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{{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 =
| associated_acts =
| website = http://alienbeatclub.dk/
| current_members = Kasper Spring Ehlers Patricia Namakula Mbabazi Marcel Mark Gbekle Stephanie Lykkehøj Gudmundsen
| past_members =
}}

'''Alien Beat Club''' (often abbreviated as '''ABC''') were a [[Denmark|Danish]] pop/[[R&B]] group, best known as second-place winners on Series 2 of ''[[X Factor (Denmark)|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 (singer)|Duffy]]
| "[[Warwick Avenue (song)|Warwick Avenue]]"
| Safe to next round
|-
| 20.02.2009
| Made in Denmark
| [[Dieters Lieder]] / [[Rune Reilly Kølsch|Rune]]
| "Dig og mig" / "[[Calabria (song)|Calabria]]"
| Safe to next round
|-
| 27.02.2009
| [[Motown]] songs
| [[Jackson 5]]
| "[[I'll Be There (The Jackson 5 song)|I'll Be There]]"
| Safe to next round
|-
| 06.03.2009
| [[ABBA]] songs
| ABBA
| "[[Voulez-Vous (song)|Voulez-Vous]]"
| Safe to next round
|-
| 13.03.2009
| Danish Big Band
| [[Britney Spears]]
| "[[Toxic (song)|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 (Jason Mraz song)|I'm Yours]]"
|-
|rowspan="2"| 27.03.2009
| Free choice
| [[Elton John]] / [[Lady Gaga]]
| "[[Circle of Life]]" / "[[Just Dance (song)|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 (Denmark TV series)|Idols]]'', Patricia was a customer service representative for [[TeliaSonera|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%;" | [[Tracklisten|DEN]] <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%;" | [[Tracklisten|DEN]] <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]]

{{Denmark-music-bio-stub}}

Alien Beat Club - Revision history

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