Before she even set foot on stage to compete within the second semi ultimate of Eurovision 2022, Sweden’s Cornelia Jakobs was already one of many favourites to win and likewise has a Eurovision previous.
To make it to Italy to compete on this 12 months’s Eurovision Song Contest, Cornelia needed to make it by means of the heats of well-known Swedish nationwide competitors Melodifestivalen and the the ultimate, the place she confronted very powerful competitors from nationwide treasure Anders Bagge and his track 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 received sufficient assist from the pubic to clinch victory along with her monitor Hold Me Closer.
Sweden have a proud document in Eurovision. No music fan with ever overlook ABBA’s victories within 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, was in motion in Thursday’s Eurovision semi ultimate 2, performing second to final close to the tip of the present and making it by means of to observe different semi ultimate qualifiers like Norway’s Subwoolfer, and bookies’ favourites to win within the Eurovision odds, Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra into the ultimate.
Cornelia is twentieth within the Eurovision ultimate operating order, however Eurovision 2022 is removed from her first rodeo with regards 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 within the fourth semi ultimate of the competition with their track Dance Alone, which was sufficient to earn them a spot within the ‘second probability’ 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 of their semi. Since Love Generation’s Eurovision heartache, Cornelia has compelled a solo profession in her place of origin, composing and performing the track “Weight of the World” which grew to become the soundtrack for HBO Nordic sequence Björnstad.
Other songs Cornelia has on Spotify embody Fine, All The Gold and Late Night Stories.
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