Thomas G:son

Thomas Gustafsson (born February 25 1968) is a Swedish composer and musician from Skövde, Västergötland, Sweden. He is much more known nationally and internationally as Thomas G:son, his artistic name. Since 1998, Thomas has worked full time as a songwriter for the company G:songs. In addition to writing and composing songs for a living, he plays the guitar in a hard rock band. Thomas G:son is mostly known for the more than 60 songs he has written for national finals of eight different countries for the Eurovision Song Contest. He wrote song for the ESC pre-selections of Sweden, Spain, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Poland, Latvia, Romania and Belgium. He has also reached the Eurovision Song Contest five times, twice for Sweden (2001 and 2005), once for Norway (2007), once for Spain (2007), and once for Denmark (2010).

Melodifestivalen entries (Sweden)

• Natten är Min Vän - Cleo Nilsson (1999), 8th place
• Lyssna Till Ditt Hjärta (Listen To Your Heartbeat) - Friends (2001), 1st place (5th at ESC 2001)
• Vem é Dé Du Vill Ha? - Kikki, Lotta & Bettan (2002), 3rd place
• Ingenting är Större än Vi - Arvingarna (2002), 6th place (semi-final)
• Världen Utanför - Barbados (2002), 4th place
• What Difference Does It Make? - Poets (2002), 3rd place (semi-final)
• Hela Världen För Mig - Sanna Nielsen (2003), 5th place
• C'est La Vie - Hanson, Carson & Malmkvist (2004), 10th place
• Tango Tango - Petra Nielsen (2004), 4th place
• Säg Att Du Har ångrat Dig - Anne-Lie Rydé (2004), 4th place (semi-final)
• Långt Bortom Tid Och Rum - Mathias Holmgren (2005), 4th place (semi-final)
• As If Tomorrow Will Never Come - Katrina & The Nameless (2005), 3rd place (semi-final)
• Så Nära - Anne-Lie Rydé (2005), 5th place (semi-final)
• Evighet (Invincible) - Carola (2006), 1st place (5th at ESC 2006)
• Ge Mig En Kaka Till Kaffet - Östen med Resten (2006), 6th place (semi-final)
• Idag & Imorgon - Kikki Danielsson (2006), 10th place
• Innan Natten är över - Kayo (2006), 6th place (semi-final)
• When Loves Coming Back Again - Jessica Folcker (2006), 7th place (semi-final)
• Silverland - Roger Pontare (2006), 4th place (semi-final)
• Amanda - Jimmy Jansson (2007), eliminated in Second-Chance Round
• Samba Sambero - Anna Book (2007), 9th place
• Här För Mig Själv - Maja Gullstrand (2009), 8th place (semi-final)
• Du Vinner över Mig - Mikael Rickfors (2009), 5th place (semi-final)
• Show Me Heaven - Lili & Susie (2009), eliminated in Second-Chance Round
• Thursdays - Lovestoned (2010), 6th place (semi-final)
• I'm In Love - Sanna Nielsen (2011), 4th place
• E De Fel På Mig - Linda Bengtzing (2011), 7th place
• Something In Your Eyes - Jenny Silver (2011), eliminated in Second-Chance Round
• Run - Anders Fernette (2011), 8th place (semi-final)

Melodi Grand Prix entries (Norway)

• Din Hånd I Min Hånd - Kikki, Lotta & Bettan (2003), 4th place
• Anyway You Want It - Ingvild Pedersen (2003), eliminated in semi-final
• Absolutely Fabulous - Queentastic (2006), 3rd place
• Ven A Bailar Conmigo - Guri Schanke (2007), 1st place (18th in ESC 2007 semi-final)
• Rocket Ride - Jannicke Abrahamsen (2007), 2nd place

Euroviisut entries (Finland)

• Who Cares About A Broken Heart? - Johanna (2002), 5th place
• Say You Will, Say You Won't - Ressu (2002), 4th place
• I Can't Stop Loving You - Kirsi Ranto (2004), 10th place (semi-final)
• Till The End Of Time - Arja Koriseva (2004), 10th place

Misión Eurovisión entries (Spain)

• I Love You Mi Vida - D'NASH (2007), 1st place (20th in ESC 2007)
• Piénsame - Anael (2008), eliminated in online-voting
• Te Prefiero - Baltanás (2008), eliminated in online-voting
• Nada Es Comparable A Ti - Mirela (2009), 4th place
• Amor Radical - Rebeca (2009), eliminated in online-voting
• Perfecta - Venus (2010), 4th place
• Recuérdame - Samuel & Patricia (2010), 5th place
• En Una Vida - Coral Segovia (2010), 2nd place
• Beautiful Life - Jose Galisteo (2010), 7th place
• Abrázame - Lucía Pérez (2011), 2nd place

Eirodziesma entry (Latvia)

• Heaven In Your Eyes - Elina Furmane (2006), 8th place

Selecţia Naţională entry (Romania)

• Lovestruck - Indiggo (2007) (disqualified)

The girl duo Indiggo ,which was going to perform the song Lovestruck, was disqualified because they didn't turn up in time for a rehearsal. Additionally, an instrumental version of the song was not sent in time to the TV company.

Piosenka dla Europy entries (Poland)

• Viva La Musica - Man Meadow (2008), 3rd place
• Love Is Gonna Get You - Man Meadow (2009), 6th place

Eurosong entry (Belgium)

• Addicted To You - Tanja Dexters (2008), 5th place (semi-final)

Dansk Melodi Grand Prix entry (Denmark)

• In a Moment Like This - Chanée & Tomas N'evergreen (2010), 1st place (4th in ESC 2010)
• Let Your Heart Be Mine - Jenny Berggren (2011), 8th place
• 25 Hours A Day - Le Freak (2011), 4th place

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010

• Allt Jag Vill Ha - Josefine Ridell (2010), 11th place