Idol 2005 (Sweden)

The second season of Swedish Idol premiered in August 2005 and continued until its grand finale on 2 December, when 17-year-old Agnes Carlsson from Vänersborg was crowned winner. The series was the first to crown a female Idol and is to date the sole season to be won by either a public or judges' wildcard contestant. Of the over 120 Idol winners worldwide, Carlsson is one of only three who gained a place in the finals as a judges' wildcard. The others are 2003 Canadian Idol winner Ryan Malcolm and 2007 Australian Idol winner Natalie Gauci. Carlsson has since become the most successful recording artist in the show's history.

Judges

Hosts

Auditions

Auditions were held in the Swedish cities of Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö, Piteå and Sundsvall during the spring of 2005.

Semi finals

Top 24
Format: Two out of six semi-finalists made it to the live finals each day, based on public phone voting. Two additional semi-final contestants who had not initially gained enough votes were also chosen by the public to advance to the finals, along with a wildcard chosen by the judges as in Season 1.

Idol

An idol is an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed or any person or thing regarded with admiration, adoration, or devotion.

More specific terms include:

Idol (Norway season 2)

Idol: Jakten på en superstjerne 2004 was the second season of Idol Norway based on the British singing competition Pop Idol. It premiered one year after the first season and was aired in the first half of 2004.

Unlike last year's winner Kurt Nilsen, his successor Kjartan Salvesen was not able to build up an international career. Other alumni of this season were more successful, most notably runner-up Margaret Berger, who established a career as an electronic dance artist and went on to became the music director of NRK P3 in 2008. Berger would also represent Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, placing fourth. Another contestant was Maria Haukaas Storeng who, to the surprise of many, was voted off sixth but went on to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008 achieving fifth place.

Finals

Finalists

(ages stated at time of contest)

Elimination Chart

References

External links

Idol (Croatia)

Croatia has had two adaptations of the singing competition Pop Idol under two different titles and on two different networks: