Kate Gulbrandsen

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Kate Gulbrandsen is a Norwegian singer from the town of Slemmestad, just South of Oslo. She won the Norwegian national final Melodi Grand Prix 1987 in a very close regional vote, giving her the opportunity to compete for Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with the song "Mitt liv" (My Life), written by Rolf Løvland and Hanne Krogh. There, in Brussels, she came a respectable ninth.

Kate tried to represent Norway again in 1989, singing "Naerhet" (Closeness) at the Melodi Grand Prix, although was unplaced.

Her version of Jørn Hansen's "Med gullet for øyet" was the official song of the 1998 Winter Paralympics in Nagano, Japan.

In 2004, after more than ten years away from the Norwegian popular music scene, Kate made a musical comeback in country style with two new tracks reachings the Norsktoppen, Norway's main pop chart. These included a new version of the Dolly Parton hit "Jolene", which was included on her 2005 album release "Vi to" (We Two).

Today she lives in Finnskogen with husband Jan Erik and daughter Sandra.

[edit] Discography

• The Beauty and the Beat (1987)
• Sol om natten (1991)
• Vi to (2005)

Preceded by Ketil Stokkan

Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987

Succeeded by Karoline Krüger