Idol 2007
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The fourth season of Swedish Idol premiered on September 3, 2007 and continued until its grand finale on 7 December, when 28-year-old Marie Picasso
was crowned winner. It was the first season to feature an all-female finale, and is to date the only season to crown a winner who had previously fallen into the 'bottom three' during the finals, with Picasso landing there twice. It was the first season to hold its grand finale at the Globen Arena in Stockholm
, and to date holds the record for the largest live audience at an Idol final anywhere in the world, with a crowd of 16,000 people. The finale also featured a live performance by international superstar and original American Idol
winner Kelly Clarkson
. It was the final season to feature judges Daniel Breitholtz
, Peter Swartling
and Kishti Tomita
, who all bowed out for various personal reasons. Season 4 of Idol is also credited with discovering the unique talent of runner-up Amanda Jenssen
, who went on to achieve enormous commercial and critical success in Sweden, and steady international notoriety.
Marie Picasso
Marie Picasso is a Swedish singer, host and model who first rose to fame as a housemate on the popular reality television show Big Brother, before going on to win the fourth series of the Swedish singing competition Idol.-Big Brother:In 2002, Picasso appeared as a housemate on the hugely popular...
was crowned winner. It was the first season to feature an all-female finale, and is to date the only season to crown a winner who had previously fallen into the 'bottom three' during the finals, with Picasso landing there twice. It was the first season to hold its grand finale at the Globen Arena in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, and to date holds the record for the largest live audience at an Idol final anywhere in the world, with a crowd of 16,000 people. The finale also featured a live performance by international superstar and original American Idol
American Idol
American Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
winner Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop rock singer-songwriter and actress. Clarkson came into prominence after becoming the winner of the inaugural season of the television series American Idol in 2002 and would later become the runner-up in the television special World Idol in 2003.In 2003,...
. It was the final season to feature judges Daniel Breitholtz
Daniel Breitholtz
Daniel Breitholtz, born October 18, 1977, is an A&R-manager at Sony BMG. Together with voice coach Kishti Tomita, manager and talent scout Peter Swartling and producer, musician and disc jockey Claes af Geijerstam he is a part of the Idol 2004, Idol 2005, Idol 2006 and Idol 2007 jury.Breitholtz has...
, Peter Swartling
Peter Swartling
Peter Swartling was one of the Swedish judges on the TV talent show Idol on TV4. He made it clear that he wouldn't participate in the fourth season of Idol due to him being forced to commute between Sweden and USA, where he currently lives...
and Kishti Tomita
Kishti Tomita
Kishti Tomita is a Swedish voice coach, TV personality and singer. Together with A&R manager Daniel Breitholtz and manager and talent scout Peter Swartling she is a part of the Swedish Idol 2004, Idol 2005,Idol 2006 and Idol 2007 jury...
, who all bowed out for various personal reasons. Season 4 of Idol is also credited with discovering the unique talent of runner-up Amanda Jenssen
Amanda Jenssen
Jenny Amanda Katarina Jenssen is a Swedish singer and Idol 2007 runner-up. Jenssens first album released in 2008 became one of that year's most sold music albums in Sweden which saw it peak at number 1 on the Swedish album chart...
, who went on to achieve enormous commercial and critical success in Sweden, and steady international notoriety.
Judges
- Daniel BreitholtzDaniel BreitholtzDaniel Breitholtz, born October 18, 1977, is an A&R-manager at Sony BMG. Together with voice coach Kishti Tomita, manager and talent scout Peter Swartling and producer, musician and disc jockey Claes af Geijerstam he is a part of the Idol 2004, Idol 2005, Idol 2006 and Idol 2007 jury.Breitholtz has...
- Sony BMG manager - Peter SwartlingPeter SwartlingPeter Swartling was one of the Swedish judges on the TV talent show Idol on TV4. He made it clear that he wouldn't participate in the fourth season of Idol due to him being forced to commute between Sweden and USA, where he currently lives...
- Record producer - Kishti TomitaKishti TomitaKishti Tomita is a Swedish voice coach, TV personality and singer. Together with A&R manager Daniel Breitholtz and manager and talent scout Peter Swartling she is a part of the Swedish Idol 2004, Idol 2005,Idol 2006 and Idol 2007 jury...
- Vocal coach
Hosts
- Peter JihdePeter JihdePeter Jihde is a Swedish television host and sports reporter on TV4.Jihde was born in Malmö, Sweden. He has hosted "Sporten", "Fotbollskväll", and has presented Olympic games and football world championships. Jihde has also hosted his own talk show "Hos Jihde" on SVT and is a former floorball...
