# Jone Nikula

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{{Short description|Finnish broadcaster and journalist}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2011}}
[[File:Tuska 20130628 - Jone Nikula.jpg|thumbnail|Jone Nikula at [Tuska Open Air](/source/Tuska_Open_Air) 2013]]

'''Antti Joonas "Jone" Nikula''' (born 30 March 1970) is a [Finnish](/source/Finland) [television](/source/television) and [radio](/source/radio) personality and a jack-of-all-trades in the music industry. He became well known as a judge in the TV show [Idols](/source/Idols_(Finland)).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihde/a/200610125233630|title=Jone Nikula jatkaa Idols-tuomaristossa|date=12 October 2006|work=Iltalehti|language=Finnish|access-date=28 April 2011}}</ref> 

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](/source/EMI). Since 2007, Nikula and [Kotiteollisuus](/source/Kotiteollisuus) frontman [Jouni Hynynen](/source/Jouni_Hynynen) have hosted [Äijät](/source/%C3%84ij%C3%A4t), 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](/source/heavy_metal_music), ''Rauta-aika'' (''Iron Age''), and worked as the tour manager of Finnish [glam rock](/source/glam_rock) band [Hanoi Rocks](/source/Hanoi_Rocks). Starting early 2007, he has been hosting evening and daytime shows on [Nelonen Media's](/source/Nelonen_Media) [rock music](/source/rock_music) radio station, [Radio Rock](/source/Radio_Rock).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.radiorock.fi/musiikki/uuden-rockin-ilta|archive-url=https://archive.today/20100703144043/http://www.radiorock.fi/musiikki/uuden-rockin-ilta|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 July 2010|title=Uuden rockin ilta|date=24 June 2010|work=Radio Rock|language=Finnish|accessdate=15 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.supla.fi/ohjelmat/jonen-paivavuoro|title=Jonen päivävuoro|date=15 November 2019|work=Radio Rock|language=Finnish|accessdate=15 November 2019}}</ref> 

Nikula is a [Captain](/source/Captain_(armed_forces)) in [reserve](/source/Military_reserve) in the [Finnish Defence Forces](/source/Finnish_Defence_Forces).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-7512435|title=Good morning Wanaja! Jone Nikula ja Toni Wirtanen herättelevät sotajoukkoja|date=6 October 2014|work=Yleisradio|language=Finnish|accessdate=15 November 2019}}</ref> His father is former [Chancellor of Justice of Finland](/source/Chancellor_of_Justice_of_Finland) [Paavo Nikula](/source/Paavo_Nikula), and his mother is art historian [Riitta Nikula](/source/Riitta_Nikula). He was a competitor in the first season of the Finnish version of ''[Dancing with the Stars](/source/Dancing_with_the_Stars)'', called ''Tanssii tähtien kanssa'' in 2006, finishing third. Nikula was a judge in the fifth season of ''Tanssii tähtien kanssa''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.voice.fi/viihde/a-30664|title=Jone Nikula ei pelkää loukkaavansa tunteita Tanssii tähtien kanssa -ohjelmassa: Ei kiinnosta pätkääkään|date=19 September 2010|work=voice.fi|language=Finnish|accessdate=15 November 2019}}</ref> 

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Category:1970 births
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Category:Finnish radio presenters
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