Kurt Nilsen audition - subtitled

Kurt's Norwegian Idol audition with English subtitles.

[@kathrynmolesa1641]

He is no cookie cutter pop idol. He is a real individual and sings like a god.

[@runemyhre6768]

Yep. But when it comes to singing , the most important thing is the VOICE .Not the looks. He has an awesome woice, no doubt.. I think Kurt Nilsen is an awesome singer. I love him.

[@Alfredul03]

LMAO!

[@starseedmiracle]

...and he actually turned out to be WOLD IDOL No 1! ---- i WONDER HOW THESE JUDGES ARE CHOSEN...

[@boothillauto]

Hallelujah

[@zaabri283]

You sir deserve a cookie!! More people should know why :P

[@dazzahoward7104]

If I remember correctly Kelly Clarkson cracked the shits when he won world idol. I think he deserved it.

[@cookieman4903]

@@zaabri283 Shall I give him one?

[@zaabri283]

@@cookieman4903 hahaha made my day!! Give him one and save a peanut butter one for me!!

[@mumu135mumu554]

So he won world idol after an audition like this... Gotta love judges like this

[@MrJoaoAfonso]

I don't see a pop star I see Kurt Nilsen one of the best singers in the world!!!

[@giofloyd]

De fato!!! Indeed!

[@russelingersoll6902]

judging the book by its cover...

[@benireges]

Isn't that what _all_ auditions are 'bout?

[@akekro11]

fun fact, now he is richer than them

[@notfbi4350]

fun fact, no he is not^^

[@escrobin8806]

Not FBI he is

[@invictuz4803]

Where are the stats?

[@lordseaworth6055]

Its been a bit late but if you guys would use your brains a bit more then you would know he is richer then most of them by now. This information is all lookable at the internet. But yeah judges in shows like idol are just random people who mostly don't even know shit themselfs.

[@grisebankventer]

i know kurt nilsen. my dads wrote his first album.and i can tell you that he is richer than all of the judges put together

[@punkpop101]

The comments from judges show you everything you need to know about modern music. If you're not 'pop' star worthy then you won't make it in the popular music jungle. This guy has one of the greatest voices of all time and you hear them talk about pop that, pop this. Can't they just accept that there are other genres of music outside of pop? People listen to rock music too and Kurt has one of the greatest country rock voices of all time. If he went to America's Got Talent and sung a country tune he would get the golden buzzer in a heartbeat. I know he is old and has accomplished everything but it saddens me that when Kurt started they expected of him to be a generic pop star with such an amazing voice.

[@gharlston11]

Thank you very much for the subtitles. It just goes to show you that people all around the world can't hear greatness when it is right before them. One of the judges had the audacity to say that he should stick to playing in a band. Thank God the others had good sense to send him on to Oslo. The rest, as they say, is history.

[@tomeklawreszuk]

Love this man! Deserves a mad respect!!! Unbeliable voice, ear, talent yet so down to earth & absolutely no ego. He could teach today's "rockstars" some humbleness✌️👌👏🙏

[@Arken1992]

I remember seeing this audition on live television. My first thought was that this guy is going to win everything. He was 1000 times better than all of the others and to this day noone has bettered him. It would have been an absolute disgrace if they didnt send him through to the next round

[@hargitsingh4971]

I think the judges were more worried about "marketing him" rather than his voice - and that is what is wrong with the whole music industry. Kurt has an amazing voice and THAT should be the selling point.

[@monmothma3358]

​@@hargitsingh4971 Plus people often like unique individuals who seem real. Yeah, of course you also have the good looking idol who's meant to make people dream. Give them an illusion. But stardom is often just as much about uniqueness.

[@stokrotka4004]

Kurt Nilsen this is the best singer of our time... Poland loves you Kurt!!!!!!!

[@jayceeg4004]

A lot of Americans love him too!! And thankfully Kurt loves us, and our Country Music too!! :)

[@sergiohanan9196]

world idol himself

[@littlebitchtits]

The judging panel sucks completely. "We wont send you through next round BECAUSE you don't have the look material..." What kind of bullshit is that? I thought this competition was all about their voices.. He certainly has one of the very few best voices out there, in my opinion.

[@bradj2000]

Dominic Toretto great voice and he has been successful in his career since this show....however 'pop' stars need to have a wee bit of talent in singing and dancing.....and look good. i.e. brittany spears back in the day.....the record companies want to make a quick fortune.....someone who is hot and can sing a bit = $$$$

[@SoopaTroopa]

+Dominic Toretto A pretty face sells better than a pretty voice. Ever wondered why pretty much all pop stars look so good? Most people with heavenly voices look like shit, just go to a good music school and you'll see that most of them sing better than 99% of pop stars but none of them will make it because they aren't attractive.

