Idol (Sweden)
Television series | |
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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
- Season Darin Zanyar , 3. Filip Williams 1 (2004): 1. Daniel Lindström, 2.
- Season Agnes Carlsson , 2. Sebastian Karlsson, 3. Sibel Redzep 2 (2005): 1.
- Season 3 (2006): 1. Markus Fagervall, 2. Erik Segerstedt, 3. Johan Larsson
- Season Marie Picasso , 2. Amanda Jenssen , 3. Andreas Sjöberg 4 (2007): 1.
- Season Alice Svensson , 3. Robin Bengtsson 5 (2008): 1. Kevin Borg, 2.
- Season Tove Styrke 6 (2009): 1. Erik Grönwall, 2. Calle Kristiansson, 3.
- Season Jay Smith , 2nd Minnah Karlsson, 3rd Olle Hedberg 7 (2010): 1st
- Season Amanda Fondell , 2nd Robin Stjernberg , 3rd Moa Lignell 8 (2011): 1st
- Season Kevin Walker , 2nd Elin Bergmann, 3rd Erik Rapp 9 (2013): 1st
- Season 10 (2014): 1. Lisa Ajax , 2. Mollie Lindén, 3. Josefine Myrberg
- Season 11 (2015): 1. Martin Almgren, 2. Amanda Winberg, 3. Simon Zion
- Season 12 (2016): 1. Liam Cacatian Thomassen , 2. Rebecka Karlsson , 3. Charlie Grönvall
- Season 13 (2017): 1. Christoffer Kläfford, 2. Hanna Ferm , 3. Gabriel Cancela
- Season 14 (2018): 1st Sebastian Walldén , 2nd Kadiatou Holm Keita , 3rd William Segerdahl / Bragi Bergsson
- Season 15 (2019): 1st Chiza , 2nd Freddie Liljegren, 3rd Dao Di Ponziano
Other notable candidates
- Season 1 (2004): Lorén Talhaoui
- Season 2 (2005): Måns Zelmerlöw , Ola Svensson
- Season 3 (2006): Danny Saucedo
- Season 5 (2008): Anna Bergendahl
- Season 6 (2009): Mariette
- Season 7 (2010): Linnea Henriksson , Molly Pettersson Hammar
- Season 13 (2017): Victor Leksell