Astar's uncanny take on 'Gloomy Sunday', another standard by the legendary jazz diva, blew away the judges at the start of the show in March, before becoming a YouTube hit. Her performance won 46 percent of the vote, leaving little competition for the 500,000 kroner ($80,000) prize.
Astar was brought to tears when the presenter Solveig Kloppen announced that she had won.
"Thank you to everyone who voted for me and thank you to Grandma," she said with tears running down her cheeks.
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