Idol: Jakten på en superstjerne 2004 was the second season of Idol Norway based on the British singing competition Pop Idol. It premiered one year after the first season and was aired in the first half of 2004.
Unlike last year's winner Kurt Nilsen, his successor Kjartan Salvesen was not able to build up an international career. Other alumni of this season were more successful, most notably runner-up Margaret Berger, who established a career as an electronic dance artist and went on to become the music director of NRK P3 in 2008. Berger would also represent Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, placing fourth. Another contestant was Maria Haukaas Storeng who, to the surprise of some, was voted off sixth but went on to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008 achieving fifth place.
Finals
Finalists (ages stated at time of contest)
Contestant Age Hometown Voted Off Liveshow Theme Kjartan Salvesen 27 Sandnes Winner Grand Finale Margaret Berger 18 Hitra May 14, 2004 Susanne Nordbøe 17 Sandnes May 7, 2004 Judge's choice Sandra Lyng Haugen 16 Mosjøen Apr 30, 2004 Movie Songs Håkon Njøten 18 Knarvik Apr 23, 2004 Big Band Maria Haukaas Storeng 24 Senja Apr 16, 2004 Top 20 Hits Trung Toan Tong 17 Moss Apr 02, 2004 Birth Year Maren Flotve Birkeland 18 Skudeneshavn Mar 26, 2004 Disco Fever Øystein Grønnevik 25 Rennesøy Mar 19, 2004 Norwegian Songs Ahn Vu 17 SandnesMar 12, 2004Contestant's choice Roald Haar 24 Vigrestad
Elimination Chart + Legend Did Not Perform Female Male Top 40 Wild Card Top 11 Winner SafeBottom 3Bottom 2Eliminated
Stage:SemiFinalsWeek: 02/18 02/20 02/25 02/27 03/05 03/12 03/19 03/26 04/02 04/16 04/23 04/30 05/07 05/14 Place ContestantResult1Kjartan Salvesen22%Btm 3 Winner2Margaret BergerElim32%Btm 3Btm 3Btm 3Btm 2Runner-Up3Susanne Nordbøe18%31%Elim4Sandra Lyng Haugen32%Btm 2Btm 2Btm 2Elim5Håkon Njøten7%SavedBtm 3Elim634%Elim7Trung Toan Tong32%Btm 2Elim8Maren Flotve Birkeland21%Btm 3Elim9Øystein Grønnevik18%Elim10-11Ahn Vu32%ElimRoald Haarr12%JuryJokerLasse Uppmann8%ElimMagnus Ullnæss13%WildCardAmalie Olsen10%ElimJulie Tverrå Johnsen7%Karoline GarfjellOlianne Wik LauritsenStine Terese Julseth10%Tini FlaatElimSemi-Final 4Gina Kristina Aspen12%Peter Lexander9%Anne M. LemickaElimEnrique Dragseth SalomonKnut Erik LundenSemi-Final 3Øyvind Omnes7%Arma HusanovicElimBjørn Martin SimensenHanna Camilla KullanderMari KjølstadWenche MunkejordSemi-Final 2Ståle Mikal Skaaden11%Adele ErichsenElimGlenn Magne ElvikSiri SaupstadStina StenerudTine Gadja AndersenSemi-Final 1Nanna S. Christensen5%Daniel Smette ValderhaugElimLinda Therese ThorstensenØrjan NilssonStina EiaVanja Friksen
Live show details Heat 1 (18 February 2004) Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Nanna Christensen"I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Etta James)Eliminated2Håkon Njøten"Everybody Hurts" (R.E.M.)Eliminated3Stina Eia"I'll Stand by You" (The Pretenders)Eliminated4Daniel Smette Valderhaug"I Believe I Can Fly" (R. Kelly)Eliminated5Vanja Friksen"Time" (Vanja Friksen)Eliminated6Susanne Nordbøe"Killing Me Softly" (The Fugees)Eliminated7Ørjan Nilsson"Glorious" (Andreas Johnson)Eliminated8Linda Therese Thorstensen"You're Still the One" (Shania Twain)Eliminated9Kjartan Salvesen"Unwell" (Matchbox Twenty)Advanced10Maria Haukaas Storeng"I Have Nothing" (Whitney Houston)Advanced Notes Maria Haukass Storeng and Kjartan Salvesen advanced to the top 11 of the competition. The other 8 contestants were eliminated. Susanne Nordbøe returned for a second chance at the top 11 in the Wildcard Round.
