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Bra Vibrationer (song)
"Bra vibrationer" (; "Good vibrations"), written by Ingela Forsman and composed by Lasse Holm, was the entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1985, performed by Kikki Danielsson. History Danielsson won the right to perform at the contest, held in Gothenburg, by winning the Swedish national final, Melodifestivalen 1985, where she was the first singer to perform. The song won by seven points over the second-place finisher, Dan Tillberg with his song "Ta min hand" ("Take my hand"). In Gothenburg, the song was performed sixteenth on the night, after 's Mariella Farré and Pino Gasparini with "Piano, Piano", and before 's Gary Lux with " Kinder dieser Welt". At the end of judging that evening, "Bra vibrationer" took the third-place slot with 103 points. Finland and Norway both awarded Sweden 12 points that night. Danielsson's performance was backed up by dancers Mary Johnson and David Johnson. Sung in contemporary schlager music style, the singer relates her strong emotions upon fal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kikki Danielsson
Ann-Kristin "Kikki" Danielsson (born 10 May 1952) is a Swedish country, dansband and pop singer. Sometimes, she also plays the accordion and she has also written some lyrics. She has gained notice for yodeling in some songs. Danielsson gained her largest popularity in the Nordic region from the late 1970s until the late 1990s. She also gained popularity at the US country stage during the 1980s. In 1986, she had the "Kikki i Nashville" TV show. Life and work Danielsson was born in Osby, Sweden, and resides in Gävleborg. In total, she has participated nine times at the Swedish Melodifestivalen and one time at the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix. She has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, in 1982 (as a part of the Swedish pop and country group Chips with the song "Dag efter dag", finishing 8th) and in the 1985 (solo) with the song "Bra vibrationer", finishing 3rd. Kikki Danielsson was born in Osby, but was adopted and lived on a farm in Älmhult, Småland from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Svensson (musician)
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Magnus Svensson may refer to: * Magnus Svensson (floorball) (born 1983), floorball player * Magnus Svensson (footballer) (born 1969), football player * Magnus Svensson (ice hockey b. 1963) (born 1963), ice hockey player * Magnus Pääjärvi-Svensson (born 1991), ice hockey player See also * Svensson Svensson (also Svenson and anglicised Swensson, Swenson, Swinson or Swanson) is the ninth most common Swedish family name, there are about 88,000 people with the name in the population register. The name literally means "son of Sven", or "Sven's s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Serra
Amanda is a Latin feminine gerundive (i.e. verbal adjective) name meaning, literally, “she who must (or is fit to) be loved”. Other translations, with similar meaning, could be "deserving to be loved," "worthy of love," or "loved very much by everyone." Its diminutive form includes Mandy, Manda and Amy. It is common in countries where Germanic and Romance languages are spoken. "Amanda" comes from ''ama-'' (the stem of the Latin verb ''amare'', "to love") plus the feminine nominative singular gerundive ending (''-nda''). Other names, especially female names, were derived from this verb form, such as “Miranda”. The name "Amanda" occasionally appears in Late Antiquity, such as the Amanda who was the 'wife of the ex-advocate and ex-provincial governor Aper (q.v.); she cared for his estates and raised their children after he adopted the monastic life: "curat illa saeculi curas, ne tu cures”' aul. Nol. Epist. 44.4 In England the name "Amanda" first appears in 1212 on a bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumba M'bye
Kumba is a metropolitan city in the Meme (department), Meme department, Southwest Region (Cameroon), Southwest Region, Western Cameroon, referred as "K-town" in local slang. Kumba is the most developed and largest city in the Meme Department and has attracted people from the local villages like Mbonge, Ekondo Titi, etc. Kumba has an estimated population of about 400,000 with three quarters of this population being youth. As a result of improvement in Child care, infant health care, Urbanization, rural-urban migration and infant mortality is falling while fertility rates, birthrates rise, causing the population of Kumba to increase. The N8 and N16 highways meet at Kumba. Etymology The name 'Kumba' originates from the Bafo word 'kumbè', meaning an umbrella tree (other), umbrella tree History According to local mythology, Kumba was founded by the hunter Midiki Bokeng, In his honour a monument has been put up around the Town Green. Kumba was originally a Bafo tribal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Each participating country submits an original song to be performed on live television and radio, transmitted to national broadcasters via the EBU's Eurovision and Euroradio networks, with competing countries then casting votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner. Based on the Sanremo Music Festival held in Italy since 1951, Eurovision has been held annually since 1956 (apart from ), making it the longest-running annual international televised music competition and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. Active members of the EBU, as well as invited associate members, are eligible to compete, and 52 countries have participated at least once. Each participating broadcaster se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Framåt Fredag
