| Sauli Koskinen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 March 1985 Hyvinkää, Finland |
| Residence | Hollywood, California, United States |
| Occupation | Reality-television star, radio personality, entertainment reporter |
| Years active | Since 2007 |
| Partner | Adam Lambert |
| Website | |
| saulikoskinen.net (in Finnish) | |
Sauli Koskinen (born March 28, 1985) is a Finnish reality-television star, radio personality and entertainment reporter from Hyvinkää, Finland.
He first rose to fame as the winner of the Finnish Big Brother 2007 reality-television series.[1]
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Koskinen was the winner of Big Brother 2007, beating out nineteen other contestants in a public vote over a fourteen-week period.[2] Before applying for the show, Koskinen worked as a clerk in a Helsinki clothing store. Mikko Räisänen, the casting director for Big Brother, has said that the decision to put Koskinen in the Big Brother house was made within the first two minutes of his casting interview, crediting Koskinen's positivity, likability and openness.[3]
In 2008, fans petitioned to have Koskinen and fellow Big Brother contestant Niko Nousiainen make a return to television. The campaign resulted in the brief television show Sauli and Niko’s Best Clips, in which Koskinen and Nousiainen provided commentary on viral videos.[4] Shortly thereafter, Koskinen was hired as a web-based entertainment reporter for the Finnish tabloid Ilta-Sanomat, where he provided commentary on entertainment news in weekly videos with co-host Katri Utula.[5] In 2011, Koskinen and Utula traveled to the United States to produce a special version of their weekly web series entitled Tutka Roadshow.[6]
As of June 2011, Koskinen continued to work for Ilta-Sanomat and was additionally hired as a U.S.-based call-in entertainment reporter for the Finnish radio station Radio Aalto.[7]
Koskinen is in a relationship with American singer Adam Lambert. They celebrated their one-year anniversary in November 2011.[8]