The third season of ''

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'' premiered in Sweden on August 29, 2006, and continued until its grand finale on December 1, when 24-year-old Markus Fagervall from

Övertorneå Övertorneå (; ) is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and the seat of Övertorneå Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 1,917 inhabitants in 2010. It is located at the shore of the Torne (Finnish and Swedish river), Torne River, oppos ...

was crowned winner. The series gained a record-breaking 1.1 million viewers during its first episode, and was the last season to feature

Claes af Geijerstam Claes Olof af Geijerstam (; born 6 February 1946), nicknamed Clabbe (), is a Swedish musician, radio personality and DJ who is mostly famous for his talent of rapid speech and his many years as a radio DJ. He is also known for his role as jury ...

as a judge, who left the series citing financial issues.

Judges

Daniel Breitholtz Daniel Breitholtz (born 18 October 1977) is a Swedish former A&R-Management, manager at Sony BMG. Together with voice coach Kishti Tomita, manager and talent scout Peter Swartling and Record producer, producer, musician and disc jockey Claes_af_G ...

– Sony BMG manager *

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 ...

– record producer *

Kishti Tomita Kishti Tomita (born 19 November 1963) is a Swedish voice coach, TV personality and singer. Together with A&R manager Daniel Breitholtz and manager and talent scout Peter Swartling, she was a part of the Swedish ''Idol 2004'', '' Idol 2005'', '' ...

– vocal coach *

– musician

Hosts

Tobbe Blom Tobias Peter "Tobbe" Blom (born 28 September 1975) is a Swedish TV host on TV4 and magician. He is well-known under his stage name Tobbe Trollkarl. Tobbe was the host of Idol 2005 along Johan Wiman and has also done a kids show for morning T ...

* Johan Wiman

Auditions

Malmö Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on ...

: April 6, 2006 *

Gothenburg Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...

: April 22, 2006 *

Falun Falun () is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County. Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with just over 100,000 inhabit ...

: April 30, 2006 *

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; ; ; ; ) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Umeå is the largest Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Norrland and the t ...

: May 6, 2006 *

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: May 13, 2006 More than 6000 people auditioned.

Top 11 finalists

* Cissi Ramsby, 20,

Järvsö Järvsö (), locally known as ''Jarse'' (), is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and a parish situated in Ljusdal Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 1,407 inhabitants in 2010. From Järvsö, people commute to Ljusdal, Färila, Bollnäs, a ...

, Audition song: "

Ain't No Sunshine "Ain't No Sunshine" is a song by Bill Withers, from his 1971 debut album '' Just As I Am,'' produced by Booker T. Jones. The record featured musicians Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass guitar, Al Jackson Jr. on drums and Stephen Stills on guitar. Str ...

" *

Danny Saucedo Daniel Gabriel Alessandro Saucedo Grzechowski (born 25 February 1986), known professionally as Danny Saucedo or simply Danny, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He rose to fame as one of the finalists in '' Idol 2006'', the Swedish version of ...

, 20,

, Audition song: "

I Swear "I Swear" is a song written by Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers that became a hit for American country music artist John Michael Montgomery in 1993, and for American R&B group All-4-One in 1994. Released in November 1993, by Atlantic Nashvill ...

" * Erik Segerstedt, 23,

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, Audition song: "

Feeling Good "Feeling Good" (also known as "Feelin' Good") is a song written by English composers Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the musical '' The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd''. It was first performed on stage in 1964 by Cy G ...

" * Felicia Brandström, 19, Floda , Audition song: "Dreams Come True" * Jessica Myrberg, 22,

, Audition song: " Because Of You" * Johan Larsson, 18,

Vänersborg Vänersborg () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Vänersborg Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 23,882 inhabitants (out of a municipal total of 39,904) Until 1997 it was the capital of Älvsborg County, which mer ...

, Audition song: " Show Me Heaven" * Jonas Snäckmark, 20,

Halmstad Halmstad () is a port, university, industrial and recreational urban areas of Sweden, city at the mouth of the Nissan (river), Nissan river, in the provinces of Sweden, province of Halland on the Sweden, Swedish west coast. Halmstad is the seat ...

, Audition song: "

You Raise Me Up "You Raise Me Up" is a song composed by Rolf Løvland with lyrics by Brendan Graham. It was first recorded by Secret Garden, in collaboration with Brian Kennedy. Although the original version was not a major hit, the song has since been rec ...

" * Linda Seppänen, 21, Tungelsta , Audition song: "Sick Of It All" * Markus Fagervall, 24,

, Audition song: "Red" * Natalie Kadric, 21,

Bålsta Bålsta is a locality and the seat of Håbo Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 13,138 inhabitants in 2015. Although not in Stockholm County, it has Bålsta Station, the north-western terminus of the Stockholm suburban rail system. Many i ...

, Audition song: " Hot Stuff" * Sara Burnett, 19,

Karlstad Karlstad (, ) is the 20th-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city proper had 67,122 inhabitants in 2020 with 97,233 inhabitan ...

, Audition song: "I Know What Love Is"

Semi-final qualifyings

Top 20
Format: Two out of five semi-finalists made it to the live finals each day (competing in gender-divided groups), based on public phone voting. Two additional semi-final contestants who had not initially gained enough votes were also chosen by the public to advance to the finals, along with a wildcard chosen by the judges.

Finals elimination chart

Elimination chart

Idol 2006 album

''Det bästa från Idol 2006'' (The Best from Idol 2006) is a sampling Swedish Idol 2007 shows. It was released on 21 November 2007.

References

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External links

Official homepage
(Swedish lang.) Idol (Swedish TV series) 2006 in Swedish music 2006 Swedish television seasons