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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 othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laila Bagge
Laila Natali Bagge (born 15 December 1972 in Lund, Sweden, as Laila Natali Cahling), formerly Laila Bagge Wahlgren, is a Palestinian Swedish singer, manager and songwriter. Biography Her mother is Swedish and her father is Palestinian. She was signed to Motown Records in the 1990s, and released the top-40 hit "Here We Go Again" in 1998. '''' advertising supplement, October 31, 1998 She worked for |