SAULI KOSKINEN: BIOGRAPHY AND PROFESSIONAL CAREER - CULTURE VOCABULARY - 2025

Sauli Koskinen (March 28, 1985) is a Finnish presenter, host, and actor. He won the Finnish version of the reality show Big Brother in 2007, being one of the most popular stars who have passed through the program (Salenaikou, 2011).

Her life gained international relevance for the LGBT community after beginning a relationship with the first finalist of the 8th season of American Idol, singer Adam Lambert. However, their relationship lasted just over three years (SFG News, 2013).

Life before Big Brother

Before his participation in the third season of the reality show Big Brother of Finland, he worked in a hamburger restaurant and a clothing store. He also designed pants for the KoneHELSINKI fashion line and occasionally modeled for the same company (SFG News, 2013).

His father is his role model for how he overcame obstacles to found a trading company. Sauli lived with her twin sister in an apartment as a roommate. Koskinen admitted to agreeing to enter the competition on repeated suggestions from a customer at the store he served (Big Brother Finland, 2007).

Participation in GH Finland 2007

Sauli was selected for Big Brother after an interview in which the producers perceived him as kind, warm and full of positive energy. He competed in a group of 20 participants in a house dedicated for the contest in the city of Espoo (World of Big Brother, 2007).

After 97 days of the contest, Sauli ended up victorious, winning a prize of 50,000 euros. In addition to the money he received, he went on an all-inclusive cruise with his fellow showmates. (Big Brother Finland, 2007).

Relationship with Adam Lambert

In 2010, she began a romantic relationship with singer Adam Lambert, the first finalist of the eighth season of American Idol. The two met when Koskinen attended a Lambert concert in Finland in November.

Later, Adam had a concert in Paris in which Sauli was also present and took pictures with the singer (Salenaikou, 2011).

The relationship between Koskinen and Lambert ended in 2013 because their professional commitments alienated them from each other. However, everything was on good terms and they continue to have a friendship, although with little contact (Seiska, 2013).

Post Big Brother career life

Sauli and Niko, fellow Big Brother 2007 runner-up and winner in 2010, were in high demand for public appearances.

They began hosting events in Finland, including festivals, fairs, and activities for youth and children. Sauli became a member of the Super Club, where parties and contests were organized in different bars and restaurants across the nation.

Former colleagues and friends of Big Brother worked as guides for travelers and tourists on trips to Turkey. Sauli was a recreation director in some language courses. In the services of the Seiska company, Sauli and Niko entertained guests and even married couples while they were consecrated as priests.

He had a program in 2008 at the request of his fans called "The best videos of Sauli and Niko." In the show, both commented on viral videos that were triumphing on the Internet (Salenaikou, 2011).

Soon after, Koskinen was hired as an entertainment reporter for the Finnish tabloid Ilta-Sanomat. There he would comment on entertainment news on the weekly Tutka Show with co-host Katri Utula.

In 2011, Koskinen was hired as a correspondent for Radio Aalto while working for Ilta-Sanomata (Ilta-Sanomat, 2011). That year, Katri and Sauli traveled to the United States to produce a special version of their online series called Tutka Roadshow.

She was then offered her own show about her personal life while living in Los Angeles, an offer she declined because she said she didn't want to expose her privacy to the public again. (Ilta-Sanomat, 2011).

The following year, Sauli continued his work for Ilta-Sanomat as a blogger and hosted another Tutka Roadshow special that was produced in the summer of 2012. That time Koskinen and Utula traveled to southern Finland to meet national celebrities.

In May of that year Sauli, he was the host of the fashion show Näytös 2012, which was televised live on the national channel Ylex Teema (Ylex, 2012).

In 2013, Sauli started a video blog from Los Angeles for the Finnish entertainment magazine 7 Päivää. In December, he signed with the Paparazzi modeling agency, where he worked as a presenter, actor and model (Italehti, 2013).

I work on Fox TV

In February 2013, Fox's Finnish branch announced that Sauli Koskinen would start his own program, called Saulin Paras Kaveri. The show was recorded in Los Angeles in the spring of that year.

There, Koskinen interviews Finnish celebrities who live in the American city. The first episode aired on Fox Finland in September 2013. Guests on the show included model Suvi Koponen and chef Stefan Richter (Fox, 2013).

Dancing on Ice, Finland

Sauli was the winner of the first season of the television contest Dancing on Ice. In August 2013 it was announced that Koskinen would be participating in the Finnish version of the show. There ten celebrities learned to skate with a professional partner. Sauli was paired with synchronized ice skater Nea Ojala.

After the announcement of the participants and the coaches, the teams had five weeks to prepare for the first live performance. The competition started in September and the final was on November 30. Koskinen and Ojala won the competition (Nelonen, 2013).

Actually

In 2016, Sauli Koskinen along with Sebastian Tynkkynen hosted the Finnish survival reality show Raju TV, produced by Iltasanomat. The program recently finished being recorded and will be televised in 2017 (Ilta-Sanomat, 2016).

At the end of November, Koskinen signed a contract with the Fit Diamonds company to be a personal trainer, with projection through social networks such as Facebook and Snapchat. (FitDiamons, 2016)

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