Erik Segerstedt
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Erik Segerstedt was the runner-up to Markus Fagervall
on the third season of Swedish
version of Idol 2006
.
In 2007, he became part of the Swedish band E.M.D.
alongside two other Idol contestants Danny Saucedo
from Idol 2006
and Mattias Andréasson
from Idol 2007
.
After having reached the final, he finished as runner-up to winner Markus Fagervall
after declaration of the results of the public vote.
and on February 21, 2007 his debut album A Different Shade was released. The album debuted at #2 on the Swedish albums chart and stayed at this position for a second week. The first single "I Can't say I'm Sorry" written by Andreas Carlsson
peaked at #1 on the Swedish singles chart.
In 2007, Segerstedt formed the musical trio E.M.D.
with Mattias Andréasson
and Danny Saucedo
and is still a member of the band.
Singles
Singles
Markus Fagervall
Markus Fagervall won Idol 2006, the third season of the Swedish version of Pop Idol. Markus beat out Erik Segerstedt on December 1, 2006 to take the title. His first single "Everything Changes" peaked at number one on the Swedish singles chart...
on the third season of Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
version of Idol 2006
Idol 2006
The third season of Idol premiered in Sweden on August 29, 2005 and continued until its grand finale on December 1, when 24-year-old Markus Fagervall from Övertorneå was crowned winner...
.
In 2007, he became part of the Swedish band E.M.D.
E.M.D.
E.M.D. is a Swedish boyband consisting of Erik Segerstedt, Mattias Andréasson and Danny Saucedo. All three members have participated on the Swedish version of Idol, with Erik as a finalist and Danny at 6th place on Idol 2006. Mattias was eliminated as the fourth runner-up on Idol 2007.After Idol,...
alongside two other Idol contestants Danny Saucedo
Danny Saucedo
Danny Saucedo is a Swedish singer and songwriter often presented just as Danny, who competed as one of the finalists in Idol 2006 - the Swedish version of Idol where he got to the top 6 before being eliminated.Danny has released three music albums and eleven music singles...
from Idol 2006
Idol 2006
The third season of Idol premiered in Sweden on August 29, 2005 and continued until its grand finale on December 1, when 24-year-old Markus Fagervall from Övertorneå was crowned winner...
and Mattias Andréasson
Mattias Andréasson
Mattias Andréasson, born on March 29, 1981, Swedish singer and Swedish Idol 2007 contestant . He is also known as dmaSOUL. Starting 2007, he is part of the Swedish band E.M.D..-Idol:...
from Idol 2007
Idol 2007
The fourth season of Swedish Idol premiered on September 3, 2007 and continued until its grand finale on 7 December, when 28-year-old Marie Picasso was crowned winner. It was the first season to feature an all-female finale, and is to date the only season to crown a winner who had previously fallen...
.
Idol
Erik Segerstedt took part in Idol 2006 singing the following:| Round | Song | Original artist | Theme |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audition | Feeling Good | Cy Grant Cy Grant Cy Grant was a Guyanese actor, singer, writer and poet, who in the 1950s became the first black person to appear regularly on British television... |
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| Final auditions | Signed, Sealed, Delivered | Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist... |
Acapella |
| Final auditions | You've Got A Friend | Carole King Carole King Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S... |
Duet (with Azra Osmancevic) |
| Final auditions | Don't You (Forget About Me) | Simple Minds Simple Minds Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band who achieved worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s and best known for their #1 US, Canada and Netherlands hit single "Don't You ", from the soundtrack of the... |
Solo song |
| Semifinal 4 | Heaven | Bryan Adams Bryan Adams Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written... |
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| Qualifiyng heat | Home | Michael Bublé Michael Bublé Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was... |
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| Final 1 | Something Beautiful | Robbie Williams Robbie Williams Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams... |
My Idol |
| Final 2 | Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg is the debut album by Swedish musician Håkan Hellström. It was released on 16 October 2000. Until today the album has sold over 80,000 copies , which equals a platinum certification in Sweden.-Music and lyrics:... |
Håkan Hellström Håkan Hellström Håkan Hellström is a Swedish musician. He got his Swedish breakthrough in the year 2000 with the song "Känn ingen sorg för mig Göteborg"... |
Swedish Hits |
| Final 3 | I Don't Want To Be | Gavin Degraw Gavin DeGraw Gavin Shane DeGraw is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is known for his songs "Chariot", "Follow Through", "I Don't Want to Be" , "In Love with a Girl", and "Not Over You".-Early life:DeGraw grew up in the Catskills in South Fallsburg,... |
Millenium Hits |
| Final 4 | I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For | U2 U2 U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music... |
Rock |
| Final 5 | Against All Odds | Phil Collins Phil Collins Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist.... |
Favorite from auditions round |
| Final 6 | Knockin' On Heaven's Door | Bob Dylan Bob Dylan Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly... |
Unplugged |
| Final 7 (first song) | I Wish | Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist... |
Motown |
| Final 7 (second song) | I Heard It Through The Grapevine | Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range.... |
Motown |
| Final 8 (first song) | If I Used To Love You | Daniel Lemma Daniel Lemma Daniel Lemma is a Swedish composer and singer.He's currently a member of the band Mo Blues. Daniel is from Nyhamnsläge, Höganäs Kommun in Skåne, Sweden, but nowadays lives in Gothenburg. Lemmas biggest hit is the song If I Used To Love You which he both wrote and sung himself... |
Love songs |
| Final 8 (second song) | Bed Of Roses | Bon Jovi Bon Jovi Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald... |
Love songs |
| Final 9 (first song) | Right Here Waiting | Richard Marx Richard Marx Richard Noel Marx is an American adult contemporary and pop/rock singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He had a string of hit singles in the late 1980s and 1990s, including "Endless Summer Nights", "Right Here Waiting", "Now and Forever", and "Hazard"... |
Jury selection |
| Final 9 (second song) | Crazy | Gnarls Barkley Gnarls Barkley Gnarls Barkley is an American soul duo comprising Danger Mouse and Cee Lo Green. Their first studio album St. Elsewhere was released in 2006; along with its first single "Crazy". Both single and album were a major commercial success and have been noted for their large sales by download... |
Jury selection |
| Final 10 (first song) | The Show Must Go On | Queen Queen (band) Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor... |
Personal choice |
| Final 10 (second song) | Bed of Roses | Bon Jovi Bon Jovi Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald... |
Viewers' choice |
| Final 10 (third song) | Everything Changes | Jörgen Elofsson Jörgen Elofsson Jörgen Kjell Elofsson is a Swedish songwriter who has written or co-written hits for stars such as Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson, Guy Sebastian, Ana Johnsson, Marie Serneholt, Shayne Ward and Super Junior. He has also written hit singles for groups such as Il Divo and Westlife... |
Winning song |
After having reached the final, he finished as runner-up to winner Markus Fagervall
Markus Fagervall
Markus Fagervall won Idol 2006, the third season of the Swedish version of Pop Idol. Markus beat out Erik Segerstedt on December 1, 2006 to take the title. His first single "Everything Changes" peaked at number one on the Swedish singles chart...
