Jone Nikula

Antti Joonas "Jone" Nikula (born 30 March 1970) is Finnish television and radio personality and a jack-of-all-trades in the music industry. He became well known as a judge in the TV show Idols.^[1]

Jone Nikula at Tuska Open Air 2013

Before his TV popularity, Nikula has – among other things – been a host on the Finnish radio station Radio City, and marketing manager of EMI Music Finland. Since 2007, Nikula and Kotiteollisuus frontman Jouni Hynynen have hosted Äijät, a TV show about the professions and (in the second season in 2008) hobbies of "real men". He has written a history book about Finnish heavy metal music, Rauta-aika (Iron Age), and worked as the tour manager of Finnish glam rock band Hanoi Rocks. Starting early 2007, he has been hosting evening and daytime shows on Nelonen Media's rock music radio station, Radio Rock.^{[2] [3]}

Nikula is a Captain in reserve in the Finnish Defence Forces.^[4] His father is former Chancellor of Justice of Finland Paavo Nikula, and his mother is art historian Riitta Nikula. He was a competitor in the first season of the Finnish version of Dancing with the Stars, called Tanssii tähtien kanssa in 2006, finishing third. Nikula was a judge in the fifth season of Tanssii tähtien kanssa.^[5]

References

1. "Jone Nikula jatkaa Idols-tuomaristossa". Iltalehti (in Finnish). 12 October 2006. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
2. "Uuden rockin ilta". Radio Rock (in Finnish). 24 June 2010. Archived from the original on 3 July 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
3. "Jonen päivävuoro". Radio Rock (in Finnish). 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
4. "Good morning Wanaja! Jone Nikula ja Toni Wirtanen herättelevät sotajoukkoja". Yleisradio (in Finnish). 6 October 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
5. "Jone Nikula ei pelkää loukkaavansa tunteita Tanssii tähtien kanssa -ohjelmassa: Ei kiinnosta pätkääkään". voice.fi (in Finnish). 19 September 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2019.