The fourth season of ''Swedish Idol'' premiered on September 3, 2007, and continued until its grand finale on 7 December, when 28-year-old

Marie Picasso Marie Picasso (born ''Lilly Marie Pettersson'' on 24 April 1979) is a Swedish singer, host and model who first rose to fame as a housemate on the popular reality television show '' Big Brother'', before going on to win the fourth series of the ...

was crowned winner. It was the first season to feature an all-female finale, and is to date the only season to crown a winner who had previously fallen into the 'bottom three' during the finals, with Picasso landing there twice. It was the first season to hold its grand finale at the

Globen Arena Avicii Arena, originally known as Stockholm Globe Arena and previously as Ericsson Globe, but commonly referred to in Swedish simply as Globen (; "the Globe"), is an indoor arena located in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov district of Stockh ...

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

, and to date holds the record for the largest live audience at an ''Idol'' final anywhere in the world, with a crowd of 16,000 people. The finale also featured a live performance by

Kelly Clarkson Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter, author, and television personality. She rose to fame after winning the first season of ''American Idol'' in 2002, which earned her a record deal with RCA. Her debu ...

. It was the final season to feature judges

Daniel Breitholtz Daniel Breitholtz, born 18 October 1977, is a former 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 was part of the Idol 200 ...

Peter Swartling Peter Swartling (born 18 November 1964) 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 United ...

and Kishti Tomita, who all bowed out for various personal reasons. Season 4 of ''Idol'' is also credited with discovering the unique talent of runner-up Amanda Jenssen, who went on to achieve enormous commercial and critical success in Sweden, and steady international notoriety.

Judges

- Sony BMG manager *

- Record producer * Kishti Tomita - Vocal coach

Hosts

Peter Jihde Peter Jihde (born 12 July 1971) is a Swedish television host and sports reporter on TV4. Jihde was born in Malmö, Sweden. He has hosted ''Sporten'', ''Fotbollskväll'', and has presented Olympic games and football world championships. Jihde has ...

- Finals *

Carolina Gynning Carolina Gynning Nilsson (born 6 October 1978) is a Swedish glamour model, actor, author, jewelry designer and television presenter. She started her career as a model at age sixteen. She was a participant in the Swedish version of '' Big Brother' ...

- Auditions and Semi-finals *

Carina Berg Carina Lilly Berg, during a time ''Luuk'', (born 11 November 1977) is a Swedish comedian and television presenter. Berg grew up in Åkersberga, studied the aesthetics program at Danderyds gymnasium and then went on to study radio at Kaggeholms f ...

- Auditions and Semi-finals *

Hannah Graaf Hannah Rakel Serafia Graaf Karyd (born ''Graf'' 31 August 1978) is a Swedish glamour model and singer. Graaf along with her model sister, Magdalena, formed a musical duo called The Graaf Sisters. Early years Graaf was born in Gothenburg, but ...

- Companion shows ''Idol Halvtid'' and ''Idol Eftersnack'' * Doreen Månsson - Companion shows ''Idol Halvtid'' and ''Idol Eftersnack''

Auditions

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

: April 14, 2007 *

Skellefteå Skellefteå (, locally ) is a Cities in Sweden, city in Västerbotten County, Sweden. It is the seat of Skellefteå Municipality, which had 73,246 inhabitants in 2021. The city is historically industrial, with mining being a large part of that i ...

: April 22, 2007 *

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...

: April 28, 2007 *

Borlänge Borlänge is a locality in Dalarna County, Sweden with 44,898 inhabitants as of 2020. It is the seat of the Borlänge Municipality with a total population of 51,604 inhabitants as of 2017. History Originally Borlänge was the name of a tin ...

: May 6, 2007 *

: May 12, 2007

Eliminated Semi-finalists

* Pär Stenhammar - Eliminated September 24 * Särla Berntson - Eliminated September 25 * Michel Zitron - 1st eliminated September 28 * Tamela Hedström - 2nd eliminated September 28 * Knut Berggren - 3rd eliminated September 28

Elimination chart

Idol 2007 album

''Det bästa från Idol 2007'' (The Best from Idol 2007) is a sampling Swedish Idol 2007 shows. It was released on 21 November 2007. {{Swedish Idol

External links

Marie Picasso from Big Brother in new idol season
- Retrieved from Aftonbladet
Amanda Jensen
- Sida om deltagaren Amanda Jensen
Official Website
2007 Swedish television seasons Idol (Swedish TV series) 2007 in Swedish music