Thomas G:son


Thomas Gustafsson, known professionally as Thomas G:son is a Swedish composer and musician.
He is best known for the 117 songs he has written for the national selections of 12 countries for the Eurovision Song Contest: 74 for Sweden, 16 for Spain, six for Norway, five for Denmark and Finland, three for Georgia, two each for Poland, Malta and Cyprus and one each for Latvia, Romania, Belgium, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Armenia. His songs have also reached Eurovision 16 times: four times for Sweden, three times each for Spain and Georgia, twice for Cyprus and once each for Norway, Denmark, Malta and Armenia. In 2012, G:son achieved his first victory as a winning composer at the Eurovision Song Contest with "Euphoria", performed by Loreen. With the same artist in 2023, he won the contest for a second time.
Gustafsson has been a full-time songwriter since 1998. In addition to writing and composing songs in various genres for a living, he is the guitarist of the hard rock band Masquerade.
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Songwriting discography

National final entries

[Melodifestivalen] entries (Sweden)

[Melodi Grand Prix] entries (Norway)

[Dansk Melodi Grand Prix] entries (Denmark)

Euroviisut and [Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu] entries (Finland)

  • "Who Cares About a Broken Heart?" by Johanna, 5th place
  • "Say You Will, Say You Won't" by Ressu, 4th place
  • "I Can't Stop Loving You" by Kirsi Ranto, 10th place
  • "Till the End of Time" by Arja Koriseva, 10th place
  • "Domino" by Saara Aalto, 2nd place

Eirodziesma entry (Latvia)

  • "Heaven in Your Eyes" by Elina Furmane, 8th place

Selecţia Naţională entry (Romania)

Piosenka dla Europy entries (Poland)

  • "Viva la musica" by Man Meadow, 3rd place
  • "Love Is Gonna Get You" by Man Meadow, 6th place

Eurosong entry (Belgium)

  • "Addicted to You" by Tanja Dexters, 5th place

Spanish selection entries (Spain)

  • "I Am as I Am" by Arkaitz, failed to qualify
  • "I Love You Mi Vida" by D'Nash, 1st place
  • "Todo está en tu mente" by Coral Segovia, 2nd place
  • "Piénsame" by Anael, eliminated in online voting
  • "Te prefiero" by Baltanás, eliminated in online voting
  • "Nada es comparable a ti" by Mirela, 4th place
  • "Amor radical" by Rebeca, eliminated in online voting
  • "Perfecta" by Venus, 4th place
  • "Recuérdame" by Samuel and Patricia, 5th place
  • "En una vida" by Coral Segovia, 2nd place
  • "Beautiful Life" by José Galisteo, 7th place
  • "Abrázame" by Lucía Pérez, 2nd place in song selection
  • "Quédate conmigo" by Pastora Soler, 1st place
  • "Más " by Brequette, 2nd place
  • "Eco" by Xeinn, 7th place
  • "Sé quién soy" by Angy Fernández, 3rd place

Malta Eurovision Song Contest (Malta)

Pabandom iš naujo! (Lithuania)

Luxembourg Song Contest (Luxembourg)

  • "Hold On" by, 8th place

[Depi Evratesil] (Armenia)

  • "Survivor" by Parg, 1st place

Controversy

G:son and Henrik Sethsson's song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2001, "Listen to Your Heartbeat", was accused of plagiarism from Belgium's 1996 entry "Liefde is een kaartspel". The songwriters denied the accusation, but after the Belgian songwriters and the author's organisation SABAM pressed for legal action, a cash settlement was agreed.