Norway's Kurt Nilsen won the World Idol competition last night. Maybe that country really is up-and-coming in the pop world. Of course, there's a ton of articles to read about him over at NRK: http://www.nrk.no/magasin/musikk/ (in Norweigan)
Articles in English from the Norweigan press (Nettavisen) are here: http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/english/