Rolv

Rolv is a Ostlandic boy band formed by musical producer Jan Martesen as part of Jukebox Records. The group is composed of six members: Max Rittsem, Lukas Bjernen, Diego Steen, Alan Kaarr, and Mario Halle.

Rolv debuted on September 12, 2009 with their debut single "Hear My Song" and later their debut album "On My Way", released on November 1, 2009.

Pre-Debut and Reality show
On June 2008, musical producer, songwriter and instrumentalist Jan Martesen sent to Jukebox Record a project of a Talent show to form a brand new music group based on Teenage boy members between 16-18 age range. In August 2008, Jukebox Records approved the project and set on first quarter of 2009 the date to start the auditions. The auditions were set to start on February 20, 2009. On January 15, Ostlandic television channel Os1 confirmed the channel were going to record and broadcast the auditions for an upcoming reality show. The name for the reality show was unveiled days later: Teenage Revelation: The Group.

On March 5, Os1 revealed via Os1 Entertainment Section that auditions ended on March 3 and 100 outstanding contestants from differents cities of Ostland were selected. The show began airing on March 10, 2009, with the Pilot episode "Outstanding Revelation" which served as a short introduction to all 25 members.

The final episode of Teenage Reveleation was broadcasted on July 7, 2009, with Diego Steen winning the last Vocal Duel against runner-up contestant Anton Tronnes, and joining Max, Lukas, Alan, and Mario as final members of the upcoming group. On July 20, Jukebox revealed group names as 'Rolv ', Ostlandic slang that can be translated as 'lonely wolf', or 'a shy person'.

Debut and first album "On My Way"
Rolv members started recording their debut album on August 2009. Then, Mario Halle returned to Timsgrat due to school reasons, so he recorded his vocals at a local studio and did not attended to first group rehearsals. During recording and writting sessions, members wrote and recorded 40 songs. Max Rittsem gave an interview to Full Entertainment Ostland.

On October 20, Jukebox announced Rolv's debut album called On My Way,

Members

 * Max Rittsem: Leader. Main vocalist. Songwriter. Producer.
 * Lukas Bjernen: Main vocalist. Guitarist. Songwriter.
 * Diego Steen: Main dancer. Songwriter. Producer.
 * Alan Kaarr: Vocalist. Songwriter.
 * Mario Halle: Vocalist. Instrumentist.

On My Way - Get Rolv!
On My Way was the first Era of the band. The album On My Way mainly talks about "following your dreams", "not giving up" and "being happy", so this era was very happy and joyful. The Tour of this era was the Musik On My Way Tour, which also belonged to the following album: Musik for U.

For this reason, the era continued with Musik for U, becase this album also had a happy and fun theme. This album was dedicated to those people who believed in the band and the talent of its members, and according to producer Jans: " the album was a celebration of the success that On My Way and the band had ", so having already released Musik for U, the Tour to promot both albums was started.

This era ended in 2012, with the release of In Love, the third studio album of the band.

In Love - Love Hurts
On May 20, 2012, Rolv's third album In Love was released. This album and its songs talked about Love stories and "being in love", and according to Mario Helden: "the objective of the album was to show love as a beautiful thing of the life and enjoy the time when you are with the person that you love".

The tour to promote the album began on July 18, 2012, with the Love on Rolv World Tour, now with concerts in America and Oceania. The Tour was a sales success. The singles were also very well received on the charts across Europe.

On October 13, 2013 an extended play called "Love Hurts" was released, which was totally different from the album In Love. Love Hurts songs show the bad side of love and "how to get over a breakup or unrequited love". Lucas Berth said in an interview at the EP release: "Love Hurts was an idea that he (Lukas) himself thought of in 2011 when In Love was still in production. But since we liked the idea so much, in the end it was produced as an irony"

Studio albums

 * On My Way (2009)
 * Get Rolv! (2010)
 * In Love (2012)
 * Love Hurts (2013, EP)
 * Blind Fantasy (2014)
 * Moments (2017)

Tours and concerts

 * Musik On My Way Tour (2010 - 2011)
 * Love and Stories World Tour (2012 - 2013)
 * Den Fantastisk Ostland Tour (2014)
 * Fantasia World Tour (2015 - 2016)

Trivia

 * In 2017, insiders revealed via Twitter that executives from Os1 and Teenage Revelation team sabotaged Anton Tronnes vocal training and performance on final episode to secure Diego's victory and his debut on Rolv, without Steen's knowing.