Britt Synnøve Johansen (born 23 June 1970) is a Norwegian female singer.
Britt-Synnøve Johansen
in Store norske leksikon
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She represented Norway
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in Eurovision Song Contest 1989
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, where she finished 17th.
Biography
She was born in Haugesund
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, Rogaland
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, and started her musical career by singing in a choir
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for 7 years. She participated in a talent contest for new singers and got to the final. In 1989, she won the ''Melodi Grand Prix
Melodi Grand Prix (), commonly known as Grand Prix and MGP, sometimes as Norsk Melodi Grand Prix, is an annual music competition organised by Norwegian public broadcaster (NRK). It determines for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been sta ...
'' performing the song " Venners nærhet". Despite finishing 17th in the Eurovision Song Contest
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, she didn't finish her musical career. She participated in several shows like that in the Rogaland theater. She also performed in theatrical
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shows like ''Schrooge – en julefortelling''.
In 2001, Synnøve recorded versions of Edith Piaf
Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English word , meaning ''wealth'' or ''prosperity'', in combination with the Old English , meaning '' strife'', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian lang ...
's songs in Paris and appeared in many shows of Piaf's cabaret, which had 15,000 spectators.
Between 2003 and 2004 she appeared as Eponine in the musical ''Les Misérables
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'', in Bømlo
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in Hordaland
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.
She is married to Jan Zahl, brother of Geir Zahl
Geir Zahl (born 19 May 1975) is a Norwegian musician. He is known for playing guitar in the Norwegian rock group Kaizers Orchestra
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from Kaizers Orchestra
Kaizers Orchestra is a Norwegian alternative rock band formed in Bergen on 1 January 2000. They are notable for being among the first non- black-metal Norwegian artists singing in their native language to become popular beyond Scandinavia.
In 20 ...
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In 2010 she released an album of Norwegian tangos, titled "Skyt meg med tre roser", produced by Janove Ottesen from Kaizers Orchestra
Kaizers Orchestra is a Norwegian alternative rock band formed in Bergen on 1 January 2000. They are notable for being among the first non- black-metal Norwegian artists singing in their native language to become popular beyond Scandinavia.
In 20 ...
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Discography
*''God morgen'' – 1990
*''Mot himmlen i Paris'' – Piaf på norsk- 2002 (she sings Édith Piaf
Édith Giovanna Gassion (19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963), known as Édith Piaf (), was a French singer and lyricist best known for performing songs in the cabaret and modern chanson genres. She is widely regarded as France's greatest popu ...
´s songs in Norwegian)
*''Skyt meg med tre roser'' – 2010
*''På reis, på reis'' – 2017
References
External links
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Musicians from Haugesund
Melodi Grand Prix winners
Eurovision Song Contest entrants
Living people
1970 births
21st-century Norwegian singers
21st-century Norwegian women singers
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