Jannike

Jannike is a singer/musician from Finland. Her childhood is described using the words from Abba´s famous song, as saying; "Mother says I was a dancer before I could walk. She says I began to sing long before I could talk". Music has always been a part of Jannike's life. Aside from always singing at home and performing, for the first time, as a 3- year-old, she went to the public music school for piano and violin lessons and was involved in many choirs and orchestras. Jannike was accepted to the famous Sibelius-Academy where she began studying music on a professional level to make music her career. During those years she was an active musician and singer in various bands, often as the soloist, but sometimes as a backing vocalist for famous artists such as Jari Sillanpää, Jukkapoika, Robin, Katri-Helena, Peter Jöback (SWE), Loreen (SWE), Jennifer Brown (SWE) etc. Jannike was also a popular music teacher and an active choir conductor. In the year 2008 Jannike auditioned for the finnish version of "American Idol" and got through. She ended up finishing in 9th place in the whole competition and received a taste of fame for a short while. After "Idols" Jannike withdrew herself from the limelight and continued studying, teaching music and working on her own music projects. After a break that lasted several years, Jannike finally recorded some music in 2012, this time in swedish. "Bara Stunden" (under the artist name Jannike Sandström) was released in two different versions and was often played on the swedish radio. In 2013 she released a swedish Christmas-song with the artist Thomas Lundin and the Lucia-choir, conducted by Jannike.