Knut Anders Sørum (born 12 April 1976) is a Norwegian singer from
Østre Toten
Østre Toten is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lena. Other villages in the municipality include Kapp, Kolbu, Krab ...
. He represented Norway at
Eurovision Song Contest 2004
The Eurovision Song Contest 2004 was the 49th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, following the country's victory at the with the song "Everyway That I Can" by Sertab Erener. Organised by the European Broa ...
in
Istanbul
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with the pop-ballad "
High
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Science and technology
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". He was also a vocalist and keyboard player for the Norway-based Christian extreme metal band
Vardøger
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for many years (1994-2006, 2007, 2008–2018).
Eurovision 2004
He won the Norwegian
Melodi Grand Prix
Melodi Grand Prix (), commonly known as Grand Prix and MGP, sometimes as Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix ( no, Norsk Melodi Grand Prix), is an annual music competition organised by Norwegian public broadcaster Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK). It dete ...
, the selection process for
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 ...
in the 2004 contest, gaining the right to represent
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
at
Eurovision 2004 in
Istanbul
Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...
with the pop-ballad "
High
High may refer to:
Science and technology
* Height
* High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area
* High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory
* High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift ...
", written by two Swedish composers. In the final, he came last, with just three points, all coming from
Sweden
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.
Career
After Eurovision, Knut Anders Sørum did backing vocals for the
Wig Wam
Wig Wam is a Norwegian glam metal band formed in Halden in 2001. Wig Wam's lineup—consisting of vocalist Glam (Åge Sten Nilsen), guitarist Teeny (Trond Holter), bassist Flash (Bernt Jansen) and drummer Sporty (Øystein Andersen)—has remain ...
2006 album ''
Wig Wamania''.
After a hiatus spending many years, he released his first studio album in 2010 called ''Prøysen'' reaching number 12 in the
VG-lista
VG-lista is a Norwegian record chart. It is presented weekly in the newspaper '' VG''. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continents around the world. The data are collected by Nie ...
, the official Norwegian Albums Chart followed by a second album ''Ting Flyt'' that entered at number 7 in its first week of release in May 2013.
Personal life
He is a great supporter of the
Salvation Army
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. He came out as
bisexual
Bisexuality is a romantic or sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females, or to more than one gender. It may also be defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity, whi ...
admitting his attraction to both males and females in an interview with the Norwegian gay magazine ''Gaysir''.
Gaysir: Landstrykerens lange vandring
Discography
Albums
Other albums
*2016: ''Ting flyt remix''
*2016: ''Audiens 1:1''
*2017: ''Knut Anders Sørum Live''
*2019: ''Dom vonde orda''
Singles
Discography with
Vardøger
Vardøger, also known as ''vardyvle'' or ''vardyger'', is a spirit predecessor in Scandinavian folklore.
Stories typically include instances that are nearly déjà vu in substance, but in reverse, where a spirit with the subject's footsteps, voi ...
Albums
*2015: ''Ghost Notes
In music, a ghost note is a musical note with a rhythmic value, but no discernible pitch when played. In musical notation, this is represented by an "X" for a note head instead of an oval, or parentheses around the note head. It should not be ...
''
EPs
*2003: '' Whitefrozen''
References
External links
Official website
Living people
People from Østre Toten
Norwegian male singers
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Norway
Melodi Grand Prix contestants
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2004
Melodi Grand Prix winners
English-language singers from Norway
LGBT singers from Norway
1976 births
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