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Encyclopedia > Charlotte Nilsson

Charlotte Perrelli (maiden name Charlotte Nilsson, born October 7, 1974 in Hovmantorp, Sweden) is a Swedish singer. Perelli is most known for winning the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest, participating with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven". October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who uses his or her voice as an instrument to make music. ...



Preceded by:
Dana International
Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest
1999
Succeeded by:
Olsen Brothers


Dana International Dana International (Hebrew: דנה אינטרנשיונל; Arabic: دانا اٍنترنشيونال) (real name of Sharon Cohen, born Yaron Cohen in Tel Aviv, Israel on February 2, 1972) is an Israeli transsexual pop singer, who won the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest for her song Diva. She became famous everywhere, and she was the first Israeli artist... Running since 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest (in French: Concours Eurovision de la Chanson) is an annual televised song contest with participants from numerous countries whose national television broadcasters are members of the European Broadcasting Union. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The Olsen Brothers are a Danish rock/pop music duo, and are brothers Jørgen (born 1950) and Noller (Niels, born 1954) Olsen. ...


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YouTube - Charlotte Nilsson - Tusen och en natt (237 words)
Charlotte Nilsson Perelli - Take me to your heaven
Eurovision 1999 Sweden Charlotte Nilsson - Take Me To Your H
Me singing "Take me to your heaven" (Charlotte Nilsson)
Eurovision Song Contest 1999 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (435 words)
Charlotte Nilsson was the winner of this Eurovision with the song, Take Me To Your Heaven.
From this year, the long-standing rule that each country had to sing in one of its own national languages was dropped, and it was decided that France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom, as the highest-paying European Broadcasting Union subscribers, would automatically be allowed to participate every year, irrespective of their five-year point average.
With Charlotte Nilsson of Sweden already having crept into a three-point lead at a crucial moment, the realisation quickly dawned that, while twelve points for Iceland would put them back into a commanding position, twelve points for Sweden would settle the contest in abrupt fashion.
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