*1975 US
Producer
A.k.a. Mikko Ilmari Silvennoinen
A Finnish TV host, journalist and producer. Born May 14, 1975 in Kiihtelysvaara. In 1995 he started as a host of the music programme Jyrki. He was one of the first well-known faces of the show. After hosting Jyrki for one year, Silvennoinen left to study television in the United States where he did interviews and reports about the world of entertainment for Nelonen and the magazines Apu and Katso. In 2000 he graduated from California State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications Studies and Broadcast Journalism. After he returned to Finland he continued to work at Nelonen, on both sides of the camera. His most significant work on TV is considered to be the show 4POP which he both edited and hosted from 2003 to 2004. The show was a weekly programme of pop culture. As a producer, he was honored with the job of producing the popular Hauskat kotivideot, which shows videos from America's Funniest Home Videos. The show is hosted by Sampo Marjomaa. In 2011 Silvennoinen was the programme director of the Estonian TV3. Since March 2012 he is the programme director of the Finnish FOX (previously Suomi TV).