[@purpledawn2727]

They didn't say anything about his looks though. They said that he had a great voice but that it seemed more suitable in a band which I totally agree on. Did you not watch this video?

[@larrychatfield]

@@purpledawn2727 that was just their dog-whistle for saying he doesn't have the "right look" or you should be in a band but he is not attractive. Simon Cowell even lambasted him publicly on World Idol saying he has a face for radio but not touring

[@purpledawn2727]

@@larrychatfield yeah, simon did, but not these people in the video. Maybe they thought the same, but they didn't say it out loud.

[@Kenjireukin]

i am from the philippines and i love this guy. He has so much talent and i really love his voice. Good luck to your career kurt

[@ekimandersom7053]

Amazing this is already 14 years ago. He should have been world famous a long time ago.

[@natarnsco]

I'm a native English speaker and I don't speak any other languages. I never noticed a "t" not being pronounced correctly at the end of words. If you don't speak the language fluently then don't criticize others about it, sheesh.

[@tedjohansen1634]

Worst fucking panel of judges Idol ever had, in any country. Shameful.

[@deannelson9565]

I'm American by birth and Norwegian by Blood and I can tell you these daft priqs don't have a clue how to speak English because he did it perfectly!

[@Mrmoe198]

I loved how she corrected his English. Funny thing is, we do tend to have soft Ts. We pronounce them more like Ds mostly. So although she was grammatically correct, he is dialectically correct. Edit: This is what makes Europeans stand out when practicing their american accents, they put those clipped Ts in words and it sounds weird to a native speaker’s ear because we don’t do that.

[@kostenrechnung5734]

Agreed! This lady is funny. She shouldn't be a musical jugde though ;-)

[@IsaacPurpleguy]

yeah

[@TheRichNewnes]

Well mostly it's Americans that have the soft T's. If you listen to well-trained British actors, their T's are well pronounced and not soft. But we Americans are lazy like that lol.

[@AdrianDX]

Indeed. I think that it's stuff like at 1:23 "Never forget" where she has her judgement from, but that still just an artistic way of pronouncing it for the sake of music. I mean holy hell most people on the top billboard these days don't even come close to accurate pronunciation xD

[@relaxingaudioforchillongou488]

He said some pretty "d" sounding t's.

[@DizzyedUpGirl]

That voice coming from that guy never ceases to amaze me.

[@runemyhre6768]

He got through, under doubt, the one judge said..... AND HE WON THE WHOLE SHIT! Even WORLD IDOL! I'm so freaking proud of him, That is for sure. What a vice on that dude!

[@amcw]

The judge (chief), Jan Fredrik Karlsen, is his manager and good friend now! The woman judge is head of Sony/BMG (his record company) in Norway. The guy who said about him not selling any albums, produced his 1st solo album!!! Kurt has said in interviews, that he went to the audition as a "bit of a laugh" as one of his band mates had filled in the application form for him. He didn't really know what it was about and also was slightly tired and hungover from a gig the previous evening!!!!

[@billable1861]

So basically what you’re saying is after they ridiculed him they then took advantage of his success. That’s great

[@ChavaAyanna]

I'm in America and even I preferred him over Kelly Clarkson in World Idol. SO HAPPY he won

[@smhaceofspades2813]

For me AS an AMERICAN I ABSOLUTELY love Kurt Nilsen and for myself I was embarrassed to say his English is better than mine.

[@tk_com]

What a voice Kurt! You are awesome

[@albablabla]

He is amazing!!!

[@mrronan2007]

judges .judging him ha ha ..sure he would wipe the floor with the whole lot of them put together

[@juandelgado464]

There wouldn't be a HALLELUJAH without this guy singing. :)

[@uniqme2000]

Thank you for the subtitles.. appreciate it! in fact i appreciate it more knowing how talented & humble Kurt is.

[@DaMaster1983]

such a humble amazing guy.. he took it so lightly , i admire him and his approach i wish my self to be like so

[@pooppooperson5015]

Damn, that seems harsh to judge the guy on dropping a little bit of the T sound from a foreign language. He speaks better English than half of Americans do.

[@davej9716]

Kurt you've come a long way my friend!

[@ahabthewhaler]

thanks very much whoever bothered putting the subtitles on here, i like this fellas voice and its always nice to see the hoops he had to jump through to get it heard. again, thanks very much

[@judytelles3518]

he is fantastic so glad they took a chance,love his hallelujah

[@kostenrechnung5734]

She complains about his English?LOL. How stupid. He just walked in and nailed it and she was too stuck up to feel /see and hear it..LOL. I am glad he won! He is AMAZING!

