JTR (band)

JTR

JTR, 2014
Background information
Origin Sweden
Genres Pop
Years active 2012–present
Labels Sony Music
Members John Andreasson
Tom Lundbäck
Robin Lundbäck

JTR is a Swedish boy band made up of three brothers John Andreasson (born 1990), Tom Lundbäck (born 1993) and Robin Lundbäck (born 1994).[1][2] The band's name is made up of the first letters of their given names John, Tom and Robin.

They appeared on the fifth season of The X Factor Australia a few months after becoming established in Australia. The fifth season of the Australian version premiered on the Seven Network on 29 July 2013. JTR finished seventh after being eliminated on 30 September 2013 of the show. Their debut album, Touchdown, was promoted by the band's debut single, "Ride". The album charted in both Australia and Sweden.

Career

2013: The X Factor Australia

JTR are originally from Sweden. They had reportedly just arrived the day they were scheduled to perform on The X Factor Australia where they auditioned with the Justin Bieber song "As Long as You Love Me",[1] with added rapping lyrics. After two weeks staying safe interpreting Ed Sheeran and Kylie Minogue songs, in week three, JTR landed in the bottom two for the first time and had a showdown contest with Barry Southgate. As a result, JTR were saved by judges Ronan Keating, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Redfoo, with Southgate being sent home.[3]

JTR were in the final showdown again in week four with Ellie Lovegrove. After the judges decision went to deadlock, it was revealed that Lovegrove had received the fewest votes and was eliminated, with JTR being saved yet again.[4] JTR were eventually eliminated from the competition in week six following their performance of Hanson's "MMMBop", after Keating, Dannii Minogue and Redfoo chose to save Third Degree instead.[5] JTR finished seventh overall in the competition.

Performances on The X Factor

     denotes week in the bottom two.
     denotes eliminated.

Show Theme Song Original artist Order Result
Audition Free choice "As Long as You Love Me" Justin Bieber N/A Through to super bootcamp
Super bootcamp 1 N/A Through to super bootcamp 2
Super bootcamp 2 Ensemble performance Through to super bootcamp 3
Super bootcamp 3 N/A Through to home visits
Home visits Free choice "Rich Girl" Hall & Oates Through to live shows
Week 1 Judges' Choice "Everything Has Changed" Ed Sheeran 8 Safe
Week 2 Legends "Can't Get You Out of My Head" Kylie Minogue 1 Safe
Week 3 Top 10 Hits "Everybody Talks" Neon Trees 6 Bottom two
"The Man Who Can't Be Moved" The Script 1 Saved
Week 4 Latest and Greatest "Want U Back" Cher Lloyd 2 Bottom two
"Waiting on the World to Change" John Mayer 2 Saved via deadlock
Week 5 Rock "Thnks fr th Mmrs" Fall Out Boy 7 Safe
Week 6 Family Heroes "MMMBop" Hanson 3 Bottom two
"Lego House" Ed Sheeran 1 Eliminated

2014–present: Touchdown and Melodifestivalen

JTR proved popular despite their early elimination. Their debut single "Ride" was released on 3 February 2014, through Trinity Recordings.[6] "Ride" debuted at Number 2 on the Australian Independent Chart. [7] JTR's debut studio album Touchdown followed on 7 March 2014,[8] and debuted at number 44 on the ARIA Albums Chart.[9]

With the release of their album, they also toured their home country Sweden with their album Touchdown through Sony Music Sweden.[10] The album also charted in Sweden on Sverigetopplistan. It was announced in December 2014, that JTR would complete in the Melodifestivalen 2015, a Swedish music competition that would select Sweden's 55th entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.[11] Their song was called "Building It Up". The band made it to the final in Friends Arena.[12]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
[13]		 SWE
[14]
Touchdown 44 52

Singles

List of singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[13]		 SWE
[14]
"Ride" 2014 — — Touchdown
"Night for Life"[16] — — N/A
"—" denotes a single that did not chart in that country.

Other charted songs

List of non-single songs, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
SWE
[14]
"Building It Up" 2015 33 Melodifestivalen 2015

Album appearances

List of album appearances
Title Year Album
"Building It Up" 2015 Melodifestivalen 2015[17]

References

  1. 1 2 "JTR". The X Factor Australia. Yahoo!7. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Giles, Amber (3–9 August 2013). "Brothers in Charms". TV Week (Bauer Media Group) (31): 15.
  3. ↑ "The X Factor Australia – Barry Southgate Is Sent Home!". Take 40 Australia. MCM Entertainment. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "The X Factor Australia – Ellie Lovegrove is Eliminated From the Competition". Take 40 Australia. MCM Entertainment. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "The X Factor Australia 2013 – JTR Sent Home By All the Judges". Take 40 Australia. MCM Entertainment. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  6. ↑ "Ride by JTR". iTunes Store. Apple. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  7. ↑ "Independent Music Charts THE WEEK BEGINNING 10 Feb 2014". www.air.org.au. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Touchdown by JTR". iTunes Store. Apple. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  9. ↑ "Discography JTR". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  10. ↑ "Touchdown (Album) - JTR". CDON.se. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "Eurovision Sweden: SVT confirms participation in Eurovision 2015". esctoday.com. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  12. ↑ TT. "Zelmerlöw och JTR till final". SvD.se. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  13. 1 2 "JTR discography". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  14. 1 2 3 "JTR discography". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  15. ↑ "Touchdown – CD by JTR". Sanity. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  16. ↑ "Night for Life - single". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  17. ↑ "Melodifestivalen 2015 by Various Artists". iTunes Store (Finland). Retrieved 28 February 2015.

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