Idol 2008 (Sweden)


The fifth season of Swedish Idol premiered on 3 September 2008 and continued until its grand finale on 12 December, when 22-year-old Kevin Borg was crowned winner. It was the first season to feature new judges Laila Bagge, Anders Bagge and Andreas Carlsson, a move that made it the first Idol series in the world to completely replace its judging panel. The series took advantage of guest judges including Charlotte Perrelli, Desmond Child and Cyndi Lauper, and the final 3 results show featured a performance by Leona Lewis, who sang "Forgive Me". For the second year running, the grand finale was held in Stockholm's Globen Arena with a live audience of 16,000 people, where operatic group Il Divo also sang live. Season 5 of Swedish Idol marked only the second time in worldwide Idol history where neither of the final two contestants were born in the show's home country. Winner Kevin Borg was born in Malta and runner-up Alice Svensson was born in Vietnam. The only other Idol contest to have this occur was Greece's Super Idol in 2004.

Judges

  • Laila Bagge - Sony BMG manager
  • Anders Bagge - Record producer
  • Andreas Carlsson - Songwriter

    Hosts

  • Peter Jihde - Host during Idol and Idol Eftersnack
  • Katrin Zytomierska - Host during ''Idol Eftersnack''

    Auditions

Auditions were held in the Swedish cities of Gothenburg, Luleå, Karlstad, Lund and Stockholm during the spring of 2008.

Finals

Finalists

Live Show Details

Heat 1 - Top 8 Girls (29 September 2008)

Heat 2 - Top 8 Boys (30 September 2008)

Heat 3 - Top 7 Girls (1 October 2008)

Heat 4 - Top 7 Boys (2 October 2008)

Heat 5 - Top 12 (3 October 2008)

Live Show 1 (10 October 2008)

Theme: Idol's 5 Year Celebration

Live Show 2 (17 October 2008)

Theme: 90s Hits

Live Show 3 (24 October 2008)

Theme: Songs by ABBA

Live Show 4 (24 October 2008)

Theme: Swedish Songs
Guest Judge: Charlotte Perrelli
OrderArtistSong Result
1Robin Bengtsson"När vindarna viskar mitt namn" Bottom two
2Sepideh Vaziri"Främling" Eliminated
3Kevin Borg"Lyssna till ditt hjärta" Safe
4Alice Svensson"Min kärlek" Bottom three
5Johan Palm"Johnny the Rucker" Safe
6Robin Ericsson"Michelangelo" Safe
7Anna Bergendahl"Stad i ljus" Safe
8Lars Eriksson"Det börjar verka kärlek banne mig" Safe

Elimination chart

Finalist Song Choices

Rock

Guest judge: Desmond Child
  1. Johan Palm - Poison
  2. Lars Eriksson - Smells Like Teen Spirit
  3. Anna Bergendahl - Save Up All Your Tears
  4. Robin Ericsson - You Give Love a Bad Name
  5. Robin Bengtsson - Dude Looks Like a Lady
  6. Alice Svensson - Heaven's on Fire
  7. Kevin Borg - Livin' on a Prayer

    Soul & Duets

Soul
  1. Kevin Borg - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
  2. Robin Ericsson - Reach Out I'll Be There
  3. Robin Bengtsson - The Dock of the Bay
  4. Johan Palm - You Can't Hurry Love
  5. Alice Svensson - I Say a Little Prayer
  6. Anna Bergendahl - Bleeding Love
Duets
  1. Johan Palm & Robin Ericsson - We Built This City
  2. Kevin Borg & Anna Bergendahl - The Time of My Life
  3. Robin Bengtsson & Alice Svensson - You're the One That I Want

    Love

  4. Robin Bengtsson - Let Me Entertain You & Fields of Gold
  5. Kevin Borg - If Tomorrow Never Comes & In the Shadows
  6. Anna Bergendahl - Simply the Best & Over the Rainbow
  7. Johan Palm - I'll Stand By You & Friday I'm in Love
  8. Alice Svensson - Because of You & Crazy In Love

    Gospel

Guest judge: Carola Häggkvist
  1. Johan Palm - Long Train Runnin' & Free Fallin'
  2. Alice Svensson - Shackles & Independent Women
  3. Kevin Borg - Higher and Higher & The Way You Make Me Feel
  4. Robin Bengtsson - Joyful, Joyful & My Love Is Your Love

    Jury's choice

  5. Alice Svensson - Keep This Fire Burning & Girlfriend
  6. Robin Bengtsson - It's My Life & Black or White
  7. Kevin Borg - Livin' la Vida Loca & Hot In Herre

    Idol 2008 album

Det bästa från Idol 2008 is a sampling Swedish Idol 2008 shows.