{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Short description|Norwegian singer and songwriter (born 1996)}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Elsie Bay | alias = Elsa | image = Elsie Bay, 2023.png | landscape = yes | caption = Søllesvik in 2023 | birth_name = Elsa Søllesvik | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|4|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Haugesund, Norway | genre = Pop | occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter}} | years_active = 2010–present | website = }}
'''Elsa Søllesvik''' (born 22 April 1996), known professionally as '''Elsie Bay''', is a Norwegian singer and songwriter.
==Early life== Søllesvik grew up in Sunde before moving to Haugesund at the age of 13.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://rogalyd.no/artist/elsa-sollesvik|title=Elsa Søllesvik|accessdate=11 January 2022|work=Rogalyd|archivedate=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111110811/http://rogalyd.no/artist/elsa-sollesvik|url-status=dead}}</ref> She found her interest in music as a child. She now lives in Berlin, Germany.<ref name="Split"/>
==Career== ===2010–2018: Elsa & Emilie=== In 2010, Søllesvik met Emilie Haaland Austrheim and formed a duo Elsa & Emilie. In 2014, the duo signed a contract with record label Sony Music and released their debut album ''Endless Optimism'' the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/rogaland/na-kommer-albumet-til-elsa-_-emilie-1.11920502|title=Nå kommer albumet til Elsa & Emilie|work=NRK|first1=Eirin|last1=Larsen|first2=Gisle|last2=Jørgensen|date=9 September 2014|accessdate=23 January 2023|archive-date=18 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118193324/https://www.nrk.no/rogaland/na-kommer-albumet-til-elsa-_-emilie-1.11920502|url-status=live}}</ref> The duo was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2014 Spellemannprisen, annual Norwegian music award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/2014/12/15/213978/og-de-nominerte-er|title=SPELLEMANNPRISEN 2014: Og de nominerte er...|work=ABC Nyheter|date=15 December 2014|accessdate=23 January 2023|first=Paul A.|last=Nordal|archive-date=4 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004124253/https://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/2014/12/15/213978/og-de-nominerte-er?nr=1|url-status=live}}</ref> "Run", a track from the album, gained popularity after being featured in the first season of the television series ''Skam'' in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.h-avis.no/puls/musikk/tv-serier/na-merker-ogsa-elsa-emilie-skam-effekten/s/5-62-381825|title=Nå merker også Elsa & Emilie «Skam»-effekten|work=Haugesunds Avis|first=Magnus|last=Berning|date=28 February 2017|accessdate=23 January 2023|archive-date=23 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123120153/https://www.h-avis.no/puls/musikk/tv-serier/na-merker-ogsa-elsa-emilie-skam-effekten/s/5-62-381825|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2017, they released their sophomore album, ''Kill Your Darlings'' with singles "Au volant" and "Chains and Promises".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/voksen-oppfolger-fra-haugesunds-unge-superduo/66694574|title=Anmeldelse: Elsa & Emilie - «Kill Your Darlings»: Voksen oppfølger fra Haugesunds unge superduo|work=Dagbladet|date=20 January 2017|accessdate=23 January 2023|first=Øyvind|last=Rønning|archive-date=23 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123121654/https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/voksen-oppfolger-fra-haugesunds-unge-superduo/66694574|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, the duo announced their split to focus on Søllesvik's solo career.<ref name="Split">{{cite web|url=https://www.h-avis.no/puls/haugesund/musikk/elsa-emilie-gir-seg-elsa-gar-solo/s/5-62-734670|title=Elsa & Emilie gir seg, Elsa går solo|work=Haugesunds Avis|first=Truls|last=Horvei|date=12 December 2018|accessdate=23 January 2023|archive-date=23 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123120158/https://www.h-avis.no/puls/haugesund/musikk/elsa-emilie-gir-seg-elsa-gar-solo/s/5-62-734670|url-status=live}}</ref>
