Friends was a

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'' dansband'' or

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group formed in 1999 and made up of

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, Kristian Hermanson,

Nina Inhammar Nina Karin Elise Inhammar Allard (born ''Inhammar'' 22 May 1977 in Lidköping (grew also up in Svalöv and Klippan)) is a former Swedish singer. She studied music at secondary school and sang in a jazz band, and she also appeared in ''Hässlehol ...

Kim Kärnfalk Kim Charlott Kärnfalk Löwstedt (born 1 November 1974 in Uddevalla, Sweden) is a Swedish singer. Together with Nina Inhammar she sang in the duo ''Nina & Kim''; they competed in Melodifestivalen 2004 with the song ''En gång för alla'' and the ...

and

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. They were put together from auditions on the reality television show ''Friends på turne'' (''Friends on Tour''), made by Bert Karlsson for TV4. The show was a success and Friends competed on

Melodifestivalen 2000 Sweden was the host of the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 thanks to Charlotte Nilsson's victory the previous year. Sveriges Television chose to hold the contest in Sweden's capital, Stockholm. They were represented by Roger Pontare with the song ...

, reaching second place. They won Melodifestivalen 2001 with "Lyssna till ditt hjärta" and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the English version of the song, " Listen to Your Heartbeat.” Following their Eurovision participation, the Swedish delegation was forced to pay royalties to the team behind "

Liefde is een kaartspel "Liefde is een kaartspel" (; "Love is a Card Game") was the entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, performed in Dutch by Lisa del Bo. The song was performed seventeenth on the night, following the ' Maxine & Franklin Brown with "De eerst ...

", the 1996 Belgian entry, making the song the first admitted case of plagiarism in Eurovision history. The band split in 2002, with Inhammar and Kärnfalk forming their own duo '' Nina & Kim''. In 2004, they attempted to represent Sweden with their song “En Gång För Alla” but came 7th in the second pre-selection round. After 2006, Kärnfalk continued as a solo artist.

Discography

Albums

*'' Friends på turné'' — 1999 *'' Blickar som tänder'' — 2000 (rereleased in 2001 as ''Lyssna till ditt hjärta'' with 2 additional songs) *''Listen to Your Heartbeat'' — 2001 *'' Dance with Me'' — 2002 *''Best of Friends Vol. 1'' — 2005 *''Best of Friends Vol. 2'' — 2006

Singles

*Vi behöver varann / Hennes ögon — 1999 *Vad jag än säger dig / Friends — 2000 *När jag tänker på imorgon / När jag tänker på imorgon (singback) — 2000 *Holiday / Nu väntar världen här utanför — 2000 *Listen to your Heartbeat (P3 radio version) / Lyssna till ditt hjärta (Swedish original) / Listen to your Heartbeat (English original) / Lyssna till ditt hjärta/Listen to your heartbeat (instrumental version) — 2001 *Aldrig igen (original Swedish version) / The One That You Need (original English version) / The One That You Need (beat bangers clubbers guide mix) / The One That You Need (beat bangers radio clearance mix) — 2002 *In the Heat of the Night / Vår kärlek är het — 2002 *Let Love Be Love (with Johnny Logan)

References

Sources

"Friends firade hela natten"
''Aftonbladet'', Feb. 24, 2001.

''Aftonbladet'', May 11, 2001.

''Aftonbladet'', February 27, 2002.

''Aftonbladet'', February 11, 2002.

''Aftonbladet'', February 23, 2001.

''Aftonbladet'', December 17, 2006.

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Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Sweden Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2001 Melodifestivalen contestants Melodifestivalen winners Musical groups established in 1999 Musical groups disestablished in 2002 Dansbands Swedish pop music groups 1999 establishments in Sweden 2002 disestablishments in Sweden English-language singers from Sweden {{Sweden-band-stub