Biography: Hanna Helena Pakarinen (born 17 April 1981 in Lappeenranta, Finland) is a Finnish pop and pop-rock singer who rose to fame as the winner of the first series of the Finnish singing competition Idols in 2004. Since then she has represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007 on homeland and has sold over 91,000 certified records in Finland, which places her among the top 50 best-selling female soloists in her home country.