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Sweden in 2005
Martin Stenmarck
Song
Las Vegas
Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson & Tobias Lundgren
Composer(s)
Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson & Tobias Lundgren
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Melodifestivalen 2005
Melodifestivalen has become one of the most popular Eurovision Song Contest selections in Europe. Like the previous years, eight songs compete in each of the four semifinals, held in different towns all over Sweden.
Biography
With a new album, an upcoming tour and enormous audiences in both Brazil and China begging him to return, Martin Stenmarck is an artist whose next step is eagerly anticipated by fans all around the world.
Martin Stenmarck knew exactly where he was going, forming his own rock band at the early age of 14. At 18, he received the grand prize in a National Talent Hunt contest and in the years to come Martin earned several prominent scholarships, including the renowned ‘Alice Babs Scholarship for Singing’. A wide talent such as Martin's has provided him with unlimited singing options, covering grounds from Hard Rock to Jazz. When performing with Swedish jazz icons such as Ulf Wakenius and Rune Gustavsson, Martin early proved his confident voice capabilities.
In 2000, Martin Stenmarck became a true household name joining the ‘Rhapsody in Rock’ international tour – all venues sold out. With an audience well exceeding 130,000 spectators, the final performance was held on a late November evening in a ready-to-burst Royal Albert Hall in London. Suddenly Martin's voice and charisma was introduced to yet another fastidious audience.
Early the following year, plans were laid out for the next tour - plans which eventually led to Martin Stenmarck and ‘Rhapsody in Rock’ boarding a flight in April to China. This tour too would turn out to be a huge success, during which Martin's vigorous talent was ecstatically received by the Asian audience, including a group of producers.
In early 2002, with a rapidly growing fan base in every continent, Martin decided to release an album of his own. ‘One’, Martin Stenmarck's first solo album hit the stores on November 20, 2002. Warmly welcomed by Swedish reviewers, Martin's debut album has been well received all over Europe. In Germany, Martin's hit single ‘I'm Falling’ landed atop of the charts. In Italy his album is currently climbing.
Martin is deeply dedicated to social work, supporting several international charities, and by December 2003 he was honoured with the title of Sweden's ‘Ambassador for SOS Children's Villages’. Later that year, Martin also got the opportunity travelling with Her Royal Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden and the ‘Childhood Foundation’ for a fundraising event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The success was immediate when Martin entered the stage facing a 100,000-strong crowd.
The year 2004 was a busy one for Martin; recording his album ‘Upp och Ner Sånger’ (with all songs exclusively written by Martin himself in favour of SOS Children's Villages) and going on a nationwide tour with ‘Rhapsody in Rock’. But it’s this year that Martin’s career has hit its peak, when in May he was invited by a group of Asian producers to perform in front of 700 million viewers of the Beijing International TV Awards. He was the only international artist to be invited.
Martin Stenmarck’s much-anticipated second album ‘Think Of Me’ was released in October 2004. It was an album dedicated to all the women that love Martin as an artist. Once again Martin worked together with his younger brother David, a well-renowned songwriter and producer who works with international artists such as Westlife.
In February 2005, Martin participated in the Swedish ‘Melodifestivalen’ in Skellefteå with his song ‘Las Vegas’. This song written by Hurrican Productions , Niklas Edberger, Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson and Tobias Lundgren, was chosen by the audience as one of two winners, and Martin qualified for the grand final which was to take place in Stockhom Globe Arena, on 12 March.
12 March became a magic night for Martin when he performed in front of 12,500 fans in The Globe Arena, and spectacular 4 million TV viewers (almost half the population in Sweden). After a very close contest, Martin Stenmarck was the winner and he will now represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Kiev on 21 May 2005.
The latest album ‘Think Of Me’ is re-released including the winning song ‘Las Vegas’ and is available through CMC/ Music Business Sweden AB, a part of the MBO Group.
