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2008 In Swedish Television
This is a list of Swedish television related events from 2008. Events *28 March - TV chef Tina Nordström and her partner Tobias Karlsson win the third season of '' Let's Dance''. *May - 10-year-old singer Zara Larsson wins the second season of ''Talang''. *12 December - Kevin Borg wins the fifth season of ''Idol''. Debuts Television shows 2000s *''Idol'' (2004-2011, 2013–present) *'' Let's Dance'' (2006–present) *''Talang'' (2007-2011, 2014–present) *1–24 December - Skägget i brevlådan Ending this year Births Deaths See also *2008 in Sweden Events from the year 2008 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf * Prime Minister – Fredrik Reinfeldt Events *1 October – '' Rivality'' strategy game is released. Deaths * 4 January – Stig Claesson, writer (born 1928 ... References {{Sweden-tv-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Television
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Tina Nordström
Maria Kristina "Tina" Nordström Holmqvist (born 6 August 1973) is a Swedish celebrity chef and television personality from Helsingborg, Sweden. She hosted the second season of '' New Scandinavian Cooking'' on PBS stations on American television, replacing Andreas Viestad as host of the show; she was succeeded by Claus Meyer. She also appeared in a subsequent series featuring the same cast in rotation called "Perfect Day", produced by Tellusworks/Anagram Produktion and directed by Andreas Lindergard. Besides the cookery show ''Mat'' ("Food"), which she made together with Tomas Tengby, she has written cookbooks—''Tinas mat'' ("Tina's food"), ''Tina'' and ''Jättegott Tina'' ("Delicious, Tina"). Nordström won the Swedish '' Let's Dance'' television show in 2008. In 2009, she produced ''Tinas cookalong'', with Gordon Ramsay as a guest cook. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Dance (Swedish TV Series)
''Let's Dance'' is a Swedish dance competition featuring Swedish celebrities. It is a national version of '' Strictly Come Dancing''. The series has been broadcast for sixteen seasons on TV4. Hosts since 2021 are David Lindgren David Lindgren (born 28 April 1982 in Skellefteå, Sweden) is a Swedish singer, musical actor and television presenter. He is signed to the EMI Sweden label. In 2009, he appeared on the Swedish television show ''Så ska det låta'' on SVT in th ... and Petra Mede. Presenters ;Key : Presenter of ''Let's Dance'' Judging panel ;Key : Main judge Main series results References External links * * {{Dancing with the Stars TV4 (Sweden) original programming Swedish reality television series Swedish music television series 2006 Swedish television series debuts Swedish television series based on British television series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zara Larsson
Zara Maria Larsson (, ; born 16 December 1997) is a Swedish pop singer. In 2008, at the age of 10, she won the second season of the talent show '' Talang'', the Swedish version of the '' Got Talent'' format. Since then she has received recognition with singles including " Lush Life" (2015), " Never Forget You" (2015), "Girls Like" (2016) featuring Tinie Tempah and " Ain't My Fault" (2016). She later featured on Clean Bandit's single, "Symphony" (2017), topping the charts in the UK and Sweden. Her third studio album in 2021 was preceded by the international hit " Ruin My Life" (2018). Earlier in 2012, Larsson had signed with the record label TEN Music Group and subsequently released her debut extended play ''Introducing'' in January 2013. The EP was supported by Larsson's first original single, "Uncover", which topped the music charts in Scandinavia and was certified 6x platinum in Sweden. Following her early success in Scandinavia and the release of her debut album, '' 1'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talang 2008
Talang 2008 was the second season of the talent show ''Talang Sverige, Talang'', the Swedish version of Got Talent. It was broadcast from April 4, 2008 to May 30, 2008. The host was only one person, Peppe Eng, with Kodjo Akolor as his "sidekick". The panel of judges was Bert Karlsson, Sofia Wistam and Tobbe Blom. This season was won by 10-year-old singer Zara Larsson, who received the prize money of 500,000 Swedish krona, SEK as a result. The audition tour visited Falun, Umeå, Malmö, Gothenburg and Stockholm. All auditions took place in March 2008, one month before the season started broadcasting on television, TV. Finalists *Jongleur Johan Wellton *Pianist David Fang *Singer Sebastian Krantz *Magician Seth Engström *Singer Sofia med storbandet *Pianist Karina Sarkisyan *Rapper RMK & Co *Singer Zara Larsson (WINNER) References {{Talang Talang (Swedish TV series) 2008 Swedish television seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Borg
