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Pete Eemeli Parkkonen (born in Pihtipudas on 8 February 1990) is a Finnish singer singing in both Finnish and English. He took part in the Finnish ''Idol'' competition in its fourth season finishing third. After ''Idol'' he launched a solo career releasing albums ''The First Album'' in 2009 that topped the Finnish Albums Chart followed by ''I'm an Accident'' in 2010. ==Career== ;In ''Idol'' Parkkosen auditioned with "Mies jolle ei koskaan tapahdu mitääna", a song from J. Karjalainen. during the competition, he interpreted various songs, most notably "Queen City" and "I Kissed a Girl". In the semi finals, he sang songs from Foo Fighters, Danko Jones and Eppu Normaali making it to the Final 3. The season finals were held on 9 November 2009 with Parkkonen considered the favourite to win. However, he was unexpectedly eliminated in the Final 3 phase finishing third. The grand finale was held on 14 December with Koop Arponen winning the title and Anna Puustjärvi as runner-up. ;After ''Idol'' After ''Idol'', Parkkonen received a recording contract from Sony BMG and was the first season 4 contestants to release an album. Appropriately titled ''The First Album'', he debuted at number 1 in its first week of release. The album went on to sell just over 24,000 copies and was accredited a gold award. Parkkonen's second studio album, ''I'm an Accident'' was released on 18 February 2010, but failed to gain the same commercial success peaking at number 21. He is preparing a third album in 2014 in Finnish language. Preliminary single releases from the prospective album include "Mitä minä sanoin" and "Mun". ;In popular culture Parkkonen has also taken part in a number of reality television shows including season 2 of ''Livenä vieraissa'' (2009) where he sang "Womanizer" from Britney Spears and "Girl In A Uniform" his single. He also took part in ''Kuorosota'', the Finnish version of ''Clash of the Choirs'' and broadcast on Nelonen station coming second and donating 20,000 Euros to charity. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pete Parkkonen (singer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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