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Bergendahl successfully applied for the TV4 talent show Idol 2008 with her rendition of Bonnie Raitt's Have a Heart which received praises from the jury which consisted of Laila Bagge, Anders Bagge and Andreas Carlsson.
In his second album Welcome to My World, he collaborated with Alice Svensson, a childhood friend and Idol 2008 runner-up in the song "Save Our Yesterdays".