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Idol 2006 (Sweden)
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The third season of Idol premiered in Sweden on August 29, 2006, and continued until its grand finale on December 1, when 24-year-old Markus Fagervall from Övertorneå was crowned winner.[1] The series gained a record-breaking 1.1 million viewers during its first episode, and was the last season to feature Claes af Geijerstam as a judge, who left the series citing financial issues.
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Judges
- Daniel Breitholtz – Sony BMG manager
- Peter Swartling – record producer
- Kishti Tomita – vocal coach
- Claes af Geijerstam – musician
Hosts
- Tobbe Blom
- Johan Wiman
Auditions
- Malmö: April 6, 2006
- Gothenburg: April 22, 2006
- Falun: April 30, 2006
- Umeå: May 6, 2006
- Stockholm: May 13, 2006
More than 6000 people auditioned.
Top 11 finalists
- Cissi Ramsby, 20, Järvsö | Audition song: "Ain't No Sunshine"
- Danny Saucedo, 20, Stockholm | Audition song: "I Swear"
- Erik Segerstedt, 23, Uddevalla | Audition song: "Feeling Good"
- Felicia Brandström, 19, Floda | Audition song: "Dreams Come True"
- Jessica Myrberg, 22, Gothenburg | Audition song: "Because Of You"
- Johan Larsson, 18, Vänersborg | Audition song: "Show Me Heaven"
- Jonas Snäckmark, 20, Halmstad | Audition song: "You Raise Me Up"
- Linda Seppänen, 21, Tungelsta | Audition song: "Sick Of It All"
- Markus Fagervall, 24, Övertorneå | Audition song: "Red"
- Natalie Kadric, 21, Bålsta | Audition song: "Hot Stuff"
- Sara Burnett, 19, Karlstad | Audition song: "I Know What Love Is"
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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.
| Date | First | Second |
| September 18 | Linda Seppänen | Jessica Myrberg |
| September 19 | Markus Fagervall | Danny Saucedo |
| September 20 | Sara Burnett | Felicia Brandström |
| September 21 | Johan Larsson | Jonas Snäckmark |
| September 22 (Public Wildcards) |
Cissi Ramsby | Erik Segerstedt |
| Judges' Wildcard | Natalie Kadric |
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Finals elimination chart
| Date | Theme | Bottom three | |||
| September 29 | My Idol | Sara Burnett | Jessica Myrberg | Erik Segerstedt | |
| October 6 | Swedish Hits | Natalie Kadric | Jonas Snäckmark | Jessica Myrberg (2) | |
| October 13 | Millennium Hits | Jessica Myrberg (3) | Linda Seppänen | Johan Larsson | |
| October 20 | Rock | Jonas Snäckmark (2) | Cissi Ramsby | Johan Larsson (2) | |
| October 27 | Audition Songs | Linda Seppänen (2) | Cissi Ramsby (2) | Johan Larsson (3) | |
| Bottom two | |||||
| November 3 | Unplugged | Danny Saucedo | Cissi Ramsby (3) | ||
| November 10 | Motown | Cissi Ramsby (4) | Erik Segerstedt (2) | ||
| Eliminated contestant | |||||
| November 17 | Love Songs | Felicia Brandström | |||
| November 24 | Jury's Choices | Johan Larsson (4) | |||
| December 1 | Erik Segerstedt (3) | Markus Fagervall | |||
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Elimination chart
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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
External links
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