Television
Carlsson was part of the jury for the Swedish edition of Idol from 2008 - its fifth season. The latest season, season seven, began its run on September 7 on the Swedish television channel TV4. On March 14, 2011, Carlsson announced his departure from the jury, citing his desire to go back to songwriting.
He is not related to 2005 winner Agnes Carlsson.
Read more about this topic: Andreas Carlsson
Famous quotes containing the word television:
“All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary movies increased. If any one thing is wrong with the movie industry today, it is the unrelenting effort to astonish.”
—Clive James (b. 1939)
“The television critic, whatever his pretensions, does not labour in the same vineyard as those he criticizes; his grapes are all sour.”
—Frederic Raphael (b. 1931)
“There was a girl who was running the traffic desk, and there was a woman who was on the overnight for radio as a producer, and my desk assistant was a woman. So when the world came to an end, we took over.”
—Marya McLaughlin, U.S. television newswoman. As quoted in Women in Television News, ch. 3, by Judith S. Gelfman (1976)