Så mycket bättre (, "So Much Better") is a Swedish
reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 19 ...
show that airs on
TV4 TV4 or TV 4 may refer to:
*TV4 (Poland), a private Polish television station
*TV4 (Sweden), a Swedish television network
**TV4 Group, owners of the Swedish television station
*South African Broadcasting Corporation TV4, a channel operated by the st ...
. The basic premise is that each artist attempts to do their own version of another artist's well-known songs, with each person getting an episode featuring all of their songs being performed by the other musicians. The artists spend eight days together at a hotel in
Gotland
Gotland (, ; ''Gutland'' in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (), is Sweden's largest island. It is also a province, county, municipality, and diocese. The province includes the islands of Fårö and Gotska Sandön to the ...
, where they attempt to put their own stamps on the songs.
The first series premiered on 23 October 2010 and featured
Lasse Berghagen
Lars "Lasse" Nils Berghagen (born 13 May 1945) is a Sweden, Swedish singer, songwriter and actor.
Berghagen is a well known singer-songwriter in Sweden. He released his first record in 1965, aged just 19. Four years later, in 1969, he released ...
,
Barbro "Lill-Babs" Svensson,
Petter Askergren
Petter Alexis Askergren, (born 25 May 1974), who simply uses his given name Petter as a stage name, is a rap artist from Stockholm, Sweden, rapping in Swedish. He debuted in 1998 with the album ''Mitt sjätte sinne'' (My Sixth Sense), which became ...
,
Thomas Di Leva
Sven Thomas Magnusson (born 23 October 1963), known by his stage names Thomas Di Leva or simply Di Leva, is a Swedish singer and songwriter.
Biography
Sven Thomas Magnusson was born 1963 in Gävle, Gävleborg County, Gästrikland, Sweden. At ...
,
September
September is the ninth month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the third of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the fourth of five months to have a length of fewer than 31 days. September in the Northern H ...
,
Christer Sandelin
Christer Eric Sandelin (born 5 November 1961) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician. He has been a part of two groups. In 1978, he was in the Swedish group Freestyle with Tommy Ekman, Joakim Hagleitner, Gigi Hamilton, Diane Söderholm a ...
and
Plura Jonsson
Per Malte Lennart "Plura" Jonsson (born 10 August 1951) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and musician. He has been a long-time member of the Swedish rock band Eldkvarn in addition to his solo materials. In 2014, he also released an album joint ...
. A second series premiered on 29 October 2011 and featured
Lena Philipsson
Maria Magdalena Philipsson (born 19 January 1966), known by her stage name Lena Philipsson, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and media personality. She represented Sweden in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing fifth.
Career
Philipsson ...
,
Tomas Ledin
Tomas Folke Jonas Ledin (; born 25 February 1952) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He grew up in the town of Sandviken, Sweden and has sold 3 million records.
Career
Tomas Ledin started his career in 1972 when ...
,
Eva Dahlgren
Eva Charlotte Dahlgren (; born 9 June 1960) is a Swedish pop musician and singer-songwriter.
Career
Dahlgren was discovered by musician/producer Bruno Glenmark in 1978 after appearing on the TV show ''Sveriges magasin'' and her debut album ''Fi ...
,
Mikael Wiehe
Mikael Christian Wiehe (born 10 April 1946 in Stockholm) is a Swedish singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer. As the main songwriter and driving force of Hoola Bandoola Band he was also one of the most important people in the progg movemen ...
,
Timbuktu
Timbuktu ( ; french: Tombouctou;
Koyra Chiini: ); tmh, label=Tuareg, script=Tfng, ⵜⵏⴱⴾⵜ, Tin Buqt a city in Mali, situated north of the Niger River. The town is the capital of the Tombouctou Region, one of the eight administrativ ...
,
Laleh and
E-Type. A third season was launched on 27 October 2012 that included
Darin Zanyar
Darin Zanyar (born 2 June 1987), known simply as Darin, is a Kurdish-Swedish pop singer and songwriter born in Stockholm. He is one of Sweden's best-selling artists with seven number one albums.
Life and career
Early life
Darin was born in ...
,
Miss Li
Linda Karlsson (born 21 July 1982), better known by her stage name Miss Li, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. Since beginning her career in the early-2000s, she has released a total of eight studio albums, and several of her songs have been feat ...
,
Maja Ivarsson
Maja Ivarsson (; born 2 October 1979) is a Swedish singer and lead vocalist of the Swedish indie rock band The Sounds.
Career
The Sounds formed in 1998 in Helsingborg, by childhood friends guitarist and vocalist Felix Rodriguez and bassist Johan ...
,
Olle Ljungström
Lars Olof "Olle" Gustaf Ljungström (12 August 1961 – 4 May 2016) was a Swedish singer, songwriter, and musician. Ljungström grew up in Vaxholm. He was vocalist and guitarist in the group Reeperbahn from 1979 to 1984; since the early 1990s he ...
,
Magnus Uggla
Per Allan Magnus Claësson Uggla (pronounced ; born 18 June 1954) is a Swedish artist, composer, actor, and occasional radio host. He is known for his satire, satirical lyrics.
Uggla was born in Stockholm. He was the lead singer of the hard r ...
,
Pugh Rogefeldt
Pugh Rogefeldt, real name Anders Sture Torbjörn Rogefeldt (, ; born 2 March 1947 in Västerås, Sweden), is a Swedish singer, musician, guitarist and songwriter.
Musical career
Rogefeldt made his breakthrough in the late 1960s with albums such ...
and
Sylvia Vrethammar
Eva Sylvia Vrethammar (born 22 August 1945, Uddevalla, Sweden), is a Swedish traditional pop and jazz singer. She is the daughter of Harald Vrethammar, an education official, and Britta Vrethammar, a musical education teacher, specializing in the ...
.
The show was originally made in the Netherlands and was called "
De beste zangers van Nederland
''Beste Zangers'', formerly ''De beste zangers van Nederland'' (English: ''The Best Singers (of the Netherlands)''), is a Dutch reality television show by public broadcaster AVROTROS (a merger of AVRO and TROS, both part of the Netherlands Publi ...
" and has since the original spawned to a Swedish, Norwegian
TV2 called ''
Hver gang vi møtes
''Hver gang vi møtes'' (meaning ''Every Time We Meet'' in Norwegian) is a Norwegian reality television show broadcast on the Norwegian TV 2 television station in 2012. It is structured in similar format to the Swedish series ''Så mycket bättr ...
'', a Danish
TV2 version called ''
Toppen af Poppen
''Toppen af Poppen'' is a Danish reality television series broadcast on Danish television station TV 2 as part of '' The Best Singers'' series and is based on the Dutch series ''De beste zangers van Nederland''. Ten seasons have been broadcast thu ...
'', a Finnish version which is called ''
Vain Elämää
''Vain elämää'' is the Finnish version of '' The Best Singers'' series broadcast on Finnish Nelonen commercial television channel fashioned on the successful Dutch series ''De beste zangers van Nederland''. Each day, one artist would be chosen, ...
'' and an Estonian version called "
Laula mu laulu".
Summary
Series 1 (2010)
The first series began airing in October 2010 featuring
Lasse Berghagen
Lars "Lasse" Nils Berghagen (born 13 May 1945) is a Sweden, Swedish singer, songwriter and actor.
Berghagen is a well known singer-songwriter in Sweden. He released his first record in 1965, aged just 19. Four years later, in 1969, he released ...
,
Thomas Di Leva
Sven Thomas Magnusson (born 23 October 1963), known by his stage names Thomas Di Leva or simply Di Leva, is a Swedish singer and songwriter.
Biography
Sven Thomas Magnusson was born 1963 in Gävle, Gävleborg County, Gästrikland, Sweden. At ...
,
Petter Askergren
Petter Alexis Askergren, (born 25 May 1974), who simply uses his given name Petter as a stage name, is a rap artist from Stockholm, Sweden, rapping in Swedish. He debuted in 1998 with the album ''Mitt sjätte sinne'' (My Sixth Sense), which became ...
,
Barbro Svensson,
Christer Sandelin
Christer Eric Sandelin (born 5 November 1961) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician. He has been a part of two groups. In 1978, he was in the Swedish group Freestyle with Tommy Ekman, Joakim Hagleitner, Gigi Hamilton, Diane Söderholm a ...
,
September
September is the ninth month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the third of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the fourth of five months to have a length of fewer than 31 days. September in the Northern H ...
, and
Plura Jonsson
Per Malte Lennart "Plura" Jonsson (born 10 August 1951) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and musician. He has been a long-time member of the Swedish rock band Eldkvarn in addition to his solo materials. In 2014, he also released an album joint ...
. A compilation album was released on 1 December 2010 as CD, digital download and on
Spotify
Spotify (; ) is a proprietary Swedish audio streaming and media services provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. It is one of the largest music streaming service providers, with over 456 million monthly active us ...
.
Episode 1 – Lasse Berghagen
* Thomas Di Leva: "
Sträck ut din hand
''Sträck ut din hand'' ("Stretch Out Your Hand") is a 1995 album by Lasse Berghagen.
Songs
*1.'' Sträck ut din hand'' ("Stretch Out Your Hand")
*2.''Låt oss rigga en skuta'' ("Let's Rig a Boat")
*3.''Då är du aldrig ensam'' ("Then You're Neve ...
"
* Plura Jonsson: "
Min kärlekssång till dig"
* Lill-Babs: "
En kväll i juni
En kväll i juni ("An Evening in June"), also called "Han tog av sig sin kavaj" ("''He Took Off His Blazer''"), is a Swedish summer song written by Lasse Berghagen and is now one of Berghagen's most famous songs.
Berghagen wrote the song a midsumm ...
"
* Petter: "
Stockholm i mitt hjärta
Stockholm i mitt hjärta ("Stockholm In My Heart") is a Swedish vispop song by Lasse Berghagen who wrote it when Ulf Adelsohn wanted a new song about Stockholm when he became List of Stockholm Governors, governor of Stockholm County in 1992.
Bergh ...
" (own new version)
* Christer Sandelin: "
Jennie, Jennie
Thanks to ABBA's victory the preceding year, Sweden hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 1975. Their entry was chosen in Melodifestivalen 1975, and the winner was last year's runner up, Lasse Berghagen, with the song "Jennie, Jennie", which he had ...
"
* September: "
Teddybjörnen Fredriksson"
Episode 2 – Thomas Di Leva
* Lasse Berghagen: "Vi har bara varandra"
* Plura Jonsson: "Miraklet"
* Lill-Babs: "Vi får vingar när vi älskar"
* Petter: "Dansa din djävul"
* Christer Sandelin: "Naked number one"
* September: "Vem ska jag tro på"
Episode 3 – Petter
* Lasse Berghagen: "Längesen"
* Thomas Di Leva: "Min egen kärleksaffär"
* Plura Jonsson: "Logiskt"
* Lill-Babs: "Så klart!"
* Christer Sandelin: "Vinden har vänt"
* September: "
Mikrofonkåt Mikrofonkåt (literally "Microphone Horny") is a Swedish language, Swedish song written by Swedish people, Swedish rappers Thomas Rusiak and Petter Askergren, Petter, originally performed by Petter Askergren, Petter. Taken from Petter's album ''Mitt ...
"
Episode 4 – Lill-Babs
* Lasse Berghagen: "
Är du kär i mig ännu, Klas-Göran?"
* Thomas Di Leva: "När vi älskar"
* Plura Jonsson: "Snurra min jord"
* Petter: "En tuff brud i lyxförpackning"
* Christer Sandelin: "
April, april
Sweden chose their entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 1961 through Melodifestivalen 1961. The song "April, april", performed once with Siw Malmkvist, once with Gunnar Wiklund, won. However, none of them was considered acceptable for singing ...
"
* September: "
Leva livet
"It's My Party" is a song by American singer-songwriter Lesley Gore from her debut studio album '' I'll Cry If I Want To'' (1963). It was released as the lead single from the album on April 5, 1963, by Mercury Records. The song was collectivel ...
"
Episode 5 – Christer Sandelin
* Lasse Berghagen: "Dover-Calais"
* Thomas Di Leva: "Vill ha dig igen"
* Plura Jonsson: "Det hon vill ha"
* Petter: "Hjärtats ensamma slag"
* Lill-Babs: "Fantasi"
* September: "
Vill ha dej
"Vill ha dej" (also spelled "Vill ha dig", en, "I Want You") is a 1980 single by Swedish synthpop group Freestyle. While being about love, the song also references school and school classes. Side B of the vinyl contains English-language versions ...
"
Episode 6 – September
* Lasse Berghagen: "
Because I Love You"
* Thomas Di Leva: "
Cry for You"
* Plura Jonsson: "
La La La (Never Give It Up)"
* Petter: "
Satellites
A satellite or artificial satellite is an object intentionally placed into orbit in outer space. Except for passive satellites, most satellites have an electricity generation system for equipment on board, such as solar panels or radioisotop ...
"
* Lill-Babs: "
Looking for Love"
* Christer Sandelin: "
Can't Get Over"
Episode 7 – Plura Jonsson
* Lasse Berghagen: "Somliga går med trasiga skor"
* Thomas Di Leva: "Kungarna från Broadway"
* Lill-Babs: "Huvudet högt"
* Petter: "Fulla för kärlekens skull"
* Christer Sandelin: "Pojkar, pojkar, pojkar"
* September: "Kärlekens tunga"
Episode 8 – All partners
* Lasse Berghagen: "Ding-dong"
* Thomas Di Leva och Lasse Berghagen: "Vad är frihet?
