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Sommarkrysset
''Sommarkrysset'' (; "The Summer Cross") is a Swedish television program that is broadcast live from the Gröna Lund amusement park in Stockholm during the summer. It was first shown on 3 June 2005. The TV show became famous for their early bookings of music artists such as Lady Gaga, Dua Lipa, Rita Ora, Jason Mraz, Ava Max who later went on to gain global success. The program consists of live performances by famous artists in front of a live audience while viewers can call in and win a certain amount of money. To have the chance to win this money, the viewer first has to figure out a word which is derived by entering the answers to questions (one letter in each box) on a piece of graph paper with 5x5 squares like a crossword. , (Swedish) The program was created by Peter Settman's B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Settman
Peter Settman (born 24 February 1969) is a Sweden, Swedish actor, comedian, television presenter, screenwriter, and television producer. Settman is known for his appearances on the comedy shows ''Byhåla'' (featuring the characters Ronny and Ragge), ''Så ska det låta'' and ''Dansbandskampen''. Early life Settman was raised by his mother in Sätra. He is an only child born to parents Gunnar Törnstrand and Marianne Settman, both of whom never married each other. His father died of cancer when he was fourteen years old. Education and career Settman started acting in Skärholmen at the age of ten and studied at Södra Latin along with eventual Ronny and Ragge actors Fredde Granberg and Gila Bergqvist. At age 21 he acted in skits in the youth television show ''Kosmopol'' on local television in Växjö. In 1989 Settman started his production company Baluba, which he still owns and runs today. Ronny och Ragge was one of Settman's most prominent shows. Settman played Ronny to Granber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gry Forssell
Gry Charlotta Forssell (born February 16, 1973) is a Swedish television host on TV4 and TV3 and radio talk-show host. She is the daughter of singer Tomas Forssell and niece to actor Johannes Brost. Early life and career Forssell grew up in Luleå and studied at the Child and youth education in high school. After graduating in 1992 she became television presenter for SVT's youth section in Växjö, along with Pernilla Månsson Colt and Per Dahlberg and they presented the shows ''PM'' and ''Pickup''. She also acted in '' Ronny och Ragge'' as the character Bettan, a girl working the hot dog stand in Byhåla. Forssell is an honorary member of Luleå Hockey and has a Luleå Hockey shirt hanging at her workplace studio at her radiostation Mix Megapol. After the work on SVT she presented the film show ''Filmguiden'' at TV1000, the horse show ''Vinnare med V75'' and ''På Plats'' both on TV4. She also presented ''Sommartoppen'' on Sveriges Radio between 1994 and 1999, and the lifesty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Clamp
Shirley Natasja Clamp (born 17 February 1973) is a British-Swedish pop singer. posh24.se, accessed on May 7, 2010 She has achieved four Top 10 singles in Sweden including a Number 1 with "" in 2009, and three Top 10 albums. She has competed seven times in between 2003 and 2022, reaching the final twice where she finished second in 2004 and fourth in 2005. Nationality Clamp was born in , |
Amy Diamond
Amy Linnéa Deasismont (born 15 April 1992), previously known under the stage name Amy Diamond, is a Swedish singer. She is known for her single "What's in It for Me". The song was a 2005 hit in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland. It was the most-played song in Poland that year; it remained in the top ten for four months. She has released six studio albums and performed on television as a singer, actress and hostess. To date, her biggest hits have been "What's in It For Me", "Welcome To The City", "Don't Cry Your Heart Out", "It Can Only Get Better", " Stay My Baby", "Is It Love", "Up" and "Thank You". She is also the youngest person in Sweden to have released a greatest hits album. Biography Early life Deasismont was born in Norrköping, Sweden as Amy Linnéa Deasismont, the second child of an English father, Lee, and a Swedish mother, Chrisbeth. When she was ten months old, the family moved to the UK. The family moved back to Sweden when she was four-and-a-half years ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Paparizou
Helena Paparizou (; , ; born 31 January 1962) is a Swedish-born Greek singer, songwriter and television personality. Born and raised in Sweden to Greeks, Greek parents, she enrolled in various arts schools before launching a career in Sweden in 1999 as a member of the laïko (Greek folk music) and Eurodance duo Antique (band), Antique, who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 and afterwards became popular. Antique disbanded in 2003, and Paparizou signed a solo recording contract with Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music, releasing the chart-topping debut single "Anapandites Kliseis" and album ''Protereotita'' (2004), with emphasis on laïko, pop music, pop, and dance music, dance sounds, but at first had modest sales. In 2005, she represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, Eurovision Song Contest with the song "My Number One", which she won. It was the first Greek win in the contest's history and transformed her career. Her album was subsequently certifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Di Leva
Sven Thomas Magnusson (born 23 October 1963), known by his stage names Thomas Di Leva or simply Di Leva, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. Biography Sven Thomas Magnusson was born 1963 in Gävle, Gävleborg County, Gästrikland, Sweden. At 14 years of age, he changed his name from Magnusson to Di Leva, inspired both by his mother's Italian maiden name and idols like Leonardo da Vinci and Charlie Chaplin. Thomas started his career with the band The Pillisnorks, debuting with the EP ''4 Visitors'' on 1 January 1980. Later, Di Leva formed the band Modern Art, which subsequently became Modærn Art. In autumn 1981, Di Leva signed a record contract as a solo artist with the recently started company Adventure. The following year, Di Leva released his debut album, ''Marginal Cirkus''. After a short time at the company Stranded, Billy Bolero took Di Leva to the newly started company Papa Records, and with the release of the album ''På ett fat'' Di Leva became known throughout the cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elin Lanto
