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  • He's simply brilliant!

  • when he sings... he's so attractive

  • the second top comment is the best

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  • He is the best idol singer

  • I'm an American and this guy is simply outstanding...way better than most of what we see on the pop scene in this country. Why hasn't he, and his "guitar buddies," been picked up and promoted in the U.S.? Some of their covers are at least as good as the originals, e.g. The River. I can't even find their/his CDs on Amazon.

  • @jboom247 Kurt's cds are on amazon, but they are rather expensive as they are imports. You should find the 2 live cds with the 4 there too - search for Hallelujah Live and Hallelujah Live vol 2 :)

  • @jboom247 It's there I found it ^^ Just write " /s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_11?url=sea­rch-alias%3Daps&field-keywords­=rainbow+dash&x=0&y=0&sprefix=­rainbow+das#/ref=nb_sb_noss?ur­l=search-alias%3Daps&field-key­words=kurt+nilsen&rh=i%3Aaps%2­Ck%3Akurt+nilsen " after amazon.com :D

  • I LOVE TO WATCH THESE VIDEOS AND SEE BUNCH OF AMERICANS WHINEING!!! kelly lost and america lost, priceless to see the rage

  • Kelly Clarkson's face when Kurt form Norway won... I'll never forget that moment!!! Incredible!!! He is so superior to her in every musical way, it's almost funny! Poor American girl....The Viking kicked your ass!

  • this video deserves way more views than it has

  • I think his second performance is better than the first, he sang it awesome, more relax!!..hash

  • Spectacular voice!!! Best idol voice EVER!!

  • THE VERY BEST UNDERDOG EVER!

    Kelly failed!

  • Tbh he is a fantastic singer and i don't care how he looks either but i must say i think its abit to much like bono's and i prefer some1 with his own sounds instead of a sing alike =)

  • Amazing voice!

  • there are singers ten times better than this guy in america. He's no better than a bob dylan or a bono, neither of which are great singers, maybe great writers, but not good singers.

  • @Funnypandalonies What intergalactic world are you living in?

  • @bananosbjarne In the real world. Watching this guy I had to shake my head. i know of musicians who are a million times better than this guy who no one has even heard of or seen. both in the music industry and just random unknowns i see everyday. don't play like this guy is the greatest performer/musician ever. It just tells me you know nothing about music or what it's like to sing period. All you're doing is spouting biased crap because you hate america.

  • @Funnypandalonies What can i even say to a response like that? I'm pretty sure you make your statement based on this video alone and have no clue of this gems artistic divirsity. Do i sense an inferiority complex or are you just another troll roaming the tube? Hail you allmighty troll with all the music knowledge available to mankind.

  • @bananosbjarne fuck you asshole. don't give me this crap as if you know it all either. It's based on personal oppinion. And if anyone's the troll it's you. you keep spoutin biased stupid crap like that just to get people goin. so grow up buttmunch. i've heard better. and that's all i'm sayin. I feel like i'm talkin to a 10 year old...I thinnk it's time to block people. i've said my peace.

  • @Funnypandalonies Discussing anything with someone as full of trashtalk as you is about as rewarding as discussing with a wall. Trashtalk is the communicating "skill" of trolls. If you are looking for some sort of dialog, then you should rewamp your language. If you wanna talk to 10 year olds you can stick with the language you obviously master.

  • He is still one of the greatest and most selling singer Norway have,you should check before you come with statements like that!!

  • In my opinion - best singer in the world. And it's not just some teenager exclamation...he can go for really deep and also really high tones, noone else I know has that kind of range. Plus the colour of his voice is just amazing...it has energy, emotions...everything is there.

  • Where is Kurt Nilsen?  I want more. He is sooo amazing!!!

  • @pupiesarecool he is still working as a musician in Norway. You should cheak out a group he has worked with on two different tour, it is 4 guys playing their songs and some other...where really popular in Norway..expecially the first song they came out with witch it a cover of leonard cohens halleluja...just look for halleluja lind. nilsen,fuentes and holm...

  • I am proud to be Norwegian because of Kurt ;)

    He is the best singer in the hole world, I think !

