Swedish musician and composer/songwriter (born 1960)
Kjell Jennstig
Kjell Jennstig (born February 17, 1960) is a Swedish musician and composer/songwriter. As a musician he is mostly known as guitarist in Swedish motorcycle group, Kenneth & the Knutters. As a composer/songwriter, he has written for a number of Swedish performers, including Carina Jaarnek, Caracola, Grönwalls, Blender and Caroline Wennergren.
In 2007, his song "Questa Notte",[1] written together with Torbjörn Wassenius and Fransesca Russo and performed by Bonaparti.lv, won the competition. The song was then in the Eurovision Song Contest final in Helsinki where it ended 16th.
In 2008, his song "You really got me going" ended second. It was written with Leif Goldkuhl and performed by "Aisha" (Aija Andrejeva).
In 2011, Jennstig had two songs in the Spanish Eurovision Song Contest preselection (Destino Eurovision): "Evangeline" and "Golden Cadillac".[2][3]
"Evangeline" qualified for the final where it was performed by "Auryn".
In 2013, he had a song in the Swedish ESC preselection, Melodifestivalen. It won its semifinal and went to the final where it ended in tenth place .
The following table shows Kjells Eurovision entries so far:
Year
Country
Song
Performer
Result
2007
Latvia
Questa Notte
Bonaparti.lv
Winner of Latvian competition. 16th in European ESC final in Helsinki.