* Lill-Babs och Christer Sandelin: "Jag vill leva"
* Petter and Plura Jonsson: "Gör min dag"
* Christer Sandelin and September: "Luften darrar"
* Plura Jonsson and Thomas Di Leva: "Alice"
* September and Petter: "Satellites"
Series 2 (2011)
A second series began airing in October 2011 featuring
Timbuktu
Timbuktu ( ; french: Tombouctou;
Koyra Chiini: ); tmh, label=Tuareg, script=Tfng, ⵜⵏⴱⴾⵜ, Tin Buqt a city in Mali, situated north of the Niger River. The town is the capital of the Tombouctou Region, one of the eight administrativ ...
,
Laleh,
Eva Dahlgren
Eva Charlotte Dahlgren (; born 9 June 1960) is a Swedish pop musician and singer-songwriter.
Career
Dahlgren was discovered by musician/producer Bruno Glenmark in 1978 after appearing on the TV show ''Sveriges magasin'' and her debut album ''Fi ...
,
Lena Philipsson
Maria Magdalena Philipsson (born 19 January 1966), known by her stage name Lena Philipsson, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and media personality. She represented Sweden in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing fifth.
Career
Philipsson ...
,
E-Type,
Tomas Ledin
Tomas Folke Jonas Ledin (; born 25 February 1952) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He grew up in the town of Sandviken, Sweden and has sold 3 million records.
Career
Tomas Ledin started his career in 1972 when ...
, and
Mikael Wiehe
Mikael Christian Wiehe (born 10 April 1946 in Stockholm) is a Swedish singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer. As the main songwriter and driving force of Hoola Bandoola Band he was also one of the most important people in the progg movemen ...
.
Episode 1 – Tomas Ledin
* Lena Philipsson: "Sensuella Isabella"
* Laleh: "
Just nu!
"Just nu!" (; "Right now!") was the entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980, performed in Swedish by Tomas Ledin.
The song talks about a man tired of the monotonous life in the city, in that moment he wants to live his life, he wants to feel ...
"
* Mikael Wiehe: "Blå blå känslor"
* Timbuktu: "Snart tystnar musiken"
* Eva Dahlgren: "Never Again"
* E-Type: "
Sommaren är kort"
Episode 2 – Eva Dahlgren
* Timbuktu: "
Kom och håll om mig"
* Tomas Ledin: Vem tänder stjärnorna
* Laleh:
Ängeln i rummet
* E-Type: Jag är Gud
* Lena Philipsson: Jag klär av mig naken
* Mikael Wiehe: För att du är här
Episode 3 – Timbuktu
* Mikael Wiehe: Jag drar
* Lena Philipsson: The botten is nådd
* Eva Dahlgren: Strö lite socker på mig
* Tomas Ledin: Gott folk
* E-Type: Det löser sig
* Laleh: Alla vill till himmelen men ingen vill dö
Episode 4 – Lena Philipsson
* E-Type:
Kärleken är evig
''Kärleken är evig'' is the debut studio album from Swedish pop singer Lena Philipsson, released in 1986. The album peaked at #20 at the Swedish album charts.
Track listing
#" Kärleken är evig" (Per Gessle, Torgny Söderberg)
#" Åh Amadeus ...
* Timbuktu:
Det gör ont
"It Hurts" is a song recorded by Swedish singer Lena Philipsson. It was written by Thomas "Orup" Eriksson and produced by Anders Hansson for Philipsson's studio album '' Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan'' (2004). It is the best ...
* Eva Dahlgren: Standing In My Rain
* Mikael Wiehe:
Om igen
"Om igen", written by Ingela 'Pling' Forsman and Bobby Ljunggren, is a ballad in Swedish, performed by Swedish pop singer Lena Philipsson at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1988. "Om igen" finished second.
The single peaked at #10 at the Swedish si ...
* Laleh: På gatan där jag bor
* Tomas Ledin:
Dansa i neon
''Dansa i neon'' was released on 15 May 1987 and is an album from Swedish pop singer Lena Philipsson. The album peaked at number 19 at the Swedish Albums Chart.
Track listing
#"Saknar dej innan du går"
#" Dansa i neon"
#"Du är mitt liv"
#"Regn ...
Episode 5 – E-Type
* Tomas Ledin:
Set the World on Fire
* Timbuktu: True Believer
* Laleh:
Here I Go Again
"Here I Go Again" is a song by British rock band Whitesnake. Originally released on their 1982 album, '' Saints & Sinners'', the power ballad was re-recorded for their 1987 self-titled album. The song was re-recorded again the same year in a ...
* Eva Dahlgren:
This Is The Way
* Mikael Wiehe:
Calling Your Name
* Lena Philipsson: Life
Episode 6 – Laleh
* Eva Dahlgren: Call on Me
* Tomas Ledin:
Bjurö klubb
* Mikael Wiehe: Han tuggar kex
* E-Type:
Snö
* Lena Philipsson:
Live Tomorrow
"Live Tomorrow" is the third single by Swedish singer-songwriter Laleh from her self-titled debut album, released on 31 August 2005. She personally wrote and produced the song, which was nominated to "Song of the Year" at the "P3 Guld Awards" in ...
* Timbuktu: Kamouflage (Invisible (My Song))
Episode 7 – Mikael Wiehe
* E-Type: Titanic
* Timbuktu: "
Flickan och kråkan"
* Eva Dahlgren: Mitt hjärtas fågel
* Lena Philipsson: Vem kan man lita på?
* Laleh: Fred
* Tomas Ledin: Den jag kunde va
Episode 8 – Duets
* Timbuktu & Lena Philipsson: Resten av ditt liv
* Eva Dahlgren & Mikael Wiehe: Ung och stolt
* E-Type & Tomas Ledin: Free Like A Flying Demon
* Tomas Ledin & Timbuktu: En del av mitt hjärta
* Lena Philipsson & E-Type: "
Lena Anthem
"Lena Anthem" is a song by Swedish singer Lena Philipsson from her ninth studio album ''Det gör ont en stund på natten men inget på dan'' (2004). It was released as the album's third single on 11 October 2004 through Columbia Records, Columbia ...
"
* Laleh & Eva Dahlgren: Lär mig om
* Mikael Wiehe & Laleh: Det här är ditt land
Series 3 (2012)
A third series saw the participation of 7 artists:
Magnus Uggla
Per Allan Magnus Claësson Uggla (pronounced ; born 18 June 1954) is a Swedish artist, composer, actor, and occasional radio host. He is known for his satire, satirical lyrics.
Uggla was born in Stockholm. He was the lead singer of the hard r ...
,
Olle Ljungström
Lars Olof "Olle" Gustaf Ljungström (12 August 1961 – 4 May 2016) was a Swedish singer, songwriter, and musician. Ljungström grew up in Vaxholm. He was vocalist and guitarist in the group Reeperbahn from 1979 to 1984; since the early 1990s he ...
,
Darin Zanyar
Darin Zanyar (born 2 June 1987), known simply as Darin, is a Kurdish-Swedish pop singer and songwriter born in Stockholm. He is one of Sweden's best-selling artists with seven number one albums.
Life and career
Early life
Darin was born in ...
,
Pugh Rogefeldt
Pugh Rogefeldt, real name Anders Sture Torbjörn Rogefeldt (, ; born 2 March 1947 in Västerås, Sweden), is a Swedish singer, musician, guitarist and songwriter.
