Tove Anna Linnéa Östman Styrke (born 19 November 1992 in Umeå), known as Tove Styrke, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, pianist, and model. She rose to prominence as a contestant on Swedish Idol 2009, finishing in third place. After Idol 2009, she started a solo career as an electropop singer and songwriter. She released her debut album Tove Styrke in 2010. The New York Post included Tove Styrke in its list of "10 Artists to Know in 2011".

Tove Styrke was born in Umeå, Sweden. She has two sisters, one younger and one older. Her father, musician Anders Östman, scored a Swedish number one hit in the 1970s. He opened a music store after he stopped touring. Anders Östman introduced Tove to guitar when she was a child, but she preferred the piano, being encouraged by her piano teacher grandfather.

Her mother, Anna, a former dancer and ballet instructor, is the manager of a ballet academy and enrolled Tove in dance classes at an early age. Tove Styrke began performing as a vocalist in a local jazz band in her high school years.

Erik Grönwall (born December 3, 1987) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. In December 2009, he won Swedish Idol. During several of the shows he received standing ovations from the jury for his performances. His first single, "Higher", sold gold on digital downloads after only three days. His first self titled album, "Erik Grönwall", was released just ten days after the finals and debuted at number one on the Swedish charts Sverigetopplistan and was certified platinum.

Erik was born in Knivsta, a small town about 30 miles north of Stockholm. In his early years he attended a kindergarten with a special focus on music, where he found an early passion for performing arts. Erik started his musical career with playing the guitar in a local punk/rock band. During high school his focus went from playing the guitar to more singing. He became the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the metalband RAID from north-eastern Stockholm and played with them until summer 2008. His future as a singer really took shape for the first time as he performed the leading role as Galileo Figaro in the Queen musical "We will rock you", doing a number of shows at Oscarsteatern in Stockholm.