Elisa Lindström

Elisa Lindström

Elisa Lindström (2013)
Background information
Birth name Eva Elisa Lindström
Born 24 April 1991
Origin Töreboda, Sweden
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 2006–present
Associated acts Elisa's
Website www.elisalindstrom.com

Eva Elisa Lindström (born 24 April 1991, Töreboda, Sweden) is a Swedish singer of country and pop music, and in dansbands. She is currently the lead singer for the dansband, Elisa's.

As part of the music group Lali, she participated in Lilla Melodifestivalen in 2005, where their song titled "Du får ta mitt hjärta" (You can take my heart) finished in sixth place overall.[1] The song was co-written by Elisa herself and her sister Alma Lindström.[1][2]

The band Elisa's was formed in 2009 by Lindström and others from the same musical education program in a school in Skövde.[3] In 2010, Lindström and her danceband Elisa's got national attention competing in the SVT danceband reality competition show Dansbandskampen (meaning the battle of the dancebands), where her band qualified to the finals,[4] eventually winning the contest in the final held on 11 December 2010.[5] Elisa Lindström won "Singer of the Year 2011" at the Guldklaven Awards in early 2012.

In 2013, Lindström took part in the choir singing competition show Körslaget (meaning Clash of the Choirs) broadcast on TV4, where she led a choir from her hometown of Töreboda.[6][7] Lindström made it to the 19 October 2013 final[8] where they competed against the other finalist, a choir led by singer Anna Book.[9] Lindström won the final of Körslaget.[10]

In November 2013 it was revealed that Lindström would participate in Melodifestivalen 2014 in hopes of representing Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark.[11] She competed in the first heat with the song "Casanova".[12]

Lindström presently lives in Skövde.[3]

Discography

Solo albums

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "De tävlar i Lilla Melodifestivalen | Kultur | SvD" (in Swedish). Svd.se. 2005-09-07. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  2. ↑ "Lilla melodifestivalen 2005 | Svensk mediedatabas". SMDB. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Elisa Lindström: "Jag stänger av" - Nöje" (in Swedish). www.arbetarbladet.se. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  4. ↑ "Elisas vann Dansbandskampen - Nyheter P4 Skaraborg | Sveriges Radio". Sverigesradio.se. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  5. ↑ "Elisa's sköna vinst i "Dansbandskampen" | Tv | Expressen Nöje | Nöjesnyheter Musiknyheter Filmnyheter". Expressen.se. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  6. ↑ "Elisa ger sig in i Körslaget | Skövde Nyheter" (in Swedish). Skovdenyheter.se. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  7. ↑ "Elisa's Elisa klar för Körslaget - Nyheter P4 Skaraborg | Sveriges Radio". Sverigesradio.se. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  8. ↑ "Elisa Lindström: "Jag vill vinna - vore roligt" | Nöje | Expressen Nöje | Nöjesnyheter Musiknyheter Filmnyheter". Expressen.se. 2013-10-05. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  9. ↑ "Book sjuk inför "Körslaget"-final - Kultur & Nöje - Göteborgs-Posten". Gp.se. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  10. ↑ "Elisa Lindström vann Körslaget". Expressen.se. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  11. ↑ "Elisa klar för Melodifestivalen". SverigesRadio.se. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
  12. ↑ "YOHIO först på scen – här är startordningen för Melodifestivalen 2014". Svt.se. Retrieved 2013-12-20.

External links

Media related to Elisa Lindström at Wikimedia Commons