The 2009 series of Norske Talenter was the first series of this television programme. It began airing on TV 2 February 13, 2009 with audition in Bergen, and the live final was held May 8, 2009. The winners this season, was the hip hop dance crew Quick Style at the ages 17–18. Runner-up became 14-year-old classical singer Lydia Hoen Tjore and 6-year old magician Brian Aksnes Hoseth finished in third place. Judges and hosts Judges: Jan Fredrik Karlsen (music producer, was a judge in Norwegian Idol many of the seasons and is going to be a judge in X Factor: Norway) Mia Gundersen (actress and singer) Thomas Giertsen (actor and stand-up comedian) Presenters (hosts): Pia Lykke Sturla Berg-Johansen Auditions Dates auditions were sent on TV: February 13 (Bergen): Absence & Blipp February 20 (Bergen): Lydia Hoen Tjore, René Skar February 27 (Oslo): Quick, Sebastian James Hekneby March 6 (Oslo): Røa Eldresenter March 13 (Trondheim): Aaro Petrus Kontio, Håkon Ricardo March 20 (Trondheim): Brian Aksnes Hoseth Semi-finalists Semi-finals Final Buzzers Semi-final 2: Alexander got 2 buzzers (Jan Fredrik Karlsen and Thomas Giertsen) Semi-final 4: Christer and Pål got all the judges' buzzers Judges' choices Finalists Absence & Blipp Absence & Blipp (Absence Crew) is a dance crew with a beatboxer. The dance crew is called Absence and the beatboxer called Blipp. Members: Stian "Blipp" Glopholm (beatboxer), Ole Petter "Hoolio" Knarvik, Piero "Piero the Hero" Issa, Andreas "Rocks" Roksvåg and Christopher "Birdy" Bottolfsen. They were absent in Dansefeber (season 2) when Knarvik, Issa and Roksvåg made it to the Fever Days. Only Knarvik made it to the live shows and finished in 10th place. The ages in the crew is 18–24. In the final, they was unhappy with the sound, because TV 2 made a mistake. They had to perform 15 seconds without sound. Lydia Lydia Hoen Tjore (14) is a classical singer. She came runner-up in the competition. She is from Radøy in Bergen and has a little brother, David, who also tried for Norske Talenter, but didn't make it to the semi-finals. Lydia was in the 3rd semi-final where she didn't got thru. She was picked to be in the wild cards, and then she won the public vote and got to the final. Brian 6-year old Brian Aksnes Hoseth is the youngest contestant in the competition and is a magician. Now he has sold an own magician set for