Alien Beat Club (often abbreviated as ABC) were a Danish pop/R&B group, best known as second-place winners on Series 2 of The X Factor. Its members - Kasper Spring Ehlers, Marcel Mark Gbekle, Patricia Namakula Mbabazi and Stephanie Lykkehøj Gudmundsen - had originally auditioned as solo artists at the beginning of the competition, but were later formed into a band by judge/mentor Remee.http://www.dr.dk/DR1/xfactor/Historie/forside2009.htm (in Danish)
X Factor Date Theme Performer Song Result 13.02.2009 Hits Duffy "Warwick Avenue" Safe to next round 20.02.2009 Made in Denmark Dieters Lieder / Rune "Dig og mig" / "Calabria" Safe to next round 27.02.2009 Motown songs Jackson 5 "I'll Be There" Safe to next round 06.03.2009 ABBA songs ABBA "Voulez-Vous" Safe to next round 13.03.2009 Danish Big Band Britney Spears "Toxic" Safe to next round 20.03.2009 Sanne Salomonsen songs Sanne Salomonsen "Taxa" Safe to next roundDedicationJason Mraz"I'm Yours" 27.03.2009 Free choice Elton John / Lady Gaga "Circle of Life" / "Just Dance" To second round of finals X Factor winning song "Det bedste til sidst" X Factor runner-up
Prior to joining Alien Beat Club, Kasper had been a finalist in Idols, Patricia was a customer service representative for Telia, Stephanie was a singer/songwriter in another band, and Marcel was a football player.Alien Beat Club info
After X Factor Alien Beat Club released the single "My Way", in weeks 38/2009, which went to number one on Tracklisten, the official Danish Singles Chart. They have also released a charity single "It's My World", in support of UNICEF.
Discography
Albums YearAlbumPeak positionsCertification DEN2009Diversity12
Singles YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum DEN2009 "Dig og mig"11 "My Way"1Diversity2010 "Simple Things" "It's My World"
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