- Geir Rönning
Geir Rönning (born
November 5 ,1962 ) is a professionalsinger-songwriter from the Norwegian city ofÅlesund . He later moved toOslo in the 1980s, but as his life was somewhat troublesome in that period, he didn't feel he really fit in, and soon moved further on toStockholm , where he finally found peace and inspiration to start his musical career.Musical career
Melodi Grand Prix
In 1994 Geir's career as a composer started. That year he composed the song "Gi alt vi har", which was performed by
Jahn Teigen - a living legend and star of the Norwegian music scene - inMelodi Grand Prix 1994 , the national selection for theEurovision Song Contest . In the years 1994 till 1997, Geir wrote four composed four songs for and performed three songs in Melodi Grand Prix.Moving to Finland
Around the time of the millennium change, Geir settled in
Finland , where he became the lead singer of a five memberrock 'n' roll band, among them theguitarist ofLeningrad Cowboys . Geir has also toured outside the Nordic countries; he's done gigs in Albania, Romania, England and the USA.Ticket to Kiev
In
2002 Geir returned to Eurovisionspin-offs . This year he participated in the Finnish national final for the first time, with the ballad "I Don't Wanna Throw It All Away", finishing third. He returned once again to the Finnish national final stage in2004 , this time finishing fifth with "I Don't Need To Say". Finally it was three times lucky for Geir in2005 , when he managed to win the entire Finnish Eurovision selection with the song "Why?", a ballad concerning theBeslan terror tragedy inRussia . That didn't matter much however, neither did the heavy televoting from Norway and Sweden. Geir ended just 18th with 50 points in the semifinal of theEurovision Song Contest 2005 , which that year was held in the Ukrainian capitalKiev . He had to be among the top ten to advance to the final night.Trying again
Despite his Eurovision participation in 2005, Geir wants to try again, this time representing his home country Norway. By being one of the two most popular acts (out of six) in the semi final in
Alta , northern Norway, Geir and his companionJorun Erdal qualified directly to the final night ofMelodi Grand Prix 2006 , performing the ABBAesqueschlager "Lost And Found", written by three experienced Swedish composers. The second entry which went straight to the final, "Here For The Show" by Norwegian super-starTrine Rein , is also written by the same Swedish trio. Also Jorun Erdal is almost aveteran on the Melodi Grand Prix stage, this being her third participation in the contest, after she almost won in 2004, finishing an impressive second with "I Am Rock 'n' Roll". In the final in Norway's biggest concert hall, theOslo Spektrum they ended 4th out of 8.ee also
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Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest
*Eurovision Song Contest 2005
*Melodi Grand Prix 2006 External links
* [http://www.geirronning.com Official website]
* [http://s12.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1PZU6P0PC7C1O3T4OWZNACZHCA "Lost And Found"]
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