Anders Frandsen (8 December 1960 – c. 1 January 2012) was a
Danish
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musician, singer, actor and TV presenter. He was born in Copenhagen.
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Career
Although Frandsen was not a trained actor, he appeared in theatre performances during the 1980s. He later became a TV presenter on Danish Kanal 2
Kanal 2 is a privately owned Estonian television channel. Its literal name in English is "Channel 2".
The channel was established by Ilmar Taska. The channel began broadcasting on 1 October 1993.
History
The channel started broadcasting on O ...
, alongside Camilla Miehe-Renard.
In 1991 he came to fame when he won the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix
Dansk Melodi Grand Prix (), also known as Melodi Grand Prix or simply DMGP, is an annual music competition organised by the Danish public broadcaster Danmarks Radio (DR) since 1957, which determines the for the Eurovision Song Contest. The fe ...
(the Danish national final for the 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 pr ...
) with the song ''Lige der hvor hjertet slår
Denmark was represented by Anders Frandsen, with the song "Lige der hvor hjertet slår", at the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 4 May in Rome. "Lige der hvor hjertet slår" was chosen as the Danish entry at the Dansk Melodi Gra ...
'', composed by Michael Elo
Michael Elo is a Danish musician. He composed the Danish Eurovision Song Contest 1991 entry, "'' Lige der hvor hjertet slår''", which was performed by Anders Frandsen.
Before that, Michael Elo had appeared several times in Eurovision as a back ...
. The song didn't do well at the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest 1991 was the 36th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Rome, Italy, following the country's victory at the with the song " Insieme: 1992" by Toto Cutugno and was organised by the European Br ...
, and placed 19th with only 8 points. That didn't hurt his popularity however, and the following year at the Danish national final, he was the host.
He then became a TV host on TV3 Channel 3 or TV 3 may refer to:
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for the next few years. He appeared on many shows, such as "''Knald eller Fald''" (a dating programme) and "''Stjerneskud
''Stjerneskud'' is a 1947 Danish comedy film directed by Jon Iversen and Alice O'Fredericks. The film marked the debut of Dirch Passer. Stjerneskud is the Danish word for Meteor.
Cast
*Osvald Helmuth
*Einar Sissener
*Betty Helsengreen
* ...
''" (a talent competition for look-alikes), and also presented the network's morning TV. In 1997, he slowly disappeared from TV again.
He later resurfaced at the Danish Melodi Grand Prix final in 2001, presenting one of the songs, and also guest-starred in an episode of Ørnen (a Danish TV series) in 2004. In 2005 he guest-starred in an episode of the Danish TV show Twist & Shout
"Twist and Shout" is a 1961 song written by Phil Medley and Bert Berns (later credited as "Bert Russell"). It was originally recorded by the Top Notes, but it did not become a hit in the record charts until it was reworked by the Isley Brothers ...
, on TV2 Charlie.
Death
On the evening of 1 January 2012, Frandsen was found lifeless in his Hellerup apartment by friends, who called emergency services, who pronounced him dead on site.
References
External links
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Danskefilm.dk
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1960 births
2012 deaths
Danish television presenters
Danish male singers
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Denmark
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1991
2012 suicides