Biography

Bjarte Paul Tjøstheim was born in Kristiansand, Norway, but he moved to Randaberg when he was 1 year old. He played drums in the much famous Randaberg-Orchestra "Mack and the boys", they were a rock-band with "the Police" and Genesis" as their biggest Idols. "Mack and the boys" never made it International.

Bjarte has no education, only 7 years at elementary school and Sunday-school. He started of as a host in "NRK Rogaland" (local radio station), but after a wild "NRK" offered him a job in the capital city of Norway, Oslo. Bjarte moved to Oslo and joined the TV-success "Singelklubben" where he met Steinar Sagen. Bjarte, Steinar, and Steinar's younger brother Tore created the radio program "Radioresepsionen" (radioreception) in 2006. The program is now one of the most famous radio shows in Norway, only beaten by "Nitimen". "Radioresepsjonen" has celebrity fans all over the world.

Bjarte lives in a big crowappartment in Oslo with his girlfriend Cato. Jepp
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Won in 2014 the award "Funniest of the year" in the Norwegian Comedy Awards. Despite the award is well recognized among Norwegian comedians, Tjøstheim chose to spend the evening with his band rather at the ceremony. He instead sent a recorded video taken years before.