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Andreas Lundstedt
Background information
Birth name	Björn Helge Andreas Lundstedt
Born	20 May 1972 (1972-05-20) (age 37) Uppsala, Sweden
Genres	Pop, Disco
Occupations	Singer, musician, choreographer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1996–present
Website	Official web site (Swedish) Official fan site (English)

Andreas Lundstedt (born Björn Helge Andreas Lundstedt, 20 May 1972, Uppsala, Sweden) is a Swedish musician, who is best known as a member of the pop-disco group, Alcazar.

Biography

Since childhood, Lundstedt had wanted to be a singer. At the age of five he took part in a talent competition for children and achieved second place. By the age of fifteen he appeared regularly on television and in shows as a member of the band Stage Four. The group consisted of four of the now most famous singers in Sweden; Lundstedt himself, Peter Jöback, Lisa Nilsson and Lizette Pålsson.

In 1998 Lundstedt was the founding member of Alcazar. They made their European breakthrough with the hit single "Crying at the Discoteque". After this success Alcazar had several more hit singles. One of them was "This is The World We Live In" (2004). Alcazar reunited in 2007 after a two-year break and today consists of Tess Merkel, Lina Hedlund and Lundstedt.

While still a member of Alcazar, Lundstedt began his own solo career. He released one album and four singles in the years 1996-1997, and in 2006 he released a new single, "Lovegun"/"Nightfever", which includes a new song as well as a cover of the Bee Gees hit song "Night Fever". His newest single is "Move", which also is going to be included on his forthcoming album.

In addition to his pop music career, he has had roles in the musicals Grease and Chicago. In autumn 2005 and spring 2006 Lundstedt starred as Tony Manero in the musical Saturday Night Fever in Stockholm, Sweden, for which he received favourable press reviews. He also works as a choreographer, and has choreographed many of Alcazar's dance moves.

Lundstedt is openly gay and was involved in a relationship with a former member of Alcazar, Magnus Carlsson.^[1]

In December 2007, Andreas confirmed the rumours that he is HIV positive ^[2].

Eurovision Song Contest

Lundstedt has participated in Sweden's Melodifestivalen six times. Three times as a solo artist with the song "Driver Dagg Faller Regn" in 1996, "Jag Saknar Dig, Jag Saknar Dig" in 1997 and the song "Move" in 2007; and three times as a member of Alcazar with the songs "Not a Sinner, Nor a Saint" in 2003, "Alcastar" in 2005 and "Stay the Night" in 2009. He is also one of the members of Six4one, which represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "If We All Give a Little". Six4one has released one album in 2006. In this album the members sings two songs each, and five together.

Lundstedt and his song "Move" did not make it through from the semifinal of Melodifestivalen 2007.

Lundstedt is currently the single male vocalist in Alcazar along with the female vocalists Merkel and Hedlund.

Lundstedt with Alcazar won the first direct place to the final of Sweden's Melodifestivalen 2009 with the song "Stay the Night". On 8th of January 2010 svt announced the group will perform at Melodifestivalen 2010 in Gothenburg as number one with the new song "Headlines".

Discography

References

External links

• Dandyandy.se - The official website
• Alcazar World - The official website