Fame was a Swedish musical duo consisting of

Jessica Andersson Jessica Elisabeth Andersson (born Jessica Arvidsson on 27 October 1973) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She was part of the Swedish duo Fame with Magnus Bäcklund between 2002 and 2006 after they met at the reality television show ''Fame F ...

(born 27 October 1973 in

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) and Magnus Bäcklund (born 16 November 1965 in

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). They met each other at the televised arts school and contest ''

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'', which aired in autumn 2002. Bäcklund was the overall winner, while Andersson dropped out to give birth to her son Liam. Bäcklund also has two young twin daughters at home. Andersson is a former photo model and Bäcklund is a commercial pilot.

Melodifestivalen

In 2003, Fame won the favour of the Swedish public and the jury with the song " Give Me Your Love" in a landslide victory in

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at the

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. Fame won with 240 points, overtaking such former Melodifestivalen winners as Jan Johansen,

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and Afro-Dite, as well as the famous Swedish pop group Alcazar. They went on to participate in the

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, eventually garnering 107 points, which put them in fifth place. In 2004, they participated in Melodifestivalen again and reached sixth place with the song "

Vindarna vänder oss Vindarna vänder oss is a song written by Henrik Sethson, Pontus Assarsson and Dan Attlerud, and performed by Fame at Melodifestivalen 2004. The song participated in the third semifinal inside Scandinavium in Gothenburg on 28 February 2004, mak ...

" ("The Winds Turn Us").

After break up

*Magnus Bäcklund Magnus Bäcklund went on to take part in

Melodifestivalen 2006 Melodifestivalen 2006 was the selection for the 46th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 45th time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five heats had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, ...

with the song "The Name of Love". He took part in the first semifinal and made it to the ''Andra Chansen'' (second chance) round. From there he reached the final, where he finished 5th. Jessica Andersson also entered with the song "

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" ("Cold Nights"), but came in fifth in her semifinal round, which eliminated her from the competition. *Jessica Andersson

took part in Melodifestivalen six times with "

" in 2006, "

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" in 2007, "

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" in 2010, "

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" in 2015, "

Party Voice "Party Voice" is a song performed by Swedish singer Jessica Andersson Jessica Elisabeth Andersson (born Jessica Arvidsson on 27 October 1973) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She was part of the Swedish duo Fame with Magnus Bäcklund betwe ...

" in 2018 and "

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" in 2021, but without winning the competition. She also released two solo albums: ''Wake Up'' in 2009 and ''40.14.4'' in 2013.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

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