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History
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All Participations for Sweden
| Year | Artist | Song | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0 | 17 | ||
| 2008 | Charlotte Perrelli | Hero | 54 | 10 |
| 2008 | Charlotte Perrelli | Hero | 47 | 19 |
| 2007 | The Ark | The worrying kind | 51 | 18 |
| 2006 | Carola | Invincible | 170 | 5 |
| 2006 | Carola | Invincible | 214 | 4 |
| 2005 | Martin Stenmarck | Las Vegas | 30 | 20 |
| 2004 | Lena Philipsson | It hurts (Det gör ont) | 170 | 6 |
| 2003 | Fame | Give me your love | 107 | 5 |
| 2002 | Afro-dite | Never let it go | 72 | 9 |
| 2001 | Friends | Listen to your heartbeat | 100 | 5 |
| 2000 | Roger Pontare | When spirits are calling my name | 88 | 7 |
| 1999 | Charlotte Nilsson | Take me to your heaven | 155 | 1 |
| 1998 | Jill Johnson | Kärleken är | 53 | 10 |
| 1997 | Blond | Bara hon älskar mig | 36 | 14 |
| 1996 | One More Time | Den vilda | 100 | 3 |
| 1995 | Jan Johansen | Se på mej | 100 | 3 |
| 1994 | Marie Bergman and Roger Pontare | Stjärnorna | 48 | 13 |
| 1993 | Arvingarna | Eloïse | 89 | 7 |
| 1992 | Christer Björkmann | I morgon är en annan dag | 9 | 21 |
| 1991 | Carola | Fångad av en stormvind | 146 | 1 |
| 1990 | Edin-Ådahl | Som en vind | 24 | 16 |
| 1989 | Tommy Nilsson | En dag | 110 | 4 |
| 1988 | Tommy Körberg | Stad i ljus | 52 | 12 |
| 1987 | Lotta Engberg | Boogaloo | 50 | 12 |
| 1986 | Lasse Holm and Monica Törnell | E' de' det här du kallar kärlek | 78 | 5 |
| 1985 | Kikki Danielsson | Bra vibrationer | 103 | 3 |
| 1984 | Herrey's | Diggi-loo diggy-ley | 145 | 1 |
| 1983 | Carola Häggkvist | Främling | 126 | 3 |
| 1982 | Chips | Dag efter dag | 67 | 8 |
| 1981 | Björn Skifs | Fångad i en dröm | 50 | 10 |
| 1980 | Tomas Ledin | Just nu! | 47 | 10 |
| 1979 | Ted Gärdestad | Satellit | 8 | 17 |
| 1978 | Björn Skifs | Det blir alltid värre framåt natten | 26 | 14 |
| 1977 | Forbes | Beatles | 2 | 18 |
| 1975 | Lars Berghagen and the Dolls | Jennie, Jennie | 72 | 8 |
| 1974 | ABBA | Waterloo | 24 | 1 |
| 1973 | The Nova and The Dolls | You're summer | 94 | 5 |
| 1972 | Family Four | Härliga sommardag | 75 | 13 |
| 1971 | Family Four | Vita vidder | 85 | 6 |
| 1969 | Tommy Körberg | Judy, min vän | 8 | 9 |
| 1968 | Claes-Göran Hederström | Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mej | 15 | 5 |
| 1967 | Östen Warnebring | Som en dröm | 7 | 10 |
| 1966 | Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson | Nygammal vals eller hip man svinaherde | 16 | 2 |
| 1965 | Ingvar Wixell | Absent friend | 6 | 10 |
| 1963 | Monica Zetterlund | En gång i Stockholm | 0 | 13 |
| 1962 | Inger Berggren | Sol och vår | 4 | 7 |
| 1961 | Lill-Babs | April, April | 2 | 14 |
| 1960 | Siw Malmkvist | Alla andra får varann | 4 | 10 |
| 1959 | Brita Borg | Augustin | 4 | 9 |
| 1958 | Alice Babs | Lilla stjärna | 10 | 4 |
