Mon 7 Apr 2008
For some reason, two weeks ago, i was searching you tube for the latest American Idol to see how to competition has come to.
Apparently, this year’s competition was quite entertaining with lots of young and really talented guys and girls that could put many contestants from other seasons to shame.
During the search i accidentally found on Kurt Nilson - the winner of Idol in Norway and also champion in WORLD IDOL.
So this guy is idol of idols.
I remember seeing him compete in the world idol competition where he sang U2’s beautiful day beautifully.
The judges - 12 of them if i am not wrong - all agreed that he was pitch perfect.
1 of the judges has an extra thing to say about him though.
“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”
That was what the judge from Australia had to say about him.
Most of you guys would remember him as the fella who sang “She’s so high” which were in our radio’s for sometime.
well basically i don’t blame him.
So we can comfortably say that talents and looks are two different things all together.
Looking on the bright side, he doesn’t have to worry about flossing his 2 front teeth!
Back to youtube, the video i saw about him gave me chills man.
Apparently, he sang quite a number of song and compiled an album with another 3 guys which is under the same recording label.
That album hit 6 times platinum award in Norway alone!
But it was a particular song - HALLELUJAH - that he and his gang, ” The Guitar Buddies” sang that capture my attention.
The song was already a nice song to listen to.
They bought it up another level and made it sound very pretty.
The song uses biblical stories to express it’s sadness and determination in a one way relationship. I’m not a christian, so i don’t really know about the biblical references.
But check the song out, and you will agree with me that it’s a pretty song and kurt nilson has a freakingly amazing voice.
Pretty.
That is all i can say about the song.
“I” is another good song sang by him.
There are not many artist who really delivers in terms of vocals at this modern age.
So enjoy!