Idol 2022 was the eighteenth season of the Swedish Idol series. The show was broadcast on TV4 and started on 22 August 2022, and then ended with a final on 25 November. Pär Lernström continued as presenter of the show with Anis Don Demina as co-presenter. The judges from the last season all returned.
Winner of this season was singer Nike Sellmar.
Competition Elimination chart Stadium:Qualification weekWeekly finalsFinalDate:19/920/921/922/923/930/97/1014/1021/1028/104/1111/1118/1125/11PlaceContestantsResults1Nike SellmarWinner2Albin Tingwall 3:rdWC 111:thRunner-up3Klara AlmströmEliminated4Sebastian Rydgren6:th4:thEliminated5Luka Nemorin8:th7:th7:th5:thEliminated6Ida Hallquist6:th5:thEliminated7-8Julien KeulenEliminatedRuby Lindén 3:rdWC 59:th8:thSaved9Caroline Ellingsen9:thEliminated10Carmen Toubia 3:rdWC 210:thEliminated11Vera Arkelid Jalméus 3:rdWC 4Eliminated12-13Arvid EinarssonEliminatedNeville Ristenfeldt 3:rdWC 3Top24Anton ÄlvstrandThan TamthongVanessa RoseAmadeus Hallström 3:rdLinus JohanssonSanna Ekdahl AkanniAngelina Terennikova 3:rdEmil WestermarkSebastian HautamäkiAmanda Andersson3:rdEspen Edberg + + Legend Women Men Safe Not Safe / Bottom 2 / Bottom 3 / Bottom 4Wild CardJudges SaveEliminated Top 11 Top 24 Bottom 4Stage not reached
Top 13 + Order Contestant Song Result 1Klara Almström"You Can't Hurry Love"Safe 2Albin Tingwall"Human Nature"Bottom three 3Julien Keulen"Lay Me Down"Safe 4Arvid Einarsson"Ser du månen där du är ikväll? (Tillsammans igen)"Eliminated 5Sebastian Rydgren "Leave a Light On"Safe 6Carmen Toubia "Secret Love Song"Safe 7Caroline Ellingsen"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"Safe 8Neville Ristenfeldt"I Love This Life" Eliminated 9Luka Nemorin"Breathe Me" Safe 10Nike Sellmar"Jolene" Safe 11Ida Hallquist"Wild Enough" Safe 12Vera Arkelid Jalméus"Emmylou" Safe 13Ruby Lindén"Stand Up" Safe
Top 11 - This is Me + Order Contestant Song Result 1Sebastian Rydgren"It's a Sin"Safe 2Klara Almström"Something's Got a Hold on Me"Safe 3Carmen Toubia"Proud Mary"Bottom three 4Ida Hallquist"Treat Myself"Safe 5Vera Arkelid Jalméus"Somebody to Love"Eliminated 6Luka Nemorin"Heaven"Safe 7Julien Keulen"Don't Start Now"Safe 8Albin Tingwall"Mirrors" Safe 9Nike Sellmar"A Change Is Gonna Come" Safe 10Ruby Lindén"Crazy in Love" Bottom three 11Caroline Ellingsen "Highway to hell" Safe
Top 10 - Blast from the Past + Order Contestant Song Result 1Albin Tingwall"Tiny Dancer"Safe 2Nike Sellmar"Rock and Roll"Safe 3Carmen Toubia"Edge of Seventeen"Eliminated 4Klara Almström"Forever Young"Safe 5Caroline Ellingsen"You Give Love a Bad Name"Bottom three 6Luka Nemorin"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"Bottom three 7Ida Hallquist"Hero"Safe 8Julien Keulen"You Oughta Know" Safe 9Ruby Lindén"My Heart Will Go On" Safe 10Sebastian Rydgren"Strong Enough" Safe
Top 9 - Swedish Hits + Order Contestant Song Result 1Ruby Lindén"Nån annan nu"Bottom three 2Ida Hallquist"Stockholm i natt"Safe 3Julien Keulen"En säng av rosor"Safe 4Luka Nemorin"Forever young"Bottom three 5Caroline Ellingsen"Lyckligare nu"Eliminated 6Nike Sellmar"Öppna landskap"Safe 7Sebastian Rydgren"Sista morgonen"Safe 8Albin Tingwall"Strövtåg i hembygden" Safe 9Klara Almström"Här kommer natten" Safe
Top 8 (first week) - Movie Night + Order Contestant Song Result 1Luka Nemorin"I See Fire"Bottom three 2Nike Sellmar"Running Up That Hill"Safe 3Sebastian Rydgren"Life on Mars"Safe 4Ruby Lindén"Circle of Life"Judges Save 5Klara Almström"Skyfall"Safe 6Albin Tingwall"It Must Have Been Love"Safe 7Ida Hallquist"Kiss Me"Bottom three 8Julien Keulen"The Show Must Go On" Safe
Top 8 (second week) - Duets + Order Contestant Song Result 1Julien Keulen "Run to the Hills" (with Klara Hammarström)Eliminated 2Albin Tingwall "Vänner" (with Myra Granberg)Safe 3Ruby Lindén "Lämna han" (with Cherrie)Eliminated 4Luka Nemorin "Be Alright" (with Dean Lewis)Safe 5Ida Hallquist "Röda trådens slut" (with Oscar Magnusson)Bottom four 6Sebastian Rydgren "Stay the Night" (with Lina Hedlund)Bottom four 7Klara Almström "Just idag känns du nära (Saras sång)" (with Tomas Andersson Wij)Safe 8Nike Sellmar "Sånt är livet" (with Anne-Lie Rydé)Safe
Top 6 – Release Day & Judge's Choice + Order Contestant First song Order Second song Result 1 Nike Sellmar"With a Little Help from My Friends" 7"Celebrity Skin"Safe 2 Sebastian Rydgren"Holding Out For a Hero" 8"Hang with Me"Safe 3 Albin Tingwall"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You"9"Free Fallin'"Safe 4 Luka Nemorin"Bruises"10"Impossible"Bottom two 5 Ida Hallquist"Hatar dig"11"Show Me Love"Eliminated 6 Klara Almström"Hopelessly Devoted to You"12"Fields of Gold"Safe
Top 5 – Love + Order Contestant First song Order Second song Result 1 Sebastian Rydgren"Frozen" 6"Gold"Bottom two 2Klara Almström "Du måste finnas" 7"What a Wonderful World"Safe 3 Luka Nemorin"Smile"8"Everybody's Changing"Eliminated 4 Nike Sellmar"Make You Feel My Love"9"Babel"Safe 5 Albin Tingwall"Fix You"10"My Way"Safe
Top 4 – Semifinal + Order Contestant First song Result Order Second song Result 1 Nike Sellmar"The Story"Safe 5"Hard Times"Safe 2Albin Tingwall"Tenerife Sea"Safe 6"As It Was"Safe 3 Klara Almström"Rosa himmel"Safe7"Jag kommer" Eliminated 4 Sebastian Rydgren"Enjoy the Silence"Eliminated N/A (already eliminated)
Top 2 – Final: Free Choice, Da Capo & Winner's Single + Order ActFree Choice Song OrderDa Capo Song Order Winner's Single Result1Nike Sellmar"Happier Than Ever"3"To Make You Feel My Love"5"Anything You Say" Winner2Albin Tingwall"Falling"4"It Must Have Been Love"6"Anything You Say" Runner-up
References
External links Idol at TV4