Before she even units foot on stage to compete in the second semi closing of Eurovision 2022, Sweden’s Cornelia Jakobs is already one of many favourites to win and in addition has a Eurovision previous.
To make it to Italy to compete in this 12 months’s Eurovision Song Contest, Cornelia needed to make it via the heats of well-known Swedish nationwide competitors Melodifestivalen and the the ultimate, the place she confronted very robust competitors from nationwide treasure Anders Bagge and his tune Bigger Than The Universe. Fortunately for Cornelia, whereas the lion’s share of the viewer vote went to Anders, she got here out on top with the worldwide juries and obtained sufficient assist from the pubic to clinch victory along with her observe Hold Me Closer.
Sweden have a proud document in Eurovision. No music fan with ever overlook ABBA’s victories in the early Nineteen Seventies, whereas different well-known Swedish winners embody Charlotte Nilsson who received the ultimate contest of the final millennium with Take Me To Your Heaven, Loreen who received with the anthemic Euphoria 10 years in the past and Manz Zamerlow, who scored their final win in 2015.
Cornelia, 30, is in motion in Thursday’s Eurovision semi closing 2, performing second to final close to the top of the present and properly fancied to observe semi closing qualifiers like Norway’s Subwoolfer, and bookies’ favourites to win in the Eurovision odds, Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra into the ultimate. But Eurovision 2022 is removed from her first rodeo in relation to the competition having missed out on representing Sweden in each 2011 and 2012.
Who is Sweden’s Eurovision entry Cornelia Jakobs?
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Cornelia first entered Melodifestivalen in 2011 as a member of lady group Love Generation, three years after competing in Sweden’s model of Pop Idol. Love Generation completed third in the fourth semi closing of the competition with their tune Dance Alone, which was sufficient to earn them a spot in the ‘second likelihood’ present, the place they crashed out.
The group gave Eurovision one other shot a 12 months later with Just A Little Bit, however they fell on the first hurdle after solely ending sixth in their semi. Since Love Generation’s Eurovision heartache, Cornelia has pressured a solo profession in her place of birth, composing and performing the tune “Weight of the World” which grew to become the soundtrack for HBO Nordic collection Björnstad.
Other songs Cornelia has on Spotify embody Fine, All The Gold and Late Night Stories.
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