Idol 2008
| Broadcast from | 3 September – 12 December 2008 |
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| Judges |
Laila Bagge Andreas Carlsson Anders Bagge |
| Host(s) | Peter Jihde |
| Broadcaster | TV4 |
| Finals venue | Globen |
| Website | tv4 |
| Kevin Borg | |
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| Origin | Malta |
| Song | "With Every Bit of Me" |
| Genre(s) | Pop |
| Alice Svensson | |
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 X Factor winner and international superstar Leona Lewis, who sang her hit "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 other Idol contest to have this occur was Greece's Super Idol in 2004.
Auditions were held in the Swedish cities of Gothenburg, Luleå, Karlstad, Lund and during the spring of 2008.
Guest judge: Charlotte Perrelli
Guest judge: Desmond Child
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