Aksel Kankaanranta (born 28 January 1998) is a Finnish singer who was supposed to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam. with the song “Looking Back”.

In 2017, he placed second in The Voice of Finland. He was born in Turku. and now in 2021 he is one of 7 candidates in this year’s Finnish selection.

The song he will sing is HURT.