Norway

JOWST

© EBU/Andres Putting About Quick Facts NameJoakim With Steen Born27 June 1989 Nationality???????? Norwegian National SelectionMelodi Grand Prix 2017 In Eurovision2017 Kyiv SongGrab the moment (2017) Biography Joakim With Steen (born 26 June 1989), best known under the stage name Jowst (usually stylized JOWST), is a Norwegian musician, songwriter and music producer. Steen was born in Trondheim and grew up in the Tiller district. When he was 14, the family moved to Steinkjer. In Steinkjer, he became interested in guitar, bands, rock and songwriting, and started the alternative rock band Enter. They attended UKM (Ung Kultur Møtes is a public cultural initiative for young people between the ages of 13 and 20, and takes place every year across the country) and played on smaller local stages. Steen later studied music production at Noroff in Oslo, and started Red Line Studio where he has worked as a sound technician and producer since 2011. Steen has worked with a number of artists in hip-hop, electronic music, pop and rock. In 2016, he wrote and produced the song “Grab the Moment” under the stage name JOWST. This was his first original release under his own name, and he brought along the singer and songwriter Aleksander Walmann on vocals. The song was released for streaming and sale on 15 February 2017 and won Melodi Grand Prix, the Norwegian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. Steen and Walmann later represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, where “Grab the Moment” splaced tenth in the final on 13 May. The song was awarded ‘Song of the Year’ at the NRJ Music Awards. In August of the same year, both JOWST and Aleksander released a new song, “That feeling”. In the same year, JOWST produced songs for Eurovision participants Manel Navarro and Martina Barta. On 9 March 2018, JOWST and Kristian Kostov teamed up and released a song called “Burning bridges”. One day later, his song “Talk to the hand”, a song Aleksander Wallman sang at Melodi Grand Prix 2018, ended up in top4. Later that year, he teamed up with Manel Navarro again and with Maria Celin to release the song “Roller coaster ride”. In January 2019, a new JOWST single was released, “Everybody knows”. He teamed up with Chris Medina for the song “Happier”. JOWST has released music with Warner Music, Sony Music, UpNorth, and in the end of 2019 started his own label JOWST AS. In the same year, he started a podcast, called Jowstcast. JOWST released a new single in March 2020: “Kiss the ring”, featuring Jæger. In September of the same year, he teamed up with Aleksander Walmann again, for a song called “Into the wild”. In March 2021, he teamed up with Agnete for the song “Barely breathing”. Entries Grab The Moment Country???????? Norway Year2017 LanguageEnglish LyricsJonas McDonnell MusicJoakim With Steen BackingsAdrian JørgensenOle-André EnggravFrode VasselOle Arnold Børud Results Semi Points: 189Position: 5Running order: 12 Results Finals Points: 158Position: 10Running order: 17 https://youtu.be/U-Bk0PCotY0

KEiiNO

© EBU/Thomas Hanses About Quick Facts MembersAlexandra RotanFred-René BuljoTom Hugo Hermansen Founded2018 Nationality???????? Norwegian National SelectionNorsk Melodi Grand Prix 2021Norsk Melodi Grand Prix 2019 In Eurovision2019 Tel Aviv SongSpirit In The Sky (2019) Biography KEiiNO is a Norwegian music group. The band was founded in the late summer of 2018 when Tom Hugo Hermansen and his husband Alex Olsson began writing “Spirit in the Sky”, a song inspired by historical struggles for equality. On the team they got the Sami rapper and songwriter Fred Buljo and the singer Alexandra Rotan. The band name KEiiNO is inspired by the last part of Buljo’s hometown Kautokeino (Northern Sami: Guovdageaidnu). The last part «geaidnu» is Northern Sami for road. The group was one of ten participants in the Norwegian Melodi Grand Prix on Saturday 2 March 2019. They won the contest with “Spirit in the Sky” and represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest. In the grand final, Norway became number six after receiving the most televotesvotes. The group also won the televote in the semifinals. The week after the international final, “Spirit in the Sky” topped the Norwegian charts, as well as charts in several European countries. Following the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest, KEiiNO released several versions of “Spirit in the Sky”: an expanded club mix, an acoustic version and an instrumental version. On April 26, 2019, the group released their second single, “Shallow”. Later in 2019, the group released their third single, “Praying”, which is about fear of death. In January 2020, the single “Colors” was released. In June 2019, the Sami Parliament appointed the group ambassadors for the UN Year of Indigenous Languages. The group was nominated for a Spellemannprisen 2019 for «song of the year». They also won two awards at the Sami Music Awards in open class and producer of the year. After the Eurovision Song Contest, the group announced that they were planning a concept album with indigenous languages from around the world. The album was named OKTA (Northern Sami for one) and was released on May 8, 2020. After releasing several singles and the album OKTA, the “Spirit in the Sky” songwriters sat down and wrote the song “Monument” in the summer of 2020. In the autumn of 2020, “Monument” was selected by NRK to participate in the final of the Melodi Grand Prix 2021. In the Norwegian final, it finished in second place. The song became a hit in the Norwegian charts. In 2022, the group released two non-album singles, “On a night like this” and “Mother of the night”. Entries Spirit in the Sky Country???????? Norway Year2019 LanguageEnglishSami LyricsTom Hugo HermansenFred-René BuljoAlexandra RotanAlexander N. Olsson MusicTom Hugo HermansenFred-René BuljoHenrik TalaRüdiger Schramm BackingsMarianne PenthaFrode VasselKine Ludvigsen Fossheim Results Semi Points: 210Position: 7Running order: 15 Results Finals Points: 331Position: 6Running order: 15 https://youtu.be/Ovt7YGHAj8I