Avalanche

Avalanche is a Norwegian disco and dance duo group founded in 1984. The group is composed of Kjetil Røsnes and Kirsti Johansen. From the late 1980s and during the 1990s the couple lived and worked in Germany and France. They currently live in Aurskog-Høland, Norway with their two children. Kjetil Røsnes is owner of Planet Orange Production. In 1989 the duo had his biggest hit with the song "Johnny, Johnny Come Home" in France, where it was the number-one single for eight weeks. It was successful also in Germany and Norway. Kjetil Røsnes and Kirsti Johansen wrote "Santa Maria" a successful song both for Dutch singer Tatjana and Samantha Fox. They later also launched a side-project called K + K. In 2007 the Blue Moon Band participated in Melodi Grand Prix with "Goodbye to yesterday", written by Kjetil + Kirsti. A year later Avalanche themselves were in MGP with the song "Two Monkeys". The song was already written in 1997 when the couple lived near Cannes, France. But they could not be at the MGP 2008 together, because of Kirsti was ill. She was replaced by Camilla Alvestad.