Robin James Olof Stjernberg (; born 22 February 1991,

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, Sweden) is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter and producer. He represented Sweden in the

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on home soil on 18 May 2013 with the song "

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". Stjernberg started his career in the boyband

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, and became a contestant in

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, placing as first runner up in the final. He participated in

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as the songwriter for the song " I Can't Go On" performed by

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, which ended up in fifth place.

Career

In band What's Up!

Stjernberg had won in the ''Sommarchansen'' in

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in 2006. In 2007, he took part in an event held at the Globe Theater where 15 finalists vied to become part of a prospective

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. He was one of four chosen to become part of the band, eventually called

. The other finalists that made part of the band were Eric Saade, Luwdig "Ludde" Keijser and Johan Yngvesson. When Eric Saade left, he was replaced by Johannes Magnusson. The band released one album, ''In Pose'' reaching number 40 on the

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. Two of the singles charted in the

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, the official Swedish Singles Chart, namely "Go Girl!" reaching number 5 and "If I Told You Once" that peaked at number 16. Stjernberg became the second member of

to represent Sweden at Eurovision after Eric Saade represented the country in the

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in Germany.

In ''Idol'' (2011)

Stjernberg took part in ''

'' and finished in second place. ;Performances: *Audition: " Who You Are" from

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*26 September 2011 (Quarter-final): "

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and "

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from

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, "

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and the winner's song " All This Way" He received 48% of the votes against 52% to the winner

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in the final.

After ''Idol''

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in a separate version, is written and produced by ''

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'' first runner up

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amongst others. Stjernberg is signed to the Lionheart Music Group record label. He released his own Idol-compilation ''My Versions'' on 4 January 2012. The first official single from the album will be his version of

's song "

Melodifestivalen and Eurovision 2013

Stjernberg took part in

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with the song "

". He performed in the fourth semi-final held on 23 February 2013 in

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and coming 3rd/4th, qualified to the "Second Chance" round, which was held on 2 March in Löfbergs Lila Arena,

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. In the "Second Chance" round, he was in the best four songs after the first two rounds of voting, and he won his duel against

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. He went on to win the final on 9 March. He represented Sweden in the

on 18 May, placing 14th with 62 points. Robin Stjernberg's song became the first "Second Chance" song ever to win the Melodifestivalen final.

After Eurovision

Robin went on to release his debut non-cover album 'Pieces' on 26 June 2013, which included 'You' and other singles; 'Scars' & 'Crime'. On 11 June 2014, Robin released his single named ''Body language''. This single reached no1 in the Swedish

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chart. On 23 October 2015, Robin also released a single "Locked into You" after over a year of silence for Robin. His last release was 'Take Me Home' which was released on 7 January 2016, which peaked at number 5 in the Swedish iTunes chart. He co-wrote

's song for

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, " I Can't Go On". The song went on to win, meaning Stjernberg participated in the

as a songwriter, ending up in fifth place. In 2020, Robin became one half of OhFrank and released several singles. On the first of 2021 Robin released his comeback single Pretty.

Songwriter and producer

Robin Stjernberg competed as a songwriter and producer in the

for the Swedish entry "I Can't Go On", which was performed by

and landed in fifth place in the final. Since then, Robin has written and produced a number of songs for both other artists as well as himself, and also collaborated with award-winning songwriters such as

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, Matt McGinn, Gordie Sampson and Burt Butler. In 2019 and 2020, Robin spent a lot of time in both Stockholm and Nashville, aiming to develop his own artistry. Robin has written and produced music for artists such as

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, Dotter,

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and Steps. Robin also took part in writing The Mamas's entry in

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, "In The Middle", which placed third in the final. In 2020 he took part in writing the hit song Lean on Me, which placed #1 on Swedish charts and airplay.

ohFrank

Robin Stjernberg and Benjamin Roustaing started their group project ohFrank during 2020. Together they have released the EP "Dandelion" and the singles "Millenial", "Schizophrenic" and "Venice", to mention a few.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Participation as a songwriter and producer for other artists/groups (2017–present)

* 2017 - "I Can't Go On" (Robin Bengtsson) * 2017 - "Sista ordet" (Niello feat. Robin Stjernberg) * 2018 - "Dansa" (

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) * 2018 - "I Wouln't Lie" (Steerner) * 2019 - "The One Thing" ( Isa Molin) * 2019 - "Vi var som inga andra" (Oscar Enestad) * 2019 - "Sign Of My Love" (Oscar Enestad) * 2019 - "Om om och om igen" (

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) * 2019 - "Old Days" (Benjamin Roustaing) * 2019 - "My Remedy" (Jill Johnson) * 2019 - "I Don't Wanna Talk It Over" (Jill Johnson) * 2019 - "Scared Holding On To You" (Isa Molin) * 2019 - "Old Days" (Benjamin Roustaing) * 2019 - "Torn" (

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) * 2019 - "Is It Hard Being A Man" (Jill Johnson) * 2020 - "Livet börjar nu" (Albin Johnsén) * 2020 - "Made Of You" (

) * 2020 - "Less Alone" (Anna Bergendahl) * 2020 - "Somebody to Lean On" (Isa Molin) * 2020 - "Aldrig mer vara du" (Estraden) * 2020 - "Crying in The Car" (

) * 2020 - "Hold My Heart" (Steps) * 2020 - "Touch The Sky" (The Mamas) * 2020 - "Miles of Blue" (Jill Johnson feat. Robin Stjernberg) * 2020 - "When I Get Older" (Jill Johnson) * 2020 - "So Much for Love" (Andrelli) * 2020 - "Best Is Yet To Come" (

) * 2020 - "Shades In The Rain" (Sandro Cavazza) * 2020 - "Lean On Me" (Sandro Cavazza) * 2020 - "A Christmas Night To Remember" ( The Mamas) * 2020 - "Shine A Light" (The Mamas) * 2021 - "New Year" ( Dotter) * 2021 - "In The Middle" (The Mamas) * 2021 - "Friend of a Friend" (Nause) * 2021 - " Young Right Now" (

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, Dennis Lloyd)

References

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