after declaration of the results of the public vote.
Post-Idol
Segerstedt was signed at Sony BMGSony BMG Music Entertainment
Sony BMG Music Entertainment was a recorded music company, which was a 50–50 joint venture between the Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann AG...
and on February 21, 2007 his debut album A Different Shade was released. The album debuted at #2 on the Swedish albums chart and stayed at this position for a second week. The first single "I Can't say I'm Sorry" written by Andreas Carlsson
Andreas Carlsson
Andreas Carlsson is a Swedish music producer, composer, and pop songwriter.-Biography:Carlsson was part of the Cheiron Studios team until the studio was closed down in 2001....
peaked at #1 on the Swedish singles chart.
In 2007, Segerstedt formed the musical trio E.M.D.
E.M.D.
E.M.D. is a Swedish boyband consisting of Erik Segerstedt, Mattias Andréasson and Danny Saucedo. All three members have participated on the Swedish version of Idol, with Erik as a finalist and Danny at 6th place on Idol 2006. Mattias was eliminated as the fourth runner-up on Idol 2007.After Idol,...
with Mattias Andréasson
Mattias Andréasson
Mattias Andréasson, born on March 29, 1981, Swedish singer and Swedish Idol 2007 contestant . He is also known as dmaSOUL. Starting 2007, he is part of the Swedish band E.M.D..-Idol:...
and Danny Saucedo
Danny Saucedo
Danny Saucedo is a Swedish singer and songwriter often presented just as Danny, who competed as one of the finalists in Idol 2006 - the Swedish version of Idol where he got to the top 6 before being eliminated.Danny has released three music albums and eleven music singles...
and is still a member of the band.
Solo work
Studio albums- 2007: A Different ShadeA Different ShadeA Different Shade is a 2007 album from Swedish singer Erik Segerstedt, released on February 1, 2007, and debuted at number 2 on the Swedish album chart...
Singles
- 2007: "I Can't Say I'm SorryCan't Say I'm Sorry"Can't Say I'm Sorry" is a song by Danish pop singer Bryan Rice. It was written by Pelle Nylén and Andreas Carlsson, and released as the third single from the singer's debut album, Confessional on October 30, 2006.-Erik Segerstedt version:...
" - 2007: "How Did We Change"
- 2009: "Saturday Night"
E.M.D.
Studio albums- 2008: A State of MindA State of Mind (album)A State of Mind is the first album released by Swedish boy band E.M.D.. The album was released in on May 14, 2008 following up the massive success of their first two singles All for Love and Jennie Let Me Love You.-Track listing:...
- 2009: A State of Mind (Deluxe Edition)
- 2009: Välkommen hemVälkommen hemVälkommen hem is the second album released by Swedish boy band E.M.D.. It marks their first release of material sung in Swedish. The album was released in Sweden on November 9, 2009 and features both classic and lesser known Christmas songs. The album was recorded in Stockholm, Sweden at...
- 2010: RewindRewind (E.M.D. album)Rewind is the third album released by Swedish boy band E.M.D.. The album was released in on December 3, 2010. As of December 5, 2010 the album had spawned the three hit singles Save Tonight , What Is Love? and There's a Place for Us , all of them being cover songs.-Background:The group started...
Singles
- 2007: "All for Love"
- 2008: "Jennie Let Me Love YouJennie Let Me Love YouJennie Let Me Love You is the second single released by Swedish boy band E.M.D.. Following the commercial success of their previous single, "Jennie Let Me Love You" debuted at #6 on the Swedish singles chart. The following week it climbed to the top spot, where it remained for six consecutive weeks...
" - 2008: "Alone"
- 2009: "Baby GoodbyeBaby Goodbye"Baby Goodbye" is the fourth single released by Swedish boy band E.M.D., who entered Melodifestivalen 2009 with the song and won a place in the finals...
" - 2009: "YoungbloodYoungblood (song)"Youngblood" is the fifth and final single released from Swedish boy band E.M.D.'s debut album A State of Mind. The song was released as a digital download only.-Chart positions:...
" - 2009: "Välkommen hemVälkommen hem (song)"Välkommen hem" is a holiday single by Magnus Carlsson appearing in his 2006 album Spår i snön. The song is written by Mårten Sandén and Johan Röhr-E.M.D...
- 2010: "Save Tonight"
- 2010: "What Is Love"