Featured : Kuunkuiskaajat

Kuunkuiskaajat are a female folk music duo, who have been selected to represent Finland in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest. The women concerned are Susan Aho and Johanna Virtanen, who also form part of the folk music group Värttinä. The name Kuunkuiskaajat translates into English as Moon Whispers, and the victory of their song Työlki ellää in the Finnish national selection is thought to owe a lot to the success of Estonia's superb 'ethnic' entry to Eurovision last year.

Kuunkuiskaajat's official website, containing photo galleries, can be found here.

Ola Jordan voted sexiest woman of 'Strictly Come Dancing' 2009

It remains to be seen whether Ola Jordan will win the Strictly Come Dancing crown with her partner Chris Hollins in Saturday night's final, but she has clearly won the hearts of visitors to this blog, with a landslide victory in our 'Sexiest of Strictly' poll. She won nearly half of all votes cast in a packed field. Fellow professional dancer Lilia Kopylova was in a distant second place, with Ali Bastian the highest-ranked celebrity in joint third. Here are the final results -

1 Ola Jordan 49%
2 Lilia Kopylova 15%
3 Ali Bastian 5%
= Flavia Cacace 5%
5 Kristina Rihanoff 3%
= Katya Virshilas 3%
= Martina Hingis 3%
= Laila Rouass 3%
= Erin Boag 3%
= Natalie Lowe 3%

Laura Tobin voted UK's sexiest weathergirl

Our UK weathergirls poll has now closed, with the BBC's Laura Tobin winning a decisive victory over Sky's Irish-born forecaster Lisa Burke. Wendy Hurrell finished in third place. Here are the final standings -

1 Laura Tobin 46%
2 Lisa Burke 26%
3 Wendy Hurrell 11%
4 Lucy Verasamy 7%
5 Gail McGrane 3%
= Carol Kirkwood 3%

Featured : Ola Jordan

Currently leading the way in our Strictly Come Dancing poll is the beautiful Polish professional dancer Ola Jordan. In the current series of Strictly she is partnering TV presenter and former sportsman Chris Hollins, but she has appeared on the show since the fourth series, previously partnering former tennis player and TV presenter Andrew Castle, former Scotland rugby international Kenny Logan, and DJ Spoony. She is married to fellow Strictly professional dancer James Jordan - her maiden name was Grabowska.

In her pre-Strictly days, Ola notched up a number of more conventional achievements as a dancer, including a semi-final place in the amateur worlds.

Ola and James Jordan's official website includes a biography, news section, and most importantly a stunning photo gallery of Ola.

Poll : Sexiest Woman of 'Strictly Come Dancing' 2009

Well, they're subjected to a public vote every week anyway, and the outcome rarely corresponds very closely with their dancing skills, so why not another? This poll covers all female contestants on Strictly this year, so includes both professional dancers and celebrities, but of course excludes presenter Tess Daly as well as controversial judge Alesha Dixon. Here is the full list of contenders -

The Celebrities :

Ali Bastian
Zoe Lucker
Laila Rouass
Jo Wood
Natalie Cassidy
Martina Hingis
Jade Johnson
Lynda Bellingham

The Professional Dancers :

Ola Jordan
Erin Boag
Katya Virshilas
Lilia Kopylova
Kristina Rihanoff
Natalie Lowe
Aliona Vilani
Flavia Cacace

The poll will remain open until November 30th.

Poll : UK weathergirls

Well, it's been a good five months since our last poll closed, and as it's now chilly October, what better than a poll about the women who always shine even when they're forecasting rain? As there are countless weather presenters on countless channels and regional opt-outs, there was no way I could provide an exhaustive list this time, but hopefully I've picked the obvious contenders. Here's who you can choose from -

Laura Tobin
Gail McGrane
Lucy Verasamy
Lisa Burke
Carol Kirkwood
Becky Mantin
Wendy Hurrell

The poll will stay open until November 15th.

Hadise voted sexiest woman of Eurovision 2009

She may have only finished fourth in the contest, but it appears that Turkey's representative succeeded in making quite a few hearts go 'Düm Tek Tek' after all. For the second year in a row it's been an incredibly tight result - in last year's poll Kalomira edged out Ani Lorak by just one vote, and this time round Hadise held off the challenge of enigmatic Estonian singer Sandra Nurmsalu by just three votes. Here are the final results -

1 Hadise Açıkgöz (Turkey) 21%
2 Sandra Nurmsalu (Estonia) 20%
3 Aysel Teymurzadeh (Azerbaijan) 9%
4 Jade Ewen (United Kingdom) 9%
5 Elena Gheorghe (Romania) 7%
6 Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir (Iceland) 7%
7 Karoliina Kallio (Finland) 3%
8 Soraya Arnelas (Spain) 3%
9 Chiara Siracusa (Malta) 2%
10 Svetlana Loboda (Ukraine) 2%
11 Kejsi Tola (Albania) 1%
12 Marilin Kongo (Estonia) 1%
13 Lidia Kopania (Poland) 1%
14 Mann Helstein (Estonia) **
= Sinéad Mulvey (Ireland) **
16 Anastasiya Prykhodko (Russia) **
= Mari Möldre (Estonia) **
= Martina Majerle (Slovenia) **
= Christina Metaxa (Cyprus) **
= Andrea Šušnjara (Croatia) **
= Daniela Varela (Portugal) **
= Noa (Israel) **
= Susanne Georgi (Andorra) **
24 Patricia Kaas (France) **
= Johanna Mängel (Estonia) **
= Nela Pocisková (Slovakia) **
= Mira Awad (Israel) **
= Inga Arshakyan (Armenia) **
= Malena Ernman (Sweden) **
= Andrea Demirović (Montenegro) **

(** - less than 1% but more than zero)

337 votes were cast in total.

Intriguingly, there was a huge surge of support for Aysel Teymurzadeh after the final was broadcast on Saturday night. My strong impression is that, if only post-final votes had been counted, she would have won convincingly.

Finally, apologies for my inadvertent mistake in leaving out the Portuguese accordion player. She might well have been a contender!