Kurt Erik Nilsen
Born	September 29, 1978 Bergen, Norway
Spouse	Kristin Halvorsen (since July 29, 2006)
Children	Marte (10), Erik (6) and Lukas (1)
Website	Kurt Nilsen Fanclub

Kurt Nilsen
Background information
Birth name	Kurt Erik Nilsen
Born	September 29, 1978 (1978-09-29) (age 28)
Origin	Bergen, Norway
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	2003–present

Kurt Erik Nilsen (born September 29, 1978 in Bergen, Norway), won the Norwegian version of the television show Pop Idol, aired on TV 2 in May 2003. He won with 53 % of the votes against Gaute Ormåsen. His subsequent single, "She's So High", written by Tal Bachman, went straight to number one in the Norwegian singles chart and is among the biggest-selling singles in Norway to date. His debut album was simply called I. is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... County Hordaland District Midhordland Municipality NO-1201 Administrative centre Bergen Mayor (2004) Herman Friele (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 215 465 km² 445 km² 0. ... is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... County Hordaland District Midhordland Municipality NO-1201 Administrative centre Bergen Mayor (2006) Herman Friele (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 215 465 km² 445 km² 0. ... A singer is a musician who uses their voice to produce music. ... is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... County Hordaland District Midhordland Municipality NO-1201 Administrative centre Bergen Mayor (2006) Herman Friele (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 215 465 km² 445 km² 0. ... Idol: Jakten PÃ¥ En SuperStjerne is a television show on the Norwegian television channel TV 2, based on the popular British show Pop Idol. ... Pop Idol was a British television series which debuted on ITV on October 5, 2001; the show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer, or pop idol, in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. ... The TV 2 logo TV 2 is Norways most viewed commercial television station. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Shes So High is a song by Blur and was released as a double a-side with I Know on 15 October 1990 as their debut single, reaching #48 in the UK Singles Chart (see 1990 in British music). ... Talmage Tal Bachman (born August 13, 1973 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Vancouver, British Columbia, currently living in Victoria, BC. He is best known for his late 1999 hit, Shes So High, from his self-titled 1999 album. ...

He subsequently won the vote for the World Idol title on January 1, 2004, singing the hit "Beautiful Day" by U2, beating competitors from ten other nations, including favourite Kelly Clarkson from the United States, and scoring the first place in 10 out of 11 voting countries. In the show presenting the entries on December 25, Ian Dickson, the Australian judge, said: "You have the voice of an angel, but you look like a Hobbit. Right. And the fact is if we were looking for Middle-earth Idol you'd be an absolute hands down winner" Kurt's gap-toothedness did not seem to bother the viewers and voters, though. World Idol (Germany: SuperStar Weltweit, Middle East: SuperStar El Alaam) was the title of a one-off international version of the television show Pop Idol, featuring winners of the various national Idol shows around the world competing against each other. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Beautiful Day is the lead single from U2s 2000 album, All That You Cant Leave Behind. ... U2 (IPA: /ju. ... Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is an American pop singer from Texas. ... Ian Dicko Dickson (born 28 March 1955 as Ian Ross Perrygrove in Birmingham, England) is a music industry and television personality in Australia. ... In J. R. R. Tolkiens legendarium, Hobbits are a diminutive race that inhabit the lands of Arda. ... A map of the Northwestern part of Middle-earth at the end of the Third Age, courtesy of the Encyclopedia of Arda. ...

His second CD, A Part Of Me, released in 2004, contains only his own material.

In January 2005, he broke up with his fiancée, Kristine Jacobsen. They had been together for 11 years, and had two children together: Marte (born 1996) and Erik (born 2000). He and his new girlfriend, Kristin Halvorsen (not to be confused with the Norwegian Minister of Finance), welcomed their first son, Lukas, on January 20, 2006. Nilsen and Kristin later married on July 29, 2006.

Kurt Nilsen is one of only seven contestants in the Idol (Norway) history who succeeded in staying out of “bottom three/two” places in weekly votes along with Gaute Ormåsen (season 1), Susanne Nordbøe (season 2), Jorun Stiansen (season 3), Alejandro Fuentes (season 3), Tone Damli Aaberge (season 3) and Jonas Thomassen (season 4). Idol: Jakten PÃ¥ En SuperStjerne is a television show on the Norwegian television channel TV 2, based on the popular British show Pop Idol. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Susanne Nordboe (born October 14, 1986 in Sandnes Norway), came 3rd in season 2 of Idol (Norway) in May 2004. ... Jorun Stiansen (born 20 January 1984 in Colombia) won the Norwegian verison of Pop Idol in 2005. ... Alejandro Fuentes, most known as royalty from Spain who founded a town, named Fresno, in Columbia in 1834. ...

Of them, Nilsen and Stiansen went on to win the competition.

In 2006 he and three other Norwegian artists Askil Holm, Espen Lind and Alejandro Fuentes, all in the same management, joined forces and went on tour in March as what was known by the media as "The New Guitar Buddies". Askil Holm (b. ... Espen Lind (born May 13, 1971) is a Norwegian songwriter, producer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. ... Alejandro Fuentes, most known as royalty from Spain who founded a town, named Fresno, in Columbia in 1834. ...

Initially, they planned just a short tour (5-6 concerts), but they got so popular that they ended up playing for more than 100,000 people during their around 30 concerts. They released a live album, which they never planned to do, and that album ended up as the fastest selling album of all time in Norway. So far they have sold around 250,000 copies of it. To make the success complete, they also released a live DVD, which also soon became a success. After only two weeks, it was almost the best selling music DVD of all time in Norway.

Discography

Albums

• Shoe - Breed (1998)(Former band Breed; later Fenrik Lane)
• Come Down Here - Fenrik Lane (2002)(Former band Fenrik Lane)
• Idol (May 2003)
• I (September 2003)
• I - International Version (May 2004) (Includes Beautiful Day)
• A Part of Me (November 2004)
• Hallelujah - Live (June 2006)
• POP album - TBA (Oct 2007)
• Country album - TBA (Feb 2008)

Singles I is the debut album of Norwegian singer-songwriter Kurt Nilsen. ... I is the debut album of Norwegian singer-songwriter Kurt Nilsen. ...

• She's So High (June 2003)
• Here She Comes
• All You Have to Offer
• My Street
• Before You Leave
• Never Easy (August 2005)
• Push, Push (June 2007)

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Trivia

• Before winning the Norwegian version of the television show Pop Idol, Kurt made his living as a plumber.
• He was the lead singer in the Norwegian band Fenrik Lane.

Idol: Jakten PÃ¥ En SuperStjerne is a television show on the Norwegian television channel TV 2, based on the popular British show Pop Idol. ... Pop Idol was a British television series which debuted on ITV on October 5, 2001; the show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer, or pop idol, in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. ...

External links

• The Official Unofficial Kurt Nilsen Fansite
• The Official Kurt Nilsen Myspace website
• "She's so high" Music Video at TV2.no
• Google Music