Bollandsås is the winner of the second season of the talent show The X Factor in Norway. As the oldest participant at the age of 30, he won the final on December 11, 2010 against Atle Pettersen. Following the show, his self-written song Moments was released as a single and immediately climbed to number 1 on the Norwegian singles charts and quickly reached platinum status with 10,000 song downloads sold.