Jan-Tore Saltnes is from Holmestrand in Norway, and he studied music performance (voice) at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. He has participated in lots of Tv-programs like Beat for Beat, The Norwegian Grammy Award, Kvelden før kvelden, Eurovision Song Contest (MGP Norway) and Sommeråpent. Together with Nordic Tenors he has won a comedy award (Komiprisen 2006), opened the new opera house in Oslo and was a royal musical toastmaster on HM King Harald VII's 70th birthday.