Heat 2 (20 February 2004) Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Siri Saupstad"Think" (Aretha Franklin)Eliminated2Glenn Magne Elvik"This I Promise You" (NSYNC)Eliminated3Tine Gadja Andersen"Fångad av en stormvind" (Carola Häggkvist)Eliminated4Roald Haarr"You Raise Me Up" (Secret Garden)Advanced5Stina Stenerud"Piece of My Heart" (Janis Joplin)Eliminated6Stine Terese Julseth"The Trouble with Love Is" (Kelly Clarkson)Eliminated7Ståle Mikal Skaaden"I Wonder Why" (Curtis Stigers)Eliminated8Adele Erichsen"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Aretha Franklin)Eliminated9Trung Toan Tong"Back to Your Heart" (Backstreet Boys)Advanced10Amalie Olsen"Bohemian Rhapsody" (Queen)Eliminated Notes Trung Toan Tong and Roald Haarr advanced to the top 11 of the competition. The other 8 contestants were eliminated. Stine Terese Julseth and Amalie Olsen returned for a second chance at the top 11 in the Wildcard Round.
Heat 3 (25 February 2004) Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Arma Husanovic"Torn" (Natalie Imbruglia)Eliminated2Bjørn Martin Simensen"Faith" (George Michael)Eliminated3Hanna Camilla Kullander"Open Arms" (Journey)Eliminated4Lasse Uppmann"Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" (Phil Collins)Eliminated5Mari Kjølstad"Didn't We Almost Have It All" (Whitney Houston)Eliminated6Wenche Munkejord"Let It Rain" (Amanda Marshall)Eliminated7Øyvind Omnes"Fields of Gold" (Sting)Eliminated8Sandra Lyng Haugen"My Immortal" (Evanescence)Advanced9Magnus Ullnæss"Your Song" (Elton John)Eliminated10Maren Flotve Birkeland"When I Need You" (Leo Sayer)Advanced Notes Sandra Lyng Haugen and Maren Flotve Birkeland advanced to the top 11 of the competition. The other 8 contestants were eliminated. None of the contestants from this round made it into the Wildcard Round, making it the only group to not be represented at that stage.
Heat 4 (27 February 2004) Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Julie Tverrå Johnsen"Amneris' Letter" (Shania Twain)Eliminated2Enrique Drageseth"Walk On" (U2)Eliminated3Anne Margrete Lemicka"Last Tear of Pain" (Anne Margrete Lemicka)Eliminated4Peter Lexander"Öppna din dörr" (Tommy Nilsson)Eliminated5Margaret Berger"Were You Worth My Tears" (Margaret Berger)Eliminated6Gina Kristina Aspen"Help!" (The Beatles)Eliminated7Knut Erik Lunden"Unintended" (Muse)Eliminated8Tini Flaat"I Don't Want to See You Cry" (Silje Nergaard)Eliminated9Øystein Grønnevik"Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen)Advanced10Anh Vu"Fallin'" (Alicia Keys)Advanced Notes Anh Vu and Øystein Grønnevik advanced to the top 11 of the competition. The other 8 contestants were eliminated. Julie Tverrå Johnsen, Margaret Berger and Tini Flaat returned for a second chance at the top 11 in the Wildcard Round.
Wildcard round (3 March 2004) Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Olianne Wik Lauritsen"Believe in You" (Amanda Marshall)Eliminated2Stine Terese Julseth"Missing You" (John Waite)Eliminated3Tini Flaat"You've Got a Friend" (Carole King)Eliminated4Julie Tverrå Johnsen"The Voice Within" (Christina Aguilera)Eliminated5Susanne Nordbøe"Family Portrait" (Pink)Advanced6Amalie Olsen"Beautiful" (Christina Aguilera)Eliminated7Karoline Garfjell"(They Long to Be) Close to You" (The Carpenters)Eliminated8Margaret Berger"Come Together" (The Beatles)Advanced Notes Susanne Nordbøe and Margaret Berger received the highest number of votes, and advanced to the top 11 of the competition. Håkon Njøten won the Jury Joker, and completed the top 11.
