{"name":"Eric Saade","title":"Eric Saade","id":3410,"slug":"eric-saade","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/3410/?format=json","bio_short":"Eric Saade (born on 29th October 1990, in Kattarp, Helsingborg, Sweden, to a Lebanese father and a Swedish mother) is a Swedish pop singer. He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, held in Düsseldorf, Germany, with the song <a title=\"Eric Saade &ndash; Popular\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Eric+Saade/_/Popular\" class=\"bbcode_track\">Popular</a>, and came 3rd in the final, receiving a total of 185 points.   Saade first came to prominence after his win in the Swedish music contest Joker (now Popkorn). He was also a member of the Swedish boyband <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/What%27s+Up\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">What's Up</a>. He left the band in February 2009 to pursue his solo career.  ","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/EricSaadesuperdu.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":3464,"title":"Popular","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/popular/"}]}