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

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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, ''

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

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

Season 2

* Körslaget 2008/09: The winners were ''Team Hanna'', led by Hanna Hedlund; the runners-up were ''Team Erik'' led by Erik Segerstedt

Season 3

* Körslaget 2009: The winners were ''Team Ola'', led by

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

Season 4

* Körslaget 2010: The winners were ''Team Moraeus'', led by Kalle Moraeus; the runners-up were ''Team Picasso'' led by

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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, 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'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

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(7th), Dogge Doggelito (6th), Wille Crafoord (5th), Andreas Weise (4th), Rickard Söderberg(3rd), Anna Book (2nd) and Elisa Lindström (1st).

References

External links

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