Idol (Sweden)

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Television series
Original title idol
Country of production Sweden
Year (s) since 2002
Production
company		 GRUNDY Light Entertainment GmbH
length 15 (casting) to 90 (TV show) minutes
Broadcasting
cycle		 Wednesdays and Saturdays; Live shows on Saturdays (in exceptional cases with a weekly break)
genre Casting show
idea Simon Fuller
music J. Gingell, B. Stone, C. Dennis
Moderation Peter Jihde (2007 – present)
Carolina Gynning (2007)
Carina Berg (2007)
Sanna Bråding (2006)
Mogge Sseruwagi (2006)
Tobbe Blom (2005)
Johan Wiman (2005)
David Hellenius (2004)
Peter Magnusson (2004)
First broadcast November 9, 2002 on TV 4

Idol is a Swedish talent competition broadcast on TV 4 . Since it first aired in August 2004, it has become one of the most popular shows on Swedish television. It comes from the worldwide license of the Briton Simon Fuller , from which the German branch Deutschland sucht den Superstar also comes.

The show aims to find the best singer in Sweden through national auditions . The winner will be chosen by televoting . The three judges Laila Bagge, Anders Bagge and Andreas Carlsson judge the performances. There were already many guests on the show, but most of them only stayed for one season; the moderator is Peter Jihde.

In the first seven seasons, the show won Daniel Lindström, Agnes Carlsson , Markus Fagervall, Marie Picasso , Kevin Borg, Erik Grönwall and Jay Smith . Smith was the oldest winner at 29 and Carlsson was the youngest at 17. By 2011, Idol had sold over 1,100,000 albums in Sweden alone.

First, second and third place finishers

Other notable candidates

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