Anna Cornelia Jakobsdotter Samuelsson, known professionally as Cornelia Jakobs, is a Swedish singer. She is best known for being a member of the girl group Love Generation, which competed at Melodifestivalen on two occasions. Their first attempt was in 2011 with the song "Dance Alone", which made the Andra Chansen round but lost their duel to Sara Varga. They returned the following year with the song "Just A Little Bit", finishing 6th in their semifinal.
At age 16, she auditioned for Idol in 2008 but did not pass the audition round.
She was the hot favorite to win Melodifestivalen 2022 in her debut as a soloist and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin with the song Hold Me Closer. She finished in 4th place in the grand final.
Trivia[]
- One of the Idol 2008 judges was Anders Bagge, who finished runner-up to Jakobs at Melodifestivalen 2022.
- She is the first female soloist to represent Sweden since Sanna Nielsen in 2014.