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This week's featured artist...

With the Melodifestivalen final just a few days away, it seems only fitting that this week's featured artist should be one of the '00s most popular schlager-princesses... Shirley Clamp was born and grew up in Borås, but has an English father, hence her very English name... He wanted her to have a name that couldn't be Swedicised, so naturally he chose Shirley (!?!). The Clampinator, as she is affectionately known, by me at least, has participated in Melodifestivalen three times since 2003, and she was also the backing singer for Antique's Greek Eurovision entry Die For You in 2001! Shirley has recently announced that she is pregnant with her first child, and we, of course, wish her and her baby all the best!
To round off this presentation of the schlager-princess, here's a bit of random trivia: Shirley did the voice of the elephant in the Swedish adverts for Kinder Eggs. Bet you didn't know that. So, here's hoping you enjoy the Shirley invasion of S-Pop!

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