Jonas Gladnikoff Explained
Jonas Gladnikoff (born 11 January 1985) is a Swedish songwriter and music producer. Born in Täby, he began songwriting at an early age. Later in life he moved to Åland in Finland before eventually moving to Stockholm. He has written several songs for singers from across Europe, but is best known for writing entries for the Eurovision Song Contest, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, and for various national pre-selections. He studied songwriting at the Music Production Academy Musikmakarna, graduating in 2006. He co-wrote the songs that represented Ireland in 2009, 2010 and 2014: "Et Cetera" performed by Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy, "It's for You", performed by 1993 Eurovision winning Niamh Kavanagh, and "Heartbeat" sung by Can-linn.[1] [2] [3]
Among his entries in national pre-selections for the Eurovision Song Contest he is best known for having co-written the runner up in the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2009, the Danish final, with the song "Someday" performed by the Icelandic singer Hera Björk,[4] [5] which became a big hit and also won the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2009 for Denmark. Gladnikoff is a member of the jazz pop project Technicoloured Roses.[6] In 2021 he co-wrote and produced the song Llévame al cielo released by Drag Race España host Supremme DeLuxe and which was later also used as the final challenge of the first season of the show where the top four recorded their own version of the song.
Entries in the Eurovision Song Contest
Entries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest
- "Réalta na mara" by Aimee Banks, Ireland, (Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2015), 12th place
- "IOU" by Taylor Hynes, Ireland, (Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018), 15th place
- "Banshee" by Anna Kearney, Ireland, (Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019), 12th place
- "Solas" by Sophie Lennon, Ireland, (Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2022), 4th place
Entries in national Eurovision pre-selections
2006
- "Po dhe jo" by Ingrid Jushi (Albania 2006), eliminated (Semi-final)
2007
- "Open your eyes" by Charlene & Natasha (Bulgaria 2007), eliminated (Semi-final)
- "I Will Survive Without You" by Edgaras Kapocious (Lithuania 2007), 10th place (Quarter-final)
2009
2010
2011
2012
- "This Must Be Love" by Ana Mardare (Romania 2012), 13th place
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
- "Tonight" by Deborah C & Josef Tabone (Malta 2017), 7th place
- "Victorious" by Virgis Valuntonis (Lithuania 2017), eliminated (Semi-final)
- "Walk On By" by Xandra (Romania 2017), 5th place
2018
- "Back to Life" by Eleanor Cassar (Malta 2018), 5th place
- "Call 2morrow" by Matthew Anthony (Malta 2018), 7th place
- "We Can Run" by Avenue Sky (Malta 2018), 9th place
- "A Thousand Times" by Angie Ott (Switzerland 2018), 5th place
- "Devoted" by Johnny Bădulescu (Romania 2018), 4th place (Semi-final)
- "Thinking About You" by Endless feat. Maria Grosu (Romania 2018) 6th place (Semi-final)
- "Try" by Xandra (Romania 2018), 9th place
- "Heaven" by MIHAI (Romania 2018), 7th place
- "The Voice" by Suren Poghosyan (Armenia 2018), 10th place (Semi-final)
- "Dišem" by Nina Petković (Montenegro 2018), 5th place
- "Aldrei gefast upp"/"Battleline" by Fókus (Iceland 2018), 5th place
2019
2022
2023
- "Love Again" by Skrellex (Norway 2023), 7th place
- "Indestructible" by Cosmina (Moldova 2023), 8th place
- "Haunted" by Lyndsay (Malta 2023), eliminated (Quarter-final)
- "Creeping Walls" by Nathan (Malta 2023), 11th place
- "Whatever Wind May Blow" by Dominic Cini & Anna Azzopardi (Malta 2023), eliminated (Semi-final)
- "Love You Like That" by Jake (Malta 2023), eliminated (Quarter-final)
2024
Entries in national Junior Eurovision pre-selections
2015
- "Réalta na mara" by Aimee Banks, Ireland, (Ireland 2015), 1st place
2018
2021
Other songwriting credits
valign=top | - He Junlin - Eyes For You (2023)
- Skrellex - Shake This Dress Away (2023)
- Eliot XII - Identify (2023)
- Finalists of Drag Race España (season 1) - Llévame al cielo (2022)
- Eliot XII - Remedy (2022)
- Boris Rogoznica - Vjetar (2022)
- Huang Shengyi, Zhong Lit and the cast of Hi! Hot Mom - 女王的调性 (2022)
- Steve Steinman - Journey Home (2021)
- Supremme de Luxe - Llévame al cielo (2021)
- Avenue Sky - When the Sun Shines (2021)
- Smoke Rings Sisters - Vårt eget Göteborg (2021)
- Titanix - Vad du ser är vad du får (2020)
- Nina Petković - Dance Till I Die (2020)
- Viviana - Blinded (2020)
- Clare Cunningham - Carry Me (2020)
- Annica Milán - Better alone (2019)
- Claudia Faniello, Dominic Cini & various artists... - Roll the Dice (2019)
- WER1 - Try (2019)
- Sergey Lazarev - Flying (2018)
- Titanix - Snöfall (2018)
- Olga Przybysz - Forever (2018)
- Sebastian Calleja - Escape (2017)
- Smoke Rings Sisters - Welcome To Our World (2017)
- Annica Milán - Thunder (2017)
- Annica Milán and Kimmo Blom - Take me as I am (2017)
- TWiiNS - Latino Love (2016)
- Diva Houston - Fabulosa B*tch
| (2016)- Annica Milán and Kimmo Blom - Rhyme of reason (2016)
- Benjamin - Fight the break of dawn (2016)
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Notes and References
- Web site: RTÉ Television - Eurovision Song Contest 2009 . October 21, 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090501230238/http://www.rte.ie/tv/eurovision/etcetera.html . May 1, 2009 . .
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090410033643/http://www.esctoday.com/specials/read/13423 Eurovision Song Contest Moscow 2009 | Special - 2009 Irish entry song writers meet esctoday.com
- Web site: Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy - Et Cetera (Ireland 2009) | Participant Profile | Eurovision Song Contest - Malmö 2013 . Eurovision.tv . 2009-05-14 . 2012-12-26.
- Web site: Archived copy . www.gasfabrik.com . 15 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225433/http://www.gasfabrik.com/hera/ahead.html . 3 March 2016 . dead.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090130073713/http://esctoday.com/news/read/13069 Eurovision Song Contest Moscow 2009 | News - Denmark: Hera Bjork and her Nordic alliance in Danish final
- Web site: Technicoloured Roses - Keep on Playing . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/bpGhdpkb-N4 . 2021-12-20 . live. YouTube . 2011-02-08 . 2012-12-26.