Ingela ''Maria'' Kristina Rådsten-Ekman (born 6 April 1966) is a Swedish singer. She began her musical career with the group Peter's Pop Squad. Later, she would become part of One More Time, with which she achieved great international success. She has participated four times in the

Melodifestivalen Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song ...

: * As a solo artist in

Melodifestivalen 1992 After Carola Häggkvist's win in the 1991 contest, Sweden was the host of the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, held in Malmö. Sveriges Television, the Swedish broadcaster, continued to use the Melodifestivalen format to select their entry. Chr ...

, with the song "Vad som än händer" ("Whatever Happens"), achieving third place. * As a songwriter in

Melodifestivalen 1995 Sweden's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, held in Dublin, Ireland, was Jan Johansen with the song "Se på mig". Before Eurovision Melodifestivalen 1995 Melodifestivalen 1995 was the selection for the 35th song to represent Sw ...

, as the author of the song "Det Vackraste" ("The Most Beautiful Thing"), finishing at second place. * With One More Time in

Melodifestivalen 1996 Sweden was represented by One More Time with the song "Den vilda" in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996. At the contest, held in Oslo, Norway, One More Time performed last of 23, following Slovakia. At the close of the voting it had received 100 ...

, with the song "Den Vilda" ("The Savage"), winning the contest and later participating in the

Eurovision Song Contest 1996 The Eurovision Song Contest 1996 was the 41st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 18 May 1996 at the in Oslo, Norway. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (NRK) and presented by Norwegian journalis ...

, where they reached third place. * In

Melodifestivalen 2003 Melodifestivalen 2003 was the selection for the 43rd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 42nd time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five heats had taken place to select the ten songs for the final ...

, in the choir behind

Nanne Grönvall Marianne Elisabeth Grönwall (, née ''Nordqvist''; born 18 May 1962), known by her stage name Nanne (), is a Swedish singer-songwriter. Biography Grönvall's musical career started in the 1980s group Sound of Music. The trio participated twice ...

and her song "Evig Kärlek" ("Eternal Love"). In 2003, she released a new single called "Head Over Heels", as a calling card of sorts for her new album. However, the album's release was canceled, after more than seven years of work.

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Lyrics to her song ''Vad Som Än Händer''
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