Biography
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Born
12 April 1988 (age 36)
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Born In
Sogndal, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
Tone Damli Aaberge (born April 12, 1988) became a star overnight after participating in the Norwegian Idols series 2005.
Tone Damli is the international name of Tone Damli Aaberge and will be used in international releases.
She didn't always dream of becoming an artist, but started her career in a local choir when she was 4-5 years old. She took singing lessons and she has also played in a band.
Her influences come from "grown up" artists like Jeff Buckley and Radka Toneff, and the song The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, is on her debut album "Bliss".
Tone is really a "songbird" and one of her songs on the debut album is Eva Cassidy's "Songbird".
She was the runner-up in the Norwegian version of Idol in 2005, following Jorun Stiansen in the final. She has released four albums, Bliss, Sweet Fever, I Know, Cocool and Looking Back. Bliss and I Know have been certified gold in Norway.
She contended in the Norwegian Eurovision Song Contest 2009 finals, with the song Butterflies, and ended up in the runner-up position yet again, this time following Alexander Rybak. She also finished third in the Norwegian version (second season) of Dancing with the Stars in 2006.
On August 18 2012, it was announced on the official Idol website that Tone Damli will be the first of an all-new four-member jury of former Idol contestants to celebrate 10 years since the debut of Idol in Norway, along with the very first winner Kurt Nilsen.
Tone took part in the Swedish pre selection shows for Eurovision Song Contest 2013 (Melodifestivalen) with the song "Hello Goodbye" together with Erik Segerstedt from the group E.M.D. under her international name Tone Damli
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