- Finals - Carolina GynningCarolina GynningCarolina Gynning Nilsson is a Swedish model, actress and television host. Gynning became especially well-known to the public after winning Big Brother 2004, and has since become a television host for shows such as Dagens Man, Idol 2007 and Förkväll.-Early life:Gynning was born in Malmö but grew up...
- Auditions and Semi-finals - Carina BergCarina BergCarina Lilly Berg is a Swedish comedian and radio/TV personality. Berg is married to television host Kristian Luuk, who hosted Melodifestivalen 2007 and Melodifestivalen 2008. As of 2006 Berg is one of the hosts for the show Förkväll along with Carolina Gynning and Alexandra Pascalidou on TV4 in...
- Auditions and Semi-finals - Hannah GraafHannah GraafHannah Rakel Serafia Graaf Karyd is a Swedish glamour model and singer. Graaf along with her model sister, Magdalena, formed a musical duo called The Graaf Sisters.- Early years :...
- Companion shows Idol Halvtid and Idol Eftersnack - Doreen Månsson - Companion shows Idol Halvtid and Idol Eftersnack
Auditions
- Göteborg: April 14, 2007
- SkellefteåSkellefteå-Industry:*Boliden AB, a big mining and smelting company*Alimak*Natural User Interface Technologies AB - NUITEQ, a promising emerging technology start-up company-Sports:*Skellefteå AIK, an ice hockey team in the highest Swedish league, Elitserien....
: April 22, 2007 - MalmöMalmöMalmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...
: April 28, 2007 - BorlängeBorlängeBorlänge is a locality and the seat of Borlänge Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 49200 inhabitants in 2011.- History :Originally Borlänge was the name of a tiny village, and the first historical information about it is from 1390. The village was insignificant up until about 1870...
: May 6, 2007 - StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
: May 12, 2007
Eliminated Semi-finalists
- Pär Stenhammar - Eliminated September 24
- Särla Berntson - Elimnated September 25
- Michel Zitron - 1st eliminated September 28
- Tamela Hedström - 2nd eliminated September 28
- Knut Berggren - 3rd eliminated September 28
Elimination chart
| Stages: | Semi-Finals | Finals | ||||||||||||||
| Weeks: | 09/24 | 09/25 | 09/26 | 09/27 | 09/28 | 10/5 | 10/12 | 10/19 | 10/26 | 11/2 | 11/9 | 11/16 | 11/23 | 11/30 | 12/7 | |
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| Place | Constestant | Result | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Marie Picasso Marie Picasso Marie Picasso is a Swedish singer, host and model who first rose to fame as a housemate on the popular reality television show Big Brother, before going on to win the fourth series of the Swedish singing competition Idol.-Big Brother:In 2002, Picasso appeared as a housemate on the hugely popular... |
Winner | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Amanda Jenssen Amanda Jenssen Jenny Amanda Katarina Jenssen is a Swedish singer and Idol 2007 runner-up. Jenssens first album released in 2008 became one of that year's most sold music albums in Sweden which saw it peak at number 1 on the Swedish album chart... |
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| 3 | Andreas Sjöberg | Btm 2 | Elim | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Daniel Karlsson Daniel Karlsson Daniel Karlsson is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He later on took the name The Moniker as his stage name.-As Daniel Karlsson:... |
Elim | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Elim | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | Elim | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sam Hagberth | Elim | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Evelina Sewerin | Elim | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Gathania Holmgren Gathania Holmgren Gathania Holmgren, known professionally as Gathania, born 1 August 1986 in Stockholm, is a Swedish pop singer who competed on Idol 2007, the fourth season of Swedish Idol.... |
Elim | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Patrizia Helander | Elim | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Anastasia Robool | Elim | ||||||||||||||
| Semi | Knut Berggren | Elim | ||||||||||||||
| Tamela Hedström | ||||||||||||||||
| Michel Zitron | ||||||||||||||||
| Särla Berntson | Elim | |||||||||||||||
| Pär Stenhammar | Elim | |||||||||||||||
| Women | Men | Top 11 | Top 16 | Eliminated | Wildcard | Safe | not performed |
Idol 2007 album
Det bästa från Idol 2007 (The Best from Idol 2007) is a sampling Swedish Idol 2007 shows. It was released on 21 November 2007.External links
- Marie Picasso from Big Brother in new idol season - Retrieved from Aftonbladet
- Amanda Jensen - Sida om deltagaren Amanda Jensen
- Official Website