Musical career
Rogefeldt made his breakthrough in the late 1960s with albums such ...
,
Miss Li
Linda Karlsson (born 21 July 1982), better known by her stage name Miss Li, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. Since beginning her career in the early-2000s, she has released a total of eight studio albums, and several of her songs have been feat ...
,
Sylvia Vrethammar
Eva Sylvia Vrethammar (born 22 August 1945, Uddevalla, Sweden), is a Swedish traditional pop and jazz singer. She is the daughter of Harald Vrethammar, an education official, and Britta Vrethammar, a musical education teacher, specializing in the ...
and
Maja Ivarsson
Maja Ivarsson (; born 2 October 1979) is a Swedish singer and lead vocalist of the Swedish indie rock band The Sounds.
Career
The Sounds formed in 1998 in Helsingborg, by childhood friends guitarist and vocalist Felix Rodriguez and bassist Johan ...
.
Episode 1 – Pugh Rogefeldt
* Magnus Uggla: Vandrar i ett regn
* Miss Li: Här kommer natten
* Olle Ljungström: Dinga linga Lena
* Darin:
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
* Maja Ivarsson: Mitt bästa för dig
* Sylvia Vrethammar: Små lätta moln
Result: Darin - Stockholm
Episode 2 – Olle Ljungström
* Pugh Rogefeldt: Överallt
* Miss Li: Nåt för dom som väntar
* Sylvia Vrethammar: Du sköna nya värld
* Maja Ivarsson: Norrländska präriens gudinna
* Magnus Uggla:
Jag och min far
* Darin: En apa som liknar dig
Result: Maja Ivarsson - Norrländska präriens gudinna
Episode 3 – Miss Li
* Olle Ljungström: Om du lämnade mig nu
* Sylvia Vrethammar:
Oh Boy
* Darin:
I Can't Get You Off My Mind
* Magnus Uggla: Har hört om en tjej
* Maja Ivarsson:
Dancing the Whole Way Home
''Dancing the Whole Way Home'' is the fourth studio album release by Swedish people, Swedish Singer-songwriter Miss Li. The album debuted and peaked at No. 8 on the Sverigetopplistan, Swedish Albums Chart on 10 April 2009. The song "Bourgeois Sha ...
* Pugh Rogefeldt: You Could Have It (So Much Better Without Me)
Result: Pugh Rogefeldt - You Could Have It (So Much Better Without Me)
Episode 4 – Magnus Uggla
* Sylvia Vrethammar:
Kung för en dag
"Kung för en dag" is the second track of Magnus Uggla's 1997 album ''Karaoke.'' It was written by Magnus Uggla together with Anders Henriksson. Lyrically dealing with partying when the wage arrives for the month, the song was the album's major h ...
* Maja Ivarsson:
Sommartid
* Pugh Rogefeldt:
Varning på stan
* Darin:
Astrologen
* Miss Li -
1:a gången
* Olle Ljungström:
Johnny the Rucker
"Johnny the Rucker", also spelled Johnny the Rocker, is a song written by Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla and performed by him at the Swedish Melodifestivalen 1979. It was produced by Anders Henriksson and Uggla. The string arrangeme ...
Result: Miss Li - 1:a gången
Episode 5 - Sylvia Vrethammar
* Darin: Magdalena (Livet före döden)
* Olle Ljungström:
Eviva España
* Magnus Uggla: Tycker om dig
* Maja Ivarsson: Hasta la Vista
* Pugh Rogefeldt: Fröken i våran klass (En lärling på våran gård)
* Miss Li: Somebody Loves You
Result: Magnus Uggla - Tycker om dig
Episode 6 - Maja Ivarsson
* Miss Li: No One Sleeps When I'm Awake
* Magnus Uggla: Jag skiter i Amerika (original title "Living in America")
* Olle Ljungström: Rock 'n Roll
* Sylvia Vrethammar: Hej Monika (original title Hej hej Monika)
* Pugh Rogfeldt: Painted by Numbers
* Darin: Seven Days a Week
Result: Sylvia Vrethammer - Hej Monika
Episode 7 - Darin
* Sylvia Vrethammar: Step up
* Olle Ljungström: Who's That Girl
* Magnus Uggla: Försvinn ur mitt liv (original title: "
You're Out of My Life")
* Maja Ivarsson:
Want Ya!
"Want Ya!" is a song by Swedish singer Darin. The single was released both physically and digitally on 21 January 2006 as the third and final single from Darin's second studio album, '' Darin''.
Music video
The video for "Want Ya" stars the sam ...
* Pugh Rogefeldt:
Money for Nothing
* Miss Li:
Lovekiller
Episode 8 - Duets
* Olle Ljungström & Miss Li: Som man bäddar
* Maja Ivarsson & Pugh Rogefeldt: Hit Me!
* Magnus Uggla & Olle Ljungström: Trubaduren
* Sylvia Vrethammar & Darin:
Strangers in the Night
"Strangers in the Night" is a song composed by Bert Kaempfert with English lyrics by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder. Kaempfert originally used it under the title "Beddy Bye" as part of the instrumental score for the movie ''A Man Could Get ...
* Miss Li & Magnus Uggla:
My Heart Goes Boom
Norway was represented by three-member girl group Charmed, with the song "My Heart Goes Boom", at the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 13 May in Stockholm. "My Heart Goes Boom" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi G ...
* Pugh Rogefeldt & Sylvia Vrethammar: Hog Farm
* Darin & Maja Ivarsson: Nobody Knows
Episode 9 - The reunion
Around a dining table, the participants have a reunion and watch favourite performances from the season gone by.
* Sylvia Vrethammar: Kung för en dag
* Miss Li: Här kommer natten
* Olle Ljungström: Johnny the Rocker
* Magnus Uggla:
Jag och min far
* Maja Ivarsson: Dancing the Whole Way Home
* Pugh Rogefeldt: You Could Have It (So Much Better Without Me)
* Darin: En apa som liknar dig
Series 4 (2013)
A fourth series saw the participation of 7 artists:
Agnes,
Ulf Dageby
Ulf Thorbjörn Dageby (born 10 May 1944) is a Swedish rock musician, singer and songwriter. Dageby is mostly known for his role in the leftist "rock orchestra" and theater ensemble Nationalteatern. At the 18th Guldbagge Awards he won the Special ...
,
Lill Lindfors
Maj Lillemor "Lill" Lindfors (born 12 May 1940) is a Swedish singer who has performed in Scandinavia since the 1960s.
Career
She was born in Helsinki, Finland, and made her debut as a revue actress in Uddevalla in 1960. The following year she ...
,
Ebbot Lundberg
Torbjörn "Ebbot" Lundberg (born 26 February 1966)''(In)visible Dialogues'', 2011, p. 170. Published by Dent-de-Leone. . is a Swedish artist, songwriter and music producer who lives in Gothenburg, Sweden. From 1995 to 2012, he was the lead singer ...
