Oleg Nejlik better known as just Oleg (born 24 August 1984 in
Moscow
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) is a Swedish performer of Russian origin and based in
Åkersberga
Åkersberga is a locality and the seat of Österåker Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 28,033 inhabitants in 2010.
History
In 1901 a railway station named ''Berga'' was opened on this rural spot some 30 km from Stockholm. Some ...
, Sweden, who took part in ''
Idol 2011
Idol 2011 was the Swedish Idol series' eight season and premiered on TV4 on 4 September 2011. Pär Lernström was the new host of the series, after Peter Jihde declined to return as host after Idol 2010. Two of the judges from earlier year retu ...
'', the eighth season of the Swedish version of ''
Idol
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Religion and philosophy
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* Murti, a point of focus for devotion or medit ...
''. He sang "
Elektropop", his own composition in the audition of the premiere show on 4 September 2011 and the song became an instant success with the Swedish public.
TV4: Oleg Nejlik - tittarnas favorit med sin låt Electropop
(in Swedish) The same week, a studio version of the song was released by Universal Music
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that peaked at number three on Sverigetopplistan
Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish R ...
, the official Swedish Singles Chart. Nejlik also appeared in a film role in ''Hundraettåringen'', where he was a member of a balalaika
The balalaika (russian: link=no, балала́йка, ) is a Russian stringed musical instrument with a characteristic triangular wooden, hollow body, fretted neck and three strings. Two strings are usually tuned to the same note and the thir ...
band performing in the song "Balla Balla Rocking Balalajka".
Discography
Albums
*2011: ''En liten cola tack''
Singles
References
External links
Facebook
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Idol (Swedish TV series) participants
1984 births
Living people