Caroline af Ugglas
Encyclopedia
Caroline Thérese af Ugglas Liljedahl (born 7 April 1972) is a Swedish
singer, artist
and chorister.
Af Ugglas participated in Melodifestivalen 2007
with "Tror på dig", written by herself along with Heinz Liljedahl and Mattias Torell. On 24 February 2007 she performed "Tro på dig", ending up in 6th place, which didn't qualify her any further in the contest.
Af Ugglas created the format for a televised choir contest, which was picked up by NBC
in the United States as the show Clash of the Choirs
, and by the Seven Network
in Australia as Battle of the Choirs
.
Caroline once again participated in Melodifestivalen 2009 with the track 'Snälla Snälla' (Please Please). It proceeded to the finale where it came second, only 3706 votes from winning.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
singer, artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
and chorister.
Af Ugglas participated in Melodifestivalen 2007
Melodifestivalen 2007
Melodifestivalen 2007 was the selection for the 47th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 46th time that this system of picking a song has been used. Five semifinals took place to select the ten songs for the final, in Jönköping, Gothenburg, Örnsköldsvik, Gävle and a...
with "Tror på dig", written by herself along with Heinz Liljedahl and Mattias Torell. On 24 February 2007 she performed "Tro på dig", ending up in 6th place, which didn't qualify her any further in the contest.
Af Ugglas created the format for a televised choir contest, which was picked up by NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
in the United States as the show Clash of the Choirs
Clash of the Choirs
Clash of the Choirs is a reality talent contest miniseries that debuted on NBC in the United States on December 17, 2007. There were four episodes scheduled in the “quick competition”...
, and by the Seven Network
Seven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
in Australia as Battle of the Choirs
Battle of the Choirs
Battle of the Choirs is an Australian reality talent competition that premiered on the Seven Network on 15 June 2008. The show is hosted by David Koch, with the judging panel consisting of Jonathon Welch, Iva Davies, Charli Delaney and George Torbay....
.
Caroline once again participated in Melodifestivalen 2009 with the track 'Snälla Snälla' (Please Please). It proceeded to the finale where it came second, only 3706 votes from winning.
Discography
| Year | Singles | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Senior & Junior | Ida Blue |
| Heaven & Earth | ||
| 1999 | Nothing Left to Say | Mrs. Boring |
| Egoistic | ||
| I Wanna Be Naked | ||
| 2005 | Waltzing | Twiggs |
| 2006 | En del av mitt hjärta ("A Piece of My Heart") (Cover of Piece of My Heart Piece of My Heart "Piece of My Heart" is a song written by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns and originally recorded by Erma Franklin in 1967. The song came to greater mainstream attention when Big Brother and the Holding Company covered the song in 1968 and had a hit with it... , originally written by Jerry Ragovoy Jerry Ragovoy Jordan "Jerry" Ragovoy was an American songwriter and record producer.His best-known composition "Time Is on My Side" was made famous by The Rolling Stones, although it had been recorded earlier by Kai Winding and Irma Thomas... and Bert Berns Bert Berns Bertrand Russell Berns , most commonly known as Bert Berns as well as Bert Russell and Russell Byrd, was an American songwriter and record producer of the 1960s... ) |
Joplin på svenska ("Joplin in Swedish") |
| 2007 | Tror på dig ("Believe in You") | |
| 2009 | Snälla, snälla ("Please, Please") | Så gör jag det igen ("Then I Do It Again") |
| Vi blundar ("We Close Our Eyes") |
Other Appearances
- 1999 - Barn 2000 (sings the song Gud)
- 2007 - Scarsoul (sings the song Hold On)