Levyraati

*Levyraati*
Levyraati
	Levyraati in 1984
Genre	Music
Presented by	(1961–1980); (1980); Jukka Virtanen (1980–1997); (2002–2003); (2003–2005)
Country of origin	Finland
Original language	Finnish
No. of episodes	101
Production
Production locations	Pasila, Helsinki, Finland
Running time	60 minutes
Release
Original network	(1961–1964); MTV (1964–1992); MTV3 (1992–1997, 2002–2005)
First shown in	Original Series:; 1961 – 1997; Revived Series:; 2002 – 2005

Levyraati ("Record Panel") was a Finnish television show which ran from the 1961–1992 originally on YLE and starting from 1992 on MTV3. It was based on the British Juke Box Jury.^[1]

The show was originally hosted by and for a brief period by (in 1980). However, the show was most famously hosted by Jukka Virtanen from 1980 till 1997 when the show went on a five-year hiatus. For its 2002–2003 run it was hosted by and later by . The show has been on unspecified hiatus since 2005.

In the program Finnish celebrities (mostly musicians) would rate recordings and, in later years, music videos with a score from 1 to 10. With four guests in the panel the maximum score was 40 and the winning song or video would be performed during the ending credits. One of the panel members was a frequent guest placed among three weekly guests.

Today Levyraati has also become a popular game practiced amongst friends and family who form the panel and play music from personal collections. The rating-system varies.

Similar programmes[]

Videoraati, MoonTV's take on the popular format, hosted by Wallu Valpio.
Runoraati, a currently running version of the show on YLE in which a panel rates poems sent by amateur poets.

References[]

^ Vaalisto, Heidi (January 18, 2020). "Ex-levyraatilainen: Klaus Järvinen oli tarkka ja analyyttinen musiikkitietäjä – antoi pakit Baddingillekin". Ilta-Sanomat.

External links[]

Levyraati at IMDb

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[1] Vaalisto, Heidi (January 18, 2020). "Ex-levyraatilainen: Klaus Järvinen oli tarkka ja analyyttinen musiikkitietäjä – antoi pakit Baddingillekin". Ilta-Sanomat.

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