Ida Østergaard Madsen (born 1994) better known by her first name, Ida, is a Danish singer who won season 5 of the Danish ''

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''. After she won, she was signed to

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and her debut single " I Can Be" topped the Danish Singles Chart.

Music career

2012: ''X Factor''

Ida auditioned for season 5 of

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. She became one of the finalists in the "Under 25" category and was mentored by

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. On the final, held on 23 March 2012, she won the title with 61,7% of the popular vote with the other finalist Line as runner-up with 38,3% of the votes.''Nordjyske'': Stemmetal - Så suverænt vandt Ida X Factor
DR pronounced after the finale that IDA had most votes in all of the shows.

Performances during ''X Factor''

2012-present: ''Seize the Day''

Immediately after she won, Ida released her winning song as her debut single " I Can Be", which went straight to number 1 on the

Danish Singles Chart Hitlisten (), formerly known as Tracklisten, is a Danish top 40 record chart that is updated every Wednesday at midnight on the website hitlisten.nu. The weekly Danish singles chart combines the 40 best-selling tracks from streaming and legal mus ...

in its first week of release and was certified gold. On 18 March 2013 she released the single "

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", the song peaked to number 8 on the

. She features on

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's song "In These Waters". On 28 October 2013 she released the single " Maybe I Like It", the song peaked to number 37 on the

. On 18 November 2013 she released her debut studio album ''Seize the Day'', the album has peaked to number 20 on the

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Discography

Albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

References

External links

Ida on Facebook
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ida The X Factor winners 1994 births Living people English-language singers from Denmark 21st-century Danish women singers People from Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality Musicians from the Central Denmark Region