Körslaget is a

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entertainment TV program on TV4. 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 NBC in December 2007. In each season of Körslaget, seven known musicians from Sweden start their own choirs 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 prize money to be donated to something in the

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that the choir in question came from.

Seasons

Season 1

Körslaget 2008 Körslaget 2008 was the first season of the Swedish TV entertainment program Körslaget, based on Clash of the Choirs and broadcast on TV4. The first season was shown in spring 2008 and consisted of eight sections, and from the second section, a c ...

: The winners were ''Team Cans'', led by Joacim Cans; 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 ''This article appears to be about something which has relevance to happenings in some unspecified country. It should be more explanatory (Sweden perhaps?). '' Körslaget 2009 is the third season of TV4's entertainment show Körslaget. It premie ...

: The winners were ''Team Ola'', led by Ola Svensson; the runners-up were ''Team Stefan'' led by

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Season 4

Körslaget 2010 Körslaget 2010 is the fourth season of TV4 (Sweden), TV4's entertainment show Körslaget. It premiered on 20 March 2010. A feature of this season was Gabriel Forss's comment on each performance, and a choir was led by two contestants, ''Team Ron ...

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

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

Season 5

Körslaget 2011 Körslaget is a Swedish entertainment TV program on TV4. The format was developed by Friday TV and based on an idea from Caroline af Ugglas, Heinz Liljedahl and Patrik Hambraeus. A US version, ''Clash of the Choirs'', was broadcast on NBC in De ...

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

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

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Season 6

Körslaget 2012 Körslaget is a Swedish entertainment TV program on TV4. The format was developed by Friday TV and based on an idea from Caroline af Ugglas, Heinz Liljedahl and Patrik Hambraeus. A US version, ''Clash of the Choirs'', was broadcast on NBC in De ...

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

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's Team Bagge,

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Team Rolinski, Gladys del Pilar's Team Gladys, Lili & Susie's Team Lili & Susie, Putte Nelsson's Team Putte,

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'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 (4th),

Rickard Söderberg John ''Rickard'' Söderberg (born 10 April 1975) in Snöstorp, Halland, is a Swedish tenor, singer and debater. Early life and education Söderberg started as a pianist and had studied playing at the Music College of Gothenburg University. ...

(3rd), Anna Book (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