Kjell Jennstig
Kjell Jennstig (born February 17, 1960) is a Swedish musician and composer/songwriter. As a musician he is mostly known as guitarist in Swedish motorcycle group, Kenneth & the Knutters. As a composer/songwriter, he has written for a number of Swedish performers, including Carina Jaarnek, Caracola, Grönwalls, Blender and Caroline Wennergren.
Kjell Jennstig
Jennstig has participated three times in the Latvian Eurovision Song Contest preselection competition, Eirodziesma:
- In 2007, his song "Questa Notte",[1] written together with Torbjörn Wassenius and Fransesca Russo and performed by Bonaparti.lv, won the competition. The song was then in the Eurovision Song Contest final in Helsinki where it ended 16th.
- In 2008, his song "You really got me going" ended second. It was written with Leif Goldkuhl and performed by "Aisha" (Aija Andrejeva).
- In 2011, Jennstig had two songs in the Spanish Eurovision Song Contest preselection (Destino Eurovision): "Evangeline" and "Golden Cadillac".[2][3]
"Evangeline" qualified for the final where it was performed by "Auryn".
- In 2013, he had a song in the Swedish ESC preselection, Melodifestivalen. It won its semifinal and went to the final where it ended in tenth place .
The following table shows Kjells Eurovision entries so far:
| Year | Country | Song | Performer | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Latvia | Questa Notte | Bonaparti.lv | Winner of Latvian competition. 16th in European ESC final in Helsinki. |
| 2008 | Latvia | You Really got me going | Aisha | 2nd the Latvian final |
| 2008 | Latvia | Fly to the moon | Janis Mojsejs | Out in semifinal. |
| 2009 | Latvia | Hey Hey Hey Hey | Aisha & G-Point | 4th the Latvian final. |
| 2010 | Lithuania | Let it rain | Jurate Miliauskaite | 10th in the Lithuanian final. |
| 2011 | Spain | Evangeline | Auryn | 4th in the Destino Eurovision final. |
| 2013 | Sweden | En riktig jävla schlager | Ravaillacz | 10th in the Melodifestivalen final. |
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