Tone Damli Aaberge (born 12 April 1988) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and actress. She became famous for being a contestant in the Norwegian version of the ''Idol'' series. Damli was the runner-up in the Norwegian version of ''Idol'' in 2005, following

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in the final. Despite not winning, she has become very popular in her native Norway releasing four albums, ''

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'', '' Sweet Fever'', '' I Know'', and ''

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''. ''Bliss'' and ''I Know'' have been certified gold in Norway, one Compilation album, one Christmas album, one EP and 21 singles. She contended in the

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finals, with the song ''Butterflies'', and ended up in the runner-up position, following

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. She also participated in the Norwegian version of ''Dancing with the Stars'' in 2006 finishing in third place. She contended together with

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in the Swedish

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semi-finals, with the song ''Hello Goodbye''. They performed in the second semi-final and qualified to the Andra Chansen in which they failed to advance to the finals.. She participated again in

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with the song ''Hurts Sometimes'' and was one of the automatically qualifiers for the final. She failed to advance to the Gold final. On 18 August 2012, it was announced on the official ''Idol'' website that Damli will be the first of an all-new four-member jury of former ''Idol'' contestants to celebrate 10 years since the official debut of Idol in Norway, along with the first winner of the series,

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Personal life

In 2013, Damli entered a relationship with Markus Foss and the following year on 28 April 2014 welcomed a girl.

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

Notes :1. Releases until 2009 credited to Tone Damli Aaberge. From 2010 onward to Tone Damli.

Filmography

*2006: ''

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'' – Norwegian voice of "Heather"

References

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* * 1988 births Living people Musicians from Sogndal Norwegian pop singers Norwegian television presenters Norwegian voice actresses Melodi Grand Prix contestants Idol (Norwegian TV series) participants Melodifestivalen contestants 21st-century Norwegian singers 21st-century Norwegian women singers Norwegian women television presenters {{Norway-singer-stub