RULES When submitting art, your work needs to include Danny Saucedo and/or Eric Saade. Other than that, everything is ok as long as it doesn't break any of deviantART's rules. And please play nice with each other~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INFO Name: Danny Saucedo Full name: Daniel Gabriel Alessandro Saucedo Grzechowski Age: 26 Born: 25th February 1986 Origin/Ancestry: Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden / mother from Bolivia, dad from Poland Occupations: Singer Most famous songs: "Tokyo", "Play it for the girls", "If only you", "In the club" Albums: "Heart beats" (2007), "Set your body free" (2008), "In the club" (2011) Genres: Pop, Europop, Dance Labels: Sony Associated acts: E.M.D. (2007 - Present) Website: dannysaucedo.se / emdartist.se Have previously played the violin, but later transcended to piano and guitar. Went to the same primary school as Carola Häggkvist and Pernilla Wahlgren, and to the same secondary school as Noomi Rapace and Carl Michael Bellman, among others. When he was younger he sang in a lot of different choirs of the Katarina Church (Katrinakyrkan) and in 2005 he played one of the lead roles in the musical "Just Job". In 2003 he worked as an extra in the movie "Evil" ("Ondskan"). In 2006 he participated in the Swedish Idol and got to the top 6 before being eliminated. List of performances on Idol 2006: "I swear", as made famous by All-4-One. "No one else comes close", as made famous by Joe. "(Everything I do) I do it for you" (together with Felicia Bandström), as made famous by Bryan Adams. "Isn't she lovely", as made famous by Stevie Wonder. "What's left of me", as made famous by Nick Lachey. "Blame it on the boogie", as made famous by Jackson 5. "Öppna din dörr", as made famous by Tommy Nilsson. "So sick", as made famous by Ne-Yo. "Sweet child o' mine", as made famous by Guns 'n' Roses. "Lately", as made famous by Stevie Wonder. "End of the road", as made famous by Boyz II Men. In 2007 he released his debut album (as Danny), "Heart Beats", containing the hit singles "Tokyo", "Play it for the girls" and "If only you". In the end of 2007 he formed the band "E.M.D." together with the Idol-participants Erik Segerstedt (Idol 2006) and Mattias Andréasson (Idol 2007). In 2008 he participated in the Swedish version of "Let's Dance" together with Malin Johansson. They ended up on 4th place. Has participated twice in Melodifestivalen (the Swedish selection for Eurovision Song Contest); first together with E.M.D. in 2009 with the track "Baby goodbye", which placed third in the grand finale, and later by himself in 2011with the track "In the club", this time placing second in the finale. Name: Eric Saade Full name: Eric Khaled Saade Age: 22 Born: 29th October 1990 Origin/Ancestry: Kattarp, Helsingborg, Sweden / mother from Sweden, dad from Lebanon Occupations: Singer, Television presenter Most famous songs: "Sleepless", "Manboy", "Break of dawn", "Popular" Albums: "Masquerade" (2010), "Saade vol. 1" (2011), "Saade vol. 2" (2011) Genres: Pop, Dance Labels: Roxy Recordings Associated acts: What's Up! (2007 - 2009) Website: ericsaade.com Began writing songs at age 13. His main interest had been football/soccer until he signed his first music contract at 15 years of age. In 2007 he formed the band "What's Up!" together with Robin Stjernberg, Luwdig "Ludde" Keijser and Johan Yngvesson. Has participated in "Sommarkrysset", "Lotta på Liseberg", and "Allsång på Skansen" (Swedish television programs). Was a television presenter on Disney Channel and on "My Camp Rock", also did the Swedish voice for Shane in "Camp Rock. He recorded the Swedish soundtrack to the movie "Camp Rock" together with "What's Up!" in 2008. He left the band in 2009 to pursue a solo career, and was replaced by Johannes Magnusson. 24th August 2009 he signed a contract with Roxy Recordings. His first single was "Sleepless". In 2010 he released his debut album "Masquerade", which contained his big hit "Manboy". Held the Christmas television program "Jul med Eric Saade" in 2010. Bloopers Has participated in Melodifestivalen (the Swedish selection for Eurovision Song Contest) twice; first in 2010 with the track "Manboy", which placed third in the grand finale, and later in 2011 with the track "Popular", which was the winner and will represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Both "Manboy" and "Popular" was written by Fredrik Kempe. In 2010 he presented Sweden's votes in Eurovision Song Contest. |