Malcolm Lincoln are an

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n band that formed in October 2009. The members are

Robin Juhkental Robin Juhkental (born 20 May 1988 in Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian singer. He is the frontman of Malcolm Lincoln. Juhkental has studied in Kivimäe põhikool and Tallinna Nõmme Gümnaasium. He has also studied road engineering in Tallinn Uni ...

, Jakob Juhkam, Siim Raidma, Ott Adamson, Johan Alexander Petti and Hans Kurvits. The original lineup consisted of Robin Juhkental (vocals/electronics) and Madis Kubu (bass). Juhkental has described their style as "

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with a slightly quirky undertone". The band's name originates from the game show ''

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'', where a woman incorrectly answered "Malcolm Lincoln" to a question involving the first name of

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, the 16th President of the United States. Malcolm Lincoln, together with a group of backing vocalists called '' Manpower 4'', won the competition

Eesti Laul 2010 Estonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Siren" written by Robin Juhkental. The song was performed by Malcolm Lincoln and Manpower 4. The Estonian broadcaster Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) organised the national ...

with the song "

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" and represented Estonia in the

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. The band released their debut album '' Loaded With Zoul'' in May 2010.

History

Malcolm Lincoln first started out as a solo-project of Robin Juhkental, when in the autumn of 2009 he uploaded his first songs to MySpace under the name ''Malcolm Lincoln''. Later, he asked Madis Kubu to join him for their first gig on 31 October 2009 in

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. In December,

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, an Estonian singer-songwriter and producer, contacted Juhkental and offered releasing a small volume of records under his label Mortimer Snerd and with himself as the producer. Later, Juhkental submitted two potential songs from the upcoming album – "I'm Still Standing Here" and "Siren" – to the song contest

. "

" was picked as one of the 10 final songs and later exited the final competition, held on 12 March, as the winning song. It was performed together with a vocal quartet Manpower 4. As a result of winning Eesti Laul 2010, Malcolm Lincoln represented Estonia at the

. In the end of April 2010, Malcolm Lincoln signed an artist contract with

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. The band released their debut album '' Loaded With Zoul'' on 20 May 2010. They performed at the first semi-final of Eurovision Song Contest on 25 May 2010 in

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, but failed to qualify for the final. In February 2011, Malcolm Lincoln went through a line-up change and Ott Adamson and Jakob Juhkam were added to the band. The band competed again in Eesti Laul 2012 with the song "Bye" but did not make it to the final.

Discography

Albums

* '' Loaded With Zoul'' (2010)

Singles

* "

" (2010) * "Loaded With Zoul" (2010) * "Man On The Radio" (2011) * "Bye" (2012)

References

External links

Malcolm Lincoln
on Myspace
"Entering the Malcolm Lincoln Centre"
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