Henri Piispanen | |
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Born | 17 May 1994 |
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Years active | 1998–present [1] |
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Henri Piispanen (born 17 May 1994) is a Finnish voice actor, singer-songwriter and television presenter. Following his win at Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2024 with Windows95man, the duo represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "No Rules!", [2] of which he was the producer and uncredited vocalist. [3] As a voice actor, he has voiced many animated films and television shows in Finnish. [4]
Piispanen is the singer and multi-instrumentalist of the band Pasa and the singer and keyboardist of the band Kontio Polaris. [4] [5]
Piispanen has voiced Finnish dubs of television shows and films such as Lewis in Meet the Robinsons , Hiro Hamada in Big Hero 6 , Adrien Agreste in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir , Craig Williams in Craig of the Creek , Chase in PAW Patrol and Lloyd Garmadon in Ninjago . He was a host of the Finnish television series Summeri in 2012, [6]
Piispanen was the primary songwriter and producer of the song "No Rules!", intended to be performed at Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu 2024 , the Finnish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, by Teemu Keisteri, known by his persona Windows95man, and another uncredited singer, whilst Piispanen would simply be a songwriter and producer. [4] However, Keisteri expressed in an interview how he struggled to find a singer with the required vocal ability to sing the technically challenging chorus of the song, and that Piispanen was the only singer he could find with a high enough vocal range, hence his eventual role as a performer in the song alongside Keisteri. [7] The duo went on to win the event, winning the televote despite coming last in the jury vote, [8] giving the pair the right to represent Finland in Eurovision. On 7 May 2024, Keisteri and Piispanen qualified to the Grand Final held on 11 May 2024. [9]