{{Short description|Danish musical group}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Alien Beat Club | image = Alien Beat Club - ANR Hirtshals - ubt -40.JPG | alt = | caption = In Hirtshals, 2010 | image_size = | alias = ABC | origin = Denmark | genre = | years_active = 2009 - 2012 | label = | website = http://alienbeatclub.dk/ | current_members = Kasper Spring Ehlers<br/> Patricia Namakula Mbabazi <br/> Marcel Mark Gbekle<br/> Stephanie Lykkehøj Gudmundsen | past_members = }}
'''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.<ref>http://www.dr.dk/DR1/xfactor/Historie/forside2009.htm (in Danish)</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://blogs.denmark.dk/mouridsen/2009/03/18/the-x-factor-fever/ |title=Alien Beat Club |access-date=2010-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812173718/http://blogs.denmark.dk/mouridsen/2009/03/18/the-x-factor-fever/ |archive-date=2011-08-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== ''X Factor'' == {| class="wikitable" |- ! 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 |- |rowspan="2"| 20.03.2009 | Sanne Salomonsen songs | Sanne Salomonsen | "Taxa" |rowspan="2"| Safe to next round |- |Dedication |Jason Mraz |"I'm Yours" |- |rowspan="2"| 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.<ref>[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=da&u=http://alienbeatclub.net/&ei=KCXMTPClE4uOjAfux-3WBw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCIQ7gEwAQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dalien%2Bbeat%2Bclub%26hl%3Den%26prmd%3Dvi Alien Beat Club info]</ref>
==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=== {| class="wikitable" !align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year !align="center" rowspan="2" width="140"|Album !align="center" colspan="1" width="20"|Peak positions !align="center" rowspan="2" width="70"|Certification |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | DEN<br><ref name="den">{{cite web|url=https://danishcharts.dk/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Alien+Beat+Club |title=Alien Beat Club discography |publisher=Hung Medien |work=danishcharts.dk |accessdate=5 April 2015 }}</ref> |- | style="text-align:center;"|2009 |''Diversity'' | style="text-align:center;"|12 | style="text-align:center;"| |- |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" !align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year !align="center" rowspan="2" width="140"|Single !align="center" colspan="1" width="20"|Peak positions !align="center" rowspan="2" width="100"|Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | DEN<br><ref name="den"/> |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|2009 | "Dig og mig" | style="text-align:center;"|11 | style="text-align:center;"| |- | "My Way" | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3|''Diversity'' |- | style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2|2010 | "Simple Things" | style="text-align:center;"|{{spaced ndash}} |- | "It's My World" | style="text-align:center;"|{{spaced ndash}} |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:X Factor (Danish TV series) contestants Category:Danish pop music groups Category:Musical groups established in 2009
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