Eurovision 2021: All you need to know about TIX (Norway)

Day 9 of 39, and following “el diablo” comes the “Fallen Angel” of TIX from cold Norway.

These are the things you should know about him:

1. TIX‘s real name is Andreas Haukeland. His stage name TIX has to do with Tourette syndrome and OCD: as a child he had repetitive tic movements. Talk about turning your issue into a triumph!
2. “Fallen Angel” is an English version of the song “Ut av mørket” (“Out of the dark”) in Norwegian, which TIX performed in the first semi-final of Melodi Grand Prix 2021.
3. In the final of Melodi Grand Prix 2021 TIX beat the other favorites, last year’s #1 televote artist of Eurovision, Keiino with “Monument”.
4. In 2019, he was a VIP participant in the Norwegian edition of the reality romance show Paradise Hotel. Check out this video:

5. Last year he was the most-streamed artist in Norway. We are talking more streams than The Weeknd, Juice WRLD, Billie Eilish, Justin Bieber and Eminem!

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