,
Bo Sundström,
Titiyo
Titiyo Yambalu Felicia Jah (born 23 July 1967) is a Swedish singer and songwriter who has won four Grammis.
Biography Early life
Titiyo was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to Ahmadu Jah, a Sierra Leonean drummer, and Maylen Bergström. She is the ha ...
and
Ken Ring.
Episode 1 – Lill Lindfors
* Bo Sundström: Jag tycker inte om dig
* Ken Ring: Rus
* Titiyo: Blåjeans och stjärnljus
* Ulf Dageby: Du är den ende
* Agnes: En så'n karl
* Ebbot Lundberg: Fri som en vind
Episode 2 - Bo Sundström
* Lill Lindfors: Hon är så söt när hon sover
* Titiyo: Vi kommer aldrig att dö
* Ulf Dageby: Snart kommer natten
* Agnes: Allt ljus på mig!
* Ebbot Lundberg: Dansa på min grav
Episode 3 - Ken Ring
* Ulf Dageby: Jag minns ljudet från igår
* Lill Lindfors: Mamma
* Agnes: Nu måste vi dra
* Bo Sundström: Jag skriver för er
* Titiyo: Själen av en vän
* Ebbot Lundberg: Allanballan
Episode 4 - Titiyo
* Ulf Dageby: Come Along
* Lill Lindfors: Talking to the Man in the moon
* Agnes: Flowers
* Bo Sundström: Longing for Lullabies
* Ken Ring: This Is
* Ebbot Lundberg: Lovin Out of Nothing
Episode 5 - Ulf Dageby
* Bo Sundström: Mr John Carlos
* Agnes: Hanna från Arlöv
* Ebbot Lundberg: Barn av vår tid
* Lill Lindfors: En dag på sjön
* Ken Ring: Barn
* Titiyo: Men bara om min älskade väntar
Episode 6 - Agnes Carlsson
* Bo Sundström: One Last Time
* Ulf Dageby: On And On
* Lill Lindfors: Right here right now
* Ebbot Lundberg: Release Me
* Ken Ring: All I Want Is You
* Titiyo: I Need You Now
Episode 7 - Ebbot Lundberg
* Titiyo: Sister Surround
* Ken Ring: Firmament Vacation
* Bo Sundström: Nevermore
* Lill Lindfors: Pass Through Fear
* Agnes: Instant Repeater
* Ulf Dageby: Babel On
Series 5 (2014)
A fifth series saw the participation of 7 artists:
Love Antell,
Familjen
Johan Tommy Karlsson (born April 10, 1976 in Hässleholm) is a Swedish techno/ electropop artist who uses the alias Familjen (, "The Family").
Biography
Karlsson grew up in Hässleholm, Skåne (the same town as fellow electronica producers Andre ...
,
Kajsa Grytt
Karin Johanna (''Kajsa'') Grytt (born 20 June 1961) is a Swedish punk-rocker, guitarist, singer and songwriter. She was between 1979 and 1985 guitarist in the band Tant Strul and 1985 to 1988 and around 1996 a member of the duo Kajsa och Malena. ...
,
Carola Häggkvist
Carola Maria Häggkvist (; born 8 September 1966), commonly known simply as Carola, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s and has released albums ranging from pop and disco ...
(known as Carola)
Amanda Jenssen,
Orup
Hans Thomas Eriksson (born 29 November 1958), known by his stage name Orup, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician who enjoyed major success in his native country and Scandinavia in the late 1980s and early 1990s with songs like "Jag blir hel ...
,
Ola Salo
Ola Salo (born Rolf Ola Anders Svensson; 19 February 1977) is a Swedish rock musician, and the lead vocalist of Swedish glam rock band The Ark.
Early life
He lived in Rottne, Växjö Municipality, in Sweden when he was a child, where, in 1991, ...
.
Episode 1 – Ola Salo
* Orup — Echo Chamber (Ekokammare)
* Amanda Jensen — Calleth You, Cometh I
* Love Antell — One of Us is Gonna Die Young (En av oss kommer dö ung)
* Kajsa Grytt — It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane
* Carola Häggkvist — Tell Me this Night is Over
* Johan T Karlsson — Breaking Up With God (Göra slut med Gud)
Episode 2 - Orup
* Kajsa Grytt — Magaluf
* Love Antell — Från Djursholm till Danvikstull
* Carola Häggkvist — Sjung halleluja (och prisa Gud)
* Ola Salo — Trubbel (Trouble)
* Johan T Karlsson — Regn hos mig
* Amanda Jensen — "
När vi gräver guld i USA (When We Dig for Gold in the USA)"
Episode 3 - Amanda Jenssen
* Ola Salo — Dry My Soul
* Johan T Karlsson — Do You Love Me? (Vill du ha mig?)
* Kajsa Grytt — Ghost (Kall)
* Love Antell — Happyland (I vårt lyckoland)
* Orup — Illusionist (Magiker)
* Carola Häggkvist — For the Sun
Episode 4 - Kajsa Grytt
* Johan T Karlsson — Slicka mig ren
* Carola Häggkvist — Bakom allt
* Love Antell — Dunkar Varmt
* Orup — Brinna
* Ola Salo — Allt faller
* Amanda Jensen — Vågar du vara ensam i natt
Episode 5 - Johan T Karlsson
* Carola Häggkvist — Nyår
* Ola Salo — Vi va dom
* Orup — Det snurrar i min skalle
* Love Antell — Man ser det från månen
* Kajsa Grytt — Väger ett andetag
* Amanda Jenssen — När planeterna stannat
Episode 6 - Carola Häggkvist
* Kajsa Grytt — Det regnar i Stockholm
* Love Antell — Tommy tycker om mig
* Orup — Främling
* Ola Salo — The Runaway
* Amanda Jenssen — Fångad av en stormvind
* Johan T Karlsson — Tokyo
Episode 7 - Love Antell
* Orup — Pokerkväll i Vårby Gård (Pokerkväll på Björngårdsgata)
* Ola Salo — Du växer upp
* Amanda Jenssen — Stjärna där
* Kajsa Grytt — Spring Ricco
* Johan T Karlsson — Vårt hem, vår borg
* Carola Häggkvist — Gatorna tillhör oss
Series 6 (2015)
A sixth series saw the participation of 7 artists:
Niklas Strömstedt
Bo Anders Niklas Strömstedt (born 25 July 1958) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor.
Early life
Niklas Strömstedt was born on 25 July 1958 in Lund as the first child of Margareta (née Henriksson) and Bo St ...
,
Sven-Bertil Taube
Sven-Bertil Gunnar Evert Taube (24 November 1934 – 11 November 2022) was a Swedish singer and actor. Internationally, he was perhaps better known for his acting career. Taube played Henrik Vanger in the film ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' ...
,
Miriam Bryant
Miriam Melanie Bryant (born 8 March 1991) is a Finnish-Swedish singer and songwriter.
Biography
Influenced by her British father's musical heritage and her Finnish mother's melancholy, Miriam Bryant began to write songs in November 2011 togethe ...
