Anton Kim Ewald (born 7 August 1993) is a Swedish singer and dancer. He has participated in

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several times as both a background dancer and singer.

Career

Ewald began his career as a background dancer at

. In

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, he danced behind

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when she competed in the third semi-final in Leksand with " The Queen". In

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he was a dancer and choreographer behind

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in his song " Amazing". He also danced and choreographed

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number "Aldrig aldrig" ("Never Never") during the same year's competition. Ewald participated in

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, the selection process for picking the Swedish entry to the

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with the song "

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" written by

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, Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad.Svt.se: Anton Ewald page
After his semi-final performance on 9 February 2013, he placed third and was given a chance to take part in the "Second chance" round that was held in

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to qualify for the national final. Ewald choreographed the appearance himself. At the Second Chance round held on 2 March 2013, he qualified for the national final in

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on 9 March after a final duel with Behrang Miri and his song " Jalla Dansa Sawa". Ewald became one of just two acts from the Second Chance round to qualify for the final, the other qualifier being

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with his song "

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". In the final of Melodifestivalen 2013 on 9 March 2013, Ewald finished fourth. After Melodifestivalen he released two music singles, "Begging" and "Can't Hold Back", and two EPs, ''A'' and ''A-coustic''. Anton participated once again in

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, performing the song "Natural" in the fourth and last semi-final on 22 February. He made it to the final where he came in tenth place. In that same year, he also released an EP titled ''On My Way'', which contains the song ''This Could Be Something'', a collaboration with

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. In 2015, he released the single ''Higher'', which is a collaboration with the Italian producer DJ Mirko B, three singles, '' Vill ha dig'', ''Okej'', and ''Du & Jag'', and an EP in Swedish, ''Studio 18''. In 2016 and 2017, Anton worked with

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and released the singles ''Devil'', ''L.I.L.Y (Like I Love You)'' and ''She Don't''. The music videos for the singles were directed by Victoria Fajardo. He participated in

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, held at

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, with the song '' New Religion'', where he qualified directly to the grand final, which was held on 13 March 2021, where he placed 11th. After Melodifestivalen 2021, he released two singles in that same year, ''DeLorean'' and ''That Should Be Me''. In 2022, Anton was featured in the song ''Made It Out'' by American rapper Apollo Lofton and in 2023, he got a starring role in the Swedish production of ''Moulin Rouge!'' as Santiago. The musical is held at

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in Stockholm from 14 September 2023 until 28 April 2024.

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

References

External links

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