''Made in Sweden'' is a

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television program produced by TV4 targeting music talents and helping them to create new musical projects. The program was broadcast for two seasons in 2009 and 2010 and was supervised by Swedish Idol series judges

Anders Bagge Sven Anders Bagge (; born 16 January 1968) is a Swedish composer, lyricist, musician and record producer. Bagge is one half of the songwriter-producer duo Bagge & Peer, together with Peer Åström. He is also known for his frequent appearances ...

Andreas Carlsson Andreas Mikael Carlsson (; born 3 April 1973) is a Swedish music producer and pop songwriter. Biography Carlsson was part of the Cheiron Studios team until the studio was closed down in 2000. In January 2001, former Cheiron-members Andreas Carl ...

and

Laila Bagge Laila Natali Bagge (born 15 December 1972 in Lund, Sweden, as Laila Natali Cahling), formerly Laila Bagge Wahlgren, is a Palestinian-Swedish singer, manager and songwriter. Biography Her mother is Swedish and her father is Palestinian. She w ...

. Made in Sweden was a company owned by the trio with the vision to find and coach talent on the difficult road to fame. Video clips were also distributed of music done for the show.

2009: Season 1

The first season of ''Made in Sweden'' was in the spring of 2009 and went on for 4 episodes. The judges went out to find two musicians who would be involved in preparing an album. The two selected acts were

Janet Leon Janet Ava Owji (born 19 October 1990), also known by her stage name OWJI and her former stage name Janet Leon, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and Artists and repertoire, A&R. Leon began her career as part of the pop group Play (Swedish group), ...

and

Kim Fransson Kim Fransson (born 7 June 1982 in Trollhättan, Sweden), is a Swedish singer-songwriter, scoring Sverigetopplistan successes during 2009. He is particularly known for taking part in the first season of the series ''Made in Sweden'', along with ...

. Janet Leon had been in search of a solo career since breaking up from the band

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. During the debut series, Janet worked on an album with the judges of

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and renowned producers Laila Bagge, Anders Bagge and Andreas Carlsson. On 30 January 2009, Janet's debut solo album (resulting from the series) reached #3 on the

Swedish Albums Chart Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from IFPI Sverige. It was formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and has been known by its current name s ...

. As for Kim Fransson, during the program, he was shown assembling materials for a future album, cooperating with the judges and working with

Desmond Child John Charles Barrett (born October 28, 1953), known professionally as Desmond Child, is an American songwriter and record producer. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008. He has been nominated for four Grammy Awards, a Primet ...

for a track on the album. The result was the self-titled album ''Kim'' with a track list including seven songs: *"3 Floors Down" (K. Fransson, A. Bagge, F. Hallström, Andreas Carlsson) *"Kiss and Make Up" (K. Fransson, A. Bagge, F. Hallström, Andreas Carlsson) *"Let That Feeling Grow" (K. Fransson, F. Hallström, Andreas Carlsson) *"The Hardest Lesson" (D. Child, A. Carlsson, K. Fransson, A. Bagge) *"Another State of Mind" (K. Fransson, F. Hallström, Andreas Carlsson) *"Man in the Moon" (K. Fransson, F. Hallström) *"Here Comes the Night" (K. Fransson, A. Bagge, F. Hallström, Andreas Carlsson)

2010: Season 2

In the second season in 2010, the judges tried to reunite the Swedish pop group

to record a single and an album. Laila Bagge has been Play's previous manager and Janet Leon from season 1 had been a previous member of Play. Three members from the original Play line-up were due to take part: Faye Hamlin,

Anaïs Lameche Anaïs Helena Lameche Bonnier (née Kretz Lameche; born 19 August 1987) is a Swedish former singer and one of the original members of the Swedish pop group Play. She is the only member of Play out of its seven different members to appear in all ...

and Rosanna "Rosie" Munter, but Rosie dropped out two weeks before filming, meaning Play had to search for a new member in their limited time. After a long search, their demo recorder for one of their songs, Sanne Karlsson, came in and Laila and Anders both thought she was right for the job. She joined the band and the cameras followed Play in their journey to get back in shape for the music industry. There was a lot of discussion on whether to choose "Girls" or "

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" (Made in Sweden's original title tune) as the Play's new single, but in the end, "Famous" was chosen, as they thought it would most likely reach the music charts. It peaked at #1 in Sweden, and their electro-pop themed album '' Under My Skin'' reached #7 in Sweden. The season also comprised just four episodes.Play FAQ
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References

External links

Made in Sweden Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Made in Sweden TV4 (Sweden) original programming