EURO GLITTER

SF Studios is looking for actors with authentic 1980s looks for La det swinge , an upcoming film about Norwegian Eurovision winners Bobbysocks. The new Norwegian-Swedish production, directed by Per-Olav Sørensen, will take audiences back to the Eurovision era of the 1980s and the story surrounding Bobbysocks’ historic victory at the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 in Gothenburg . To recreate the period authentically, the production is now looking for actors who naturally fit the 1980s aesthetic . For male actors, the casting team is looking for looks including long hair, moustaches, natural-looking beards and mullet or comb-over hairstyles . Female actors with curly or permed hair, bangs, short hair, updos, pageboy hairstyles and preferably bleached highlights are also wanted. The production is specifically avoiding modern appearances such as tattoos, fillers, hair extensions, unnatural hair colours and modern fade or machine-cut hairstyles. Men with short hair and women with long hair m...

Swedish Eurovision icon Carola Häggkvist has opened up about her life, career, faith and relationships in her first autobiography, Jag är Carola ( I Am Carola ). Released on September 8, coinciding with Carola’s 60th birthday, the 576-page book was written together with author Desirée Stattin Drakenberg and published by Bokförlaget Forum. The autobiography covers Carola’s journey from her childhood in Norsborg and her breakthrough with “Främling” in Melodifestivalen 1983 to her international Eurovision success with “Fångad av en stormvind” , which won the Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden in 1991. However, according to a review published by Dagens Nyheter , the book is about much more than Carola’s career. Her Christian faith is one of its central themes, with many of the events in her life viewed through her relationship with God. One of the most important moments described in the book dates back to 1981, when Carola was around 15 years old. After her confirmation, a priest reporte...