Jonas Gladnikoff (born 11 January 1985) is a Swedish songwriter and music producer. Born in

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, he began songwriting at an early age. Later in life he moved to

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before eventually moving to

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. He has written several songs for singers from across Europe, but is best known for writing entries for the

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and for various national pre-selections. He studied songwriting at the Music Production Academy Musikmakarna, graduating in 2006. In 2009 he co-wrote the song that represented

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. The song "

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" was performed by

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. In the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest he once again co-wrote the Irish entry. The song, "

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", was performed by the 1993 Eurovision winning singer

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. He also later wrote the 2014 Irish entry " Heartbeat" sung by

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. Among his entries in national pre-selections for the Eurovision Song Contest he is best known for having co-written the runner up in the

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, the Danish final, with the song "Someday" performed by the Icelandic singer

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, which became a big hit and also won the

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for Denmark. Gladnikoff is a member of the jazz pop project

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. He has also been seen in the costume drama Anno 1790 and has starred in several TV commercials. His music has also been used in Manny Quinn: The Musical.

Entries in the Eurovision Song Contest

* "

" by

, Ireland, (

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), 11th place (Semi-final) * "

" by

, Ireland, (

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), 23rd place (Final) * " Heartbeat" by

feat. Kasey Smith, Ireland, (

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), 12th place (Semi-final)

Entries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

* "Réalta na mara" by Aimee Banks, Ireland, (

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), 12th place * "IOU" by Taylor Hynes, Ireland, (

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), 15th place * "Banshee" by Anna Kearney, Ireland, (

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), 12th place * "Solas" by Sophie Lennon, Ireland, (

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), 4th place

Entries in national Eurovision pre-selections

2006 * "Po dhe jo" by Ingrid Jushi ( Albania 2006), eliminated (Semi-final) 2007 * "Open your eyes" by Charlene & Natasha ( Bulgaria 2007), eliminated (Semi-final) * "I Will Survive Without You" by Edgaras Kapocious ( Lithuania 2007), 10th place (Quarter-final) 2009 * "Someday" by

( Denmark 2009), 2nd place * "

" by

( Ireland 2009), 1st place 2010 * "Tonight" by Kafka & Ruta ( Lithuania 2010), 4th place (Semi-final) * "

" by

( Ireland 2010), 1st place 2011 * "Topsy Turvy" by J.Anvil ( Malta 2011), 10th place * "Falling" by Nikki Kavanagh ( Ireland 2011), 2nd place * "Sueños rotos" by Melissa ( Spain 2011), 5th place * "Volver" by

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( Spain 2011), 2nd place * "Tensão" by Filipa Ruas ( Portugal 2011), 4th place 2012 * "This Must Be Love" by Ana Mardare ( Romania 2012), 13th place 2013 * "Meðal Andanna" by Birgitta Haukdal ( Iceland 2013), 3rd place * "Fool In Love" by Davids & Dinara ( Latvia 2013), 11th place * "Hullócsillag" by Mónika Hoffmann ( Hungary 2013), eliminated (Semi-final) * "Conquer My Heart" by Svetlana Bogdanova ( Moldova 2013), 11th place * "I Believe In Love" by Diana Hetea ( Romania 2013), 12th place (Semi-final) 2014 * "Silent Tears" by VIG Roses ( Lithuania 2014) * " Heartbeat" by

feat. Kasey Smith ( Ireland 2014), 1st place 2015 * "Right In" by Emily Charalambous ( Cyprus 2015), 11th place * "Sound of Colours" by Jurgis Bruzga ( Lithuania 2015), 5th place 2016 * "All Around the World" by Deborah C ( Malta 2016), 11th place * "Fire Burn" by Dominic ( Malta 2016), 13th place * "Falling Glass" by Corazon ( Malta 2016), 8th place * "Who Needs a Heart?" by

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( Denmark 2016), unplaced * "Good Enough" by Annica Milán &

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( Finland 2016), 5th place * "Superhuman" by Xandra ( Romania 2016), eliminated (Semi-final) 2017 * "Tonight" by Deborah C & Josef Tabone ( Malta 2017), 7th place * "Victorious" by Virgis Valuntonis ( Lithuania 2017), eliminated (Semi-final) * "Walk On By" by Xandra ( Romania 2017), 5th place 2018 * "Back to Life" by

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( Malta 2018), 5th place * "Call 2morrow" by Matthew Anthony ( Malta 2018), 7th place * "We Can Run" by Avenue Sky ( Malta 2018), 9th place * "A Thousand Times" by Angie Ott ( Switzerland 2018), 5th place * "Devoted" by Johnny Bădulescu ( Romania 2018), 4th place (Semi-final) * "Thinking About You" by Endless feat. Maria Grosu ( Romania 2018) 6th place (Semi-final) * "Try" by Xandra ( Romania 2018), 9th place * "Heaven" by

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( Romania 2018), 7th place * "The Voice" by Suren Poghosyan ( Armenia 2018), 10th place (Semi-final) * "Dišem" by Nina Petković ( Montenegro 2018), 5th place * "Aldrei gefast upp"/"Battleline" by Fókus ( Iceland 2018), 5th place 2019 * "Weight of the World" by Nicola ( Romania 2019), eliminated (Semi-final) * "I Will Not Surrender" by Maxim Zavidia ( Moldova 2019), 2nd place 2022 * "Naked" by Leya Leanne ( Slovenia 2022), 9th place * "Guilty" by Møise ( Romania 2022), 10th place 2023 * "Haunted" by Lyndsay ( Malta 2023) * "Creeping Walls" by Nathan ( Malta 2023) * "Whatever Wind May Blow" by Dominic Cini & Anna Azzopardi ( Malta 2023) * "Love You Like That" by Jake ( Malta 2023)

Entries in national Junior Eurovision pre-selections

2015 * "Réalta na mara" by Aimee Banks, Ireland, ( Ireland 2015), 1st place 2018 * "IOU" by Taylor Hynes, Ireland, ( Ireland 2018), 1st place 2021 * "Change" by Yulan Law ( Malta 2021), Unplaced

Other songwriting credits

References

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