Atle Pettersen (born September 5, 1989 in

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) is a

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singer and songwriter from Skien and lead singer of the band The Scheen."Bio"
Listing on management company website. Retrieved August 15, 2014.

Beginnings

Pettersen took part, at 14, in the 2003 edition of

Melodi Grand Prix Junior Melodi Grand Prix Junior, also spelled as MGPjr, is a Norwegian television song competition for aspiring singers between the ages of 8 and 15. The competing songs are written by the participants themselves and are sung primarily in Norwegian, and ...

with the song "Hekta på brett" that he had written himself. The song was performed with Stine. In 2006, he participated in Kjempesjansen on

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In ''X Factor''

In autumn 2010 Atle Pettersen participated in the Norwegian version of ''

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'' on TV 2 Pettersen auditioned with a song written by himself and other members of Above Symmetry called "Traces Inside". Reaching the live shows, Pettersen was mentored by

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. Atle Pettersen finished runner-up behind winner

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After X Factor

On December 4, 2010, he appeared at the TV 2 Artist Gala performing "Lean on Me" with Annsofi Pettersen and Mohamed Abdi Farah and in Spring 2011, he appeared as guest artist for the symphonic power metal band

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Pettersen was the lead singer of the

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Above Symmetry together with Robin Ognedal (guitars), Joachim Strøm Ekelund (drums), Nickolas Main Henriksen (keyboards) and Rein Blomquist (bass). They were originally called 'Aspera', but were threatened with legal action by another band with the same name, forcing the change to Above Symmetry in 2010. They were signed to

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and released a record called ''Ripples'' in April 2011. The band disbanded a year later. Together with Ognedal, Henriksen and Blomquist he formed the hard-rock band The Scheen in 2013, recruiting Tobias Ørnes Andersen on drums. In autumn 2011, he took part in TV 2's reality show ''Skal vi danse'' (

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franchise), partnering with Marianne Sandaker. winning the competition after beating

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in the final. He also featured in advertisements for the Italian fashion label

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. Pettersen participated in

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the national final to choose the representative for

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with his song "World on Fire", Pettersen sang in the final but failed to make the final 4. He would participate in Melodi Grand Prix again in 2023 with the song "Masterpiece", qualifying for the final and placing third.

Discography

Albums

*2011: ''Based on a True Story'' (#3 on Norwegian Albums Chart)

With Above Symmetry

*2011: ''Ripples''

Singles

*2010: "Light On" (David Cook cover) (#8 on Norwegian Singles Chart) *2017: "Number One" (with

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) *2017: "Misbehave" *2019: " Juletid" *2021: ''World On Fire'' (Final - Melodi Grand Prix 2021) *2023: ''Masterpiece'' (

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)

References

External links

The ScheenAspera BNF catalog
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