Aleksander Walmann
Walmann at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Press Meet&Greet
Walmann at the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Press Meet&Greet
Background information
Birth nameAleksander Walmann Åsgården
Born (1986-01-12) 12 January 1986 (age 38)
Porsgrunn, Norway
OriginOslo, Norway
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active2011–present
Labels
Websitealeksanderwalmann.com

Aleksander Walmann Åsgården (born 12 January 1986) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 alongside Jowst with the song "Grab the Moment", finishing in 10th place.[4]

Early life and career

Walmann was born in Porsgrunn, and grew up in a musical family through childhood. From the age of 13 and until he started playing music, Aleksander was an active snowboarder at an international level.[2] In 2012, he participated in season one of The Voice – Norges beste stemme, Norway's version of The Voice, where he had Sondre Lerche as his mentor.[1] He went on a shared second place together with Hege Øversveen and Leif Anders Wentzel in the competitions finale, only beaten by winner Martin Halla.[5][6][7]

Walmann and Norwegian music producer JOWST were confirmed to be taking part in Melodi Grand Prix 2017, Norway's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, on 7 February 2017.[8] In the final, held on 11 March, JOWST and Walmann received the maximum 12 points from four of the eleven international juries in addition to winning the televote.[9] They subsequently advanced to the gold final, where they won the competition. They represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, and competed in the second half of the second semi-final for a place in the final.[10][11] They succeeded and on 13 May 2017 they received the 10th place in the competition.

On 7 June 2017, NRK announced that Walmann would compete in the sixth season of the Norwegian music TV-competition Stjernekamp [no].[2]

He competed in Melodi Grand Prix 2018 and attempt to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 for the second time in a row with the song 'Talk to the Hand', in which he was eliminated in the Silver Final.

Philanthropy

On the night of 23 July 2011, Aleksander wrote his very first song called "Don't Let Go (In This Together)", about the 2011 Norway attacks. "It only took a couple of hours before the song was finished, and was written to process the strong impressions after the events." As of Åsgården's support to the victims, he was among the artists who attended the memorial concert.

One year later on 22 July 2012, Åsgården donated the revenues from his song "Don't Let Go" to the Norwegian Red Cross and Utøyastiftelsen (Utøya Foundation). "It means much to be able to give something. [And] I hope more people will hear the song and help to support. The more I get the better.", he said.[3][12]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Album
Credited as Aleksander Walmann Åsgården
"Don't Let Go (In This Together)"[12] 2011 Non-album singles
"Finer Feelings" 2012
Credited as Aleksander Walmann
"Lio"
(with Chim1 and Obi One) 		2011 Non-album singles
"Få høre (Yeah)"
(with Chim1) 		2013
"Do Something"
"The Winds Will Change"
(featuring Nicolai Herwell)
"Sweet Moon"
"Echoes" 2014
"Day by Day (Life 2016)" 2016
"Talk to the Hand" 2018
"Waiting for Your Love"
"Into the Wild"
(with JOWST) 		2020
"5 Minutter"
(featuring Agnes Stock) 		2021
"Stay Awake"
"Hjem" 2022
"Hvor ble du av"[13] 2023

As featured artist

Title Year Album
"Magi"
(Chim1 featuring Aleksander Walmann) 		2012 Non-album singles
"Bitter Tomorrow"
(Damien featuring Aleksander Walmann) 		2015 Karma Slow But Karma
"Step One"
(Sono & Etwas featuring Aleksander Walmann) 		Non-album singles
"Broken Wings"
(Simon Field with Jamie featuring Aleksander Walmann) 		2016
"Don't Wake Me Up"
(Quiet Disorder with Simon Field featuring Aleksander Walmann) 		2017
"ThatFeeling"
(JOWST featuring Aleksander Walmann)

Production credits

Title Year Main artist Role
"Grab the Moment" 2017 JOWST Uncredited vocalist

Filmography

Dubbing

Year Film Role Notes
2014 Rio 2 Roberto Norwegian voice-dub

References

  1. ^ a b "Bergensavisen – Sondres valg". ba.no. 4 May 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Her er "Stjernekamp"-deltakerne 2017". 7 June 2017.
  3. ^ a b AS, TV 2 (27 January 2012). "Hør Aleksanders 22. juli-låt".((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Weaver, Jessica (11 March 2017). "Norway: JOWST Wins Melodi Grand Prix 2017!". esctoday.com. ESCToday. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  5. ^ "The Voice-finale: Alle frykter Martin". 25 May 2012.
  6. ^ AS, TV 2 (25 May 2012). ""The Voice"-finalistene om den store kvelden".((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "I kveld kan Aleksander vinne The Voice". Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  8. ^ NRK (31 January 2017). "Her er MGP-artistene 2017".
  9. ^ Halpin, Chris (11 March 2017). "NORWAY: JOWST WINS MELODI GRAND PRIX 2017 WITH "GRAB THE MOMENT"". wiwibloggs.com. Wiwibloggs.
  10. ^ Jordan, Paul (9 September 2016). "Kyiv to host Eurovision 2017!". Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  11. ^ Jordan, Paul (21 January 2016). "Semi-final Allocation Draw on Monday, pots revealed". Eurovision Song Contest. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  12. ^ a b "Telemarksavisa – Skrev låt til inntekt for terrorofrene". ta.no. 12 January 2012.
  13. ^ "New music from Eurovision artists: Christmas 2023 Part 2". Wiwibloggs. 25 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

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Preceded byAgnetewith "Icebreaker" Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017(with JOWST) Succeeded byAlexander Rybakwith "That's How You Write a Song"
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 2017
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