Biography
Robin Bengtsson is a singer and a musician, a representative of Sweden at Eurovision 2017.Robin Bengtsson was born on April 27, 1990 in the Swedish commune of Swanjung, located in 3 hours of driving from Copenhagen. Up until the beginning of the 2000s, the family of the future artist lived in a small town of Kinna, where Robin visited Lyckeskolan School.
Music
In 2008, 18-year-old Bengtsson went to the casting of the 5th season of the Music TV project "IDOL". For the first time in the history of the competition, which was also held in a number of other countries in the world, the composition of the Swedish "idol" was replaced by the composition of the judges: Bengtsson and other beginner artists were tried by the Swedish singer Lyle Bugge, Composer Anders Bugge and Producer Andreas Karlsson.
On Casting Robin, he performed the song of the American singer of the 50th Sam Cook "Bring It On Home To Me", accompanying himself on the guitar. A two-meter guy with bright appearance and a strong voice made an impression on judges - Bengtsson was unanimously missed the next stage of the competition.
Subsequently, at different stages, Robin show successfully performed several famous songs of European and American musicians, including Michael Jackson's song "Black or White", "Let Me Entertainyou" Robbie Williams, "Does Your Mother Know" Groups of Abba, Duffy, etc.
Bengtsson also made a favorable impression on the invited judges of the competition - the Swedish actress and singer Charlotte Perrelli, the American musician Desmond Chayield, the Pop Executive Guide of Cindy Loper and British Superzvead Leon Lewis, who spoke in the final of the competition with the Forgive Me Hiring.
The 1st and 2nd places on the TV project were occupied by Kevin Borg and Alice Svensson, respectively, while Bengtsson was on 3 place. For the second time in the history of the show, the winner of the competition and the participant who took second place are foreigners: Borg was born and grew up in Malta, and Svensson focused on Vietnam and transported to Sweden when that was 10 months.
Immediately after the end of the Bengtsson contest, they were invited to participate in several Swedish talk shows, then in mid-2009 Bengtsson signed a contract with the Merion Music label and recorded the single "Another Lover's Gone". The song was not gained great popularity, and soon forgot about young artist.
In subsequent years, Robin recorded 1-2 singles per year and only occasionally appeared on television. In 2010, Bengtsson took part in the "Wake Up World" song for the victims of the earthquake victims in Haiti and recorded the Long Longnight song with the Swedish performer by Kim Frssonon.
In 2014, Bengtsson released his first album "Under My Skin", which included such songs like "I Don't Like to Wait", "Fired" and "Sleep On IT".
In 2016, the Constellation Prize song ("Comforting Prize"), an artist took part in Melodifestivalen, a musical competition, which is selected by a representative from Sweden to the Eurovision contest. In the first semifinals, which was held in Gothenburg on February 6, 2016, Robin took the 5th place. The victory song of the competition was the "IF I Were Sorry" of the young artist of France.
Eurovision 2017
In 2017, Bengtsson again took part in the next, 57th competition "Melodifestivalen". The finale of the project took place on March 11 at Francess Arena in Stockholm.Within the framework of the audience voting (which included calls, SMS and activity in the annex) a record number of votes in the entire history of the show - 13 566 778, of which Bengtsson and his song "I CAN't Go On" got 1,435,963 (10.6% of the total number of votes).
Almost as much votes were given for the song Duet Yuna Henrik Fihelgrena and Annia "En Värld Full AV Strider" ("Peace, full of battles"), but the jury made a choice in favor of Robin. The total number of scores received by Robin from the jury and the audience was 146, while the Swedish duet received 105 points.
According to the results of the vote, Robin Bengtsson received the right to submit Sweden at Eurovision 2017 in Kiev.
Personal life
In 2010, Robin's biography was replenished with participation and 2 place in the extreme show "Full destruction" ("Wipeout").
In one of the polls conducted on the popular celebrity site, 82% of users called Robin Bengtsson Gay, and 7% suggested that the singer is bisexual. The site visitors shared that their appearance of the artist and behavior manner appear on such thoughts.
In 2015, Bengtsson had a son of Villa, but Robin's relationship with the mother did not work out, and the spouses broke up when the child was about a year. Young people divided custody over a boy. Today, when the career of the singer again went uphill, Bengtsson tries to see the son as often as possible.
"Thanks to my beautiful parents, I had a happy childhood. And I want to give my children the same thing. I want to be the best friend of my son, "the artist shared.At the end of March 2017, during a romantic trip to Iceland, Bengtsson made a proposal of the hands and hearts of the 23-year-old chief of Jenni Salte. Happy bride published on page in Instagram photo of a wedding ring. About the date of the wedding is still not known.
Robin Bengtsson now
Robin Bengtsson is preparing for a performance at Eurovision 2017. The song with which the singer will appear on the show, was listened to 10 million times on Spotify, Swedish musical streaming service, and video performances at Melodifestivalen scored 2.5 million viewers and many positive comments.
This can be considered a direct indicator of high chances of Robin on the upcoming competition.
"I am a little surprised that the people like my song so much. This is already a victory. And the result on Eurovision seems less important, "the artist shared.Discography
Singles
- 2017 - "I CAN't GO ON"
- 2016 - "That's Christmas to Me" / "Have Uourself a merry little christmas"
- 2016 - "Stevie Wonder"
- 2016 - "Constellation Prize"
- 2014 - "NOTHING IN RETURN"
- 2012 - "Cross The Universe"
- 2011 - "Wake Up World" (Feat. Karl Martindahl & Daniel Karlsson)
- 2010 - "Long Long Night" (Feat. Kim)
- 2009 - "ANOTHER LOVER'S GONE"
- 2008 - "Fields of Gold"
Albums
- 2014 - "Under My Skin"