Johanna Kurkela is a young Finnish female artist, born April 1985 in Lumijoki. Her wonderful voice brought her to knowledge of big public when she participated in the Finnish preselection of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. The songs she sang were “Jossain metsäin takana” and “Olet uneni kaunein” and they can be found on the Marmoritaivas-album released in 2007. Before that she had already published an album called “Hetki hiljaa” (A Moment of Silence) in 2005. Her third album “Kauriinsilmät” was released in 2008. She has also sung gospel songs in two collection albums called “Tilkkutäkki” and “Tilkkutäkki 2”.
