Idol 2009 was the sixth season of the Swedish idol series and was broadcast by TV 4. The jury, identical to the previous year, consisted of Anders Bagge, Laila Bagge and Andreas Carlsson. Peter Jihde, the show's host, was also a continuation of the previous year's cast. The audition cities visited during the spring of 2009 were Gothenburg, Gävle, Malmö, Stockholm and Umeå, respectively. Around 11,000 people applied for Idol 2009, establishing a new Swedish record. During auditions in Stockholm on 25 April, Idol 2008 winner Kevin Borg performed for the candidates, as well as Johan Palm who finished fourth in Idol 2008. In Gothenburg, Erik Segerstedt from Idol 2006 performed; and in Malmö, Sibel from Idol 2005. In Gävle, Idol 2008 runner-up Alice Svensson sang to the applicants; and in Umeå, Daniel Lindström from Idol 2004. After the final of Idol 2008, the Idol producers said in a video on TV4's website that "Idol 2009 will be bigger than ever!" at the same time confirming that Idol would come back again during 2009. On 18 March TV4 published times and places for the year's audition tour. The programme started broadcasting on 8 September 2009. After each show a program called "Idol: Eftersnack" was to be sent on TV400. As with the previous year, Katrin Zytomierska and Peter Jihde were the hosts. On 15 October 2009, it was announced that the participant Erika Selin sang the demo for the song "Run", which would participate in Sweden's national selection "Melodifestivalen 2010" for Eurovision Song Contest 2010. A possible involvement in the festival, however, did not interfere with her participation in Idol. In 2010, Clara was recruited to a newly started project with Jonas Berggren and Ulf Ekberg from Ace of Base. Clara was to share lead vocals with Julia Williamson. The first single from their album was released in September 2010.

Changes/news

Judges

Hosts

Competitors

Below is a list of the nineteen jury-selected qualifiers. Before the qualifiers, the viewers got to decide whether Calle Kristiansson or Piotr Pawel Pospiech would move to the qualifying week. Viewers chose Calle Kristiansson as the 20th competitor. Those marked in bold are the ones which viewers chose to forward to the weekly finals. (The jury chose four of these, a total of 11 contestants.)

Semi-finals

20 participants remained for the final audition week in Stockholm. These were divided into four groups, two for men and two for women respectively. After the last episode of the week, 11 of the 20 remained and were chosen to compete for the title "Idol 2009". Those who are in bold are the ones viewers voted for the qualifying finals. The contestants are listed in the order they appeared during each night.

Semifinal 1

Was aired on 28 September 2009.

Semifinal 2

Was aired on 29 September 2009.

Semifinal 3

Was aired on 30 September 2009.

Semifinal 4

Was aired on 1 October 2009.

Qualifying finals

The qualifying finals aired on 2 October 2009. In the final qualifying program 12 people competed for 11 seats in the weekly finals. Viewers had chosen 8 contestants for the qualifying final and the judges chose 4 wildcards to participate in the qualifying finals. The person in bold was eliminated.

The judges wildcards to the qualifying finals

Finals

11 individuals competed for nine Fridays until the grand final in Globen, held on 11 December 2009. Artists marked with bold were excluded from the contest.

Week 1: Club Idol

The first final week was broadcast on 9 October 2009. The Idol 2004 participant Darin began the program by singing his cover of Coldplay's hit song "Viva La Vida" from 2008.

Elimination

The two participants who received the fewest viewer votes had to sing a second time. The person who is marked with a dark gray background had the lowest number of votes and was forced to leave Idol.

Week 2: Michael Jackson

The second final week was broadcast on 16 October 2009. The American Idol winner Jordin Sparks and Swedish Idol 2008 winner Kevin Borg began the program by together singing her and Chris Brown's song No Air from 2008. The participants also sang together We Are The World by Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie. At the end of the program (in the elimination round), Jordin Sparks sang her newest song S.O.S.

Elimination

The two participants who received the fewest viewer votes had to sing a second time. The person who is marked with a dark gray background had the lowest number of votes and was forced to leave Idol.

Week 3: Rock

The third final week was broadcast on 23 October 2009. The season's first guest judge was Joey Tempest, from rock band Europe.

Elimination

The two participants who received the fewest viewer votes had to sing a second time. The person who is marked with a dark gray background had the lowest number of votes and was forced to leave Idol.

Week 4: Las Vegas

The fourth final week was broadcast on 30 October 2009. The contestants began the program singing Katy Perry's song Waking Up in Vegas with the jury member Andreas Carlsson; at the same time Laila Bagge was dancing with her dance partner Tobias Wallin from Let's Dance 2009.

Elimination

The two participants who received the fewest viewer votes had to sing a second time. The person who is marked with a dark gray background had the lowest number of votes and was forced to leave Idol.

Week 5: Världens bästa låt

The fifth final week was broadcast on 6 November 2009.

Elimination

The two participants who received the fewest viewer votes had to sing a second time. The person who is marked with a dark gray background had the lowest number of votes and was forced to leave Idol.

Week 6: Topplistan

The sixth final week was broadcast on 13 November 2009. This week the jury member Anders Bagge was ill, therefore he was replaced by the Ace of Base-member Ulf Ekberg.

Elimination

The two participants who received the fewest viewer votes had to sing a second time. The person who is marked with a dark gray background had the lowest number of votes and was forced to leave Idol.

Week 7: Kärlek

The seventh final week was broadcast on 20 November 2009. This was the last week Idol 2009 was to be broadcast from the Idol Studio in Stockholm. Song 1, tribute to the fans: Song 2, tribute to one or more relatives:

Elimination

The two participants who received the fewest viewer votes had to sing a second time. The person who is marked with a dark gray background had the lowest number of votes and was forced to leave Idol.

Week 8: Arena

The eighth final week was to be broadcast on 27 November 2009 from Malmö Arena in Malmö. Song 1: Song 2:

Elimination

The two participants who received the fewest viewer votes had to sing a second time. The person who is marked with a dark gray background had the lowest number of votes and was forced to leave Idol.

Week 9: Jury's Choice

The ninth final week was to be broadcast on 4 December 2009 from Scandinavium in Gothenburg. Song 1: Song 2:

Elimination

The two participants who received the fewest viewer votes had to sing a second time. The person who is marked with a dark gray background had the lowest number of votes and was forced to leave Idol.

Week 10: The final

The tenth and last final week was to be broadcast on 11 December 2009 from Ericsson Globe in Stockholm. Former "Idol" winner Agnes was to attend the final to perform. Song 1: Song 2: Song 3: Lists below the participant who received the largest number of viewer votes and thus won Idol 2009.

Elimination Chart

Idol 2009 album

Det bästa från Idol 2009 (The Best from Idol 2009) is a sampling Swedish Idol 2009 shows.