Elisabeth Andreassen

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Elisabeth Andreassen, 2010

Elisabeth Andreassen (born March 28, 1958 in Gothenburg , Sweden ) until July 2, 1994 Elisabeth Andreasson , is a Swedish - Norwegian singer whose recordings range from pop to hits and country . Internationally, she became known above all for her four-time participation in the Eurovision Song Contest . As part of the duo Bobbysocks , she won the competition for Norway in 1985 . She is also known as Bettan in Norway and Sweden .

biography

Andreassen and Kikki Danielsson formed the duo Chips , who won eighth place for Sweden with Dag efter dag at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest .

After Andreassen's failure in the Swedish preliminary decision in 1984 with the title Kärleksmagi , Andreassen and Hanne Krogh formed the duo Bobbysocks, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 for Norway with La det swinge .

Andreassen returned in 1990 to the Swedish preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest. With the title Jag ser en stjärna falla she was only seventh.

Things went better in the mid-1990s: In a duet with Jan Werner Danielsen , Andreassen was sixth in the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest . At the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 she competed in her own country with I evighet and came second. Both songs were big hits in the Norwegian charts. With four contributions to the final of the competition, she is next to Valentina Monetta from San Marino, the Swiss trio Peter, Sue & Marc and the Belgian Fud Leclerc, the interpreter who took part most often.

In early 2009 she toured with Alexander Rybak , who was to win the ESC for Norway with Fairytale in the same year .

In 2015 she took part with Tor Endresen as “Tor & Bettan” with the title All Over the World in the Norwegian preliminary round, where they finished fourth.

Participation in the Eurovision Song Contest and preliminary decisions

year As title country Place Melodifestivalen or
Melodi Grand Prix 		Place ESC Norwegian
charts 		Swedish
charts
1981 Sweets'n Chips God morgon Sweden 2 - - -
1982 crisps Day after day Sweden 1 8th 5 4th
1984 Elisabeth Andreassen Kärleksmagi Sweden 6th - - -
1985 Bobbysocks La det swing Norway 1 1 1 4th
1990 Elisabeth Andreassen Jag ser en stjärna falla Sweden 7th - - -
1994 Bettan & Jan Werner duet Norway 1 6th 3 -
1996 Elisabeth Andreassen I evighet Norway 1 2 13 -
1998 Elisabeth Andreassen Winds of the Northern Seas Norway 2 - - -
2002 Kikki, Bettan & Lotta Vem é dé du vill ha Sweden 3 - - 32
2003 Kikki, Bettan & Lotta Din hånd i min hånd Norway 4th - - -
2011 Elisabeth Andreassen Vaken i en dröm Sweden 8 (SF 2) - - -
2015 Tor & Bettan All over the world Norway 4th - - -

Hits

  • Då lyser en sol (1981)
  • Killen ner 'på Konsum svär att han är Elvis (1981)
  • Together Again (1981)
  • Godmorgon (1981) (with chips )
  • Dag efter dag (1982) (with chips )
  • La det swinge (1985) (with Bobbysocks )
  • Ängel i natt (1985)
  • Tissel Tassel (1985)
  • Danse mot vår (1992)
  • I evighet (We're in) (1996)
  • Pepita dansar (1997)
  • Lys og varme (2001)
  • Vem é dé du vill ha (2002) (with Kikki, Bettan & Lotta )

Web links

Commons : Elisabeth Andreassen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

swell

  1. ↑ http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Elisabeth+Andreasson
  2. ↑ http://www.eurovision.de/teilnehmer/wme/Elisabeth-Andreassen-Es-ist-eine-fantastische-Erinnerung,elisabethandreassen111.html
  3. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest National Finals Homepage
  4. ↑ http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Elisabeth+Andreasson
  5. ↑ http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Elisabeth+Andreasson
personal data
SURNAME Andreassen, Elisabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Andreasson, Elisabeth; Bettan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish-Norwegian singer
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Gothenburg , Sweden