Körslaget is a

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entertainment

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. The format was developed by

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and based on an idea from

Caroline af Ugglas Caroline Thérese af Ugglas Liljedahl (born 7 April 1972) is a Swedish singer, artist and chorister. Af Ugglas created the format for a televised choir contest, which was picked up by NBC in the United States as the show ''Clash of the Choirs' ...

, Heinz Liljedahl and Patrik Hambraeus. A US version, ''

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'', was broadcast on

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in December 2007. In each season of Körslaget, seven known musicians from Sweden start their own

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s with 20 members in each. Each choir then performs one song in each program, and the audience then votes (either through a telephone call or SMS messaging) on the choir(s) they want to remain in the season. The team/choir with the fewest votes is eliminated in each program until one winning team remains; however, in the first program no team is eliminated. The winning team receives a certain amount of

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to be

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to something in the

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that the choir in question came from.

Seasons

Season 1

* Körslaget 2008: The winners were ''Team Cans'', led by

Joacim Cans Joacim Cans (born 19 February 1970 in Mora) is a Swedish singer, best known as the lead vocalist of heavy metal band HammerFall. He is the only member aside from founder and guitarist Oscar Dronjak to appear on all of the band's albums. Cans at ...

; the runners-up were ''Team Brolle'', led by

Brolle Brolle (born Kjell Junior Wallmark, November 10, 1981), is a Swedish singer and musician who was discovered in the Kanal 5 series '' Popstars'' in 2001. Brolle was born in Boden. Although he did not reach the final of ''Popstars'', Brolle soo ...

Season 2

Körslaget 2008/09 Körslaget 2008/09 Was the second season of TV4's entertainment show Körslaget. It first aired on 26 December 2008. Competitors *Hanna Hedlund ''With a choir from Bollnäs'' *Erik Segerstedt ''With a choir from Uddevalla'' *Magnus Carlsson ''Wi ...

: The winners were ''Team Hanna'', led by

Hanna Hedlund Hanna Kristina Hedlund (born 24 January 1975, Kilafors, Bollnäs Municipality, Sweden) is a Swedish singer. Her sister Lina is also a singer. She has a son and a daughter with Martin Stenmarck. Career Hedlund competed in Melodifestivalen 2000 wi ...

; the runners-up were ''Team Erik'' led by

Erik Segerstedt Mats Erik Segerstedt (born 20 April 1983) is a Swedish singer. Segerstedt was born in Uddevalla. As a student he attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. He was the runner-up to Markus Fagervall on the third season of Swedish ver ...

Season 3

* Körslaget 2009: The winners were ''Team Ola'', led by

Ola Svensson Ola Nils Håkan Svensson (born 23 February 1986) is a Swedish artist and songwriter, known professionally by the mononym Ola until 2014, and as Brother Leo from 2018 to present. Born in Lund, Skåne, his career began in 2005, when he finished ...

; the runners-up were ''Team Stefan'' led by Stefan Nykvist.

Season 4

* Körslaget 2010: The winners were ''Team Moraeus'', led by

Kalle Moraeus Karl Anders "Kalle" Moraeus (born 15 July 1963) is a Swedish musician, actor, composer and television presenter.Kalle Moraeus, official homepage. http://www.kallemoraeus.com/ Moraeus was born in Mora. He is a member of the folk group Orsa Spelmä ...

; the runners-up were ''Team Picasso'' led by

Marie Picasso Marie Picasso (born ''Lilly Marie Pettersson'' on 24 April 1979) is a Swedish singer, host and model who first rose to fame as a housemate on the popular reality television show '' Big Brother'', before going on to win the fourth series of the ...

Season 5

* Körslaget 2011: The winners were ''Team Andreas'', led by

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; the runners-up were ''Team Gabriel'' led by Gabriel Forss.

Season 6

* Körslaget 2012, the sixth season, began on 8 September 2012, and is scheduled to end on 20 October 2012. The seven choir line-ups consist of

Anders Bagge Sven Anders Bagge (; born 16 January 1968) is a Swedish composer, lyricist, musician and record producer and partner with Peer Åström. The two songwriters / producers are known as Bagge & Peer. Bagge is also one of jury members for the TV4 sin ...

's Team Bagge, Martin Rolinski's Team Rolinski,

Gladys del Pilar Eva Gladys del Pilar Werner (born 11 October 1967) is an Ecuadorian-born Swedish singer and dancer. She is best known for being a member of the pop group Afro-dite, with which she represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. Career G ...

's Team Gladys,

Lili & Susie Lili & Susie (initially ''Lili & Sussie'') is a Swedish pop duo composed of the sisters Lili Päivärinta and Susie Päivärinta. They scored a number of hit singles in the late 1980s and early 1990s, their biggest hit being "Oh Mama" in 1987. Th ...

's Team Lili & Susie, Putte Nelsson's Team Putte,

Louise Hoffsten Louise Hoffsten, born September 6, 1965 in Linköping, Sweden, is a Swedish songwriter, musician and singer spanning several genres, notably rock, blues, folk and pop. Her father, Gunnar Hoffsten, was also a musician and played the trumpet in a ...

's Team Hoffsten, and

Bengan Janson Bengt Åke "Bengan" Jansson (born 23 February 1963, in Stockholm) is a Swedish accordionist. He plays Swedish folk music, Swedish ballads, pop, rock, and jazz, and has performed with artists such as Kalle Moraeus, Anne Sofie von Otter, Björn ...

's Team Bengan.

Season 7

* Körslaget 2013, the seventh season, began on 7 September 2013 and ended on 19 October 2013. The 7 choirs were led by the Swedish artists

Sonja Aldén Sonja Annika Maria Aldén (born 20 December 1977) is a Swedish singer mostly famous for her 2006, 2007, 2012 and 2020 Melodifestivalen entries, and for working together with Shirley Clamp and Sanna Nielsen, as well as her songwriting for other ar ...

(7th),

Dogge Doggelito Douglas León, known by his stage name Dogge Doggelito (born 24 July 1975) is a Swedish rapper, lecturer, author and artist. He is also among the founders of '' The Latin Kings'' (TLK) -- one of Sweden's most successful rap groups. Doggelito is ...

(6th),

Wille Crafoord Carl-Henning William "Wille" Crafoord (born 8 February 1966) is a Swedish composer, songwriter, singer and rap artist. He became known in the late 1980s for introducing hip hop music in Sweden to a wider audience through his rap group Just D. He ...

(5th),

Andreas Weise Andreas Georg Fredrik Weise (born 18 August 1986) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, TV host and entertainer. He finished in fifth place on the Swedish '' Idol 2010''. Genres and musical expression Weise's music has influences from genres such ...

(4th), Rickard Söderberg(3rd),

Anna Book Anna Maria Therés Book Toledano (born 10 September 1970) is a Swedish pop singer. She participated in '' Let's Dance'' in 2006 and finished in second place with dancer David Watson. Melodifestivalen She has participated in Melodifestivalen, th ...

(2nd) and

Elisa Lindström Eva Elisa Lindström (born 24 April 1991) is a Swedish pop and country music singer, and the lead singer for the dansband, Elisa's. Career As part of the music group Lali, she participated in Lilla Melodifestivalen in 2005, where their song t ...

(1st).

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Korslaget TV4 (Sweden) original programming 2008 Swedish television series debuts 2013 Swedish television series endings