Ola Svensson

[1][2] Ola was born to Swedish parents, and has two adopted brothers from El Salvador, Jonas and Daniel, both his elders.As an 11-year-old, Svensson had a starring role in the opera The Magic Flute at the Malmö City Theatre, directed by Philip Zandén.[5] In the initial audition in Malmö, he sang "This I Promise You" from 'N Sync and later "Mandy" from Barry Manilow / Westlife and finally "Against All Odds" from Phil Collins as a duet.But he was eliminated on Live Show 4 broadcast on 21 October 2005, after performing Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River", receiving the lowest votes from the public.His first single "Rain", a cover of a song by Anthony Callea was decided by a poll conducted on his website, winning 60% of his fans' votes.In 2009, having gained great success, he took part in the music event NJR in The Park and in Diggiloo Tour with Mojje, Lasse Holm and other artists.[14] On the Ola album, he collaborated with Alexander Kronlund and the English artist and songwriter Labrinth on the track "Let It Hit You" During 2011, his company signed several international deals, amongst them, Europe, the US and UK.[15] Ola's first UK single, "All Over the World", received much attention, becoming the most played video on 4 Music and The Box and being championed by Scott Mills on BBC Radio One on his show Ready for the Weekend.The single reached the number 36 on the Billboard Dance Chart in the United States,[22][23] 2012 began with Ola's first promotional tour of the US with notable concerts in New York and California to support the release of "All Over The World".Whilst there, he also found the time to shoot the video for his single "I'm In Love", in Los Angeles, the first taken from his upcoming fourth studio album.[25] Ola also toured internationally to promote his hit single "All Over The World", that had found airplay notably in the UK, South Africa, Germany, Russia and the Middle East.Since 2006, Ola has performed regularly and given interviews on Swedish television shows such as Gomorron Sverige, Förkväll, Vakna!Outside of Sweden, he has also taken part in the Polish "Sopot Festival" and "Hity Na Czasie" in August 2009 with the hit song, "S.O.S".