Wiktoria Johansson

Wiktoria
Johansson at Melodifestivalen in 2017
Background information
Birth name Wiktoria Vendela Johansson
Born (1996-11-08) 8 November 1996
Brämhult, Sweden
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active 2011–present
Associated acts Anton Ewald

Wiktoria Vendela Johansson (born 8 November 1996), known professionally as simply Wiktoria, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She first achieved public attention during Melodifestivalen 2016, where she placed fourth.

Life and career

Johansson was born on 8 November 1996 in Brämhult, a suburb of Borås. In 2011, she participated in Lilla Melodifestivalen and placed fourth with the self-penned song "Jag behöver dig".[1] On 30 November 2015, Johansson was announced as one of the 28 participants in Melodifestivalen 2016 with the song "Save Me".[2]

She performed last in the second semi-final held on 13 February 2016, and qualified directly to the final.[3] In the final, Johansson placed fourth with the juries, second with the Swedish public, and fourth overall.[4] Johansson also voices Moana in the Swedish dub of the 2016 film Moana. She competed in Melodifestivalen 2017 with the song "As I Lay Me Down", qualifying once again directly to the final, where she finished sixth overall; eight withg the juries, and second with the public.[5] She was the Swedish spokesperson in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017,[6] and toured with the Diggiloo Tour (in Swedish: Diggilooturnén), during the summer. She participated in Stjärnornas stjärna broadcast on TV4 in 2018, where she finished in fifth place out of eight contestants.

Discography

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
SWE
[7]
"Jag behöver dig" 2011 — Non-album single
"Save Me" 2016 3
"Yesterday R.I.P." —
"Unthink You" —
"As I Lay Me Down" 2017 2
  • GLF: 2× Platinum
"I Won't Stand in Your Way"[8] —
"Not Just For Xmas"[9] —
"Perfect Memory"[10] 2018 —
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Moana Moana Swedish dub

References

  1. ↑ "Melodifestivalaktuella Wiktoria: Jag blev retad i skolan". Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Escudero, Victor M. (30 November 2015). "Sweden: Who will compete in Melodifestivalen 2016?". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Escudero, Victor M. (13 Feb 2016). "Sweden: two more finalists in Melodifestivalen". eurovision.tv. EBU.
  4. ↑ Escudero, Victor M. (12 March 2016). "Frans wins Melodifestivalen in Sweden". EBU.
  5. ↑ "Sweden:Robin Bengtsson wins Melodifestivalen!". eurovision.tv. 11 March 2017.
  6. ↑ Gallagher, Robyn (12 April 2017). "SWEDEN: MÅNS ZELMERLÖW TO CO-PRESENT SWEDISH COMMENTARY IN KYIV, WIKTORIA TO DELIVER POINTS". wiwibloggs.com. Wiwibloggs.
  7. ↑ "Wiktoria discography". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "This week's new releases". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  9. ↑ "Not Just For Xmas on SPOTIFY". Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Perfect Memory on SPOTIFY". Retrieved 9 August 2018.
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