Johan David Stellan Lindgren (born 28 April 1982) is a Swedish singer, musical actor and television presenter. He is signed to the
EMI Sweden label.
Biography
Johan David Stellan Lindgren was born 28 April 1982 in Nederkalix. He grew up in
Ersmark.
In 2009, he appeared on the Swedish television show ''
Så ska det låta'' on
SVT in the same team as
Kicki Danielsson and
Putte Nelsson. In 2010, he appeared on the show for a second time with
Jessica Heribertsson. His third appearance on the same popular show was on 20 January 2013, competing together with teammate
Jennifer Brown.
Lindgren presented
Let's Dance 2021,
2022
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along with
Petra Mede
Petra Maria Mede (; born 7 March 1970) is a Swedish comedian, dancer, actress and television presenter. Mede is known for her several roles in comic shows and as a television presenter, and is best known outside of Sweden for hosting the Eurovis ...
and
Let's Dance 2023 along with
Kristin Kaspersen.
He participated as a celebrity dancer in
Let's Dance 2025 broadcast on
TV4.
Melodifestivalen
In 2012, he took part in the Swedish
Melodifestivalen 2012.
[Moopy Melodifestivalen Forum.]
Melodifestivalen 2012 – Heat Two – Göteborg
, 6 February 2012 In the second heat, his song "Shout It Out" co-written by Fernando Fuentes and Tony Nilsson made it to the
Globen final on 10 March 2012 and finished 4th overall. The cover portrait of "Shout It Out" single is photographed b
Martin Botvidsson
He participated in
Melodifestivalen 2013 with the song "Skyline" co-written by Fernando Fuentes, Henrik Nordenback and
Christian Fast
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. After his performance in an initial semi-final round on 2 February 2013, he finished 1st/2nd – advancing directly to the
Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen (; ) is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almo ...
finals which were held on 9 March 2013, where he finished 8th, with 69 points.
He participated in
Melodifestivalen 2016 with "
We Are Your Tomorrow". After performing the second semi-final on 13 February, he moved to the Melodifestivalen finals to be held on 12 March 2016. He finished 11th, with 39 points.
On 30 September 2016, SVT announced that Lindgren will host all six shows of
Melodifestivalen 2017 alongside
Clara Henry and
Hasse Andersson. On 2 November 2017, SVT announced that Lindgren alone will host all six shows of
Melodifestivalen 2018
Melodifestivalen 2018 was the 58th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which selected Sweden's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The competition was organised by (SVT) and took place over a six-week from 3 Febru ...
, along with his sidekick
Fab Freddie.
Personal life
Lindgren is married
[
Moopy Melodifestivalen Forum.]
The David Lindgren Thread
, 12 February 2012 to Kristina Lindgren, they have a son named Ben, born in 2011
[
Schlagerfiasko.]
, 10 February 2012 and a daughter, Ella.
Discography
Albums
Singles
References
External links
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Living people
1982 births
21st-century Swedish singers
21st-century Swedish male singers
People from Skellefteå Municipality
Musicians from Västerbotten County
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