Jorun Stiansen is a Norwegian

Norwegians

Norwegians constitute both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway. They share a common culture and speak the Norwegian language. Norwegian people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in United States, Canada and Brazil.-History:Towards the end of the 3rd...

 pop

Pop music

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 singer and artist. She won the Idol

Idol (Norway)

Idol: Jakten på en superstjerne is a television show on the Norwegian television channel TV 2, based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show describes itself as a "Search For A SuperStar". The contestants are first narrowed down to 100 contestants, and then down to 24-50 through several...

version of Pop Idol

Pop Idol

Pop Idol is a British television series which debuted on ITV on 6 October 2001. The show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast - one in 2001-02 and a second in 2003...

in 2005.

She grew up with adoptive parents in Vennesla

Vennesla

Vennesla is a municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. Vennesla was separated from Øvrebø in 1861. Øvrebø and Hægeland were merged with Vennesla again on 1 January 1964...

. She is the only winner of this version to have been born outside of Norway, and as of 2007 (season 5), the only female to have won.

Jorun Stiansen is one of only seven contestants in the Idol (Norway)

Idol (Norway)

Idol: Jakten på en superstjerne is a television show on the Norwegian television channel TV 2, based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show describes itself as a "Search For A SuperStar". The contestants are first narrowed down to 100 contestants, and then down to 24-50 through several...

 history who succeeded in staying out of “bottom three/two” places in weekly votes along with Kurt Nilsen

Kurt Nilsen

The following is a discography of albums and singles released by Norwegian music artist Kurt Nilsen.-Albums:-Singles:-Other releases:*1998 Shoe...

 (season 1), Gaute Ormåsen

Gaute Ormåsen

Gaute Ormåsen is a Norwegian singer and was the Idol runner-up to Kurt Nilsen in 2003. He was offered a contract by BMG. He has also had a supporting role in the long running Norwegian television series "Hotel Cesar"...

 (season 1), Susanne Nordbøe (season 2), Alejandro Fuentes

Alejandro Fuentes

Alejandro Javier Fuentes Riffo is a singer who finished third in Norwegian Idols third season in 2005.Later in 2005, he released the album Diamonds and Pearls, which reached gold by the end of the year....

 (season 3), Tone Damli Aaberge

Tone Damli Aaberge

Tone Damli Aaberge is a Norwegian singer. She became famous for participating as a young contestant in the Norwegian version of the Idol series....

 (season 3) and Jonas Thomassen (season 4). Of them, only Nilsen and Stiansen went on to win the competition.

Summer 2011 she was host on "BingoBingo" on Norwegian TV2.

Idol Performances

Audition: "Saving All My Love For You" by Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston

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Top 50: "Run To You" by Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston

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Top 12: "If I Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys

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Top 11: "Scared" by Venke Knutson

Venke Knutson

Venke Knutson is a Norwegian singer. Since 2003, she has had six top 10 hits in Norway.-Life and career:Venke Knutson was born in Birkeland, in 1978. She was the youngest of three sisters, in a musical family, and she got inspired to sing by her elder sisters.Early in her life she lived with her...

 

Top 10: "Work It Out" by Beyoncé Knowles

Beyoncé Knowles

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Top 9: "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan

Sarah McLachlan

Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four...

 

Top 8: "What's Love Got To Do With It" by Tina Turner

Tina Turner

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Top 7: "Nine To Five" by Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton

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Top 6: "We Can Work It Out" by The Beatles

The Beatles

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Top 5: "Smile" by Westlife

Westlife

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Top 4: "The Greatest Love Of All" by Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston

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Top 4: "Could I have This Kiss Forever (duet with Alejandro Fuentes

Alejandro Fuentes

Alejandro Javier Fuentes Riffo is a singer who finished third in Norwegian Idols third season in 2005.Later in 2005, he released the album Diamonds and Pearls, which reached gold by the end of the year....

) by Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston

Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...

 and Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias

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Top 3: "Get This Party Started" by Pink

Pink (singer)

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Top 3: "Too Lost In You" by Sugababes

Sugababes

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Finale: "What's Love Got To Do With It" by Tina Turner

Tina Turner

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Finale: "If I Ain't Got You" by Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys

Alicia Augello Cook , better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano...

 

Finale: "This Is The Night" (winnersingle) aka "The Last Goodbye" by Lara Fabian

Lara Fabian

Lara Fabian is a Belgian-Italian international singer who also holds Canadian citizenship. Multilingual, she sings in French, Italian and English....

Discography

Albums

• Idol 2005 (April 2005)
• Unstable (August 2005)
• Sticky Hands (2008)

Singles

• This Is The Night (May 2005)
• Unstable (feat. Paperboys) (2005)
• Sticky Hands (2007)
• Batman (2008)