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Denmark In The Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Denmark was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Where I Am" written by Anja Nissen, Angel Tupai and Michael D'Arcy. The song was performed by Anja. The Danish broadcaster DR organised the national final ''Melodi Grand Prix 2017'' in order to select the Danish entry for the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ten songs competed in a televised show where "Where I Am" performed by Anja Nissen was the winner as decided upon through the combination of jury voting and public voting over two rounds. Denmark was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 11 May 2017. Performing during the show in position 8, "Where I Am" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 13 May. It was later revealed that Denmark placed tenth out of the 18 participating countries in the semi-final with 101 points. In the final, Denmark performed in position 10 and place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anja Nissen
Anja Nissen (born 6 November 1995), sometimes known as simply Anja, is a Danish-Australian singer. She was the winner of the third season of ''The Voice Australia''. Following her win, Nissen was signed to Universal Music Group and lists her influences as Celine Dion, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Christina Aguilera, Toni Braxton and Stevie Wonder. In 2015, Nissen was the support act for Olly Murs on his Australian ''Never Been Better'' tour. In 2016, Nissen competed in '' Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2016'', Denmark's national final for the Eurovision Song Contest, performing the song " Never Alone". She came in second place with 36% of the vote. In 2017, Nissen competed in ''Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2017'' with the song " Where I Am", which she co-wrote. Anja went on to win and represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, where she finished 20th in the final. Nissen has been an Australia Day ambassador, and performed at the Australia Day Event in Northern Territory. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jyske Bank Boxen
Jyske Bank Boxen is an indoor arena, located in Herning, Denmark, that is part of the Messecenter Herning. Opened in October 2010, it has a maximum capacity of 15,000. It hosts concerts, ice hockey, basketball, volleyball, team handball and gymnastics competitions. It has hosted the 2010 European Women's Handball Championships, the 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships, the 2014 European Men's Handball Championship, the 2018 IIHF World Championship, the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship, the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship and 2023 World Women's Handball Championship. It hosted the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship and will host the 2025 World Men's Ice Hockey Championship in May 2025. History On 1 October 2010, Danish financial institution Jyske Bank purchased naming rights to the arena. The arena's opening event, on 20 October 2010, was a concert by Lady Gaga, during The Monster Ball Tour, with Semi Precious Weapons as her opening act. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christoffer Lauridsen
Christoffer Semelius (aka. Christoffer Lauridsen) (born 1 August 1986) is a Danish-Swedish songwriter and producer working out of Stockholm. He has produced and written for artists such as Red Velvet, Got7, Wanna One, Martina Stoessel, and Chord Overstreet. Early in his career Christoffer moved to the United Kingdom where he worked as an assistant engineer in a recording studio. Shortly after his time in the UK Christoffer was hired to work in one of Copenhagen's prime recording facilities to engineer jazz and classical recordings. Christoffer studied music production in Växjö, Sweden, and afterwards moved to Stockholm where he worked as a producer/songwriter in collaboration with Anders Bagge, Stefan Örn and Johan Kronlund for several years. Christoffer is a multi-platinum certified songwriter who has co-written/produced songs for/with several international writers/artists and has contributed to several international Billboard charts and won "Song of the year" with Umpah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sada Vidoo
Nicole Stokholm Pedersen (born 30 June 1977), known professionally as Sada Vidoo, is a Danish Palestinian singer and songwriter. She is best known for taking part in series thirteen of ''The X Factor UK'' and '' Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2017''. Life and career Early life and career beginnings Nicole Stokholm Pedersen was born on 30 June 1977 in Copenhagen to a Danish mother and a Palestinian father, who left Vidoo's family when she was young. Because she was bullied at school, she started writing and recording songs as a form of escape. As a result, Vidoo pursued a music career. Under her given name Nicole, she signed a record deal with Virgin Records Denmark in the late 1990s and came to prominence by singing the hook to DJ Aligator's 2000 single "Lollipop". The song hit the top 10 in Norway and Sweden and was the sixth best-selling single of 2000 in Denmark. Her debut single, "Hide Away", was released in 2001, and a series of singles through Virgin followed until the label dro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimitri Stassos
Dimitri Stassos (Greek: Δημήτρη Στασσος; born 1969 in Stockholm, Sweden), is a Greek-Swedish songwriter known for his entries in the Eurovision Song Contest as well as writing hits for Ola Svensson and others. Career He has been working professionally as a songwriter, producer, and a musician for many years, signed to Warner Chappell Scandinavia. He has gained success in the Swedish Eurovision Song Contest as a composer and producer four times, composed Spain's contribution " La noche es para mí", performed by Soraya, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, as well as co-writing the song "Aphrodisiac", performed by Eleftheria Eleftheriou, which represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku. On the Swedish market Dimitri has worked with "Idol" star Ola Svensson, resulting in three number one singles, "Unstoppable (co-written), " Overdrive" and "I´m In Love" (co-written by Shellback and Alexander Kronlund). He composed two songs and produced six song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Davidsen
