Aleksander Denstad With (born 30 June 1987 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian who won season 4 of the TV show '' Idol'' in May 2006, becoming the youngest person ever to win the competition. Aleksander released his first album, titled 'Coming Home', on 23 October 2006. The album was a major success and peaked at #4 on the Top 40 Norwegian Albums Chart upon release. So far, "A Little Too Perfect", "The Other Side" and "Free Ride" have been released as singles from the album. On 1 December 2007, Aleksander performed alongside Norwegian Pop-Rock artist, Marion Raven, at the Norwegian "Idol Gives Back" show.

Pre-Idol

WimpyLime were an unsigned project Aleksander and his former girlfriend,

Vivian Sørmeland Vivian Sørmeland (born July 8, 1985 in Osen), came 3rd in season 4 of Idol (Norway) in May 2006. Her boyfriend was season 4-winner Aleksander Denstad With Idol Performances Audition: "I wish" by Stevie Wonder Top 40: "Foolish Games" by Jewel ...

(who came third in Idol (Norway) Season 4) were a part of from the summer of 2004 until Idol in 2006. WimpyLime wrote all of their material as a group and together could play the keyboard, piano, guitar, bass, and drums. Aleksander and Vivian were the band's lead vocalists. Only two demos clips have leaked from WimpyLime's recorded catalog, one titled "Southern Skies" and another titled "The Secret". Members:

, Aleksander With, Olav S. Flaa, Arne Fredrik Lånke

Norwegian Idol 2006 Performances

Audition: "Dancing Shoes"

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Top 40: "Chariot" by

Top 12: "Trouble" by Coldplay
Top 11: " American Woman" by

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Top 10: "Have Fun,Go Mad" by

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Top 9: "Unloved" by Espen Lind
Top 8: "I Don't Wanna Be" by

Top 7: "The Way You Make Me Feel" by Michael Jackson
Top 6: "Glorious" by

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Top 5: "

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Theme" by Michael Bublé
Top 4: " Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M.
Top 4: "One" (duet with

) by U2 and Mary J. Blige
Top 3: "I've Been Losing You" by

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Top 3: "Kiss From A Rose" by Seal
Finale: "Glorious" by

Finale: "Kiss From A Rose" by Seal
Finale: "A Little Too Perfect" (Winning Single)

Discography

Albums

Singles

External links

Aleksander With
, Official Site
Aleksander With
Official Myspace
Aleksander With
Blog/Vlog

Wimpylime

Official Site

Official Myspace
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