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'' in the UK, '' Operación Triunfo'' in Spain etc. ''Fame Factory'' was launched in 2002 on the Swedish channel

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and was hosted for 4 seasons by Bert Karlsson. For all seasons, the Academy was held at

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with the final each year held at various location: at Paroc-fabriken in

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for season 1 (2002), at the Olssons Lada also in Skövde for season 2 won by (2003), at Hovet in Stockholm season 3 (2004, in two legs, winter and spring) and the Skara market town (season for in 2005). The instructors for the Academy school was Mikael Gordon-Solfors and the program was produced by the Swedish production company Strix and by Joachim Janckert. The principals for the academy were Micke Grahn (for season 1 and first leg of season 3), Monica Einarson (for season 2), Bengt Palmers (for second leg of season 3) and Lotta Engberg (season 4). The program was suspended after 4 seasons. Winners were

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in season 1 in 2002, Anders Johansson in season 2 in 2003, Johan Becker in season 3 (2004) and Sandra Oxenryd in the final season 4 (2005). The winner of season 1

was paired with contestant

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and represented Sweden in the

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with " Give Me Your Love" finishing fifth in the competition, while the winner of season 4,

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, represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 but failed to qualify for the final.

Contestants

Season 1 (2002)

(winner) *

*Andrés Esteche *Anna-Klara Folin *Fernando Fuentes Vargas *Mathias Holmgren *Markus Landgren *Victoria Limenza * David Lindgren *Michael Michailoff *Wiktoria Nilsson *Maria Pensar *Patrik Rasmussen *Emil Sigfridsson *Hannah Westin

Season 2 (2003)

*Anders Johansson (Winner) *Johanna Bjurenstedt Gustafsson *David Castaneda *Simon Forsberg *Ida Hedberg *Morgan Johansson *Sophie Johansson *Ulrika Lundkvist *Mia Löfgren *Dajana Lööf *Martin Nilsson *Per Norberg *Dennis Radoicic *Peter Simson *Jerker Tenenbaum *Johan Thorsell

Season 3 (2003)

Held in two legs (winter and spring) * Johan Becker (Winner) *Theresa Andréasson *Sabina Baltzar-Roth *Calle Bergström *Johan Bergström *Sandra Dahlberg *Martina Edoff *Elena Ermanova *Fredrik Furu *Maja Gullstrand *Elin Hedberg *Pauline Högberg *Jimmy Jansson *Sara Löfgren *Karl Martindahl (runner-up) *Andreas Martinelle *Annie Nordin *Andreas Novak *Martin Olsen *Katja Ottosson *Modupeh Sowe *Carola Szücs *Andreas Wistrand *Robert Zuddas *Marcus Öhrn *Johan Östberg (third)

Season 4 (2005)

(Winner) *Pontus Assarsson (finalist) *

Linda Bengtzing Linda Birgitta Bengtzing (born 13 March 1974) is a Swedish pop singer famous for her participation in the fourth season of '' Fame Factory'' in Sweden and for her entries at Melodifestivalen 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2020 and 2022. ...

*Andrea Bonde *Annis Brander *Camilla Håkansson *Andreas Johansson *Emma Karlsson (finalist) *Victoria Limenza *Anders Nystedt *Jessica Olsson *Mikaela Pettersson *Ida Pihlgren (finalist) *Johanna Sailon *Alexander Schöld *Staffan Stridsberg *Ida Sundelius *Patrik Öhlund (finalist) Music competitions in Sweden TV3 (Sweden) original programming 2002 Swedish television series debuts 2005 Swedish television series endings Swedish reality television series