Ivo Linna

Ivo Linna

Born: June 12, 1949
in Kuressaare, 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 ten entries in the final round.

Together with his son Robert Linna and the Estonian band Supernova, Ivo participated in Eesti Laul 2021 with the song "Ma Olen Siin" (I'm Here). The song finished in eleventh place of the twelve entries in the final round.

Movies for Ivo Linna...

Estonian Funeral
Title: Estonian Funeral
Character: Old Andres
Released: June 4, 2021
Type: Movie
A wide range of relatives and acquaintances have traveled to a funeral, and as is typical of Estonians, the sad event turns into a comical one as the evening develops. The primordial disputes that arise among the Estonians take on hyperbolic dimensions as events unfold, creating misunderstandings.
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Title: Sing my Song
Released: March 20, 2014
Type: TV
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Love Is Blind
Title: Love Is Blind
Character: Singer at the Bonfire (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 2013
Type: Movie
30-year old Kertu has lived under her father's power her whole life. Because of her gentle nature, she is thought by locals to be a little simple-minded. The young woman makes her first timid attempt to change something in her life - she send a postcard to Villu, a handsome but degenerate village drunk.
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Priceless
Title: Priceless
Character: Ivo Linna
Released: January 28, 2012
Type: Movie
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The Singing Revolution
Title: The Singing Revolution
Character: Self
Released: December 1, 2006
Type: Movie
Most people don't think about singing when they think about revolutions. But song was the weapon of choice when, between 1986 and 1991, Estonians sought to free themselves from decades of Soviet occupation. During those years, hundreds of thousands gathered in public to sing forbidden patriotic songs and to rally for independence. "The young people, without any political party, and without any politicians, just came together ... not only tens of thousands but hundreds of thousands ... to gather and to sing and to give this nation a new spirit," remarks Mart Laar, a Singing Revolution leader featured in the film and the first post-Soviet Prime Minister of Estonia. "This was the idea of the Singing Revolution." James Tusty and Maureen Castle Tusty's "The Singing Revolution" tells the moving story of how the Estonian people peacefully regained their freedom--and helped topple an empire along the way.
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Stolen Meeting
Title: Stolen Meeting
Character: Singer at the Club (uncredited)
Released: June 5, 1989
Type: Movie
A mother released from a prison camp in Russia finds her son, but realises that reconciliation is impossible.
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Requiem
Title: Requiem
Character: Captain Viktor Vene
Released: May 24, 1984
Type: Movie
When the frontline extends over Estonia in the summer of 1944, the pilots of a shot down Soviet airplane come to ask for help at a farm where organ builder Jaan lives with his kids.
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Old Thomas Is Stolen
Title: Old Thomas Is Stolen
Character: Boy Soloist
Released: October 16, 1970
Type: Movie
Old Faithful City mascot Thomas, who for centuries have stood the Town Hall tower at the top, is gone. He has left his guard post to go to defend love. Old Thomas and his adventures in pursuing historians pass through the romantic Old Town and the New Town, and the song festival mood everywhere sends them to sing and dance
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The Last Relic
Title: The Last Relic
Character: Monk (uncredited)
Released: March 23, 1970
Type: Movie
A medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled - there's a revolt of peasants going on. To secure its safety a monastery chases for a relics of a holy Brigitte. A nobleman promises to get it if he gets beautiful Agnes as a reward. But she fells in love with a handsome adventurer. The monastery has to act shrewd now and play double game. The movie is still the best achievement of the Estonian cinema. Based on a novel.