Ola Salo

Born: 1977-02-19

Ola Salo is a Swedish rock musician known for being the lead vocalist of glam rock band The Ark. He lived in Rottne, Växjö Municipality, in Sweden when he was a child, where, in 1991, he and his friends Jepson and Leari officially started the band The Ark. Salo is openly bisexual. Salo and the other members of the band had an international breakthrough in 2000 with the album We Are The Ark, containing the signature song "It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane" (for which Ola won a Grammis for "Song of the Year"), a song Salo wrote after watching the Danish film Idioterne (The Idiots). In October 2006 during a party celebrating the new Swedish embassy in Washington, The Ark was performing on stage. As a plane was flying very low overhead Salo said "In this country, you don't know where those planes are headed. Well, this one seems to be heading in the right direction anyway..." meaning the airport, but then suddenly adding "...to the White House" which happened to be in the same direction. This caused controversy as many newspapers reported that Salo had "wished an airplane to crash into the White House". Salo later said that it was a bad joke, "totally unserious way of being cheeky toward the White House" and not a political statement. The band ended up cancelling almost its entire U.S. tour. On 10 March 2007, Salo and the band The Ark won Melodifestivalen 2007 and went on to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "The Worrying Kind", where, in which they came 18th with 51 points. Salo has recently translated Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar into Swedish for a performance in Malmö this autumn in which he will play the title role of Jesus, and as a result he stated that "2008 will be a very quiet year" for The Ark after a hectic 2007 with the Eurovision Song Contest and the release of Prayer for the Weekend. In 2009. Salo featured on the Empire Dogs' album, Come On You Preachers.


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Jesus Christ Superstar - Swedish Arena Tour

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Released: 2014-03-24

Jesus Christ Superstar Swedish Arena Tour of Ola Salo's Swedish translation of Jesus Christ...

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The Ark

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Released: 2001-02-10

The members of The Ark talk about their hectic year since their breakthrough debut in the year...

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The Ark - Live på Peace & Love 2011

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Released: 2012-02-15

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Glam, Sweat & Tears

as Himself
Released: 2021-01-01

Tears were formed in the small town of Katrineholm, Sweden, back in 1968. A band from the same...

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Vi är The Ark

as Self
Released: 2001-02-09

Intimate documentary following the rock band The Ark on tour.

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På spåret

as Gästartist
First aired: 1987-09-05

På spåret is a popular Swedish TV game show broadcast on SVT since September 5, 1987. The show,...

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Melodifestivalen

as Co-Host
First aired: 1959-02-26

The annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and...

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Melodifestivalen

as The Ark
First aired: 1959-02-26

The annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and...

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Så mycket bättre

as Self
First aired: 2010-10-23

"Så mycket bättre" is the Swedish version of the format "Beste Zangers". This is asinging...

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Skavlan

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2009-01-16

Skavlan is a Norwegian-Swedish television talk show hosted by Norwegian journalist Fredrik...

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Allsång på Skansen

as Self - The Ark - Guest
First aired: 1979-08-03

Allsång på Skansen is a Swedish tv show held at Skansen, Stockholm, every summer on Tuesdays....

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Så ska det låta

as Self
First aired: 1997-01-17

Så ska det låta is a Swedish game show, based on the Irish The Lyrics Board. The show was...

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Hellenius Hörna

as Self - Musical Guest
First aired: 2010-10-07

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Hellenius Hörna

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2010-10-07

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Masked Singer Sverige

as Himself - Guest
First aired: 2021-03-26

Join us as twelve well-known people take part in one of the world's most spectacular singing...

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Renées brygga

as Himself
First aired: 2015-02-18

TV presenter invites Swedish celebrities and interesting personalities to her summer island in...

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Moraeus Med Mera

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2011-09-04

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Sommarkrysset

as Self - Gästartist
First aired: 2005-06-03

Sommarkrysset is a Swedish television program that is broadcast live from the Gröna Lund...

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Tack för musiken

as Self
First aired: 2011-08-20

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Stjärnor hos Babben

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2014-02-21

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Stjärnornas Stjärna

as Himself
First aired: 2018-03-17

Eight Swedish artists, representing different genres and generations, compete against each other...

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Evert! Evert! Evert!

as Himself
First aired: 2021-12-20

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