Kjetil Mørland

Kjetil Mørland (born 3 October 1980), better known as simply Mørland, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 along with Debrah Scarlett with his song "A Monster Like Me".

Career

Mørland fronted the band Absent Elk from its 2008 inception, releasing the album Caught in the Headlights in the spring of 2009. The band supported The Script, The Hoosiers and Girls Aloud on UK tours before going on to tour the UK themselves in June 2009.

Discography

Singles

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Like Me

"Like Me" is the official debut single by the American girl group Girlicious. It was released to iTunes on April 22, 2008, a day before the group was formed in the season finale of the reality television show Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious. Since Tiffanie's departure, Chrystina Sayers performs her part of the bridge and melismatic vocals.

Release

On iTunes, "Like Me" was released on April 22, 2008 one day prior to The CW's airing of the finale, allowing many fans to find out who won before the finale aired. A 1:30 preview of the song was released on their official website on April 22, 2008. On September 19, 2008 the single was sent to radio in India.

Chart performance

Without being sent to radio or a physical release, the single managed to debut at number two on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles and number seventy on the Pop 100 solely based on digital sales. In addition, during the week of May 1, 2008, "Like Me" made a "Hot Shot Debut" at number four on the Canadian Hot 100 becoming an instant hit in Canada.

Debrah Scarlett

Joanna Deborah Bussinger (born 20 July 1993), known professionally as Debrah Scarlett, is a Norwegian-Swiss singer. She represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 along with Mørland with the song "A Monster Like Me". She competed on the Norwegian version of The Voice in 2013.

Personal life

Scarlett was born in Basel, Switzerland in 1993 to Norwegian parents. The family moved to Nittedal, Norway where her family origin from when she was six. She returned later to Switzerland at the age of ten.

Discography

Singles

See also

References

External links

A Monster Like Me

"A Monster Like Me" is a song written by Norwegian singer-songwriter Kjetil Mørland and performed by Mørland and Debrah Scarlett. The song represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. It was released as a digital download in Norway on 17 February 2015.

Melodi Grand Prix 2015

During the Melodi Grand Prix 2015 press conference on 21 January 2015, "A Monster Like Me" was announced as one of the eleven songs competing to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria. The song was performed ninth in the running order and was one of the four songs that continued to the Gold Final. "A Monster Like Me" received 88,869 votes overall, only 3,496 votes ahead of the runner-up, and won the opportunity to compete in Vienna.

After winning Melodi Grand Prix, the song peaked at number 24 in VG-lista.

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "A Monster Like Me" was first released onto YouTube on 20 February 2015 at a total length of three minutes and thirteen seconds.