Mikko Silvennoinen (14 May 1975 in Kiihtelysvaara) is a Finnish television host, journalist and producer.
After hosting Jyrki for one year, Silvennoinen left to study television in the United States where he did interviews and reports about the world of entertainment for Nelonen and the magazines Apu and Katso.
He graduated from California State University in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications Studies and Broadcast Journalism.
He has written columns for the gay magazine Voltti (formerly Z-lehti) and worked as a member of the Seta board from 2005 to 2006.
[2] Since 2016 Silvennoinen has provided commentary for the Eurovision Song Contest and Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu on television, on national public-broadcasting company YLE.