The discography of Laleh, an Iranian-born Swedish singer-songwriter contains nine studio albums and three extended plays. Laleh first appeared on Swedish charts in early 2005 with the single "Invisible (My Song)" which instantly reached the top ten in the country's chart. Until 2011, this was her only release to chart within the top ten, despite her most successful single to date in terms of sales being "Live Tomorrow", also released in 2005. This song also managed to chart at number eleven in Denmark, her only song to chart outside of Sweden. Her self-titled debut album was released in March 2005 and found extended chart success, peaking at number one and enjoying a resurgence in sales following the release of "Live Tomorrow". Her follow-up album, ''Prinsessor'', was released a year later and peaked at number three in the charts. The album saw the release of a further four songs, all of which failed to chart on the Sverigetopplistan. After taking a three-year break, Laleh return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotts (band)
Scotts is a modern dansband from Lidköping, Sweden. Established in 1992, Scotts competed at Dansbandskampen 2008, finishing up second behind Larz-Kristerz, starting to aim at their ambition becoming a full-time band. The band also competed at Melodifestivalen 2009, with the song "Jag tror på oss "Jag tror på oss" is a song written by Lars "Dille" Diedricson, Martin Hedström and Ingela "Pling" Forsman, and performed by the Swedish band Scotts at Melodifestivalen 2009. Through the semifinal in Gothenburg on 7 February 2009, the song wen ...". AllMusic Members *Henrik Strömberg - Vocal, guitar *Roberto Mårdstam - bass *Claes Linder - keyboard *Per-Erik "Lillen" Tagesson - drumsDiscography Albums ;Others *2009: ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dansbandskampen 2008
Dansbandskampen is a television show established by Peter Settman and his production company Baluba. Peter Settman is also the show host. The show is broadcast over Sveriges Television, with season 1 airing October–December 2008. In 2008, five bands participated each week. Each week consisted of one moment where the bands were free to perform a pop or rock song, followed up by the second moment, ''Dansbandsklassikern'' ("The dansband classic"), where a famous dansband song was performed, chosen by drawing. The finalist bands are given an own, new own-produced song, followed up by the two remaining bands performing their own version of a song. There are discussions of spreading the concept outside Sweden, with a disco/folk music version in Poland and a country music version in the United States. Seasons Season 1 *2008, Larz-Kristerz winners with Scotts as runner-up. Season 2 *2009, The Playtones winners with Titanix as runner-up. Season 3 *2010, Elisa's winners before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siw Malmkvist
Siw Gunnel Margareta Malmkvist (born 31 December 1936) is a Swedish schlager singer and actress popular in Scandinavia and West Germany. She had a number one hit in West Germany in 1964 with "''Liebeskummer lohnt sich nicht''" (''"Lovesickness Is Not Worthwhile"''), and on 18 July 1964 she became the first Swede to have a hit on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, when "Sole Sole Sole", a duet with Italian singer Umberto Marcato, entered the chart, peaking at No. 58. Early life Malmkvist was born in Landskrona, Skåne County, the youngest child of Sigrid and Albert Malmkvist. She had eight siblings, and her early childhood was marked by World War II; although Sweden was a neutral country, the risk of invasion was felt acutely in Landskrona, located only 22 km from the Danish capital on the other side of Öresund. Albert Malmkvist was called up as a soldier. Career In 1955, the 18-year-old Malmkvist won a talent show, which resulted in her being hired as a singer by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Körslaget 2008
Körslaget 2008 was the first season of the Swedish TV entertainment program Körslaget, based on Clash of the Choirs and broadcast on TV4. The first season was shown in spring 2008 and consisted of eight sections, and from the second section, a choir was voted out in each section. The show premiered 29 March and the finale aired 10 May, which was won by Team Cans. The show's host for the first season was Gry Forssell. Seven artists were commissioned to gather seven singers for their choirs from their respective home towns and compete with them against the other performers' choirs. No one was eliminated during the first episode. Instead, the votes for that episode were included in episode 2. Team Linda and Team Markoolio got the fewest votes. Eliminations started on the second episode. The first choir to be eliminated was ''Team Siw'', led by Siw Malmkvist . Thereafter, the eliminations were (in order): ''Team Agnes'', led by Agnes Carlsson, ''Team Markoolio'', led by Markoolio, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kikki Resque
Kikki may refer to *Kikki Danielsson, country, dansband and pop singer from Sweden ** ''Kikki'' (album), a 1982 Kikki Danielsson album * Kikki, Balochistan, town in Pakistan *Kikki Benjamin, manga character; see list of Tokyo Mew Mew characters See also *Kiki (other) Kiki or Ki Ki may refer to: Places * Ki Ki, South Australia, Australia, a village * Ki Ki, Iran, a village * Kiai, Iran, a village also known as Kiki * Kiki, Łask County, Poland, a village * Kiki, Poddębice County, Poland, a village * Kik ... {{disambig, given name Feminine given names Swedish feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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