  • Im not gonna bash other artists who've established themselves through this, but this is the kinda songs where you find out if a person has a great voice. I know people wont sing Rise Against on these shows, but im pretty sure he'd do incredible well in that too. Versatile voice!

  • people like him can try out for "the voice" a singing competition show on nbc where judges turn their backs on the contestants and vote for the winning voice!... just like the taiwanese whitney houston! i rooted for him on world idol as well, he blew me away even though i liked kelly clarkson... where's world idol 2?

  • @forrubin good question....

  • 7 years today :)

  • god give him not the best looking but the best male voice on the planet!

    i dont care how he locks i only listen to this amzing voice

    example: shrek song-HALLELUJAH

    best wishes from austria

  • Is this the guy Dicko said ''You Sing like an Angel, But you look like a hobbit''??

  • is Bono under his skin? XD

  • since when is there a World Idol?

  • @kalleskit there was only ever one World Idol, Christmas 2003. The winner (Kurt) was announced New Year's Day 2004. It included all the winners from the 1st Idol show from the only 11 countries which had participated up till 2003.

  • stolt over å være fisk når jeg spiser laks

  • im so sry that kurt arent as famous around the world that he should be:/ if i become a millionare i will sponsore him to release a "best of cd" all over the world !!!

  • where can I download world Idol torrents?

  • I remember Kelly Clarksons face when he won. just priceless

  • As the video says - he's the best singer in the whole known world. Period.

  • hate to say this but the swedish idol is getting raped each year buy this guy!

  • @adribe01 haha... Swedish Idol sucks major ass.

  • @Octavice lol, its still better than Finnish Idol or X Factor :D

  • Wow I really don't like that song but I felt it when he sang it!

  • Stolt over å være norsk når eg ser dette!:)

  • @MrMmatts jag som svensk är fan stolt över att vara granne med Norge när jag ser det här :) go Norge!! Kurt är bäst!

  • his english is incredible, I thought he was American at first until I checked out some of his interviews.

  • hate to say it .... but you can't teach that

  • Bono took his shades off :O

  • If you're from Norway you get to, rightfully, claim the best singer in the world is Norwegian.

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  • holy shit this fucking amazing :O

  • NORWAY PEOPLE! MY HOMECOUNTRY!

  • It's so funny that since neither Brittan or the USA won they closed down the contest. Small, little Norway won it. Obsess much??!!

  • @onlyteo75 I am from the U.S. and I totally agree with you. Kurt was absolutely miles ahead of anyone else- he is teh best I have ever heard, bar none. He is also extremely cool to watch!!!

  • Where did that amazing voice come from?! Fabulous singer. Amazing.

  • Not a good performance for him. He is a very good singer, and better than other idol singers.

  • Ladies and gentlemen, I give you: Kurt Nilsen! The Norwegian plumber who became the World Idol

  • What a voice! I love how he just loves singing and he cracks up at himself.

  • @nokia0281

    best idol=/= best singer

  • HE CAN SING!!!!

  • He is a cutiepie <3

  • He's very good, BUT no worlds best, I'll take Adam Lambert...

  • No wounder he won!

  • Wow, shockingly good.

  • damn son! i could kick a field goal through the gap them teeth...

  • @fightingforlacy You know.. that's something I'd pay to see! :D

  • @Toffez hahah, i could just imagine a football smacking him in the face mid-song. lol

  • what's the title of the song please...

  • @yoshinjiro Beautiful Day by U2

  • Saw Lee DeWyze on AI last night, no comparison to Kurt's version!

  • Daymed can he sing... That's on par with the best of the best (in the real world, not Idol) right there.

  • agreed best singer in the idol world .....

  • norwegians are good... i am a filipino but i know this guy is great....

  • im from norway, so i can always hear his new singles and albums.. but i feel sad for everyone in USA, canada, austalia and so on, that much search alot to find his new stuff here on youtube

  • @Olemwrongway I doubt that...

  • Kurt is actually a plumber.. But I think he has gotten a decent singing career. ^^ Which is good :D I would love to see a Norwegian do good in the US :P

  • will young is right there with him!

  • I agree that he's good,but this year's American Idol contest actually has some really talented singers as well. Crystal and Siobhan are amazing - and quirky - I like that.

    But this guy is very good.

