Youngblood is a

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

-based

boy band A boy band is loosely defined as a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation. Generally, boy bands perform Love song, love songs marketed towards girls and young ...

made up of 5 members from both

and

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. Members are Christer Sjølie af Geijerstam, Henric Flodin, Marcus Sjöstrand, Oskar Kongshöj and Simon Johansson. They are signed to the

EMI EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British Transnational corporation, transnational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in March 1 ...

record label. The band was launched by Swedish singer/composer Fredrik Kempe, and took part in

Melodifestivalen 2012 Melodifestivalen 2012 is a Swedish song contest that was held between 4 February and 10 March 2012. It selected the fifty-second Swedish entry to be internationally represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 (ESC 2012). As in the editions be ...

with the song " Youngblood" written by Kempe with David Kreuger and reached Second Chance and faced

Sean Banan Sina Samadi (born 7 April 1985), known by his stage name Sean Banan ("Sean Banana") is an Iranian-Swedish comedian and musician. His family immigrated to Sweden when he was 2 years old and resided in Gothenburg. Samadi took lessons in rumba ...

and failed to qualify to the following round or the Final 10. Their debut was the single "Blame It on You" by Alexander Kronlund and Quiz & Larossi. They released their debut album ''Running Home to You'' immediately after their appearance on Melodifestivalen and release of "Youngblood" their song in the competition. Following the release of ''Running Home to You'' on 7 March 2012, the band embarked on a promotional tour throughout Sweden.Youngblood official website - Live performances
(in Swedish)

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

Official website
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