===2018–present: Solo career and {{Lang|no|Melodi Grand Prix}}=== After the split of Elsa & Emilie, Søllesvik moved to Oslo to establish herself as a songwriter for other artists.<ref name=":0"/> She co-wrote the track "Witch Woods", performed by Emmy, which competed at the {{Lang|no|Melodi Grand Prix 2021}}, where it made the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2021/01/25/norway-melodi-grand-prix-2021-semi-final-three-artists-revealed/|title=Norway: Melodi Grand Prix 2021 Semi-Final Three Artists Revealed|work=Eurovoix|date=25 January 2021|accessdate=23 January 2023|first=Neil|last=Farren|archive-date=23 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123122438/https://eurovoix.com/2021/01/25/norway-melodi-grand-prix-2021-semi-final-three-artists-revealed/|url-status=live}}</ref> She performed the opening theme of the third part of Korean television series ''Show Window: The Queen's House'', titled "Heaven Made".<ref>{{cite web|title=쇼윈도 : 여왕의 집 Part.3|trans-title=Show Window: The Queen's House Part.3|url=https://www.melon.com/album/detail.htm?albumId=10809917|via=Melon|publisher=Genie Music|agency=Studio M-Lab|language=ko|date=December 13, 2021|access-date=January 4, 2022|archive-date=4 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004124352/https://www.melon.com/album/detail.htm?albumId=10809917|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 10 January 2022, she was announced as one of the competing acts of {{Lang|no|Melodi Grand Prix 2022}} with the song "Death of Us", co-written with Jonas Holteberg Jensen and Andreas Stone Johansson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2022/01/10/norway-21-competing-acts-of-melodi-grand-prix-2022-are-revealed/268359/|title=Norway: 21 competing acts of Melodi Grand Prix 2022 are revealed|work=Wiwibloggs|date=10 January 2022|accessdate=23 January 2023|first=Robyn|last=Gallagher|archive-date=4 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004124247/https://wiwibloggs.com/2022/01/10/norway-21-competing-acts-of-melodi-grand-prix-2022-are-revealed/268359/|url-status=live}}</ref> She finished as one of the top four finalists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2022/02/19/norway-subwoolfer-wins-melodi-grand-prix-2022/269984/|title=Norway: Subwoolfer wins Melodi Grand Prix 2022 with "Give That Wolf A Banana"|work=Wiwibloggs|date=19 February 2022|accessdate=23 January 2023|first=Kristin|last=Kristjans|archive-date=19 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219212708/https://wiwibloggs.com/2022/02/19/norway-subwoolfer-wins-melodi-grand-prix-2022/269984/|url-status=live}}</ref> Apart from her own entry, she also co-wrote "Hammer of Thor", performed by Oda Gondrosen, which qualified to the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/kultur/subwoolfer-er-norges-bidrag-til-eurovision-1.15861925|title=Subwoolfer er Norges bidrag til Eurovision|work=NRK|date=20 February 2022|accessdate=23 January 2023|first1=Aida|last1=Khorami|first2=Jonathan Gaathaug|last2=Nielsen|first3=Linda Marie|last3=Vedeler|archive-date=1 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301100320/https://www.nrk.no/kultur/subwoolfer-er-norges-bidrag-til-eurovision-1.15861925|url-status=live}}</ref>
She returned to the competition a year later with the song "Love You in a Dream" with Andreas Stone Johansson and Tom Oehler,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/01/03/norway-melodi-grand-prix-2023-confirms-21-acts-during-wednesday-reveal/274473/|title=Norway: Melodi Grand Prix 2023 confirms 21 acts including Ulrikke, JOWST and Elsie Bay|work=Wiwibloggs|date=3 January 2023|accessdate=23 January 2023|first=William Lee|last=Adams|archive-date=4 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004124411/https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/01/03/norway-melodi-grand-prix-2023-confirms-21-acts-during-wednesday-reveal/274473/|url-status=live}}</ref> qualifying for the final and placing fourth. She also co-wrote Eline Thorp's entry titled "Not Meant to Be", which also qualified for the final, placing sixth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.escunited.com/the-final-entries-for-melodi-grand-prix-2023-have-been-released/|title=The final entries for Melodi Grand Prix 2023 have been released!|work=ESCUnited|date=22 January 2023|accessdate=23 January 2023|first=Connor|last=Terry|archive-date=22 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122233920/http://www.escunited.com/the-final-entries-for-melodi-grand-prix-2023-have-been-released/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Discography== ===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album or EP |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | NOR<br>Air.