Idol 2005
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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.
, Göteborg, Malmö
, Piteå
and Sundsvall
during the spring of 2005.
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 (Sweden)
Idol is a Swedish reality-competition talent show airing on TV4. It debuted in August 2004, and it has since become one of the most popular shows on Swedish television...
premiered in August 2005 and continued until its grand finale on 2 December, when 17-year-old Agnes Carlsson
Agnes Carlsson
Agnes Emilia Carlsson, also known mononymously as Agnes , is a Swedish recording artist. She rose to fame as the winner of Idol 2005, the second season of the Swedish Idol series...
from Vänersborg
Vänersborg
Vänersborg is a locality and the seat of Vänersborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 21,672 inhabitants in 2005. Until 1997 it was the capital of Älvsborg County, which was dissolved in 1998. Since 1999 Vänersborg is the seat of the regional parliament of Västra Götaland County...
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
Canadian Idol
Canadian Idol is a Canadian reality television competition show which aired on CTV, based on the British show Pop Idol. The show was a competition to find the most talented young singer in Canada, and was hosted by Ben Mulroney. Jon Dore was the "roving reporter" for the first three seasons...
winner Ryan Malcolm
Ryan Malcolm
Ryan Michael Malcolm is a Canadian singer best known as the winner of the first season of Canadian Idol....
and 2007 Australian Idol
Australian Idol
Australian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive...
winner Natalie Gauci
Natalie Gauci
Natalie Gauci is an Australian singer of Italian and Maltese descent. Gauci undertook music tuition at the Victorian College of the Arts, formed her own band that played gigs in Melbourne, while also working as a music teacher...
. Carlsson has since become the most successful recording artist in the show's history.
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 - Claes af GeijerstamClaes af GeijerstamClaes af Geijerstam , nicknamed Clabbe , is a Swedish musician, radio personality and DJ who is mostly famous for his talent of rapid speech and his many years as a radio DJ....
- Musician
Auditions
Auditions were held in the Swedish cities of StockholmStockholm
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...
, Göteborg, Malmö
Malmö
Malmö , 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...
, Piteå
Piteå
Piteå is a locality and the seat of Piteå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden. The town has 22,650 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 41,000 in 2008.- Geography :...
and Sundsvall
Sundsvall
-External links:* - Official site from Nordisk Familjebok - Sundsvalls tourist information bureau. - The alternative guide to Sundsvall. - Blog with photos from Sundsvall....
during the spring of 2005.
Semi finals
Top 24Format: 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.
| Date | First | Second |
| 19 September | Jonah Hallberg | Cindy Lamreus |
| 20 September | Måns Zelmerlöw Måns Zelmerlöw Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw is a Swedish pop singer. He is probably best known for his 2007 song "Cara Mia," which was his entry in that year's Melodifestivalen... |
Maria Albayrak |
| 21 September | Sibel Redzep Sibel Redzep Sibel Redzep, is a Macedonian-born Swedish pop singer of Turkish descent. She is known from the Swedish television show Idol 2005, where she was the second runner up.... |
Ola Svensson Ola Svensson Ola Nils Håkan Svensson , professionally known simply as Ola, is a Swedish pop singer born in Lund in the southern region of Skåne, Sweden. He first appeared on Idol in 2005. He has sold over 135 000 records in Sweden and his songs have been played on the radio just under 200,000 times in Sweden... |
| 22 September | Sebastian Karlsson Sebastian Karlsson (singer) Sebastian Karlsson, or Sebastian , is a Swedish singer and performer, best known for his participation in Idol 2005, where he came in second place after Agnes Carlsson... |
Elina Nelson |
| 23 September Public Wildcards |
Jens Pääjärvi (Viewers choice) |
Marième Niang (Viewers choice) |
| Judges' Wildcard | Agnes Carlsson Agnes Carlsson Agnes Emilia Carlsson, also known mononymously as Agnes , is a Swedish recording artist. She rose to fame as the winner of Idol 2005, the second season of the Swedish Idol series... |
Finals elimination chart
| Date | Bottom Three | ||
| 30 September | Cindy Lamréus | Jens Pääjärvi | Marième Niang |
| 7 October | Maria Albayrak | Marième Niang (2) | Måns Zelmerlöw |
| 14 October | Marième Niang (3) | Elina Nelson | Jens Pääjärvi (2) |
| 21 October | Ola Svensson Ola Svensson Ola Nils Håkan Svensson , professionally known simply as Ola, is a Swedish pop singer born in Lund in the southern region of Skåne, Sweden. He first appeared on Idol in 2005. He has sold over 135 000 records in Sweden and his songs have been played on the radio just under 200,000 times in Sweden... |
Måns Zelmerlöw (2) | Jens Pääjärvi (3) |
| 28 October | Jonah Hallberg | Jens Pääjärvi (4) | Elina Nelson (2) |
| 4 November | Elina Nelson (3) | Jens Pääjärvi (5) | Sibel Redzep |
| Bottom Two | |||
| 11 November | Måns Zelmerlöw Måns Zelmerlöw Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw is a Swedish pop singer. He is probably best known for his 2007 song "Cara Mia," which was his entry in that year's Melodifestivalen... (3) |
Jens Pääjärvi (6) | |
| 18 November | Jens Pääjärvi (7) | ||
| 25 November | Sibel Redzep Sibel Redzep Sibel Redzep, is a Macedonian-born Swedish pop singer of Turkish descent. She is known from the Swedish television show Idol 2005, where she was the second runner up.... (2) |
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| 2 December | Sebastian Karlsson Sebastian Karlsson (singer) Sebastian Karlsson, or Sebastian , is a Swedish singer and performer, best known for his participation in Idol 2005, where he came in second place after Agnes Carlsson... |
Agnes Carlsson Agnes Carlsson Agnes Emilia Carlsson, also known mononymously as Agnes , is a Swedish recording artist. She rose to fame as the winner of Idol 2005, the second season of the Swedish Idol series... |
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Elimination chart
| Stages: | Semi-Finals | WC | Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weeks: | 09/19 | 09/20 | 09/21 | 09/22 | 09/23 | 09/30 | 10/7 | 10/14 | 10/21 | 10/28 | 11/4 | 11/11 | 11/18 | 12/25 | 12/2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Constestant | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Agnes Carlsson | Elim | Winner | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sebastian Karlsson | Runner-Up | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sibel Redzep | Btm 3 | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Jens Pääjärvi | Elim | Btm 2 | Btm 3 | Btm 3 | Btm 2 | Btm 2 | Btm 2 | Elim | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Måns Zelmerlöw | Btm 3 | Btm 2 | Elim | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Elina Nelson | Btm 2 | Btm 3 | Elim | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Jonah Hallberg | Elim | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Ola Svensson | Elim | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Marième Niang | Elim | Btm 3 | Btm 2 | Elim | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Maria Albayrak | Elim | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Cindy Lamréus | Elim | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wild Card |
James Gambas | Elim | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||
| Martina B. Wolgast | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanna Nilsson | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Johan Larsson | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sarah Razzaq | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Semi | Viktor Andersson | Elim | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Anton H. a. Segerstad | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lina Pålsson | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hilda Eidhagen | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Jim A. Gândara | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marsha Songcome | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Razaz | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Karin Törngren | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women | Men | Top 11 | Eliminated | Safe | not performed |