Robin Juhkental

Robin Juhkental (born 20 May 1988) is an Estonian singer.^[1][2] He is the frontman of Malcolm Lincoln.

Robin Juhkental
Background information
Born	(1988-05-20) 20 May 1988 (age 36) Tallinn, Estonia[1]
Genres	Electropop
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	Universal Music, Mortimer Snerd (previously)
Website	myspace.com/malcolmlincoln

Juhkental studied at Kivimäe põhikool and Tallinna Nõmme Gümnaasium. He has also studied road engineering in Tallinn University of Applied Sciences.^[2][3]

Juhkental has never taken any singing lessons.^[3] He participated as a contestant in the Kaks takti ette (2007) and Eesti otsib superstaari (2009) television shows.^[2] Malcolm Lincoln, along with a group of backing vocalists called Manpower 4, won the competition Eesti Laul 2010 with the song "Siren" and represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010.^[4][5] Malcolm Lincoln returned in Eesti Laul 2012 with the song "Bye", placing 7th in the semifinal. Juhkental also participated in Eesti Laul 2015 with the song "Troubles", which reached the finals. In 2023, he participated in Eesti Laul again with the song "Kurbuse matused" but finished in last place in the second semi-final and was not selected in the second chance round, thus failing to qualify for the final.^[6]

Juhkental employs a surrealist approach to writing song lyrics: he first babbles, records the nonsense and then thinks about which words the sounds resemble.^[7] His lyrics are mostly in English. He believes he is not a good enough poet to write lyrics in Estonian, but considers English to be so messy that lyrics written in it will seem less bad than they would in Estonian.^[8]

References

1. Saame kokku Tomi juures (Adobe Flash video) (Television production) (in Estonian). Tallinn, Estonia: Eesti Televisioon. 11 May 2010. Event occurs at 3:00. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
2. Niineste, Mart (13 February 2010). "Tassike teed Robin Juhkentaliga". Eesti Päevaleht (in Estonian). Retrieved 13 March 2010.
3. Allkivi, Kais (23 January 2010). ""Eesti laulu" finalist Robin Juhkental: laulmist pole ma kunagi õppinud". Õhtuleht (in Estonian). Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
4. Grillhofer, Florian (1 March 2010). "Estonia sends Malcolm Lincoln to the Eurovision Song Contest". ESCToday. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
5. Webb, Glen (1 March 2010). "Malcolm Lincoln & Manpower 4 to Oslo for Estonia". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
6. "Alika oli võidukas kõikides Eesti Laulu hääletusvoorudes". menu.err.ee (in Estonian). menu.err.ee. 13 February 2023.
7. Juur, Maria (12 March 2010). "Entering the Malcolm Lincoln Centre". DiveDiveDive.org.
8. Saame kokku Tomi juures (Adobe Flash video) (Television production) (in Estonian). Tallinn, Estonia: Eesti Televisioon. 11 May 2010. Event occurs at 9:30. Retrieved 9 June 2010.

External links

• "Robin Juhkental Eurovisioni ei karda ja võistlust üle ei hinda" – interview with Eesti Päevaleht, 30 April 2010
• Robin Juhkental at IMDb