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Jonas Gladnikoff

Jonas Gladnikoff (born 11 January 1985) is a Swedish songwriter and music producer. Born in Täby, he began songwriting at an early age. Later in life he moved to Åland in Finland before eventually moving to Stockholm. He has written several songs for singers from across Europe, but is best known for writing entries for the Eurovision Song Contest, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and for various national pre-selections. He studied songwriting at the Music Production Academy Musikmakarna, graduating in 2006. He co-wrote the songs that represented Ireland in 2009, 2010 and 2014: "Et Cetera" performed by Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy, "It's for You", performed by 1993 Eurovision winning Niamh Kavanagh, and "Heartbeat" sung by Can-linn.[1][2][3]

Jonas Gladnikoff
Background information
Born (1985-01-11) 11 January 1985 (age 39)
Stockholm, Sweden
Genres
Occupation(s)Songwriter, music producer
Years active2006-present

Among his entries in national pre-selections for the Eurovision Song Contest he is best known for having co-written the runner up in the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2009, the Danish final, with the song "Someday" performed by the Icelandic singer Hera Björk,[4][5] which became a big hit and also won the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2009 for Denmark. Gladnikoff is a member of the jazz pop project Technicoloured Roses.[6] In 2021 he co-wrote and produced the song Llévame al cielo released by Drag Race España host Supremme de Luxe and which was later also used as the final challenge of the first season of the show where the top four recorded their own version of the song.

Entries in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Entries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

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Entries in national Eurovision pre-selections

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2006

  •   "Po dhe jo" by Ingrid Jushi (Albania 2006), eliminated (Semi-final)

2007

  •   "Open your eyes" by Charlene & Natasha (Bulgaria 2007), eliminated (Semi-final)
  •   "I Will Survive Without You" by Edgaras Kapocious (Lithuania 2007), 10th place (Quarter-final)

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2022

2023

  •   "Love Again" by Skrellex (Norway 2023), 7th place
  •   "Indestructible" by Cosmina (Moldova 2023), 8th place
  •   "Haunted" by Lyndsay (Malta 2023), eliminated (Quarter-final)
  •   "Creeping Walls" by Nathan (Malta 2023), 11th place
  •   "Whatever Wind May Blow" by Dominic Cini & Anna Azzopardi (Malta 2023), eliminated (Semi-final)
  •   "Love You Like That" by Jake (Malta 2023), eliminated (Quarter-final)

2024

Entries in national Junior Eurovision pre-selections

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2015

  •   "Réalta na mara" by Aimee Banks, Ireland, (Ireland 2015), 1st place

2018

2021

Other songwriting credits

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  • He Junlin - Eyes For You (2023)
  • Skrellex - Shake This Dress Away (2023)
  • Eliot XII - Identify (2023)
  • Finalists of Drag Race España (season 1) - Llévame al cielo (2022)
  • Eliot XII - Remedy (2022)
  • Boris Rogoznica - Vjetar (2022)
  • Huang Shengyi, Zhong Lit and the cast of Hi! Hot Mom - 女王的调性 (2022)
  • Steve Steinman - Journey Home (2021)
  • Supremme de Luxe - Llévame al cielo (2021)
  • Avenue Sky - When the Sun Shines (2021)
  • Smoke Rings Sisters - Vårt eget Göteborg (2021)
  • Titanix - Vad du ser är vad du får (2020)
  • Nina Petković - Dance Till I Die (2020)
  • Viviana - Blinded (2020)
  • Clare Cunningham - Carry Me (2020)
  • Annica Milán - Better alone (2019)
  • Claudia Faniello, Dominic Cini & various artists... - Roll the Dice (2019)
  • WER1 - Try (2019)
  • Sergey Lazarev - Flying (2018)
  • Titanix - Snöfall (2018)
  • Olga Przybysz - Forever (2018)
  • Sebastian Calleja - Escape (2017)
  • Smoke Rings Sisters - Welcome To Our World (2017)
  • Annica Milán - Thunder (2017)
  • Annica Milán and Kimmo Blom - Take me as I am (2017)
  • TWiiNS - Latino Love (2016)
  • Diva Houston - Fabulosa B*tch! (2016)
  • Annica Milán and Kimmo Blom - Rhyme of reason (2016)
  • Benjamin - Fight the break of dawn (2016)

References

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  1. ^ "RTÉ Television - Eurovision Song Contest 2009". RTÉ.ie. Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved October 21, 2009.
  2. ^ Eurovision Song Contest Moscow 2009 | Special - 2009 Irish entry song writers meet esctoday.com
  3. ^ "Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy - Et Cetera (Ireland 2009) | Participant Profile | Eurovision Song Contest - Malmö 2013". Eurovision.tv. 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". www.gasfabrik.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ Eurovision Song Contest Moscow 2009 | News - Denmark: Hera Bjork and her Nordic alliance in Danish final
  6. ^ "Technicoloured Roses - Keep on Playing". YouTube. 2011-02-08. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
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