[@carrlerz18]

Its funny how he only barely made it through the qualifying round and then went on to win not just the norwegian idol but world idol.

[@robertkelly3041]

Imagine him singing toxicity.

[@kevbhoy05]

How amazing he is and these guys where just hearing it.

[@ambermcgregor]

Wow, tough room! Frowning judges faces? What for? He is fantastic. I just stumbled onto him by accident and am so glad I did. Thank you sooooo very much for posting this with the subtitles. I very much wanted to know what they were saying. I wish I were multi-lingual.

[@emmilb9280]

He was amazing!!!

[@CzechItOut007]

Thanks for the subtitles. :) I need to pay Norway a visit. :)

[@virginiaplatisha460]

And he is a nice person. Very humble.

[@amcw]

That guy actually produced Kurt's first solo album "I"!!! The jury forman is Kurt's main manager and the woman judge is head of Sony/BMG Norway!

[@BradburyNO]

The video was cut short. Just a few seconds after he's left the room, the woman mumbles something like "He's never going to sell ONE album." If I'm not mistaking, he went on to release an album which became the second most selling album in Norway in 2003, only beaten by REM - Best Of.

[@blazekimura]

wow he has a world class voice ... I say that because I who lives in New Zealand would love to buy his album....he has a fantastic voice...

[@theneverending9319]

His voice sounds even better now. So basically they were saying he wasn’t good looking enough to be an idol.

[@SensationalBanana]

Listen to Lost Highway with Kurt and Willie Nelson. You are welcome. Kurt has such a marvellous voice.

[@Pasatiempos18]

great voice !!!

[@CityThatCannotBeCaptured]

Great, great singer.

[@Neellet]

Kurt ♡ You won the whole thing! proved everyone wrong in that room! you are my idol!! Strongly dislike the judges... 👎

[@rayzars]

This mans part of singing "halleluja" is AMAZING I wish I could find just him singing it. He could be an amazing country singer in America, he sounds like and old great of country music that I can't put my finger on but I think slower more country style would fit him best. Very controlled and captivating voice. I can't believe they barely let him continue.

[@melanieroberts6262]

If you haven't heard him singing with Willie Nelson look up Lost Highway. Love his voice.

[@xbleedingxskyx]

ever since i heard that song on world idol, i totally felt in love with it :)

[@CityThatCannotBeCaptured]

EVERYONE fell in love with Kurt Nilsen. Brill.

[@accavanos]

How the hell can you hear that voice from the beginning and not tear up.

[@ThrghbrdJmpr]

Incredible.. this guy could sing the phone book..

[@user-sn8rt5dv7w]

балдею, как он поет!!!

[@milanvojnovic1979]

BEST VOICE EVER!

[@LaciekKazika]

Great Kurt

[@melynavega1426]

Me encanta tu voz es grandiosa :)

[@syoudipta]

Goes to show how little industry professionals value actual musical talents and prefer making stars out of good-looking average artists. Makes one wonder how many real talents couldn't make it in the music business because of their looks.

[@Musikkjenta]

Helt enig!

[@mariannebergpiiksi6487]

Kurt is the Best!! so shut it!!😚😍😘😗

[@Majr0]

Haha perfect example of how judges can be full of crap. Kurt rocks as hell. They had no clue what they were talking about! Go Kurt!!

[@crystalmaddie1956]

Unforgettable audition for a foreign idol.

[@diamondmeeple]

He won world Idol. So close to get the boot before it began.

[@haldorasheim]

Funny how they didn't believe in him! :P

[@mariannebergpiiksi6487]

love you Kurt😘 Voted for you. Som happy for you😉😍

[@barrystewart8056]

voice from above . Hope I hear it later :)

[@michaelmonsa9702]

The moment he started singing I bet in reality they complete lost it, thinking oh crap this guy is gonna make us look like broken radios. You only come across a voice like this once in your lifetime. Because honestly, hearing him completely blows me away.

[@amcw]

because that's the way he always is - was at live concert last night, and can assure you that he sings note perfect 99% of the time. He actually has a strong American accent when speaking in English

[@RcKryddan]

Recomended 1 Jan 2020!😎

[@philanddeb818]

Can you imagine what goes through Kurt's mind when he reviews these critics! I know it was a start but I think somehow he would have come across judges that would have realized his talent no matter what.

[@xbleedingxskyx]

I love the song...it pretty catchy.

[@cristianosousa3378]

I lived in Scandinavia as a foreigner and this is spot on jante law. I hated it, God he is world idol and those idiots are saying he should stick to a band.

