Friends was a Swedish '' dansband '' or pop group formed in 1999 and made up of Stefan Brunzell , Tony Haglund , Kristian Hermanson , Nina Inhammar , Kim Kärnfalk and Peter Strandberg . They were put together from auditions on the reality television show '' Friends på turne '' ( '' Friends on Tour '' ) , made by Bert Karlsson for TV4 . The show was a success and Friends competed on Melodifestivalen 2000 , reaching second place . They won Melodifestivalen 2001 with " Lyssna till ditt hjärta " and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the English version of the song , " Listen to Your Heartbeat " wearing sexy , tight , leather fitted clothing . Prior to the Eurovision performance , the Swedish delegation was forced to pay royalties to the team behind " Liefde is een kaartspel " , an earlier Belgian entry , making the song the first admitted case of plagiarism in Eurovision history
Melodifestivalen 2001
Melodifestivalen 2001
Friends (Swedish band)