The seventh season of Swedish Idol premiered on September 7, 2010 and concluded in December 2010 and was broadcast by TV4. Judges Anders Bagge, Laila Bagge Wahlgren and Andreas Carlsson continued to judge the show's contestants for their third year, along with, for the fourth consecutive year, Peter Jihde as host.
Changes from Season 6 The ten finals will be held on Fridays, 5 of them in a studio in Stockholm and the other five one each at Göteborg, Karlstad, Malmö and Luleå. The finals will be again at the Globe Arena in Stockholm. It is only the second year that the show is on tour in various cities, and this year, the tour is more extended than last year and it will be the fewest shows from studio in the capital Stockholm.TV4: Idol 2010 exploderar på fem arenor i höst (in Swedish) The official trailer was released in mid-August and the theme for it is "Aiming for the stars". The video features the three judges entering a spaceship and heading for the stars, searching for the next Swedish Idol. Former contestants, Agnes and Amanda Jensen is also featured in the video.
Regional auditions phase The large number of applicants to the Idol in both GöteborgRekordmånga sökande till Idol 2010 i Göteborg(in Swedish) and Stockholm prompted the organizers to extend auditions by one day. According to TV4, it was also a record number who sought to Idol in the other urban areas. So far, around 11,700 people applied for Idol in 2010,TV4: Rekordmånga sökande till Idol 2010(in Swedish) which is a record for Swedish Idol.TV4: Rekordmånga sökande till Idol 2010(in Swedish)
Episode Air Date Audition City Date Audition Venue Golden TicketsSeptember 9/10, 2010GothenburgApril 10–11, 2010Svenska Mässan23September 10, 2010KarlstadApril 18, 2010Nöjesfabriken19September 15, 2010MalmöApril 24, 2010Folkets Park33September 14, 2010LuleåMay 2, 2010Coop Arena12September 7/8th, 2010StockholmMay 8–9, 2010Kulturhuset30Total Golden Tickets128
Elimination Chart + Legend Did Not Perform Female Male Top 24 Wild Card Top 11 Winner SafeSave LastEliminated
Stage:QuarterSemiFinalsWeek: 09/27 09/28 09/29 09/30 10/01 10/08 10/15 10/22 10/29 11/05 11/12 11/18 11/26 12/03 12/10 Place ContestantResult1Jay Smith Top 13 Winner 2Minnah Karlsson Top 13 Saved Runner-Up3Olle Hedberg ElimVC Elim4Linnea Henriksson Top 13 Elim5Andreas Weise Top 13 Elim6Elin Blom Elim JCElim7Geir Rönning Top 13 Elim8Daniel Norberg Elim JCElim9Linda VargTop 13 Elim10Alice Hagenbrant Top 13 Wdrw11Sassa Bodensjö Elim JCElim12-13Chris AndersenTop 13 ElimMadeleine Finck-BjörgenElim JCHeat 4Alicia Francke Bocio ElimFreja Sterner Jimmy Claeson Heat 3Malin Brännlund ElimMichaela Osberg Dalja Simon Lingmerth Heat 2Björn Nagander ElimEmil Carlsson Heat 1Janine NymanElimJonathan GarcésSebastian Krantz
On October 15 Minnah Karlsson and Alice Hagenbrant were the bottom two with Minnah being eliminated. However, since Alice withdrew shortly after Minnah was allowed to return.
Idol 2010 albums
Det bästa från Idol 2010 (The Best from Idol 2010) is a sampling Swedish Idol 2010 shows. In addition, at the beginning of the 10th series, an initial album was released containing performances during auditions to this year's series.
References
External links Official TV4 site for Idol 2010 Jay Smith Official Minnah Karlsson Official Olle Hedberg Official Linnea Henriksson Official Geir Rönning Official