Ivo Linna

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Kuressaare, Saare County, Estonian SRR, USSR [now Estonia]

Ivo Linna (born June 12, 1949 in Kuressaare) is an Estonian singer and sometimes actor. He represented Estonia alongside Maarja Liis Ilus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 in Oslo with the song "Kaelakee Hääl" (The Sound of a Necklace) which finished 5th at the contest. He competed in Eesti Laul 2017 with the song "Suur Loterii" (Big Lottery). The song won its semi final, but came fifth of…

Known for

• Oliüks Henno2025
• New Money2025
• Estonian Funeral — Old Andres2021
• Sing my Song2014
• Love Is Blind — Singer at the Bonfire (uncredited)2013
• Priceless — Ivo Linna2012
• The Singing Revolution — Self2006
• Eurolaul — Self - Contestant1993
• Stolen Meeting — Singer at the Club (uncredited)1989
• In the Time of the Law of the Wolf1986

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Estonia

Active from

1949-06-12

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Listeners

5,027

Total plays

122,712

Ivo Linna (born 12 June 1949) is an Estonian singer. He was born in Kuressaare and graduated from Kuressaare Secondary School, and studied from 1967-1969 at the State University of Tartu in Estonian Philology. He started his singing career with the Kuressaare band Müstikud. This was followed by a stint in the band System, as well as a return to Müstikud. After a period of military service in the Soviet Army, he was a solo singer in Tallinn with the Olav Ehala Ensemble, as well as with the Van

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Ivo

Gender

male

Citizenship

Soviet Union

Place of birth

Kuressaare

Occupation

singer

Educated at

University of Tartu

Languages spoken

Estonian

Participant in

Eurovision Song Contest 1996

Genre

pop music

Instrument

voice

Image

Ivo Linna 1974.jpg

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