Martin Stenmarck (born October 3, 1972 in Stockholm) is a Swedish singer and actor, he represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Las Vegas ended 19th With 30 points
In 2006 he released his first single in Swedish, 7milakliv who became one of the year's biggest hits in Sweden The single was certified Platinum, and spent 10 weeks at # 1 on the official Swedish singles chart
Album Nine truths and a lie ( Nine Truths and a lie) topped the Swedish album chart and achieved gold status in the first of his three weeks at # 1
He has also made acting career by dubbing his voice for animated films, he gave the Swedish voice for Lightning McQueen in the Disney movie Cars
Eurovision Song Contest 2005 Final - Kyiv Entry fo Sweden
Performer: Martin Stenmarck Song title: Las Vegas Song writer (s): Niklas Edberg Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson & Tobias Lundgren Song composer (s): Niklas Edberg Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson & Tobias Lundgren
Sang in Position: 14 Final Position: 19 Points: 30
Just as in 2004 ten countries had a reason to party like it was possible to qualify for the finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005: Romania, Moldova, Croatia, Denmark, Hungary, Israel, Norway, Switzerland, Macedonia and Latvia Unlike in 2004, there was no clear favorite among the top ten qualifying and 14 already pre-qualified to Final A handful of countries were tipped to win
After an exciting start to cast it soon became clear that the GreecerepresentedHelena Paparizou with the song My Number One and Malta's Chiara Would fight for the crown of European music, both had already participated in the Eurovision Song Contest, Helena as part of the Group of Antique who came 3rd in the 2001 race (which was Greece's best ever results at the time) Chiara had also come third in a nail-biting finish in Birmingham in 1998, however, in the last part of the vote, it became clear that Greece would take the trophy home to Athens, the Romanian entry, let me try with Luminita Anghel & sistem was third after winning semifinals in 2005 is the only race to date in which a pre-qualified finalist has won the contest Final
The Kyiv contest marked the 50th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest, which later in 2005 would see a gala ofCopenhagen to celebrate the birthday of this middle-aged but young hanarted lady better known as the Eurovision Song Contest to millions of European viewers