<br /><ref>Peak chart positions for singles in Norway: * "Death of Us": {{cite web |url=https://topplista.no/charts/radio/2022-w05/ |title=Radio 2022 uke 05 |publisher=VG-lista |access-date=18 June 2024 |lang=nb-no |archive-date=18 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618030606/https://topplista.no/charts/radio/2022-w05/ |url-status=live }} * "Love You in a Dream": {{cite web |url=https://topplista.no/charts/radio/2023-w04/ |title=Radio 2023 uke 04 |publisher=VG-lista |access-date=18 June 2024 |lang=nb-no |archive-date=18 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618030606/https://topplista.no/charts/radio/2023-w04/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | "Death of Us" | rowspan="2" | 2022 | 28 | rowspan="4" {{Non-album singles}} |- ! scope="row" | "Tall People" | — |- ! scope="row" | "Love You in a Dream" | rowspan="2" | 2023 | 17 |- ! scope="row" | "Bikini Song" | — |- | colspan="4" style="font-size:85%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |}
===Other appearances=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" style="width:13em;" | Album or EP |- ! scope="row" | "Heaven Made" | 2021 | ''Show Window: The Queen's House Part.3'' |- ! scope="row" | "The Gleaming" | 2023 | ''Global Launch Commemorative Song for Reverse: 1999'' |}
==Songwriting discography== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Artist ! scope="col"| Album ! scope="col"| Co-written with |- !scope="row"|"Into You" |rowspan="2"| 2023 | Cyan Kicks | ''I Never Said 4ever'' | Niila Perkkiö, Susanna Alexandra |- !scope="row"|"Not Okay" | Remo Forrer | {{n/a|Non-album single}} | Argyle Singh, Benjamin Alasu |} ===Eurovision Song Contest entries=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Country ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Artist ! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Co-written with ! scope="col"| Result |- | {{Esc|Cyprus}} | 2025 | Theo Evan | "Shh" | Dimitris Kontopoulos, Lasse Nymann, Linda Dale<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurovoix.com/2025/01/26/cyprus-songwriting-team-revealed-for-theo-evans-eurovision-entry/|title=Cyprus: Songwriting Team Revealed for Theo Evan’s Eurovision Entry|date=26 January 2025|access-date=26 January 2025|last=Stephenson|first=James|website=eurovoix.com}}</ref> |Did not qualify (11th in semi-final 1) |}
====Pre-selection entries==== =====''Melodi Grand Prix'' entries (Norway)===== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Artist ! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Co-written with ! scope="col"| Result |- !scope="row"|2021 | Emmy | "Witch Woods" | Olli Äkräs, Morten Franck | Final |- !scope="row" rowspan="2"|2022 | Elsie Bay | "Death of Us" | Jonas Holteberg Jensen, Andreas Stone Johansson | Top 4 |- | Oda Gondrosen | "Hammer of Thor" | Morten Franck, Torgeir Ryssevik, Oda Kristine Gondrosen | Final |- !scope="row" rowspan="2"|2023 | Elsie Bay | "Love You in a Dream" | Andreas Stone Johansson, Tom Oehler | 4th |- | Eline Thorp | "Not Meant to Be" | Andreas Stone Johansson, Eline Thorp, Jonas Holteberg Jensen | 6th |}
=====German national final entries===== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Artist ! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Co-written with ! scope="col"| Result |- !scope="row"|2023 | Trong | "Dare to Be Different" | Sasha Rangas, Stefan van Leijsen, Trong Hieu Nguyen | 4th |- !scope="row"|2024 | Leona | "Undream You" | Leona, Maria Christensen, Simon Davis |9th |}
=====''Luxembourg Song Contest'' entries (Luxembourg)===== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Artist ! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Co-written with ! scope="col"| Result |- !scope="row"|2024 | Krick | "Drowning in the Rain" | Andreas Stone Johansson, Tom Oehler | 2nd |}
=====Moldovan national final entries===== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Artist ! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Co-written with ! scope="col"| Result |- !scope="row"|2026 | Dayana | "{{lang|ro|Doina|i=no}}" | Diana Sturza, Lasse Nymann, Linda Dale | 4th |}
==References== {{reflist}}
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