Music Career
Her musical breakthrough came when she partook in the 1985 edition of Melodifestivalen. Her song, Piccadilly Circus, became a public favourite, even though she only achieved fourth place in the competition. In the performance, she wore a piece of jewellery which was likened to the Prussian bravery medal, the Iron Cross, which lead to accusations of Nazism in the tabloid press, and the TV-programme Svar direkt—an accusation which was false. In the middle of the 1980s she performed at several successful summer tours. The shows, which she did together with the brothers Emilio and Vito Ingrosso, were showered with praise from the press.
In the second half of the 1980s came a pop career with several summer tours and studio albums. Pernilla was one of Sweden's hottest talents, with hits including Svindlande affärer, I Need Your Love, Every Time When We're Together and Running for Cover. She even discussed recording a single with Stock, Aitken & Waterman, but the project never took place as Pernilla became pregnant.
After having devoted her time to musicals, theatre and TV for many years, Pernilla once again took part in Melodifestivalen in 2003, this time with Jan Johansen. They achieved a respectable second places with the song Let Your Spirit Fly. In August 2006, she released the album Beautiful Day, the first single from which, Talking to an Angel achieved gold sales status, and the track Come Inside My World became the theme tune to TV4's entertainment programme Förkväll.
Pernilla has performed in several Christmas shows over the years. In the summer of 2006, she performed on the Diggiloo tour along with many other famous artists.
Pernilla has even taken part in shows at Swedish tourist destinations, for example, the Canary Islands.
In 2009, Pernilla announced that she recorded a demo that was submitted for the following year's Melodifestivalen. The song "Jag vill om du vågar" ended up being shortlisted as part of the competition and Pernilla was confirmed to be performing the entry. On 27 February 2010, Pernilla performed the song in the fourth semi-final of the competition, taking place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö. She advanced to the "Second Chance" round in Örebro and on 6 March 2010 advanced to the final at Globen.
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