  • A gifted guy - and he ist judged by US - not by any hypocrits from new york.

    He is a singer.

    A SINGER!

    God blessed him - and us :-)

    Greetings from Germany

  • Who cares what he looks like im a straight dude and id fuck him wit that voice! He might object but hell id offer!

  • the thing I really like with him is that he is still there, I live in Norway and I`m glad i do since he is still in the media , realesing cd`s and stuff like that . Not like most of the others in Idol that has made like one or two. This is also one of the things I like about Kelly : ) /// Still remember watching this with my parents years ago ^^ nevver gets old though ^^

  • I agree no one ever on American Idol can hold a candle to this guy,He is the only one that I would by his CD.Wish he would come close to where I live I would go see him in concert

  • @mmoran1892 If that's the case, American Idol sucks to judge a singer by his looks rather than his singing...

  • sooooooooo fake!

  • @kimidracula What are you talking about? He's not fake! LOL

  • @AddeChan I know, it was a joke...

  • @kimidracula I hope so, haha

  • @kimidracula

    go ask kelly clarkson!

  • Saw it live, still remember Kelly Clarksons face when she got 9 points while he got 10 from close to every country. Never seen anyone more disbelieving :P

  • @RealKabuto maybe Kelly Clarkson was just in awe  of being in such greatness.

  • aaah, I remember watching this on TV. Amazing!

  • Norway rules the world..muuahahaha

  • HOLY SHIT

  • His voice is so epic that it almost looks like he's dubbing it! Awesome man.

  • I'm guessing that was a pretty beautiful day for him :)

  • norge eier :D

    Norway own :D

  • haha i love the way he laugh...i love you kurt,,,

  • Hi Bono, look at this.

  • Never noticed that before. Thank goodness a couple of years ago I click on him here thinking it was a joke... Nope!

    He's World Idol for a reason. I tried to get him played on my local radio station, but no money-no motivation. Good singing is not what makes billboard artists alot of money, good promotion and catchy tunes. Meanwhile the rest of us are off in a corner listening to the likes of him and I mean that in a good way. Join the real music movement!

  • lol I don`t think he meant to catch his laugh in the mic.

  • also i love how he stops to laugh and shake his head at the sweeping camera movement at :24 hahah

  • It took me 8 years to find out about this guy how is that possible. He needs more exposure in the U.S.

    It was like a Paul Potts moment when he opened his mouth. He's just one of those singers.. he gives me chills. Flawless.

  • @fishblades go suck him off altogether

  • @fishblades the sad thing is... he does not have the looks the industry searches for... thats why he is not famous anywhere... he is barely famous in norway... everyone knows him..but nobody listenes to him anymore.. he just goes around playing small gigs .... so sad... he deserves to be the most famous richest singer alive...

  • @Langotriel1 There are more and more of us who don't give a FUCK about looks. This kid can flat out sing...>BRING IT! Woot Woot@

  • @jimmymac63 my brother inlaw can sing better than this kid. sorry, I think it has something to do with the soul factor...culteral differences and tastes.

  • I like this version much better than the original...absolutely fantastic

  • This sounds like Bono,no fake?Truly Impressive

  • As an American I can honestly say he blows away anyone I've seen on American Idol- every season. Damn he can sing!!!!! Amazing!!

  • @Fretaholic1 He even blows away any singer of our "Idol", called "Nouvelle Satr", here in france. He's fantastic, amazing, really he's the best singer I've ever heard in my life. That's unbelievable!

  • @Fretaholic1 Hobbit's rocks you know : ))

  • @Fretaholic1 Oh, Adam Lambert ain't too bad ;) But I remember Kurt when he won in Norway (I am norwegian) and he truly is amazing!

  • i had a crush on him when i was 14 :)

  • Absolutely fantastic -- I never knew of him and came across him is a totally different venue! WOW- what a great talent!

  • Simon Cowell is such a jerk, it just goes to show that true talent goes deeper than whats on the outside

  • Can I cry a little bit? Kurt's voice is so amazing, I love it.

    There's no words to describe the greatness of his voice. <3 I really don't get why do people say that he's ugly?!

  • Cry away, he got the voice of a god..

