Dansbandskampen (2008)

Genre

talent show, music program

Country

Sweden

Length

3 seasons, 1 episode

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Swedish talent show where dansbands compete each week. Bands perform pop covers and classic dansband songs chosen by drawing. Finalists create their own songs and battle for the win.

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What happens

Dansbandskampen is a television show established by Peter Settman and his production company Baluba. Peter Settman is also the show host. The show is broadcast over Sveriges Television, with season 1 airing October–December 2008. In 2008, five bands participated each week. Each week consisted of one moment where the bands were free to perform a pop or rock song, followed up by the second moment, Dansbandsklassikern ("The dansband classic"), where a famous dansband song was performed, chosen by drawing. The finalist bands are given an own, new own-produced song, followed up by the two remaining bands performing their own version of a song. There are discussions of spreading the concept outside Sweden, with a disco/folk music version in Poland and a country music version in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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