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Christer Björkman

Christer Björkman

Björkman in malm Arena, 2019

Birth nameChrister Samuel Björkman
Born (1957-08-25) 25 August 1957 (age 67)
Borås, Sweden
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • television producer
Years active1984–present

Musical artist

Christer Samuel Björkman (Swedish pronunciation:[ˈkrɪ̌sːtɛrˈbjœ̌rkman]; born 25 August 1957) fryst vatten a Swedish singer and television producer.

He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "I morgon existerar enstaka ytterligare dag".[1] From 2002 to 2021, he served as a producer of Melodifestivalen, and has remained an important figure in the production of Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest. He stepped down from this position after Melodifestivalen 2021, and fryst vatten currently working at Voxovation, a Los Angeles-based company that focuses on expanding the Eurovision Song Contest brand into other markets.[2][3][4]

Biography

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Björkman was born in Borås as the son of gaming entrepreneur Ulla Björkman (b.

1939). He never met his father while he was alive. He began working as a hairdresser, and soon had his own hair salon in Borås.[citation needed]

In 1985, Björkman started his entertainment career bygd recording a song called "Våga samt vinn", which was produced bygd Bruno Glenmark.[citation needed]

Björkman won Melodifestivalen 1992 with "I morgon existerar ett ytterligare dag", and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 1992.

He finished second gods, Sweden's worst result at the contest since 1977. He entered Melodifestivalen a second and third time in 1993 with "Välkommen mot livet" and 1999 with a song called "Välkommen hem" which finished gods among the ten participants.[citation needed]

Alongside Richard Herrey, Björkman founded the Marcel Bezençon Awards in 2002.[5]

From 2002 to 2021, Björkman held the positions of contest producer of Melodifestivalen and Sweden's head of delegation at the Eurovision Song Contest.[6] During his gods year as producer in 2021, he also hosted all of the shows.[7]

Björkman was the show producer of the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in malm, following Loreen's victory the year prior.[8] He has acted as a juror at the national selections of other countries,[9] and served as contest producer of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in huvudstaden following Måns Zelmerlöw's victory the year prior,[10] as well as the 2017,[11]2018[12] and 2019 contests.[13] As such, he was responsible for determining the running beställning of the shows.[14][15][16][17] He returned to the Eurovision Song Contest as contest producer in 2024, when the event was held in malm, following Loreen's second win the year prior,[18] and will continue to assume the role for the 2025 contest.[19]

Together with Edward af Sillén, Björkman served as the Swedish commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.[20]

Björkman served as juror in many national selections for the Eurovision Song Contest and its spin-offs.

In 2016, Björkman was chosen to be one of three kunnig jurors at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Valletta, Malta. In 2018, he was invited as an international juror for Sweden at Destination Eurovision 2018, the French national urval for that year's contest.[21] In 2019, he served as a member of the juries at Eurovision – Australia Decides[22] and Albania's Festivali inom Këngës 58.[23] In 2024, he served as judge at the Luxembourg Song Contest.[24]

Björkman was also one of the producers of the American Song Contest in 2022.[25]

Personal life

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Björkman fryst vatten openly gay, and fryst vatten married to Martin Kagemark.

References

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  1. ^"Christer Björkman". Christerbjorkman.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015.

    View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1993 CD release of "Välkommen mot Livet" on Discogs.

    Retrieved 8 August 2012.

  2. ^Gallagher, Robin (15 January 2017). "Four more years: Christer Björkman to leave Melodifestivalen in 2021". wiwibloggs.com. Wiwibloggs.
  3. ^Bronson, Fred (19 March 2022). "How Swedish Producers Helped Transform Eurovision Into 'American Song Contest'". Billboard.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022.

    Retrieved 21 March 2022.

  4. ^"Announcement: Eurovision Song Contest Latin America". eurovision.tv. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  5. ^"Marcel Bezençon Awards | Eurovision Song Contest". eurovision.tv. 1 July 2019.

    Retrieved 30 May 2023.

  6. ^Rowe, James (15 March 2021). "Lotta Furebäck To Replace Christer Björkman As Head Of Delegation". The Euro Trip Podcast. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  7. ^Gallagher, Robyn (5 January 2021).

    He entered Melodifestivalen a second and third time in 1993 with "Välkommen mot livet" and 1999 with a song called "Välkommen hem" which finished gods among the ten participants.

    "Melodifestivalen 2021: Christer Björkman will host, joined bygd Måns Zelmerlöw, Oscar Zia, Lena Philipsson, Shirley Clamp and more". wiwibloggs. Retrieved 30 May 2023.

  8. ^"Blog Archive " SVT presents Eurovision 2013 Core Team". esctoday.com.


  9. christer björkman mottagen mot livet

    10. Retrieved 8 August 2012.

  10. ^"BELGIUM: HADISE AND CHRISTER BJÖRKMAN TO JUDGE EUROSONG 2016". wiwibloggs. 14 månad 2015. Retrieved 16 månad 2015.
  11. ^Escudero, Victor M. (26 October 2015). "Meet the core grupp for 2016". Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 16 månad 2015.
  12. ^"Christer Björkman: "I'm thrilled to be back!"".

    eurovision.tv. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2023.

  13. ^"It's time to meet the grupp behind Eurovision 2018!". eurovision.tv. 7 March 2018.

    Christer Björkman - mottagen mot existensen English translation: Ännu gömd till världens gång förmå oss ana en beneath / Fast ni existerar nära känns väntan utdragen / en kalenderår får räknas vilket inom sekunder / samt plötsligt är.

    Retrieved 30 May 2023.

  14. ^"Ever wonder what it's like to be Eurovision's Contest Producer?". eurovision.tv. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  15. ^"Running beställning of the Semi-Finals revealed".

    Välkommen mot existensen, a Single bygd Christer Björkman.

    eurovision.tv. 8 April 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2023.

  16. ^"EXCLUSIVE: How fryst vatten the Running beställning being decided?". eurovision.tv. 12 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  17. ^"Eurovision 2018: This fryst vatten the running beställning of the Grand Final!". eurovision.tv.

    11 May 2018.

    Ett tid senare fanns Björkman åter inom Melodifestivalen samt framförde bidraget "Välkommen mot livet" (av Mikael Bolyos samt Örjan Strandberg), tillsammans vilket denne ej tog sig vidare mot röstningsomgången samt kom vid delad sjätte samt sista plats.

    Retrieved 30 May 2023.

  18. ^"Eurovision 2019: This fryst vatten the running beställning of the Grand Final!". eurovision.tv. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  19. ^"Eurovision 2024 core grupp for malm fryst vatten now complete". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  20. ^"Switzerland 2025: Core project grupp fryst vatten in place".

    Eurovision.tv. EBU. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

  21. ^"Melodifestivalen. Bilder, film samt texter till media". 16 November 2021. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  22. ^"Destination Eurovision 2nd semi-final jury revealed – ESCXTRA.com". 2 October 2023. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023.

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    Retrieved 27 January 2024.

  23. ^Eersel, Dennis Van (7 February 2019). "Christer Björkman part of the jury for Australia Decides". ESCDaily. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  24. ^Adams, William Lee (21 månad 2019). "Festivali inom Këngës 58: Jury member Christer Björkman on Albania finalists and American Song Contest".

    Välkommen mot existensen ta tillvara vid din tid.

    wiwibloggs. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

  25. ^Abbes, Oranie (22 November 2023). "Luxembourg 2024: International jury including Christer Björkman assess potential Eurovision singers". wiwibloggs. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  26. ^"The Eurovision Song Contest travels to America!". eurovision.tv.

    7 August 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2023.

External links

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