Luís Neves, whose members included Ricardo, Joaquim Andrade, Dora and Sandra Fidalgo, among others throughout the years. Since Ricardo had a plane accident, he was replaced by Tó.
They represented Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "Conquistador" and finished 16th.
Presently only the two founding members are in the band.

## History

2007
* Performed at the Atlântico Pavilion for 9,000 people in RTP's live broadcast of Diz que é uma espécie de Réveillon with Gato Fedorento.
1999
* Momentos de Paixão album released.
1995
* Oiçam album released.
1993
* Entre o Inferno e o Paraíso album released.
1991
* Toured Portugal and Canada.
* 1992 new year in Toronto.
1990
* Dança dos Planetas album released.
* Conquistador album goes Gold (50,000+ units sold) and Platinum (100,000+ units sold).
* Conquistador single published in several European countries.
1989
* Baby (Foi Tudo por Amor) single released.
* Conquistador album released.
* 1st prize at the 25th RTP Song Contest.
* Casa da Imprensa Mensagem TV Europa popularity prize.
* Represented Portugal with Conquistador at the Eurovision Song Contest in Lausanne, Switzerland.
* Toured mainland Portugal and islands, France, Switzerland, South Africa, and more.
1988
* A Jóia no Lótus album released.
1986
* Prince of Xanadu single released.
1985
* Momentos de Paixão single released.
1984
* Anjo Azul single released.
1983
* Caminhando album released.
* Xau Xau de Xangai single released.
1982
* Band formation.
* Fantasmas / Lisboa Ano 10.000 single released.
* Hiroxima (Meu Amor) single released, goes silver for 25,000+ units sold.

## Discography

* Caminhando (1983)
* A Jóia no Lótus (1988)
* Conquistador (1989)
* Dança dos Planetas (1990)
* Conquistador - Dança dos Planetas (1990)
* Entre o Inferno e o Paraíso (1993)
* Oiçam (1995)
* Momentos de Paixão (1999)
# Paolo Radaelli

Paolo Giuseppe Radaelli, FInstP (born 11 October 1961) is an Italian physicist and academic. He is the Dr Lee's Professor of Experimental Philosophy (Physics) at the University of Oxford and a Professorial Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford.

## Biography

Radaelli obtained a Laurea degree Summa cum Laude in 1986 from University of Milan (his thesis supervisor was Pino Marchesini). As part of the mandatory Italian National Service, he served for one year in the 28th Infantry Battalion "Pavia" [28º_Reggimento_"Pavia"] as a drill instructor, leaving with the rank of corporal major. Between 1988 and 1989, he worked as a research associate at the ITM institute of the National Research Council (Italy) in the field of High-temperature superconductivity. In 1989, he was awarded a travel scholarship by Pirelli Cavi e Sistemi and moved to the Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago) where he later completed a PhD under the academic supervision of Carlo Segre, and working in close collaboration with James D. Jorgensen and David Hinks at Argonne National Laboratory. After a post-doc in Jorgensen's group between 1992 and 1993, he moved to Grenoble, first as a post-doc with Massimo Marezio at the Laboratories de Cristallographie of the Centre national de la recherche scientifique, then as a scientist at the Institut Laue–Langevin. In 1998, he became Instrument Scientists and later Crystallography Group Leader at the ISIS neutron source at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Didcot, England. Since 2008, he is the Dr Lee's Professor of Experimental Philosophy (Physics) at the University of Oxford, and he is also a Professorial Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. In 2017 he was appointed a Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy.

## Selected works

* Paolo Radaelli (2011). Symmetry in Crystallography: Understanding the International Tables. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-955065-4.
# Anneli Saaristo

Terttu Anneli Orvokki Saaristo (born 15 February 1949) is a Finnish singer and actress, best known internationally for her participation in the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest.

## Early career

Saaristo was born in Jokioinen. She spent the 1970s performing in singing competitions and worked as a dance orchestra singer. Her first album was released in 1980.

## Eurovision Song Contest

Saaristo first entered the Finnish Eurovision selection in 1978 with the song "Sinun kanssasi, sinua ilman", which finished fourth. A second attempt in 1984 with "Sä liian paljon vaadit" ended in third place. Saaristo finally got her chance in 1989, when "La dolce vita" was chosen as the Finnish entry for the 34th Eurovision Song Contest, held in Lausanne, Switzerland on 6 May. A song with a distinctly Mediterranean sound and arrangement, "La dolce vita" finished in seventh place of 22 entries, representing Finland's best Eurovision placing for 14 years and making it at the time the country's joint second-highest placement. There was some degree of wry amusement in Finland that this had been achieved with such an un-Finnish sounding song.

## Later career

Saaristo maintained her popularity in Finland and since 1980 has released 18 albums, most recently Uskalla Rakastaa in 2009. In 2005, she appeared in the historical film Shadow of the Eagle with Mikko Leppilampi, Helena Vierikko and fellow Eurovision veteran Vesa-Matti Loiri.

## Albums

* Aina aika rakkauden (1980)
* Elän hetkessä (1984)
* Näin jäätiin henkiin (1985)
* Tuuli, laivat ja laulu (1987)
* La dolce vita (1989)
* Appelsiinipuita aavikkoon (1992)
* Kypsän naisen blues (1995)
* Helminauha (1999)
* Kaksi sielua (2004)
* Uskalla rakastaa (2009)
* Kissan mieli (2012)
# Beat (band)

Beat were a Finnish band who represented their country in Eurovision Song Contest 1990. The group performed the song Fri? (Free?) in Swedish and finished 21st out of 22 countries, scoring 8 points. The group was composed of members Janne Engblom, Kim Engblom, Tina Krause and Tina Pettersson.
The song was also recorded in Finnish and English.

## Discography

* A Hope For Peace (1981)
* Beat (1990)