,
Jenny Berggren
Jenny Cecilia Petrén, (née Berggren; born 19 May 1972), professionally known as Jenny Berggren and Jenny from Ace of Base is a Swedish mezzo-soprano singer and former lead singer in the Swedish pop band Ace of Base. Since 1995, she has also be ...
,
Ison & Fille
Ison and Fille more commonly Ison & Fille is a Swedish hip hop duo consisting of Ison Glasgow ("Ison") and Felipe Leiva Wenger ("Fille").
The two met in 1994 in JKS basketball club in Bredäng, Sweden. Their initial songs were included in a 200 ...
(
Ison Glasgow and
Felipe Leiva Wenger),
Andreas Kleerup
Andreas Kleerup (born 1979), professionally known as Kleerup, is a Swedish electropop musician.
Career
Kleerup's career as a producer, composer, songwriter and artist began in music as a songwriter, going on to tour with Teddybears and Robyn ...
, and
Lisa Nilsson
My Lisa Karolina Nilsson (born 13 August 1970) is a Swedish singer.
She was discovered by the producer William (Billy) Butt and she is perhaps best known in Sweden for her 1992 hit, '' Himlen runt hörnet'', written by Mauro Scocco and Johan ...
.
Series 7 (2016)
A seventh series saw the participation of 6 artists:
Magnus Carlson
Magnus Carlson (born 3 August 1968) is a Swedish singer, composer, songwriter, DJ, and record collector. After playing in various cover bands in the nineties he formed the indie group, Weeping Willows. Their 1997 debut album was an instant succ ...
,
Lisa Ekdahl
Lisa Ekdahl (born 29 July 1971 in Hägersten, Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish popular music singer and songwriter. She has so far released 10 albums, most of them in Swedish but some entirely in English. Her voice has been described as "child-lik ...
,
Jill Johnson
Jill Anna Maria Johnson (born 24 May 1973) is a Swedish country and pop singer, songwriter and TV-host. She performed in the Melodifestivalen 1998 contest, winning with the song "Kärleken är" ("Love Is"), and represented Sweden at the Eurovis ...
,
Little Jinder (Josefine Jinder),
Tommy Nilsson
Erik Tommy Nilsson (born 11 March 1960) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and actor.
Career
In the late 1970s, Nilsson was the singer of Swedish heavy metal band Horizont. The group released two albums but a French producer, Yves Accary, cont ...
,
Danny Saucedo
Daniel Gabriel Alessandro Saucedo Grzechowski (born 25 February 1986), known professionally as Danny Saucedo or simply Danny, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He rose to fame as one of the finalists in ''Idol 2006'', the Swedish version of '' ...
. A seventh artist,
Freddie Wadling
Berndt Arvid Freddie Wadling (2 August 1951 – 2 June 2016) was a Swedish singer born in Gothenburg, whose over-thirty-year musical career extended from punk to classical ballads.
Band member
Wadling played bass in a number of bands during ...
was also scheduled, but he died before the shooting of the episodes. The remaining six performers still interpered his songs, as a tribute. An additional episode where the artists paid tribute to dead singer
Ted Gärdestad
Ted Arnbjörn Gärdestad (; 18 February 195622 June 1997) was a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician and actor known internationally as Ted. Gärdestad began his acting career in 1966 and began playing music in 1971, signing with Polar Music. Ass ...
was aired, in which his brother and songwriter
Kenneth Gärdestad
John Charles Kenneth Gärdestad (9 May 1948 – 3 March 2018) was a Swedes, Swedish songwriter, best known for writing lyrics for the songs of his brother, Ted Gärdestad. He participated at Melodifestivalen 1979 as a songwriter for the winning ...
appeared as a guest.
Series 8 (2017)
An eighth series saw the participation of 7 artists:
Kikki Danielsson
Ann-Kristin "Kikki" Danielsson (born 10 May 1952) is a Swedish country, dansband and pop singer. Sometimes, she also plays the accordion and she has also written some lyrics. She has gained notice for yodeling in some songs. Danielsson gained he ...
,
Sabina Ddumba
Sabina Ddumba (born 23 February 1994) is a Swedish singer. Her music has soul, gospel, and R&B influences. Ddumba was a backing vocalist on Katy Perry's song " Walking on Air" in 2013 and has collaborated with artists such as the hip hop band Lo ...
,
Icona Pop
Icona Pop ( ) is a Swedish electropop duo which formed in 2009, with electro house and indie pop music influences. Its two members, Caroline Hjelt (born 8 November 1987) and Aino Jawo (born 7 July 1986), grew up in Stockholm and create what the ...
(duo of Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo),
Moneybrother
Anders Olof Wendin (born 16 March 1975, Norrtälje, Sweden) is a Swedish rock musician, best known for his solo project Moneybrother.
Career
After the split-up of his ska-punk band Monster, Wendin took a new direction and released Moneybrother's ...
(Anders Olof Wendin),
Eric Saade
Eric Khaled Saade (; ar, إريك سعادة, ʾĪrik Saʿāda, ; born 29 October 1990), is a Swedish singer and songwriter.
He spent two years with the boy band What's Up!, leaving the band in February 2009 to pursue a solo career. After winn ...
,
Uno Svenningsson
Uno Svenningsson (born 1 July 1959 in Hagelstorp, Sweden) is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter and guitarist, who has been active in music since the late 1970s.
He was the singer in the pop group "Freda'" in the early 1980s and early 1990s, and t ...
and
Tomas Andersson Wij
Tomas Andersson Wij (born 6 February 1972, birthname: ''Tomas Per Andersson''), often abbreviated as TAW, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and journalist.
Early life
He was born on 6 February 1972 in Stockholm, Sweden and raised in the south sub ...
. An additional episode that paid tribute to then recently passed
dansband
(; "dance band"), or in Norwegian and Danish, is a Swedish term for a band that plays ("dance band music"). ' is often danced to in pairs. Jitterbug and foxtrot music are often included in this category. The music is primarily inspired by ...
and country singer
Sven-Erik Magnusson
Knut Sven-Erik Magnusson (13 October 1942 – 22 March 2017) was a Swedish singer and musician known for being the lead singer of the band Sven-Ingvars that during their sixty-year history played many different types of popular music, and was at ...
was aired, in which his son
Oscar Magnusson appeared as guest.
Episode 1 – Uno Svenningsson
* Anders "Moneybrother" Wendin – "''
Tro på varann
"Tro på varann" is a song written by Uno Svenningsson and recorded by him as a duet together with Eva Dahlgren on his debut studio album as a solo artist, '' Uno'', released in 1994. The song was also released as a single the same year.
The song ...
''"
* Sabina Ddumba – "''
Vågorna''"
* Eric Saade – "''Allt man kan önska sig''"
* Tomas Andersson Wij – "''
I en annan del av världen
I, or i, is the ninth Letter (alphabet), letter and the third vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in Engl ...
