Idol 2020 was the sixteenth season of the Swedish Idol series. Like earlier seasons, the season was broadcast on

TV4 TV4 or TV 4 may refer to: *TV4 (Poland), a private Polish television station *TV4 (Sweden), a Swedish television network **TV4 Group, owners of the Swedish television station *South African Broadcasting Corporation TV4, a channel operated by the st ...

. New for this year is that one person got to audition for this season already during the final of Idol 2019 in

Globen Avicii Arena, originally known as Stockholm Globe Arena and previously as Ericsson Globe, but commonly referred to in Swedish simply as Globen (; "the Globe"), is an indoor arena located in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov district of Stockh ...

, Rebecka Assio made it through to the final audition in Stockholm. On 22 September, contestant Caspar Camitz tested positive for COVID-19 and would miss the first Top 13 performance. On 25 September, just a few hours away from the airing of the first Friday show, Affe Hagström, Nadja Holm and Herman Silow also tested positive for the virus, which led to changes to the week's show. The contestants therefore performed their songs from their suites at their hotel. Affe Hagström, who was going to sing the song " Sun Is Shining (Band of Gold)" by Vargas & Lagola, made the decision to not perform that week. On 26 September, it was announced that contestant Indra Elg, who just had left the competition one day earlier, also tested positive for COVID-19, just like Caspar Camitz, Affe Hagström, Nadja Holm and Herman Silow. On 16 October, just a few hours away from airing the fourth Friday show, contestant Affe Hagström made the decision to leave the competition. On 12 November, it was announced that, just because of COVID-19, the final would not be held in the

Arena on 4 December, like it has been since 2007, and would instead be held in the Idol Studio in

Spånga Spånga is a community and parish in the borough of Spånga-Tensta in Stockholm County, Sweden. Background Spånga was an independent municipality until January 1, 1949 when most of it was merged with the City of Stockholm, with smaller por ...

. It is the first time since 2006 that the final has been held in the Idol Studio.

Nadja Holm ''Nadja'' Kasanesh Holm, (born 10 October 1997) is a Swedish singer and winner of Idol 2020. She was born in Ethiopia and grew up in Roknäs outside of Piteå. On 27 November, 2020, she along with Paulina Pancenkov made it to the final of the ...

and

Paulina Pancenkov Paulina Pancenkov, (born 29 November 1999) is a Swedish singer and finalist in Idol 2020. She grew up in Bjuv. On 27 November, 2020, she along with Nadja Holm made it to the final of the TV4 singing competition Idol 2020. In the final she placed ...

made it to the final on 4 December. Nadja Holm was the winner. It was also Nikki Amini's last season as a judge member of the show, which means that she would no longer be a part of the show. She was later replaced by Katia Mosally, who has been a judge member since the season of 2021 and onwards.

Top 22

From Stockholm auditions

*Affe Hagström, Värmdö *Caspar Camitz,

Norrtälje Norrtälje is a locality and the seat of Norrtälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 17,275 inhabitants in 2010. It is one of the largest towns in Roslagen. History Norrtälje’s early history dates back to the Iron Age. Around 225 ...

*Ella Hedström,

Täby Täby () was previously a trimunicipal locality, with 66,292 inhabitants in 2013. However, as from 2016, Statistics Sweden has amalgamated this locality with the Stockholm urban area. It is the seat of Täby Municipality in Stockholm County, S ...

*Gabriel Abdulahad, Norrköping *Herman Silow, Stockholm *Isabella Ohlsson, Stockholm *Kong Phan, Stockholm *Linnéa Samuelsson, Tyresö *Nova Luther, Stockholm *Simon Karlsson, Stockholm *Tara Naderpour,

Upplands Väsby Upplands Väsby () is a locality and the seat of Upplands Väsby Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 149,463 inhabitants in 2020. History The municipality has a long history with clear traces of settlements from the pre-Christian times ...

From Gothenburg auditions

*Edvin Hakimzadeh,

Borås Borås ( , , ) is a city (officially, a locality) and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 66,273 inhabitants in 2010. Geography Borås is located at the point of two crossing railways, among them th ...

*Felix Enghult,

Göteborg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a p ...

*Indra Elg,

Växjö Växjö ( ) is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden. It had 70,489 inhabitants (2019) out of a municipal population of 95,995 (2021). It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial centre of Kronoberg County ...

*Melissa Lund, Äspered *Rebecka Assio,

Falköping Falköping is a locality and the seat of Falköping Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 16,350 inhabitants in 2010. History The town of Falköping was first spoken of in the Icelandic ''Rimbegla'' (around 1100 A.D.), and ...

(did not audition in Gothenburg, but took part in the final part of the auditions in the city) *Tess Gustafsson,

Landvetter Landvetter is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Härryda Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 7,152 inhabitants in 2010. It is the second largest town in the municipality and has given its name to the international a ...

From Sundsvall auditions

*Maya Arctaedius,

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, U ...

*Nadja Holm, Piteå

From Helsingborg auditions

*Mattias Nederman,

Skurup Skurup is a locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality i ...

*Niklas Hultberg, Karlskrona *Paulina Pancenkov,

Bjuv Bjuv is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Bjuv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 6,832 inhabitants in 2010. References

Findus was located in Bjuv before relocating to Germany and they make frozen food to stores ...

Elimination chart

Top 12 (originally Top 13) - This is Me

Affe Hagström did not perform that week.

Top 12 - On Swedish

Top 11 - My Idol

Top 9 - Winnersongs

Affe Hagström withdrew from the competition that week.

Top 8 (First Week) - 80s & 90s

Top 8 (Second Week) - Viewers Choice

Top 7 - Back to Top

Top 6 - Powerwomans & Duets

Top 5 – Love

Top 4 – Semifinal: Jurys Choice & Free Choice

in this semifinal will 2 acts leave the competition.

Top 2 – Final: Free Choice, Da Capo & Winner's Single

References

External links

Idol at TV4
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