    People say he is ugly because their jealous and/or they are afraid of Simon Cowell :/

  • Are so, so hot... Jeez, people, can't u look beyond appearances?

  • @simofane Sowhat? Not everyone can be perfect. If you think his voice suck, then close your eyes. His inner aspect is the double of yours, mr.perfect.

  • Heh... He made Bono look like a chump.

  • This guy deserves a much bigger reputation and carreer than what he has got now. This kind of talent can't stay locked up in Norway like most of the talents we have. He is not the only one!

  • all of the contestants are great as they are all IDOL winners ... this guy just pick the right song for him...

    It just depends on the song choice.

  • Listen to how he plays Cohen's Hallelujah... which has nothing to do with this... and then comment on his talent... Jeez

  • yah ive listen to it and your right... its a shame hes not making it into the international market..

  • Is there also a full version of Kurt singing Hallelujah?

  • ech naff 'erb eryu z!!!!!!!!!

    :P

  • @itsamenl I don't think so.

  • yes it i s a full version of hallelujah..

  • me recuerda a MIkey de la seria "recreo" por su graqn voz y su parecido :D

  • Holy shit. So amazing! Brought a tear to my eye, this guy is GOOD

  • I m impressed> never heard of him. cool i have to say

  • who needs looks with a voice like tha

    its amazing, i love it

    well done kurt

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  • jesus christ he's a good singer..

  • oh yes. kurt is way better than Bono.

  • Magnificent! He's better than Bono.

  • only if you're already an idol of a different country....

  • Yeah, sure...

  • Hes an original norwegian and eropean. I really like him, his voice and this story. But it's a shame Clarkson made it and he didn't ... :(

  • @senfmitbrot

    Maybe he didn't make it worldwide,but he sings in Norway, and but he's a millionaire....

  • He may sing good, but if you ever have him in front of you in a line by TexMex Burger, you can get pretty pissed off. He was not very nice to the people behind the desk!

    But I like his voice :)

  • when was thiss on?

  • 2002 I think. He was pretty good although I was rooting for oz idol Guy Sebastian. This Norwegian guy was bloody brilliant!! Highly impressed. Certainly a surprise package.

  • 2004

  • I thought the song choice was brilliant - when you are not known you have to sing a song that people are familiar with. I didn't know him when that competition took place but I thought he was one of the best . His voice is brilliant and he totally deserved to win. Now that I have all his songs, I realise how great he is and he gets better all the time. Wish he would tour the UK. He's Norway's little gem!

  • that's right.. he's our little precious gem, and we're damn proud to have it for all the world to see! ;)

  • fucking good!!

  • proud to be from Norway

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  • He is so fucking great!

  • Kurt Nilson is great, he deserved to win.

  • Guy is great and his song was good, but it's not necessarily a good song to showcase your voice nor is it a show stopper. Kurt chose a song that did both and along with his really good voice, it won him the performance. If Guy chose a better song, his placement would've been much higher.

  • Yeah agreed. Guy could have chosen a better song for world idol. How fantastic is he doing now though!?!!!!

  • He is from Norway. He has given out at least 3 albums and have sang duets with willie nelson and others. He is the best!! One album is named "Push push" and another "I" and the third "Rise to the occasion".

  • yeah this guy is great far better then you stupid yanks! i,d buy his album if he has one! but where is this guy from?

  • Actually has 4 solo albums and 2 live with 3 other Norwegian artists + a 5 track cd with his former band, Fenrik Lane. Solo albums, "I" (2003/4), "A Part of Me" (2004), "Push Push" (2007), "Rise to the Occasion" (2008). Hallelujah Live (2006), Hallelujah Live vol 2 (2009), FL - "Come Down Here" 2002. All albums r available in Europe from a company cdon, some available through amazon in UK/USA etc. Hope this helps, want to hear more click my nick - lots of live stuff from over the years. :)

  • kurt rules,he has such a great voice and his personality shines trough.he is just unik special

  • He's awsome!

  • Even though I'm American and should be supporting Kelly Clarkson all the way, I do think Kurt Nilsen owned this song and World Idol. Both he and Kelly have fabulous voices, but he objectively deserved to win.

  • I think that made the americans hate Norway for about a year ;P

  • he has a divine voice!