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Talang 2021
''Talang 2021'' was the eleventh season of '' Talang'' and was broadcast on TV4 15 January – 19 March 2021. Presenters for this season were Pär Lernström and Samir Badran, and the jury consisted of Sarah Dawn Finer, David Batra, Bianca Ingrosso and Edward af Sillen. The jury members Alexander Bard and LaGaylia Frazier LaGaylia Frazier (born 16 February 1961) is an American-born Swedish singer who specializes in Soul and jazz. Early life and work LaGaylia Frazier was born in Miami, Florida. and grew up in Miami Shores. As a child she played classical piano ... left the show after season ten and were replaced by Sillen and Dawn Finer. Magician Johan Ståhl won the final 19 March. Episodes References Talang (Swedish TV series) 2021 Swedish television seasons {{Sweden-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pär Lernström
Pär Hugo Gustav Lernström, born 4 September 1980, is a Swedish television presenter, perhaps best known for presenting the Swedish Idol series on TV4. He has worked for SR Stockholm, Utbildningsradion, MTV:s morningshow "Mycket mer än müsli", Aftonbladet TV7 and Mix Megapol. Lernström has been TV-host for the Swedish version of Balls of Steel, (Ballar av stål). In 2011 Lernström started to work for TV4. He was TV-host for Parlamentet in 2011. On 1 March 2011 it was reported that Lernström were going to be the TV-host for Swedish Idol 2011, replacing Peter Jihde. He is presenting Talang 2017 which is broadcast on TV4. In March 2011, he and his wife Linda Öhrn appeared on the TV-show '' Herr och Fru'' on TV4. The couple's first child, a daughter, was born in August 2012. Television Host *2009-2010 - Ballar av stål ''(Balls of Steel)'' *2011 - Parlamentet ''(The Parliament)'' *2011 - Idol Sweden *2012 - Kockarnas kamp ''(Chef Struggle)'' *2013 - Veckans svensk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samir Badran
Samir Gustav Badran ( ar, سمير غوستاف بدران; born May 25, 1990) is a Swedish television personality and singer. Since 2022 he has been working as a real estate agent. Career In 2013, Badran participated in the reality series ''Paradise Hotel'' broadcast on TV3. He also took part in ''Paradise Hotel'' again in the 2014 season for one week. Along with the fashion blogger Viktor Frisk, Badran started the music duo Samir & Viktor. In May 2014, the duo released their first single, "Success". The song peaked at number one on the Swedish iTunes chart during its first week. Samir & Viktor participated in Melodifestivalen 2015 with the song "Groupie", in a bid to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria. They went for it a second time in 2016 with the song " Bada nakna", reaching twelfth place in the competition but hitting the number one spot on the Swedish DigiListan sales chart in February 2016. Badran then competed in the celebrity d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Batra
David Chandra Batra (born 29 November 1972) is a Swedish stand up comedian and TV actor. He was born in Lund to an Indian Punjabi Khatri father and Swedish mother. Batra started doing stand up comedy in 1994, and has written and played leading roles in comedy series on Swedish national TV. He has performed not only in Sweden but also in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Russia, Spain and USA. In addition he has appeared on BBC and CNBC. On 25 August 2009, Batra released a music CD containing "irritating and annoying sounds" for people who have the intention of disturbing their neighbors. The disk features loud snores, burps, sex noises and more. In 2009, he made his debut in the TV4 program '' Parlamentet'', and during the autumn/winter of 2009 and 2010, he participated in the comedy program Cirkus Möller in the same channel. In 2012, Batra replaced Norwegian comedian Calle Hellevang-Larsen as the sidekick on the Norwegian talkshow ''I kveld med YLVIS''. Batra is the author of four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bianca Ingrosso
Bianca Melina Elisabeth Wahlgren Ingrosso (born 30 December 1994) is a Swedish blogger, social influencer, entrepreneur, and singer. Career Performances Ingrosso participated in the Swedish national selection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 alongside friend Malin Eriksson. Their song, "Kan det bli vi två", finished in second place. She performed as Louisa von Trapp in a 2007 run of the musical ''The Sound of Music'' held at Göta Lejon theatre. In 2008, she participated in the Astrid Lindgren based musical ''Hujeda mig så många sånger'', alongside her brother Benjamin Ingrosso and under the direction of her uncle, Linus Wahlgren. Ingrosso was a contestant on '' Let's Dance 2016'', ultimately placing second in the final against Elisa Lindström. Judge She served as a talent judge on '' Talang'', from 2018–2022. Reality television Ingrosso participates in the Kanal 5 television series ''Wahlgrens värld'' along with her mother Pernilla. The reality ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Af Sillen
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the Norman and Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes. The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III named his firstborn son, the future Edward I, as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor, for whom Henry had a deep admiration. Variant forms The name has been adopted in the Iberian peninsula since the 15th century, due to Edward, King of Portugal, whose mother was English. The Spanish/Portuguese forms of the name are Eduardo and Duarte. Other variant forms include French Édouard, Italian Edoardo and Odoardo, German, Dutch, Czech and Romanian Eduard and Scandinavian Edvard. Short forms include Ed, Eddy, Eddie, Ted, Teddy and Ned. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Dawn Finer
Sarah Dawn Finer (born 14 September 1981) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and actress. Her father is of English heritage from the United Kingdom, her mother is Jewish from the United States, and she was born and raised in Sweden. As a student, she attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School, a high-profile song-and-chorus school in Stockholm, where she was also president of the students' union. She is also known for playing Lynda Woodruff, the "official" spokesperson of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest, a character created by Edward af Sillén. Background Finer was born and grew up in Sweden with British and American roots through her parents David Finer and Francine Lee Mirro-Finer. Her sister Zoie Finer and half-brother Rennie Mirro are also singers. Her paternal grandmother Dorothy Irving was a music coach and professor in Stockholm. In 1989, she appeared on Swedish television as a child actor, and as a result she tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV4 (Sweden)
