Kjell Jennstig
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Kjell Jennstig is a Swedish musician and composer/songwriter.
As a musician he is mostly known as guitarist in Swedish motorcycle group, Kenneth & the Knutters.
As a composer/songwriter Kjell Jennstig has been writing for a number of Swedish performers, like Carina Jaarnek, Caracola
, Grönwalls, Blender and Caroline Wennergren.
Kjell Jennstig has participated three times in Latvian Latvia
n Eurovision Song Contest
preselection competition: (Eirodziesma):
"Evangeline" qualified for the final where it was performed by "Auryn".
The following table shows Kjells Eurovision entries so far:
As a musician he is mostly known as guitarist in Swedish motorcycle group, Kenneth & the Knutters.
As a composer/songwriter Kjell Jennstig has been writing for a number of Swedish performers, like Carina Jaarnek, Caracola
Caracola
* For the song "Caracola", by Los TNT, see Caracola.Caracola is a Swedish girl group with the three singers Frida Karlsson, Emma Lewin and Emilie Rosén...
, Grönwalls, Blender and Caroline Wennergren.
Kjell Jennstig has participated three times in Latvian Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
n Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
preselection competition: (Eirodziesma):
- 2007 his song Questa NotteQuesta Notte"Questa Notte" was the Latvian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, sung in Italian by Bonaparti.lv.Bonaparti.lv, a sextet of classically-trained tenors, performed in Italian, the first time the language was performed by Latvia...
, written together with Torbjörn Wassenius and Fransesca Russo and performed by Bonaparti.lvBonaparti.lvBonaparti.lv is a sextet consisting of Latvian tenors, that participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with their song "Questa Notte".In 2006 Swedish composer Kjell Jennstig composed a song named "Tonight", which he handed in to Eirodziesma 2007 - the Latvian national qualification for the...
, won the competition. The song was then in the Eurovision Song Contest final in Helsinki where it ended 16th. - 2008 his song "You really got me going" ended up 2:nd. The song was written together with Leif Goldkuhl and performed by "Aisha" (Aija AndrejevaAija AndrejevaAija Andrejeva Aija Andrejeva Aija Andrejeva (born 16 January 1986, Ogre, Latvia, better known by her stage name Aisha is a Latvian singer.-Eurovision Song Contest 2010:...
). - Kjell had 2 songs in the Spanish Eurovision Song Contest preselection (Destino Eurovision) for 2011: "Evangeline" and "Golden Cadillac".
"Evangeline" qualified for the final where it was performed by "Auryn".
The following table shows Kjells Eurovision entries so far:
Year | Country | Song | Performer | Result |
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2007 | Latvia | Questa Notte | Bonaparti.lv | Winner of Latvian competition. 16th in European ESC final in Helsinki. |
2008 | Latvia | You Really got me going | Aisha | 2nd the Latvian final |
2008 | Latvia | Fly to the moon | Janis Mojsejs | Out in semifinal. |
2009 | Latvia | Hey Hey Hey Hey | Aisha & G-Point | 4th the Latvian final. |
2010 | Lithuania | Let it rain | Jurate Miliauskaite | 10th in the Lithuanian final. |
2011 | Spain | Evangeline | Auryn | 4:th in the Destino Eurovision final. |