''"
* Kikki Danielsson – "''At the Border''" (English version of "''
Under ytan
"Under ytan" ( en, Under the Surface) is a song written by Uno Svenningsson and recorded by him for his debut album as a solo artist, '' Uno'', released in 1994. It was released as a single the same year. The song, which opens with the cello bein ...
''")
* Icona Pop – "''Det måste gå''"
Episode 2 – Anders "Moneybrother" Wendin
* Eric Saade – "''
Born Under a Bad Sign
''Born Under a Bad Sign'' is the second compilation album by American blues musician Albert King, released in August 1967 by Stax Records. It features eleven electric blues songs that were recorded from March 1966 to June 1967, throughout fiv ...
''"
* Uno Svenningsson – "''Du kommer ångra det här''" (own Swedish version of "''
You'll Be Sorry''")
* Sabina Ddumba – "''
It's Been Hurting All the Way with You, Joanna''"
* Kikki Danielsson – "''
Reconsider Me
"Reconsider Me" is a country/soul ballad written by Margaret Lewis and Mira Smith.
Johnny Adams recording
Johnny Adams's 1969 version was his biggest hit, peaking at number eight on the American R&B charts and number 28 on the pop charts.
...
''"
* Icona Pop – "''
They're Building Walls Around Us
In Modern English, ''they'' is a third-person pronoun relating to a grammatical subject.
Morphology
In Standard Modern English, ''they'' has five distinct word forms:
* ''they'': the nominative (subjective) form
* ''them'': the accusati ...
''"
* Tomas Andersson Wij – "''Snart kommer det en båt''" (samma låt med ändrad text)
Episode 3 – Sabina Ddumba
* Icona Pop – "''Not Too Young''"
* Tomas Andersson Wij – "''Märkt av dig''" (Original: "''Scarred For Life''")
* Anders "Moneybrother" Wendin – "''Sabina säger''" (Original:"''Kingdom Come''")
* Uno Svenningsson – "''Effortless"''
* Kikki Danielsson – "''Did It For The Fame"''
* Eric Saade – "''Vill''" (Original: "''Want''")
Episode 4 – Eric Saade
* Uno Svenningsson – "''Slå!''" (Original: "''Sting''")
* Kikki Danielsson – "''Darkest Hour''"
* Icona Pop – "''Hearts in the Air''"
* Sabina Ddumba – "''
Manboy
"Manboy" is a song performed by Swedish singer Eric Saade. It is the second single from Saade's first album, '' Masquerade'', and was first released on 28 March 2010 in Sweden.
Background
The song was written by Fredrik Kempe and Peter Boström. ...
''"
* Tomas Andersson Wij – "''Den dag jag vinner allt''" (Original: "''
Popular
Popularity or social status is the quality of being well liked, admired or well known to a particular group.
Popular may also refer to:
In sociology
* Popular culture
* Popular fiction
* Popular music
* Popular science
* Populace, the total ...
''")
* Anders "Moneybrother" Wendin – "''Wide Awake''"
Episode 5 – Kikki Danielsson
* Sabina Ddumba – "''
Varför är kärleken röd?''"
* Tomas Andersson Wij – "''
Godmorgon''"
* Uno Svenningsson – "''Prins Decibel''" (original:
"''Miss Decibel''")
* Eric Saade – "''
Bra vibrationer
''Bra vibrationer'' (English: Good Vibrations) is a studio album from Kikki Danielsson, released in April 1985. The album reached number 12 on the Swedish Albums Chart
Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national rec ...
''"
* Icona Pop – "''
Don't Slam the Door''"
* Anders "Moneybrother" Wendin – "''Du ser mig inte längre''" (original: "''It's Not About Me Anymore''")
Episode 6 – Tomas Andersson Wij
* Anders "Moneybrother" Wendin – "''Tommy och hans mamma''"
* Kikki Danielsson – "''Hälsingland''"
* Icona Pop – "''The City We Call Home''" (original: "''Landet vi föddes i''")
* Uno Svenningsson – "''Ett slag för dig''"
* Sabina Ddumba – "''Orden i vinden''"
* Eric Saade – "''Där får du andas ut''"
Episode 7 – Icona Pop
* Eric Saade – "''We Got The World''"
* Tomas Andersson Wij – "''All Night''"
* Uno Svenningsson – "''Ingen är som jag''" (original: "''Manners''")
* Anders "Moneybrother" Wendin – "''I Love It''"
* Kikki Danielsson – "''Emergency''"
* Sabina Ddumba – "''Brightside''"
Episode 8 – Sven-Erik Magnusson tribute
* Uno Svenningsson – "''
Säg inte nej, säg kanske''"
* Eric Saade – "''Fånga en dröm''"
* Kikki Danielsson – "''
Det var dans bort i vägen''"
* Icona Pop – "''
Sommar och sol''"
* Tomas Andersson Wij – "''
När solen färgar juninatten''"
* Anders "Moneybrother" Wendin – "''Anita''"
* Sabina Ddumba – "''
Två mörka ögon
''Två mörka ögon'' is a 1991 album from Swedish "dansband" Sven-Ingvars
Sven-Ingvars is a Swedish pop/rock group from Slottsbron, Sweden. The band was formed in 1956 by Sven Svärd (drums), Ingvar Karlsson (guitar and accordion), Sven-Erik ...
''"
* Oscar Magnusson – "''Så många mil så många år''"
Series 9 (2018)
A ninth series saw the participation of 7 artists:
Eric Gadd
Eric Gadd (born Carl Erik Gudmund Sojdelius 31 July 1965) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He has released thirteen music albums since his debut in 1987 and has also participated in Melodifestivalen.
Career
Gadd was born in Uppsala, but grew ...
,
Louise Hoffsten
Louise Hoffsten, born September 6, 1965 in Linköping, Sweden, is a Swedish songwriter, musician and singer spanning several genres, notably rock, blues, folk and pop. Her father, Gunnar Hoffsten, was also a musician and played the trumpet in a ...
,
Linnea Henriksson
Ellen 'Linnea' Petrea Henriksson (born 9 November 1986) is a Swedish singer and songwriter who participated in '' Idol 2010'' in which she placed fourth. , she is also the lead singer of the jazz band Prylf. In 2012 Henriksson released her first ...
,
Charlotte Perrelli
Anna Jenny Charlotte Perrelli (; ; born 7 October 1974) is a Swedes, Swedish singer and television host. She was the winner of the Melodifestivalen 1999, 1999 Melodifestivalen and subsequently Eurovision Song Contest 1999, that year's Eurovision ...
,
Stor
Ulises Infante Azocar, (born 8 April 1987) is a Swedish rapper best known under the artistname ''Stor''. Azocar grew up in Huddinge outside of Stockholm with his mother and siblings. His parents are Chilean who fled to Sweden in 1976. his father ...
,
Christer Sjögren
Hans Christer Sjögren (born 6 April 1950) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the dansband Vikingarna.
Early life
Hans Christer Sjögren was born in Hagfors, Sweden, on 6 April 1950, as the ...
