Sarah Skaalum Jørgensen

Sarah
Birth name	Sarah Skaalum Jørgensen
Born	6 July 1995 (1995-07-06) (age 16)
Origin	Denmark
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Bass, Vocals
Years active	2007–present

Sarah Skaalum Jørgensen^[1] (born 6 July 1995) better known as Sarah is a Danish singer who rose to fame as the winner of the fourth Danish series of The X Factor. She won the title on 25 March 2011 with Annelouise as runner-up and Babou third. She competed in the 15–24 years category with Cutfather as mentor. She was 15 at the time of winning.

She started singing early appearing in musicals and joined a musical band when she was 12. She plays guitar, piano, bass and drums and also loves to draw and paint. She is out and openly lesbian.^[2][3]

She gained worldwide attention mainly because of her being open about her lesbian sexuality at such a young age of 15. Shortly after her winning the competition the world’s biggest LGBT media congratulated her while mentioning her victory as the first lesbian to win any version of the X Factor in the world. But in the Danish media it has often been discussed that people shouldn’t focus on her sexuality but on her singing skills.

Discography

Albums

• 2011: Hjerteskud (reached #1 in Danish Albums Chart)

Singles

• 2011: "Min øjesten" (reached #1 in Danish Singles Chart)
• 2011: "Okay"

References

1. ^ Vi unge: Interview med Sara fra X Factor
2. ^ AfterEllen: 15-year-old lesbian contestant wins Denmark's "X-Factor"
3. ^ The Advocate: Sarah wins X Factor in Denmark

External links

• Sarah page on Danish X Factor
• The Official Sarah dk Site

Preceded by Thomas Ring Petersen

X Factor (Denmark) Winner 2011

Succeeded by Incumbent

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