Koop Arponen

Koop Juho Alexander Arponen is a Finnish singer and the winner of the fourth series of the Idols in 2008.

Koop Arponen was born in Lappeenranta, Eastern Finland to a Finnish father and a Dutch mother. When he was two, his family moved to Belgium and to England a few years later where he attended Cheam High School in Cheam, Surrey, between 1995 and 2002. He was elected as Head Boy of the School in 2001. At the age of five he started to play the piano, but quityears later. At the age ofhe started to play it again and also started to compose music. While doing his national service at the Finnish Army, he learnt to play the guitar. In England he studied at the University of Hull Scarborough Campus and graduated with a BA degree in Creative Music Technology with Business Management. After winning a karaoke contest, he won 1000 and bought some audio equipment. He also used to play in local pubs and clubs. Arponens father died in the summer of 2008 and after that he moved back to Finland to his grandmothers, who lives in the village of Pihlajavesi in Keuruu.

Source: Wikipedia