Elin Lanto (born 22 July 1984) is a Swedish singer who has had several hits in her Sweden, home country, including the number one "I Won't Cry." Lanto came to further prominence after her performance of her song "Money (Elin Lanto song), Money" in Melodifestivalen 2007. She also took part in Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, Melodifestivalen 2010 with "Doctor Doctor". In 2009, Lanto made her US debut by releasing the single "Discotheque" on the American iTunes Store, also featuring a new remix by Jonas von de Burg. On 1 March 2009 "Discotheque" was featured on Showtime (TV network), Showtime's ''The L Word''. Early career Lanto, from Enköping, signed as a vocalist with the Swedish Independent music, indie Rodeo Records in 2001, while still in high school. In 2004 she became an overnight success in Sweden when her debut single, ''I Won't Cry'', topped the Record chart, chart on 22 October. This led to an article about her in ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Stenmarck
Martin Olof Jon Stenmarck (born 3 October 1972) is a Swedish singer. He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Las Vegas", finishing 19th with 30 points. Career In 2006, Stenmarck released his first single in Swedish, " Sjumilakliv", which became one of the year's biggest hits in Sweden. The single was certified Platinum and spent 10 weeks at No. 1 on the official Swedish singles chart. The album ''Nio sanningar och en lögn'' (''Nine truths and one lie'') topped the Swedish albums chart and achieved gold status in the first of its three weeks at number 1. Stenmarck has also embarked on a voice acting career, dubbing animated films. He provided the Swedish voice for Lightning McQueen in the Disney movie ''Cars''. Since 2011, he is the host of the TV show ''Kvällen är din''. He participated in Melodifestivalen 2019 with the song "Låt skiten brinna". Discography Albums * 2002: ''One'' * 2003: ''One'' (international version with ''I'm Fallin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Johnson
Jill Anna Maria Johnson (born 24 May 1973) is a Swedish country and pop singer, songwriter and TV-host. She performed in the Melodifestivalen 1998 contest, winning with the song "Kärleken är" ("Love Is"), and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 with that song, which finished 10th with 53 points. In 2003 she entered Melodifestivalen for the second time with "Crazy in Love", which finished fourth in the final. She also hosted the final of Melodifestivalen 2005. Johnson is today one of the most successful artists in Sweden, with several Gold and Platinum records and since 2014 even hosted her own Swedish TV-show from Nashville, '' Jills veranda''. Biography Johnson is from the small town of Ängelholm in the south western part of Sweden, but the surroundings and the media compare her with the biggest stars in the music business. By the age of four, she had decided that she wanted to become an artist, an aspiration towards which she was highly encouraged by her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie Tyler
Gaynor Sullivan (née Hopkins; born 8 June 1951), known professionally as Bonnie Tyler, is a Welsh singer who is known for her distinctive husky voice. Tyler came to prominence with the release of her 1977 album '' The World Starts Tonight'' and its singles " Lost in France" and " More Than a Lover". Her 1978 single "It's a Heartache" reached number four on the UK Singles Chart, and number three on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In the 1980s, Tyler ventured into rock music with songwriter and producer Jim Steinman. He wrote Tyler's biggest hit " Total Eclipse of the Heart", the lead single from her 1983 UK chart-topping album '' Faster Than the Speed of Night''. Steinman also wrote Tyler's other major 1980s hit " Holding Out for a Hero". She had success in mainland Europe during the 1990s with Dieter Bohlen, who wrote and produced her hit "Bitterblue". In 2003, Tyler re-recorded "Total Eclipse of the Heart" with singer Kareen Antonn. Their bilingual duet, titled " Si demain.. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Karlsson (singer)
Sofia Karlsson (born 25 March 1975 in Enskede, Sweden) is a Swedish folk singer. Biography Sofia Karlsson grew up in Enskede, Stockholm. She attended the folk music department of the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. From 1998 to 2002 she was a full-time member in Swedish folk music act Groupa. In 2002 she released her debut solo album ''Folk songs''. In 2005 she made her public breakthrough with her second album '' Svarta ballader'' (Black Ballads). The album contains her interpretations of the Swedish poet Dan Andersson, named for his 1917 book. The album was in the charts for more than a year and has to date sold 60,000 copies. It was rewarded with Swedish as well as Danish Grammys. After touring the country for two years she released her third album ''Visor från vinden'' (Songs from the loft) with its collection of classical songs sung in Swedish, but written by poets and musicians such as Baudelaire, Dan Andersson, Marianne Flodin, Mikael Wiehe, Alf Hambe, Inger Hag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordman
Nordman is a Swedish duo founded in 1993, that mixes folk music with rock and pop. This genre is called etnorock or folk rock in Swedish. The group consists of Håkan Hemlin, as singer and frontman, and Mats Wester, who plays the nyckelharpa, as well as serving as the main songwriter. The group's biggest hits were "Förlist" (Shipwrecked) and "Vandraren" (The Wanderer). The group split up in 1998 because of the lead singer's drug problem, but reunited in 2004. They made a comeback in the Swedish Melodifestivalen with the song "Ödet var min väg" (Fate was my way) and released a comeback album called ''Anno 2005'' in 2005. In 2008, they competed once again in Melodifestivalen with the song " I lågornas sken" and finished in sixth place behind winner Charlotte Perrelli. Nordman's song "Vandraren" was covered by Blackmore's Night on their 2010 album '' Autumn Sky'' and by Ensiferum on their 2009 album '' From Afar''. History 1991–1993 Hemlin and Wester met in a studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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