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Elin Ek (born 28 December 1976 in Sundsvall, Sweden) is a radio and television actress who plays the character Grynet on Sveriges Television (SVT).
An alter ego similar to fellow Nordic personality Silvía Night, Elin Ek says that the character of Grynet just popped out of her head as an idea one day to do a parody on the typical Swedish teenager.
Grynet read Växjö's jury's votes in Melodifestivalen 2003, and was one of the hosts of the Second Chance round of Melodifestivalen 2004.
On Grynets Show on Sveriges Television (SVT), she meets Swedish stars like Zlatan Ibrahimović and the members of A*Teens and shares craft projects that viewers can make on their own like applying a new design on handbags with glitter.
The Grynets Show is SVT's highest rated shows for kids ever.
Elin Ek has been both a producer and a host of programs on Sveriges Radio. She hosted the P1 program Sommar on 5 July 2004. On P3, she has been involved with Ketchup, Sommartoppen i P3, and Lantz i P3. In January 2007 she began involvement with the new program P3 Bubbel.
Melodifestivalen is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959. In the early 2000s, the competition was the most popular television program in Sweden; it is also broadcast on radio and the Internet. In 2012, the heats averaged 3.3 million viewers, and over an estimated four million people in Sweden watched the final, almost half of the Swedish population.
Ants Robert Kristian Luuk, is a Swedish comedian and television presenter. He has presented several shows such as Sen kväll med Luuk, Melodifestivalen and På spåret. He was married to Carina Berg.
Sweden has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 62 times since making its debut in 1958, missing only three contests since then. Since 1959, the Swedish entry has been chosen through an annual televised competition, known since 1967 as Melodifestivalen. At the 1997 contest, Sweden was one of the first five countries to adopt televoting. Sweden has hosted the contest six times: three times in Stockholm, twice in Malmö and once in Gothenburg (1985); and is set to host for a seventh time in 2024 in Malmö.
Grynet is a Swedish fictional character, an alter ego similar to fellow Scandinavian personality Silvía Night, portrayed by Elin Ek.
Carina Lilly Berg is a Swedish comedian and television presenter. Berg grew up in Åkersberga, studied the aesthetics program at Danderyds gymnasium and then went on to study radio at Kaggeholms folkhögskola. She used to be married to and has a son with Kristian Luuk, whom she met in 2005 when they shared presenter duties for the TV4 show God natt, Sverige, Berg's television debut. Along with Christine Meltzer she won a Kristallen-award in 2015 for "Best female television presenter".
Sweden entered and won the Eurovision Song Contest 1991, held in Rome, Italy.
After Carola Häggkvist's win in the 1991 contest, Sweden was the host of the Eurovision Song Contest 1992, held in Malmö. Sveriges Television, the Swedish broadcaster, continued to use the Melodifestivalen format to select their entry.
Mariette Hansson, sometimes credited as MaryJet or simply Mariette, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. Hansson participated in Sikta mot stjärnorna in 1999 imitating singer Amanda Marshall. She participated in Idol 2009 which was broadcast on TV4 and finished fourth. A year later, Hansson was announced as "homo of the year" at the QX Gaygala in Stockholm.
Sweden participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "You" written by Robin Stjernberg, Linnea Deb, Joy Deb and Joakim Harestad Haukaas. The song was performed by Robin Stjernberg. In addition to participating in the contest, the Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) also hosted the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the competition in 2012 with the song "Euphoria" performed by Loreen. SVT organised the national final Melodifestivalen 2013 in order to select the Swedish entry for the 2013 contest in Malmö. After a six-week-long competition consisting of four heats, a Second Chance round and a final, "You" performed by Robin Stjernberg emerged as the winner after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from eleven international jury groups and a public vote.
Nour El Refai is a Swedish actress and comedian. She became known for her participation in the candid-camera show Raj Raj in 2007 and hosted Melodifestivalen 2014. El Refai has also appeared in several movies such as Kronjuvelerna and Johan Falk: Spelets regler.
Emma Margareta Knyckare, née Emma Andersson is a Swedish comedian and radio presenter. Knyckare has hosted the radio shows Morgonpasset, Tankesmedjan and her own radio show Knyckare i P3. She was also one of the hosts for the radio and television charity show Musikhjälpen in December 2013.
Elsa Billgren is a Swedish television presenter and fashion blogger. She has presented many television shows on ZTV, SVT and TV4, and has hosted radio shows for Sveriges Radio. Billgren has also written and published a non-fiction book and a novel.
Robin Paulsson is a Swedish stand-up comedian, screenwriter and television presenter.
Per Henrik Olsson is a Swedish television presenter who has hosted shows like SVT's Voxpop, Jupiter and Melodifestivalen 2001. He has also been a travelling reporter for the travel show Packat & klart on the same channel, and also as a reporter on the entertainment show Nöjesnytt at SVT and SVT24. There, he covered the latest news in entertainment and he also covered Melodifestivalen 2007. He has presented the radioshows Ketchup sommarlov, nattliv, Sommartoppen and P3Mix on Sveriges Radio. Nowadays he presents at P4 Premiär, P4 Retro, and at SR P4 Stockholm.
Melodifestivalen 2016 was the 56th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which selected Sweden's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. The competition was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over the six-week period between 6 February and 12 March 2016.
Farah Abadi is a Swedish television and radio presenter who works for Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR).
Melodifestivalen 2017 was the 57th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which selected Sweden's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The competition was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 4 February and 11 March 2017.
Sveriges 12:a was a one-off music competition in the Eurovision format, organised and broadcast by the Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT). It served as an alternative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, which was planned to be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Melodifestivalen 2022 was the 62nd edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 5 February and 12 March 2022. The winner of the competition was Cornelia Jakobs with the song "Hold Me Closer", who represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, where she came fourth with 438 points. All shows were hosted by Oscar Zia.
Melodifestivalen 2023 was the 63rd edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 4 February and 11 March 2023. The winner of the competition was Loreen with the song "Tattoo", who went on to win the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 for Sweden. All shows were hosted by Farah Abadi and Jesper Rönndahl.
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