Vladislav Melesjtjenkov, known as Vlad Reiser (born 7 May 1993), is a

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singer and

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with more than 480,000 subscribers. Reiser came to Sweden from Belarus with his family in 2002 when he was nine years old. Reiser rose to prominence after starting a successful YouTube channel, '' NormelTV,'' with his friend Daniel Norlin. The channel is, as of 2023, no longer active. Instead both Reiser and Norlin has focused on growing their own separate channels. Vlad Reiser hosted the

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show ''Hey Nickelodeon Med Vlad & Athena''. Reiser has also made appearances on various Swedish TV-show, as '' Farmen VIP'' (2019) & '' MTV Ridiculousness'' (2018). Vlad participated in

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with the song "Nakna i regnet", which he performed in the second semi-final. He made it to the Second Chance round.

Controversy

In January 2021, Reiser uploaded a Youtube video where he rated

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girls on

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based on sexual criteria. The video was criticized by Swedish celebrities such as Filip Dikmen,

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and

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, before it was taken down. Reiser later apologized for the video.

Discography

Singles

References

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