Björn Helge Andreas Lundstedt (born 20 May 1972) is a Swedish singer, best known as a member of the pop-dance group Alcazar.

Biography

Born in

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, since childhood, Lundstedt had wanted to be a singer. At the age of five, he took part in a talent competition for children and achieved second place. By the age of fifteen, he appeared regularly on television and in shows as a member of the band . The group consisted of four of the now most famous singers in Sweden; Lundstedt himself,

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, Lisa Nilsson and . In 1998, Lundstedt was the founding member of Alcazar. They made their European breakthrough with the

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single "

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". After this success, Alcazar had several more

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s. One of them was "This is The World We Live In" (2004). Alcazar reunited in 2007 after a two-year break and today consists of Tess Merkel,

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and Lundstedt. Lundstedt released one album and four singles in the years 1996–1997, and in 2006 he released a new single, "Lovegun"/"Nightfever", which includes a new song as well as a cover of the

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hit song " Night Fever". He released two more singles, "Move" in 2007 and "Aldrig Aldrig" in 2012. In addition to his pop music career, he has had roles in the musicals '' Grease'' and ''

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''. In autumn 2005 and spring 2006 Lundstedt starred as Tony Manero in the musical ''

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'' in

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, Sweden, for which he received favourable press reviews. He also works as a choreographer and has choreographed many of Alcazar's dance moves. Lundstedt is openly gay and was involved in a relationship with a former member of Alcazar, Magnus Carlsson. In December 2007, Andreas confirmed the rumours that he is

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Eurovision Song Contest

Lundstedt has participated in Sweden's

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nine times. Four times as a solo artist with the song "Driver Dagg Faller Regn" in 1996, "Jag Saknar Dig, Jag Saknar Dig" in 1997, "Move" in 2007 and "Aldrig Aldrig" in 2012; and five times as a member of Alcazar with the songs "Not a Sinner, Nor a Saint" in 2003, "Alcastar" in 2005, "Stay the Night" in 2009, " Headlines" in 2010 and "Blame It on the Disco" in 2014. He was also one of the members of

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, which represented

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at the

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with the song "

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". Six4one released one album in 2006. In this album, the members sing two songs each, and five together. Lundstedt and his song "Move" did not make it through from the semifinal of Melodifestivalen 2007. Lundstedt with Alcazar won the first direct place to the final of Sweden's

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with the song " Stay the Night". On 8 January 2010 SVT announced that the group would perform at

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with the new song " Headlines". They finished in fourth place in the third semi-final, advancing them to the 'Andra Chansen' Second Chance Round. There they were beaten by Jessica Andersson in the first round of voting. Lundstedt was a member of the Swedish jury in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. Andreas Lundstedt returned to Melodifestivalen in its 2012 edition with his song "Aldrig Aldrig"("Never Never"). He competed in the 2nd Semi-final reaching the 7th place with Sonja Alden receiving the 6th place and Mimi Oh coming last that evening. Consequently, he failed to reach the final at Globen, Stockholm. Lundstedt was the male vocalist in Alcazar along with the female vocalists Merkel and Hedlund until they announced the band would go on indefinite hiatus during Stockholm Pride 2011. For Eurovision 2014, Alcazar was competing again in

to represent Sweden. With their song "

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" they reached the third place in the Melodifestivalen final.

Discography

Singles

1996

*"Driver Dagg Faller Regn" *"Driver Dagg Faller Regn – Summer Mixes" *"Hey-Ya Hey-Ya"

1997

*"Jag Saknar Dig, Jag Saknar Dig"

2006

*"Lovegun" / "Nightfever" *"Dollar Queen" (

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-sale only)

2007

*"Move"

2012

*"Aldrig Aldrig"

Albums

1996

*''Andreas Lundstedt''

References

External links

Alcazar World – The official website

– Andreas blog
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