Jakob Sveistrup
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Jakob Sveistrup is a Danish singer. He entered the Danish music scene in 2003 as a comptetitor in the Danish televised talent contest Stjerne for en aften ("Star For A Night"). He made it to the finals. Unusually, Sveistrup is not a professional singer— by day he teaches autistic children.
Jakob then went on to compete in the Danish Melodi Grand Prix, which took place in Forum Horsens on February 12, 2005. He was selected as winner of the competition by national telephone voting for his performance of the song "Tænder på dig" by Jacob Launbjerg & Andreas Mørck.
This led to his representing Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the translated song, now called "Talking to You". The contest was hosted by Kiev, Ukraine on May 21 2005.
Since Denmark was not pre-qualified for the final, Jakob took part in the semi-final on May 19 2005. He qualified for the final, and placed with a final position of 10th.
He was a guest performer at Congratulations, the 50th anniversary Eurovision concert in Copenhagen, Denmark, in October 2005.
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