Aleksander Walmann Åsgården (born 12 January 1986) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. He represented Norway in the

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alongside

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with the song "

Grab the Moment "Grab the Moment" is a song by Norwegian music producer JOWST featuring uncredited vocals from Norwegian singer Aleksander Walmann. The song represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. It was released as a digital download on 15 Fe ...

", finishing in 10th place.

Early life and career

Walmann was born in

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, and grew up in a musical family through childhood. From the age of 13 and until he started playing music, Aleksander was an active

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at an international level. In 2012, he participated in season one of ''

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'', Norway's version of ''

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'', where he had

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as his mentor. He went on a shared second place together with Hege Øversveen and Leif Anders Wentzel in the competitions finale, only beaten by winner

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. Walmann and Norwegian music producer

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were confirmed to be taking part in ''

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'', Norway's national selection for the

, on 7 February 2017. In the final, held on 11 March, JOWST and Walmann received the maximum 12 points from four of the eleven international juries in addition to winning the televote. They subsequently advanced to the gold final, where they won the competition. They represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, and competed in the second half of the second semi-final for a place in the final. They succeeded and on 13 May 2017 they received the 10th place in the competition. On 7 June 2017,

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announced that Walmann would compete in the sixth season of the Norwegian music TV-competition '. He competed in Melodi Grand Prix 2018 and attempt to represent

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for the second time in a row with the song 'Talk to the Hand', in which he was eliminated in the Silver Final.

Philanthropy

On the night of 23 July 2011, Aleksander wrote his very first song called "Don't Let Go (In This Together)", about the

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. "It only took a couple of hours before the song was finished, and was written to process the strong impressions after the events." As of Åsgården's support to the victims, he was among the artists who attended the memorial concert. One year later on 22 July 2012, Åsgården

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the revenues from his song "Don't Let Go" to the

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and ''Utøyastiftelsen'' (

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Foundation). "It means much to be able to give something. ndI hope more people will hear the song and help to support. The more I get the better.", he said.

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Production credits

Filmography

Dubbing

References

External links

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Official Eurovision representation
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