Editing Laura Voutilainen (section)

==Career==
Voutilainen's debut single was called "Muuttanut oot maailmain" but her breakthrough came with the 1993 single "Kerran" which reached the Top Ten of the Finnish charts in January 1994. Also in 1994 the singer's debut album ''Laura Voutilainen'' was released selling in excess of 120,000 units; Voutilainen was consequently honored as Finland's top female vocalist with the [[Emma-gaala|Emma Award]] for 1994, an honor she again earned for the year 1996.  Voutilainen has released a total of six albums and since 1999 she has hosted a [[TV show]] of her own.

Voutilainen participated in the Finnish national preliminary round for [[Eurovision Song Contest 2002|Eurovision 2002]] with the song "[[Addicted to You (Laura Voutilainen song)|Addicted to You]]". With 46 points awarded by the jury and 36% of the public vote "Addicted to You" easily won the right to represent [[Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002|Finland at Eurovision 2002]]:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eventseeker.com/artist/3337-laura-voutilainen|title=Laura Voutilainen - Artist Profile|website=eventseeker.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref> despite heavy promotion - reportedly the most ever afforded a Finnish Eurovision entrant<ref>[https://archive.today/20120802115726/http://www.iltasanomat.fi/viihde/Laura%20Voutilaisen%20viisupuku%20on%20salaisuus/art-1288335007251.html Iltasanomat.fi: Laura Voutilaisen viisupuku on salaisuus] {{in lang|fi}}</ref> - and high expectations for its Eurovision placing, "Addicted to You" finished Eurovision 2002 in twentieth place out of a field of twenty-four and failed to reach the Finnish Top Ten, stalling at #11.

In 2007 Voutilainen made a bid to again represent Finland at Eurovision participating in [[Euroviisut 2007]], the Finnish national preliminary for [[Eurovision Song Contest 2007|Eurovision 2007]]. Voutilainen was one of twelve contenders at Euroviisut 2007 each of whom sang two songs in the semi-finals with one of each contender's songs being advanced to the final: of Voutilainen's two semi-final numbers: "Kosketa Mua" and "Take a Chance", the last-named advanced to the Euroviisut 2007 final where it placed fourth.