Daniel Heløy Davidsen (born 30 December 1978 in Copenhagen) is a Danish-Norwegian guitarist. He is known for his participation in bands like Czesław Śpiewa and JazzKamikaze and many record appearances as a studio musician, with artists like Selena Gomez and Kylie Minogue. Career Daniel Davidsen was born in Denmark to Norwegian parents. He was educated at Copenhagen Rhythmic Music Conservatory and has experience in a wide variety of genres, from rock/pop to country, hardcore fusion, hip-hop, Balkan, world music and jazz. He has mainly played as a session musician for such as Nexus (Nik & Jay and others), Tue West (both record album and live), Tescu Value, Bombay Rockers and the Joker. Regardless of the genre, Davidsen always adds to the music his personal trademark, an exquisite melody and presence in all tones. His success as a musician reached great heights as part of the band JazzKamikaze with appearances at Kongsberg Jazzfestival and Moldejazz and internationally at North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bjørnskov
Peter Bjørnskov, also known as just Bjørnskov, (born in Horsens, Denmark in 1981) is a Danish singer, songwriter and record producer. He is part of the songwriting team Startone Music with Sune Haansbæk and Lene Dissing. He has also released solo singles. He was previously part of the Danish band Neeva. In Neeva He started his career as a drummer in the Danish pop rock band Neeva, with Kenneth Potempa as the lead singer. The band released its first album, ''Where to Start'', on 22 September 2008 and had a radio hit with "Star of Me". Songwriter and producer Bjørnskov has written many songs for a number of artists that took part in the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix as follows: *2010: "Breathing" sung by Bryan Rice (lyrics and music by Bjørnskov) *2011: "Sleepless" sung by Anne Noa (co-written by Bjørnskov, John Gordon and Lene Dissing) *2012: "Reach for the Sky" sung by Kenneth Potempa (co-written by Bjørnskov and Lene Dissing and Sune Haansbæk *2013: "Unbreakable" sung by Moh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Sardorf
Bombay Rockers is a Danish musical duo popular in India. Their debut album, ''Introducing'', has gone five times Platinum, with sales of over 100,000 records. History In 2003, Danish-Indian singer Navtej Singh Rehal (Naf) was introduced to the production duo known as WCA, which consisted of Thomas Sardorf and Janus Barnewitz. They jammed together and eventually formed the band Bombay Rockers, with Naf providing Punjabi and Hindi vocals and Sardorf singing in English. Barnewitz worked with the duo on production as well as initially managing the band. Their first collaboration, "Ari Ari", got significant airplay in Denmark. In July 2003, Bombay Rockers went onstage with the EDM duo Filur at Roskilde Festival, in front of roughly 25,000 people. "Sexy Mama", released in late 2003, was the first single from their debut album, ''Introducing''; the track received airplay all over Denmark. The trio's next single, "Rock tha Party", became another major radio hit. It was featured in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Plested
Philip John Plested is an English singer and songwriter. He has co-written songs for artists including Lewis Capaldi, the Vamps, Little Mix, Kygo, James Arthur, Anne-Marie, and Bastille. Early life and career Plested was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, UK. He studied at Central Saint Martins in London. After leaving school in 2012, he formed a band, Chasing Grace, with his school friends. The band released their debut album ''Nowhere Near Old Enough'' in 2015, and were active until 2016. He later transitioned to becoming a songwriter. Plested made his breakthrough as a songwriter in 2016 when he co-wrote the song "Touch" for Little Mix, which peaked at No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart. In 2019, he co-wrote the song " Before You Go" for Lewis Capaldi, and it peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart as well as on ''Billboards Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Top 40. As a solo artist, Plested released his debut album ''First & Foremost'' in 2018 with Atlantic Records. Discography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Jasmin
Anthony Jasmin sometimes Anthony & Jasmin is a Danish pop duo who on 28 March 2014 won season 7 of the Danish version of ''X Factor'' in 2014. After Anthony Lopez and Jasmin Dahl were eliminated as solo artists at bootcamp, the duo was formed and mentored by Thomas Blachman. They reached the final and won against Lucy, mentored by Remee, becoming the first ever duo or group formation to win the Danish title.BilledBladet: I går holdt Anthony Jasmin releaseparty hos Sony og fik stor ros af Blachman Their debut single " Do Ya" topped |
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the Øresund strait. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road. Originally a Vikings, Viking fishing village established in the 10th century in the vicinity of what is now Gammel Strand, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the early 15th century. During the 16th century, the city served as the ''de facto'' capital of the Kalmar Union and the seat of the Union's monarchy, which governed most of the modern-day Nordic countries, Nordic region as part of a Danish confederation with Sweden and Norway. The city flourished as the cultural and economic centre of Scandinavia during the Renaissance. By the 17th century, it had become a regional centre of power, serving as the heart of the Danish government and Military history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DR Byen
DR Byen (; ) is the headquarters of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, DR, located in Copenhagen, Denmark, in the northwestern part of Amager. The first employees moved into DR Byen in 2006 and 2007, but the entire building, including the Koncerthuset Concert Hall, was not completed until 2010. The construction industry's enormous budget overruns have been widely discussed, and were also one of the main reasons of former CEO Kenneth Plummer's announcement on March 13, 2007, that 521 positions would be cut, and that 300 employees would be dismissed. DR Byen replaced Radiohuset in Frederiksberg and TV-Byen in Søborg. Facilities The complex is approximately 131,000 m² large, including a basement divided into four segments, each housing their own departments. All the segments are connected by an "Indre Gade" of approximately 5,000 m² including the basement, which cuts through DR Byen at the height of the 2nd floor, and is about 180 meters long. DR Byen consists of four se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