Live Show 1 (19 March 2004) Theme: Your Idol OrderArtistSong (original artists)Result1Maren Flotve Birkeland"How Will I Know" (Whitney Houston)Bottom three2Trung Toan Tong"Hard to Say I'm Sorry" (Chicago)Safe3Maria Haukaas Storeng"I Want You Back" (The Jackson 5)Safe4Håkon Njøten"Englishman in New York" (Sting)Safe5Anh Vu"Hero" (Mariah Carey)Eliminated6Øystein Grønnevik"I Shall Be Released" (Bob Dylan)Safe7Margaret Berger"Forgiven" (Alanis Morissette)Safe8Kjartan Salvesen"Sexed Up" (Robbie Williams)Safe9Susanne Nordbøe"Don't Speak" (No Doubt)Safe10Roald Haar"Stay on These Roads" (A-ha)Eliminated11Sandra Lyng Haugen"Panic" (Venke Knutson)Safe
Live Show 2 (26 March 2004) Theme: Norwegian Songs OrderArtistSong (original artists)Result1Sandra Lyng Haugen"Mysteriet deg" (Bjørn Eidsvåg)Safe2Kjartan Salvesen"Bare i nått" (Mods)Safe3Margaret Berger"Splitter pine" (DumDum Boys)Bottom three4Trung Toan Tong"Ville fugla flyg" (D.D.E.)Bottom two5Susanne Nordbøe"Me to går alltid aleina" (Mods)Safe6Maria Haukaas Storeng"Har en drøm" (Jørn Hoel)Safe7Håkon Njøten"Hjemmefra" (Sigvart Dagsland)Safe8Maren Flotve Birkeland"Tir n'a Noir" (Vamp)Safe9Øystein Grønnevik"Gutta" (Jokke & Valentinerne)Eliminated
Live Show 3 (2 April 2004) Theme: Disco OrderArtistSong (original artists)Result1Susanne Nordbøe"It's Raining Men" (The Weather Girls)Safe2Håkon Njøten"You're the First, the Last, My Everything" (Barry White)Safe3Maren Flotve Birkeland"September" (Earth, Wind & Fire)Eliminated4Sandra Lyng Haugen"We Are Family" (Sister Sledge)Bottom two5Trung Toan Tong"Going Back to My Roots" (Odyssey)Safe6Margaret Berger"Don't Leave Me This Way" (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes)Bottom three7Kjartan Salvesen"Blame It on the Boogie" (The Jacksons)Safe8Maria Haukaas Storeng"Hot Stuff" (Donna Summer)Safe
Live Show 4 (9 April 2004) Theme: Your Birth Year OrderArtistSong (original artists)Result1Margaret Berger"Walking on Sunshine" (Katrina and the Waves)Bottom three2Kjartan Salvesen"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (Elton John)Safe3Maria Haukaas Storeng"I'm Every Woman" (Chaka Khan)Safe4Trung Toan Tong"Stand By Me" (Ben E. King)Eliminated5Sandra Lyng Haugen"(I Just) Died in Your Arms" (Cutting Crew)Bottom two6Håkon Njøten"Just a Gigolo" (David Lee Roth)Safe7Susanne Nordbøe"Papa Don't Preach" (Madonna)Safe
Live Show 5 (16 April 2004) Theme: Top 20 Hits OrderArtistSong (original artists)Result1Maria Haukaas Storeng"Shackles (Praise You)" (Mary Mary)Eliminated2Håkon Njøten"Girl in Oslo" (Bigbang)Bottom three3Susanne Nordbøe"Get the Party Started" (Pink)Safe4Sandra Lyng Haugen"Love Don't Cost a Thing" (Jennifer Lopez)Bottom two5Kjartan Salvesen"Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of" (U2)Safe6Margaret Berger"Murder on the Dancefloor" (Sophie Ellis-Bextor)Safe
Live Show 6 (23 April 2004) Theme: Big Band OrderArtistSong (original artists)Result1Susanne Nordbøe"Fly Me to the Moon" (Frank Sinatra)Safe2Kjartan Salvesen"The Lady Is a Tramp" (Frank Sinatra)Bottom three3Margaret Berger"It's Oh So Quiet" (Björk)Bottom two4Sandra Lyng Haugen"L-O-V-E" (Nat King Cole)Safe5Håkon Njøten"They Can't Take That Away from Me" (Frank Sinatra)Eliminated
Live Show 7 (30 April 2004) Theme: Film Hits OrderArtistFirst song (original artists)Second songResult1Sandra Lyng Haugen"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" (Bryan Adams)"Can't Fight the Moonlight" (LeAnn Rimes)Eliminated2Margaret Berger"Queen of the Night" (Whitney Houston)"Uninvited" (Alanis Morissette)Safe3Susanne Nordbøe"Independent Women" (Destiny's Child)"Son of a Preacher Man" (Dusty Springfield)Safe4Kjartan Salvesen"Eye of the Tiger" (Survivor)"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" (Aerosmith)Safe
Live Show 8: Semi-final (7 May 2004) Theme: Judge's Choice OrderArtistFirst song (original artists)Second songResult1Susanne Nordbøe"Under the Bridge" (Red Hot Chili Peppers)"Crazy" (Seal)Eliminated2Kjartan Salvesen"Angels" (Robbie Williams)"Two Princes" (Spin Doctors)Safe3Margaret Berger"Stop!" (Sam Brown)"It's My Life" (No Doubt)Safe
Live final (14 May 2004) OrderArtistFirst songSecond songThird songResult1Kjartan Salvesen"Unwell""Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word""Standing Tall"Winner2Margaret Berger"Come Together""Forgiven""Standing Tall"Runner-up
References
External links Profiles of the top 11 finalists