Якоб Самуел

Lead vocalist of The Poodles, Jakob Samuel came up as a drummer and writes as well as sings, with Talisman, Midnight Sun, The Ring and Kryptonite behind him. The Poodles reached a national audience at Melodifestivalen in 2006, placing fourth with Night of Passion, and the debut album Metal Will Stand Tall was released in 2006; Sweet Trade, Clash of the Elements, Performocracy and Tour de Force followed. In 2010 he sang in the Music Jam concert with Jon Lord and the Sofia Philharmonic, a programme that took in Lord's Sarabande alongside music associated with Deep Purple. The Poodles have toured in Sweden, elsewhere in Europe and in Japan, and he has also worked with Malena Ernman, Robert Wells and Tommy Körberg. Swedish television has had him on Allsång på Skansen as well as Melodifestivalen. His solo album CoExist was followed by work with the progressive rock group Cloud Cirkus.