Fame was a Swedish musical duo consisting of

Jessica Andersson Jessica Elisabeth Andersson (born Jessica Arvidsson on 27 October 1973) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She was part of the Swedish duo Fame with Magnus Bäcklund between 2002 and 2006 after they met at the reality television show '' Fame ...

(born 27 October 1973 in

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) and

Magnus Bäcklund Magnus Bäcklund (12 December 1866 – 26 June 1903) was a Swedish missionary to Chinese Turkestan with the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden. Magnus was born in Alstakan, Gunnarskog parish, Värmland. He grew up in a poor family and had to w ...

(born 16 November 1965 in

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). They met each other at the televised arts school and contest ''

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'', which aired in autumn 2002. Bäcklund was the overall winner, while Andersson dropped out to give birth to her son Liam. Bäcklund also has two young twin daughters at home. Andersson is a former photo model and Bäcklund is a commercial pilot.

Melodifestivalen

In 2003, Fame won the favour of the Swedish public and the jury with the song " Give Me Your Love" in a landslide victory in

Melodifestivalen 2003 2003 was the 43rd edition of the Swedish music competition , which was organised by (SVT) and took place over a five-week period between 15 February and 15 March 2003. The winner of the competition was Fame with the song " Give Me Your Love", ...

at the

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. Fame won with 240 points, overtaking such former Melodifestivalen winners as Jan Johansen,

Jill Johnson Jill Anna Maria Johnson (born 24 May 1973) is a Swedish country and pop singer, songwriter and TV-host. She performed in the Melodifestivalen 1998 contest, winning with the song " Kärleken är" ("Love Is"), and represented Sweden at the Euro ...

and

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, as well as the famous Swedish pop group Alcazar. They went on to participate in the

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, eventually garnering 107 points, which put them in fifth place. In 2004, they participated in Melodifestivalen again and reached sixth place with the song " Vindarna vänder oss" ("The Winds Turn Us").

After break up

*Magnus Bäcklund Magnus Bäcklund went on to take part in

Melodifestivalen 2006 2006 was the 46th edition of the Swedish music competition , which was organised by (SVT) and took place over a five-week period between 18 February and 18 March 2006. The winner of the competition was Carola with the song "Evighet". She repre ...

with the song "The Name of Love". He took part in the first semifinal and made it to the ''Andra Chansen'' (second chance) round. From there he reached the final, where he finished 5th. Jessica Andersson also entered with the song " Kalla nätter" ("Cold Nights"), but came in fifth in her semifinal round, which eliminated her from the competition. *Jessica Andersson

took part in Melodifestivalen six times with " Kalla nätter" in 2006, " Kom" in 2007, " I Did It for Love" in 2010, " Can't Hurt Me Now" in 2015, " Party Voice" in 2018 and "

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" in 2021, but without winning the competition. She also released two solo albums: ''Wake Up'' in 2009 and ''40.14.4'' in 2013.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

Melodifestivalen winners Swedish musical duos Male–female musical duos Eurovision Song Contest entrants {{sweden-band-stub