Swedish reality television show
Så mycket bättre Intertitle
Created by FTV Rights B.V. - Holland Country of origin Sweden Original language Swedish No. of seasons13 No. of episodes79 Executive producers Joel Karsberg Producers Daniel Edvardsson Production locations Gotland , Sweden Running time 85 minutes Production company Mastiff Network TV4 .Release 23 October 2010 (2010-10-23 ) –
Så mycket bättre (Swedish: [ˈsoː ˈmʏ̂kːɛ ˈbɛ̌tːrɛ] lit. ' So Much Better ' ) is a Swedish reality television show broadcast on TV4 . The basic premise is that each participating musician performs their own version of a well-known song by another artist, with each episode focusing on every participant performing a different song by the same artist. The musicians spend eight days together at a hotel in Gotland , where they re-interpret the songs in their own styles.[ 1]
The first series aired on 23 October 2010 and featured Lasse Berghagen , Barbro "Lill-Babs" Svensson , Petter , Thomas Di Leva , September , Christer Sandelin and Plura Jonsson .[ 2] Lena Philipsson , Tomas Ledin , Eva Dahlgren , Mikael Wiehe , Timbuktu , Laleh and E-Type . A third season was launched on 27 October 2012 that included Darin Zanyar , Miss Li , Maja Ivarsson , Olle Ljungström , Magnus Uggla , Pugh Rogefeldt and Sylvia Vrethammar .
The format of the show is based on Beste Zangers franchised to 9 countries .
Summary
The first series began airing in October 2010 featuring Lasse Berghagen , Thomas Di Leva , Petter Askergren , Barbro Svensson , Christer Sandelin , September , and Plura Jonsson . A compilation album was released on 1 December 2010 as CD, digital download and on Spotify .[ 7]
A second series began airing in October 2011 featuring Timbuktu , Laleh , Eva Dahlgren , Lena Philipsson , E-Type , Tomas Ledin , and Mikael Wiehe .
A third series saw the participation of 7 artists: Magnus Uggla , Olle Ljungström , Darin Zanyar , Pugh Rogefeldt , Miss Li , Sylvia Vrethammar and Maja Ivarsson .
A fourth series saw the participation of 7 artists: Agnes , Ulf Dageby , Lill Lindfors , Ebbot Lundberg , Bo Sundström , Titiyo and Ken Ring .
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A fifth series saw the participation of 7 artists: Love Antell , Familjen , Kajsa Grytt , Carola Häggkvist (known as Carola) Amanda Jenssen , Orup , Ola Salo .
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A sixth series saw the participation of 7 artists: Niklas Strömstedt , Sven-Bertil Taube , Miriam Bryant , Jenny Berggren , Ison & Fille (Ison Glasgow and Felipe Leiva Wenger ), Andreas Kleerup , and Lisa Nilsson .[ 8]
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A seventh series saw the participation of 6 artists: Magnus Carlson , Lisa Ekdahl , Jill Johnson , Little Jinder (Josefine Jinder), Tommy Nilsson , Danny Saucedo . A seventh artist, Freddie Wadling was also scheduled, but he died before the shooting of the episodes. The remaining six performers still interpreted his songs, as a tribute. An additional episode where the artists paid tribute to dead singer Ted Gärdestad was aired, in which his brother and songwriter Kenneth Gärdestad appeared as a guest.
An eighth series saw the participation of 7 artists: Kikki Danielsson , Sabina Ddumba , Icona Pop (duo of Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo), Moneybrother (Anders Olof Wendin), Eric Saade , Uno Svenningsson and Tomas Andersson Wij . An additional episode that paid tribute to then recently passed dansband and country singer Sven-Erik Magnusson was aired, in which his son Oscar Magnusson appeared as guest.
A ninth series saw the participation of 7 artists: Eric Gadd , Louise Hoffsten , Linnea Henriksson , Charlotte Perrelli , Stor , Christer Sjögren , and Albin Lee Meldau .
A tenth series saw the participation of 13 (14) artists: Magnus Uggla , Miss Li and Petter participated in 8 programmes. The format of the show was changed this season to celebrate the ten year anniversary with guest artist visiting. Carola Häggkvist (4 of 8 programmes), Orup (4/8), Timbuktu (4/8), Danny Saucedo (3/8), Ebbot Lundberg (3/8), Petra Marklund (3/8), Jill Johnson (2/8), Little Jinder (2/8), Niklas Strömstedt (2/8), Titiyo (2/8).[ 108]
Sven-Bertil Taubes participation was cancelled due to sickness.[ 109]
Further artists appeared as guests for one, or several, performances.
An eleventh series saw the participation of Benjamin Ingrosso , Plura Jonsson , Ana Diaz , Markus Krunegård , Lisa Nilsson , Helen Sjöholm , Tommy Körberg , Silvana Imam , Jakob Hellman , Newkid , Lili & Susie , Loreen and Tove Styrke .[ 110] [ 111]
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