Kevin James Borg (born 9 June 1986, in Floriana, Malta), is a Maltese pop singer who lives and works in Sweden. Borg rose to fame as the winner of the fifth series of the Swedish television singing competition '' Idol'' in 2008. He was the third male winner and the first in the show's history to be born outside of Sweden, having moved there exactly one year before he was declared winner. Biography Early life Borg was born and raised in Floriana, Malta. He was a footballer, playing for Floriana FC. His grandfather, Lolly Debattista, was the first Maltese footballer to win the ''Footballer of the Year'' Award. ''Idol'' 2008 In December 2007, Borg moved to Arvidsjaur, Sweden, to live with his Swedish girlfriend. In autumn 2008, he auditioned for the fifth season of the Swedish singing contest '' Idol''. Although he made it through to the final 12 live finals, Borg was not originally among the competition's front-runners. However, his strong performances caused a rapid growth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idol 2008 (Sweden)
The fifth season of ''Swedish Idol'' premiered on 3 September 2008 and continued until its grand finale on 12 December, when 22-year-old Kevin Borg was crowned winner. It was the first season to feature new judges Laila Bagge, Anders Bagge and Andreas Carlsson, a move that made it the first ''Idol'' series in the world to completely replace its judging panel. The series took advantage of guest judges including Charlotte Perrelli, Desmond Child and Cyndi Lauper, and the final 3 results show featured a performance by Leona Lewis, who sang " Forgive Me". For the second year running, the grand finale was held in Stockholm's Globen Arena with a live audience of 16,000 people, where operatic group Il Divo also sang live. Season 5 of ''Swedish Idol'' marked only the second time in worldwide'' Idol'' history where neither of the final two contestants were born in the show's home country. Winner Kevin Borg was born in Malta and runner-up Alice Svensson was born in Vietnam. The only othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idol (Swedish TV Series)
''Idol'' is a Swedish reality-competition talent show broadcast on TV4. It first appeared in August 2004, and became one of the most popular shows on Swedish television. Part of the ''Idols'' franchise, it originated from the reality program '' Pop Idol'' created by British entertainment executive Simon Fuller, which was first aired in 2001 in the United Kingdom. The program seeks to discover the best singer in Sweden through a series of nationwide auditions. The outcomes of the later stages of the competition are determined by public phone voting. The format features three judges who give critiques of the contestants' performances. Since ''Idol'' started in 2004, the show has featured five different line-ups of judges, a total of nine different judges, as well as twelve different presenters (including sidekicks in 2011 and 2013). From 2004 to 2007, each season had two hosts who stayed for just one season. However, from 2008, each season only has one host. For the 2011 seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skägget I Brevlådan
''Skägget i brevlådan'' (''"The Beard in the Letterbox"'', also a Swedish idiom for being in trouble) was the Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar in 2008. Plot The friends Klas, Lage and Renée are searching for Santa Claus Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring children gifts during the late evening and overnigh ..., as Lage managed to send away a wrong-written wishlist. Video The series was released to DVD in 2009. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Skagget i brevladan 2008 Swedish television series debuts 2008 Swedish television series endings Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 In Sweden
Events from the year 2008 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Carl XVI Gustaf * Prime Minister – Fredrik Reinfeldt Events *1 October – '' Rivality'' strategy game is released. Deaths * 4 January – Stig Claesson, writer (born 1928) * 6 January – Anders Paulrud, writer (born 1951). * 13 January – Tommy Limby Tommy Limby (5 September 1947, Gåxsjö, Jämtland – 14 January 2008) was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the 1970s. He earned a gold medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships i ..., cross-country skier (born 1947). * 12 March – Folke Eriksson, water polo player (born 1925). * 16 March – Ola Brunkert, drummer (born 1946) * 30 March – Anders Göthberg, guitarist (born 1975) See also * 2008 in Swedish television References 2008 in Sweden, Years of the 21st century in Sweden 2008 in Europe, Sweden {{Sweden-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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