Jesper Nohrstedt

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Jesper Nohrstedt
Jesper Nohrstedt in the studio
Background information
Birth name	Jesper Nohrstedt Boesgaard
Born	(1994-09-20) 20 September 1994 (age 30) Denmark
Genres	Pop, House music
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Years active	2010–present
Labels	Disco:wax

Jesper Nohrstedt Boesgaard (born 20 September 1994) is a Danish singer. He made his debut on the Danish X Factor in 2010. Two years later he reached second place in the music contest Dansk Melodi Grand Prix; had he won, he would have represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. He is currently^{[as of?]} making music with Danish producer and DJ Morten Hampenberg.

Jesper was born on Amager island, but grew up in Taastrup, near Copenhagen where he lived with his Danish father Carsten, Swedish mother Gudrun and sisters Linn and Fie.^[1]

At the age of 16, while a student,^[2] he took part in Season 3 of the Danish X Factor in 2010 reaching the Final 3 before being eliminated in the final coming third overall behind Thomas Ring Petersen and runner-up Tine Madsen.

In 2012, he participated in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012 with the song "Take Our Hearts",^[3] written by Mads B. B. Krog, Engelina Larsen and Morten Hampenberg. He reached the Superfinal (final three) with the song at the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2012 for a bid to represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 and finished runner-up behind the winning song "Should've Known Better" by Soluna Samay.

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix Superfinal

Place	Artist	Song	Norway	Russia	Germany	Azerbaijan	Danish jury	SMS voting	Total points
1	Soluna Samay	"Should've Known Better"	10	10	10	12	12	56	110
2	Jesper Nohrstedt	"Take Our Hearts"	12	12	12	10	10	46	102
3	Christian Brøns & Patrik Isaksson	"Venter"	8	8	8	8	8	48	88

Despite not winning in his bid to represent Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest, Jesper's song proved very popular and charted at No. 4 immediately after the final.^[4]

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