Thomas G: son
Thomas G: son (actually: Thomas Gustafsson ; born February 25, 1968 in Skövde ) is a Swedish pop composer and musician.
He plays electric guitar in the hard rock / metal band Masquerade, which was founded in 1988 . Since 1998 he has been composing in the pop segment for his own publisher G2 Publishing. Since then he has been writing titles for participants in the pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest . He composed not only for Swedish musicians, but also for Spanish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, Polish, Lithuanian, Romanian, Georgian and Maltese participants. Of the more than 60 listed titles, 13 made it into the Eurovision Song Contest (as of 2017). At the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 he won the title Euphoria , sung by Loreen .
Title at the Eurovision Song Contest and offshoots
Eurovision Song Contest
- 2001 : Friends : Listen to your Heartbeat (Sweden, 5th place)
- 2006 : Carola Häggkvist : Invincible (Sweden, 5th place)
- 2007 : Guri Schanke : Ven a bailar conmigo (Norway, 18th place in the semifinals)
- 2007: D'Nash : Love you Mi Vida (Spain, 20th place)
- 2010 : Chanée & Tomas N'Evergreen : In a Moment like This (Denmark, 4th place)
- 2012: Pastora Soler : Quédate conmigo (Spain, 10th place)
- 2012: Loreen : Euphoria (Sweden, 1st place)
- 2013 : Sopo Gelowani & Nodiko Tatischwili : Waterfall (Georgia, 15th place)
- 2015 : Nina Sublatti : Warrior (Georgia, 11th place)
- 2015: Edurne : Amanecer (Spain, 21st place)
- 2016 : Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz : Midnight Gold (Georgia, 20th place)
- 2016: Minus One : Alter Ego (Cyprus, 21st place)
- 2017 : Hovig : Gravity (Cyprus, 21st place)
- 2018 : Christabelle : Taboo (Malta, 13th place in the semi-finals)
- 2020 : Tom Leeb : The Best In Me (France)
Junior Eurovision Song Contest
- 2010 : Josefine Ridell: Allt jag vill ha (Sweden, 11th place)
- 2014 : Julia Kedhammar : Du är inte ensam (Sweden, 13th place)
Web links
Commons : Thomas G: son - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Website of his publisher
- Thomas G: son at Discogs (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | G: son, Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gustafsson, Thomas (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish pop composer and musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Skovde |