[@chypres89]

oh boy where they wrong.

[@jenniferbowling7683]

his voice is extraordinary. with that said when I first saw the video I asked myself why the hell is my cousin Josh on TV that I realized very quickly that wasn't my cousin Josh but by God it looks like him

[@milvache]

Kurt Nilsen is the best artist in the World

[@dangriff12]

i cant believe that guy said no almost kicked out a singer with the best range ive ever heard

[@briggitbro]

I hardly ever have to read subtitles :P but he is an amazing singer!

[@The8Animals8]

Der stod han, helt uvitende om sin framtid!

[@HoChiMin88]

I remember when I saw this on tv. LOL damn

[@banannalouise]

@758sss - I watched those videos of Ole I'Dole you suggested, and OMG...it doesn't get more 80's bubblegum than that!! That guy had no business judging Kurt...Kurt could wipe the floor with that guy!!!

[@666jalba]

Just for the record; the name of the rockband he listens to is NOT Motorcycle, but Motorpsycho :D

[@amcw]

The main judge asking the questions is his now manager Jan Fredrik Karlsen - has been in the music industry all his career in various roles. The guy who said who would not sell a record was/is in a pop band in the 80's/90's, the female judge worked for Sony/BMG, Norway and is now their main manager. The 1st one to speak - I'm not too sure!

[@iuzumaki6013]

ohw damn !those judges !

[@momof2marines378]

I'm an American and I didn't notice the "problem with his English"

[@psychobartus]

@Ynig Mnaba Im English (from England) and didnt notice it!

[@amcw]

Yes, along with the 3 members of the band he played in(Fenrik Lane). It has never been released on an album. Although it was recorded ready for release on the Fenrik Lane album "Lane of Life", but they were not allowed to release it. Believe it was something to do with record company copyright and contractual rights, as the band remain unsigned!!!!

[@um22w22]

tell me about it!!he just blew me away.

[@Linnas79]

I don't think he looks that bad... I DO think those judges are bloody superficial, though

[@moharb693]

Fun fact.. Hes better looking than them LoL

[@relaxingaudioforchillongou488]

A bit of weight loss and braces, he would be a new man. If he hit the gym that by itself would be helpful.

[@crownsith]

@@relaxingaudioforchillongou488 Indeed, yet he never bothered to fix his teeth, even after beating all the pretty people in the international idol. Wasn't into huge music deals as well it seems. Just loves singing and continues to do so, and is only moderately well know around the world. I still see confidence and humility.

[@arcomn]

How the hell do these people from Norway, Sweden and Finland speak such great English. They amaze me. I have studied Spanish for 20 25 years and I can't get rid of this American accent when I speak Spanish. Yet these Scandanavians speak almost without any detectable accent..Amazing!!!

[@marinedoc92]

Good job Kurt, You've effectively made me feel bad about knowing one language! lol. It's hard enough to speak a second language let alone write a coherent song in one and in English no less (which still doesn't always make sense to half the people who speak it here in America).... Thanks ;)

[@amcw]

@Lecramization I believe he recorded it with the group he played in earlier, Fenrik Lane. However I heard that his record company were not willing to leave it on their cd as at that time the group did not have a recording contract. The group Fenrik Lane have since re-recorded it and it is on their last album, without Kurt. Kurt has sung this during his concert tour in 2010.

[@sbergesen22]

the amazing kurt from steinsviken

[@jineeshpr]

Amazing how some so called expert ‘judges’ can miss legends

[@Kiddowesth]

The female judge comments on his english? I didnt hear anything that made me think twice about what he said?!

[@jorg1206]

Haha! Thats exactly right my friend. I cannot believe the way they reviewed that singing. SO good, so pure, talent beyond believe. WOW x 100! But on World Idol the Danish judge made up for this big judgment failure by the whole jury> There's more to life than LOOKS people!!!

[@igorflexus9493]

Kurt, -han er kjedelig å høre på.

[@gardeniaXXII]

Wow! From # 1161 Norwegian Idol to World Idol!

[@LANELLEHOLT40]

He is good!

[@amcw]

@Lecramization Song is called "Hate How You Say Goodbye"

[@MrNorwayboy20]

HAHA, Ole Idolet driiiiter seg ut! Mohaha! I'm lovin it :P

[@Rustui]

I just wanna mention that the lady correcting his T's has been taught Oxford English in school, and meant well. But Kurt said he had a lot of American influences, and it shows in how he pronounces his English. This is a case of "everyone is technically right" so there's really nothing to be mad about either way. ^^'

[@webgomer]

Oh, what do they know? He is fantastic!

[@hayaakallaah7783]

His English was spot on