, and
Albin Lee Meldau
Albin Lee Meldau (born February 8, 1988) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician. He self-released his debut EP, ''Lovers'', in 2016 with help from producer Björn Yttling (of Peter Bjorn and John).
Later that year, Albin signed to Astralwe ...
.
Series 10 (2019)
A tenth series saw the participation of 13 (14) artists:
Magnus Uggla
Per Allan Magnus Claësson Uggla (pronounced ; born 18 June 1954) is a Swedish artist, composer, actor, and occasional radio host. He is known for his satire, satirical lyrics.
Uggla was born in Stockholm. He was the lead singer of the hard r ...
,
Miss Li
Linda Karlsson (born 21 July 1982), better known by her stage name Miss Li, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. Since beginning her career in the early-2000s, she has released a total of eight studio albums, and several of her songs have been feat ...
and
Petter participated in 8 programmes. The format of the show was changed this season to celebrate the ten year anniversary with guest artist visiting.
Carola Häggkvist
Carola Maria Häggkvist (; born 8 September 1966), commonly known simply as Carola, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s and has released albums ranging from pop and disco ...
(4 of 8 programmes),
Orup
Hans Thomas Eriksson (born 29 November 1958), known by his stage name Orup, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and musician who enjoyed major success in his native country and Scandinavia in the late 1980s and early 1990s with songs like "Jag blir hel ...
(4/8),
Timbuktu
Timbuktu ( ; french: Tombouctou;
Koyra Chiini: ); tmh, label=Tuareg, script=Tfng, ⵜⵏⴱⴾⵜ, Tin Buqt a city in Mali, situated north of the Niger River. The town is the capital of the Tombouctou Region, one of the eight administrativ ...
(4/8),
Danny Saucedo
Daniel Gabriel Alessandro Saucedo Grzechowski (born 25 February 1986), known professionally as Danny Saucedo or simply Danny, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He rose to fame as one of the finalists in ''Idol 2006'', the Swedish version of '' ...
(3/8),
Ebbot Lundberg
Torbjörn "Ebbot" Lundberg (born 26 February 1966)''(In)visible Dialogues'', 2011, p. 170. Published by Dent-de-Leone. . is a Swedish artist, songwriter and music producer who lives in Gothenburg, Sweden. From 1995 to 2012, he was the lead singer ...
(3/8),
Petra Marklund
Petra Linnea Paula Marklund (; born 12 September 1984), known also by her previous stage name September, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and television presenter. Marklund started recording in professional studios around the age of twelve, and f ...
(3/8),
Jill Johnson
Jill Anna Maria Johnson (born 24 May 1973) is a Swedish country and pop singer, songwriter and TV-host. She performed in the Melodifestivalen 1998 contest, winning with the song "Kärleken är" ("Love Is"), and represented Sweden at the Eurovis ...
(2/8),
Little Jinder (2/8),
Niklas Strömstedt
Bo Anders Niklas Strömstedt (born 25 July 1958) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor.
Early life
Niklas Strömstedt was born on 25 July 1958 in Lund as the first child of Margareta (née Henriksson) and Bo St ...
(2/8),
Titiyo
Titiyo Yambalu Felicia Jah (born 23 July 1967) is a Swedish singer and songwriter who has won four Grammis.
Biography Early life
Titiyo was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to Ahmadu Jah, a Sierra Leonean drummer, and Maylen Bergström. She is the ha ...
(2/8).
Sven-Bertil Taube
Sven-Bertil Gunnar Evert Taube (24 November 1934 – 11 November 2022) was a Swedish singer and actor. Internationally, he was perhaps better known for his acting career. Taube played Henrik Vanger in the film ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' ...
s participation was cancelled due to sickness.
Further artists appeared as guests for one, or several, performances.
Series 11 (2020)
An eleventh series saw the participation of
Benjamin Ingrosso
Benjamin Daniele Wahlgren Ingrosso (born 14 September 1997) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and record producer. As a child, he appeared in the leading role in several musicals, and in 2006 he won Lilla Melodifestivalen with the song "Hej Sofia" ...
,
Plura Jonsson
Per Malte Lennart "Plura" Jonsson (born 10 August 1951) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and musician. He has been a long-time member of the Swedish rock band Eldkvarn in addition to his solo materials. In 2014, he also released an album joint ...
,
Ana Diaz,
Markus Krunegård
Markus Krunegård (born 6 April 1979 in Norrköping, Östergötland, Sweden) is a Swedish-Finnish singer and songwriter.
Career
On 2 April 2008 he released his solo album 'Markusevangeliet', with the debut single "Jag är en vampyr" made it ...
,
Lisa Nilsson
My Lisa Karolina Nilsson (born 13 August 1970) is a Swedish singer.
She was discovered by the producer William (Billy) Butt and she is perhaps best known in Sweden for her 1992 hit, '' Himlen runt hörnet'', written by Mauro Scocco and Johan ...
,
Helen Sjöholm
Marie Helen Sjöholm (; born 10 July 1970) is a Swedish singer, actress and musical theatre performer who lives in Gamla Enskede in Stockholm. She grew up in Sundsvall and started to sing in choirs at an early age, working, among others, with S ...
,
Tommy Körberg
Bert Gustav Tommy Körberg (; born 4 July 1948) is a Swedish singer, actor, and musician. English-speaking audiences know him best for his role as Anatoly/"The Russian" in the musical ''Chess''. He played the role on the 1984 concept album, and ...
,
Silvana Imam
Silvana Imam (pronounced , born Plungė, Lithuania 19 September 1986) is a Swedish rapper. She is known for her political songs protesting racism, homophobia, and the Sweden Democrats.
Biography
Early life
Imam's mother is from Lithuania and ...
,
Jakob Hellman
Jakob Hellman (born 20 October 1965) is a Swedish pop singer. His debut album, '' ...och stora havet'', released in 1989, was his only release for 32 years. He released his second album, ''Äntligen borta'', on 8 January 2021. He is still a well ...
,
Newkid
Jhun Alexander Ferrer, also known by his stage name Newkid (born 2 December 1990), is a Swedish–Filipino rapper signed to Sony Music Entertainment.
Career
Jhun Alexander Ferrer was born in Uddevalla, Sweden in 1990 to a Swedish mother and a ...
,
Lili & Susie
Lili & Susie (initially ''Lili & Sussie'') is a Swedish pop duo composed of the sisters Lili Päivärinta and Susie Päivärinta. They scored a number of hit singles in the late 1980s and early 1990s, their biggest hit being "Oh Mama" in 1987. Th ...
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Loreen Loreen may refer to:
*Loreen (singer), Swedish singer
*Loreen Rice Lucas (1914–2011), a Canadian author
* "Loreen" (song), 1986 song by German singer Sandra See also
*Loren (disambiguation)
*Lorene
*Loreena Loreena is a female given name. It may r ...
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Tove Styrke
Tove Anna Linnéa Östman Styrke (; born 19 November 1992) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She gained popularity as a contestant on '' Swedish Idol 2009'', finishing in third place. After the show, she started a solo career in electropop. Sh ...
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