TV4 (''TV fyra'') is a Swedish free-to-air television network owned by TV4 AB, a subsidiary of the TV4 Media AB. It started broadcasting by satellite in 1990 and, since 1992, on terrestrial television. In 1994, TV4 became the largest channel and remained so for a number of years. The two channels of Sveriges Television (SVT) lost more and more viewers for a couple of years. After making schedule changes in 2001, SVT1 had practically the same numbers of viewers as TV4. From 2004 to 2019, the TV4 Group was a fully active member of the European Broadcasting Union. History TV4 was launched on 15 September 1990. The channel invested in an extensive news organisation and Swedish drama series. The premiere suffered from technical faults and the drama series weren't popular with critics. In 1991, two of the channel's oldest entertainment programmes premiered: the Swedish version of ''Jeopardy!'' and the Saturday night bingo show ''Bingolotto''. Bingolotto in particular became highl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talang (Swedish TV Series)
''Talang'', formerly named ''Talang Sverige'' (; English: ''Talent Sweden'') in Talang Sverige 2014, 2014, is the Swedish version of the Got Talent, ''Got Talent'' series show where singers, dancers, comedians, variety acts and other performers compete against each other for audience support and the prize money (1 million Swedish krone, SEK in 2007 and 2014; 500,000 SEK between 2008 and 2011 and since 2017). History The show was broadcast for five seasons on TV4 (Sweden), TV4, between 2007 and 2011, before TV4 put the show on indefinite hiatus. Two years later, on 19 June 2013, TV3 (Sweden), TV3 announced that they had acquired the rights for the show and would re-launch the show Talang Sverige 2014, in spring 2014 under the name ''Talang Sverige''. After another 2 years without a season, in 2017, TV4 acquired the rights for the show once again and re-launched the show under the original name, ''Talang''. Hosts and judges Key: Previous Latest Replaced Carolina Gynnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Bard
Alexander Bengt Magnus Bard (born 17 March 1961) is a Swedish musician, author, lecturer, artist, songwriter, music producer, TV personality, religious and political activist, and one of the founders of the Syntheist religious movement alongside his co-author Jan Söderqvist. Bard was a member of music band Army of Lovers. Background and education Bard was born in Medevi, Motala Municipality, Sweden on 17 March 1961. After he completed his upper secondary education, Bard studied in the United States and in Amsterdam, Netherlands. While living in Amsterdam, he earned part of his living as a sex worker. Bard returned to Sweden to study at the Stockholm School of Economics from 1984 to 1989. In addition to his studies in economics, he took a strong interest in philosophy and social theory with the explicit aim of becoming a philosophy writer and lecturer. Musical career Bard began his musical career in 1982 with the single ''Life in a Goldfish Bowl'' released under the name Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LaGaylia Frazier
LaGaylia Frazier (born 16 February 1961) is an American-born Swedish singer who specializes in Soul and jazz. Early life and work LaGaylia Frazier was born in Miami, Florida. and grew up in Miami Shores. As a child she played classical piano for twelve years. She began singing at the age of 15 and received a full scholarship at the University of Miami where she majored in voice and musical theatre. After leaving the University of Miami, she performed with Top 40 bands, eventually joining singer Rosco Martinez and pianist Paquito Hechavarriais in a Pop-Latin dance band whose recording debut was as Bandera in 1989. Bandera enjoyed radio support in Florida but were otherwise overlooked despite a European promotional tour by Frazier and her bandmates. After a sabbatical in Britain, Frazier returned to Florida in 1990 and was hired to sing with the house band at the Fort Lauderdale club Coconuts. After she was noticed by a manager, Eliot Weisman, she began singing in Atlantic City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magic (illusion)
Magic, which encompasses the subgenres of illusion, stage magic, and close up magic, among others, is a performing art in which audiences are entertained by tricks, effects, or illusions of seemingly impossible feats, using natural means. It is to be distinguished from paranormal magic which are effects claimed to be created through supernatural means. It is one of the oldest performing arts in the world. Modern entertainment magic, as pioneered by 19th-century magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, has become a popular theatrical art form. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, magicians such as Maskelyne and Devant, Howard Thurston, Harry Kellar, and Harry Houdini achieved widespread commercial success during what has become known as "the Golden Age of Magic." During this period, performance magic became a staple of Broadway theatre, vaudeville, and music halls. Magic retained its popularity in the television age, with magicians such as Paul Daniels, David Copperfield ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aftonbladet
''Aftonbladet'' (, lit. "The evening paper") is a Swedish daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the largest daily newspapers in the Nordic countries. History and profile The newspaper was founded by Lars Johan Hierta in December 1830 under the name of ''Aftonbladet i Stockholm'' during the modernization of Sweden. Often critical and oppositional, the paper was repeatedly banned from publishing. However, Hierta circumvented the bans by constantly reviving the paper under slightly modified names, as, legally speaking, a new publication. Thus, on 16 February 1835, he issued the first edition of New Aftonbladet, which would – after yet another ban – be followed by Newer Aftonbladet, in turn followed by Fourth Aftonbladet, Fifth Aftonbladet, and so on. In 1852 the paper began to use its current name, ''Aftonbladet'', after a total of 25 name changes. It currently describes itself as an "independent social-democratic newspaper." The owners of ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
