Körslaget (''The Battle of Choirs'') is a Swedish entertainment

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on TV4. The format was developed by

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and based on an idea from

Caroline af Ugglas Caroline Thérese af Ugglas Liljedahl (born 7 April 1972) is a Swedish singer, artist and chorister. Af Ugglas created the format for a televised choir contest, which was picked up by NBC in the United States as the show ''Clash of the Choirs' ...

, Heinz Liljedahl and Patrik Hambraeus. A US version, ''

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'', was broadcast on

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in December 2007. In each season of Körslaget, seven known musicians from Sweden start their own

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s with 20 members in each. Each choir then performs one song in each program, and the audience then votes (either through a telephone call or SMS messaging) on the choir(s) they want to remain in the season. The team/choir with the fewest votes is eliminated in each program until one winning team remains; however, in the first program no team is eliminated. The winning team receives a certain amount of

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to be

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to something in the

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that the choir in question came from.

Seasons

Season 1

Körslaget 2008 Körslaget 2008 was the first season of the Swedish TV entertainment program Körslaget, based on Clash of the Choirs and broadcast on TV4. The first season was shown in spring 2008 and consisted of eight sections, and from the second section, a ...

: The winners were ''Team Cans'', led by

Joacim Cans Joacim Cans (born 19 February 1970) is a Swedish singer, best known as the lead vocalist of power metal band HammerFall. He is the only member aside from founder and guitarist Oscar Dronjak to appear on all of the band's albums. Cans attended ...

; the runners-up were ''Team Brolle'', led by Brolle.

Season 2

Körslaget 2008/09 Körslaget 2008/09 Was the second season of TV4's entertainment show Körslaget. It first aired on 26 December 2008. Competitors * Hanna Hedlund ''With a choir from Bollnäs'' * Erik Segerstedt ''With a choir from Uddevalla'' *Magnus Carlsson '' ...

: The winners were ''Team Hanna'', led by

Hanna Hedlund Hanna Kristina Hedlund (born 24 January 1975, Kilafors, Bollnäs Municipality, Sweden) is a Swedish singer. Her sister Lina is also a singer. She has a son and a daughter with Martin Stenmarck. Career Hedlund competed in Melodifestivalen 2000 ...

; the runners-up were ''Team Erik'' led by Erik Segerstedt

Season 3

Körslaget 2009 ''This article appears to be about something which has relevance to happenings in some unspecified country. It should be more explanatory (Sweden perhaps?). '' Körslaget 2009 is the third season of TV4's entertainment show Körslaget. It premie ...

: The winners were ''Team Ola'', led by

Ola Svensson Ola Nils Håkan Svensson (born 23 February 1986) is a Swedish artist and songwriter, known professionally by the mononym Ola until 2014, and as Brother Leo from 2018 to present. Born in Lund, Skåne, his career began in 2005, when he finished eig ...

; the runners-up were ''Team Stefan'' led by Stefan Nykvist.

Season 4

Körslaget 2010 Körslaget 2010 is the fourth season of TV4's entertainment show Körslaget. It premiered on 20 March 2010. A feature of this season was Gabriel Forss's comment on each performance, and a choir was led by two contestants, ''Team Rongedal''. It ...

: The winners were ''Team Moraeus'', led by

Kalle Moraeus Karl Anders "Kalle" Moraeus (born 15 July 1963) is a Swedish musician, actor, composer and television presenter.Kalle Moraeus, official homepage. http://www.kallemoraeus.com/ Moraeus was born in Mora. He is a member of the folk group Orsa Spel ...

; the runners-up were ''Team Picasso'' led by

Marie Picasso Marie Picasso (born ''Lilly Marie Pettersson'' on 24 April 1979) is a Swedish singer, host and model who first rose to fame as a housemate on the popular reality television show '' Big Brother'', before going on to win the fourth series of the ...

Season 5

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: The winners were ''Team Andreas'', led by

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; the runners-up were ''Team Gabriel'' led by Gabriel Forss.

Season 6

Körslaget 2012 Körslaget (''The Battle of Choirs'') is a Swedish entertainment TV program on TV4. The format was developed by Friday TV and based on an idea from Caroline af Ugglas, Heinz Liljedahl and Patrik Hambraeus. A US version, ''Clash of the Choirs'' ...

, the sixth season, began on 8 September 2012, and is scheduled to end on 20 October 2012. The seven choir line-ups consist of

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's Team Bagge, Martin Rolinski's Team Rolinski, Gladys del Pilar's Team Gladys,

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 single ''Candy Love'', written in the t ...

's Team Lili & Susie, Putte Nelsson's Team Putte, Louise Hoffsten's Team Hoffsten, and Bengan Janson's Team Bengan.

Season 7

* Körslaget 2013, the seventh season, began on 7 September 2013 and ended on 19 October 2013. The 7 choirs were led by the Swedish artists

Sonja Aldén Sonja Annika Maria Aldén (born 20 December 1977) is a Swedish pop singer best known for her 2006, 2007, 2012, and 2020 Melodifestivalen entries, as well as for working together with Shirley Clamp and Sanna Nielsen. She has also written songs f ...

(7th), Dogge Doggelito (6th),

Wille Crafoord Carl-Henning William "Wille" Crafoord (born 8 February 1966) is a Swedish composer, songwriter, singer and rap artist. He became known in the late 1980s for introducing hip hop music in Sweden to a wider audience through his rap group Just D. He ...

(5th),

Andreas Weise Andreas Georg Fredrik Weise (born 18 August 1986) is a Swedish people, Swedish singer, songwriter, TV host and entertainer. He finished in fifth place on the Idol (Sweden), Swedish ''Idol 2010''. Genres and musical expression Weise's music ha ...

(4th), Rickard Söderberg(3rd),

Anna Book Anna Maria Therés Book Toledano (born 10 September 1970) is a Swedish pop singer. She participated in '' Let's Dance'' in 2006 and finished in second place with dancer David Watson. Melodifestivalen She has participated in Melodifestivalen, th ...

(2nd) and

Elisa Lindström Eva Elisa Lindström (born 24 April 1991) is a Swedish pop and country music singer, and the lead singer for the dansband Elisa's. Career As part of the music group Lali, she participated in Lilla Melodifestivalen in 2005, where their song tit ...

(1st).

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Korslaget TV4 (Sweden) original programming 2008 Swedish television series debuts 2013 Swedish television series endings