Walker has been fascinated with music from a very young age; ever since he heard his Irish grandfather sing.
In Idol In 2013, he auditioned to the Swedish
Idol 2013 with the song "Soldier". The series in its ninth season was broadcast on
TV4. His whole
Idol adventure began after a video of him jamming with a teammate at a football club function caught the attention of the show's producers. A few of Walker's football league games for
GIF Sundsvall were moved to avoid a clash with his television commitments during
Idol. Walker reached the final alongside
Elin Bergman, with both of them singing the winning song "Belong". Walker won by popular vote. His winning prize included a recording contract with
Universal Music Sweden. In the final show, he and Bergman joined
Robbie Williams in singing Williams' song, "Shine My Shoes". • Week 3 (Theme "Swedish music exports") – "
Poker Face" (
Lady Gaga) • Week 4 (Theme: "Gone too soon") – "
Behind Blue Eyes" (
The Who) • Week 5 (Theme: "Successful Idol singers") – "Hope and Glory" – (
Måns Zelmerlöw) • Week 6 (Theme: "Big Band Friday") – "
It's My Life" (
Jon Bon Jovi) • Week 7 (Theme: "Hits in Swedish") – "Till dom ensamma" (
Mauro Scocco) and "Välkommen in" (
Veronica Maggio) • Week 8 (Theme: "Unplugged") – "
Don't Look Back in Anger" (
Oasis) and "
Hall of Fame" (
The Script) • Week 9 – Final 4 • round 1 – (Theme: "Self written") – "Dreaming" (
Peter Boström,
Thomas G:son and Kevin Walker) • round 2 – (Theme: "Picked by jury") – "
Free Fallin'" (
Tom Petty) • Week 10 – Semi-finals – Final 3 • round 1 – (Theme: "Audition song") – "Soldier" (
Gavin DeGraw) • round 2 – (Theme: "Chart topping") – "
Home" (
Daughtry) • Week 11 – Final (Top 2) • round 1 – (Theme: "Own choice") – "
Where the Streets Have No Name" (
U2)
After Idol After winning the title, he was signed to
Universal Music as part of the award, and released his debut single, the winning song "Belong" Walker's debut studio album, also titled
Belong, peaked at number 2 on the Swedish Album chart. In late December 2013, Walker was interviewed in the talk show
The Late Late Show on
RTÉ while visiting Ireland. He performed "
Where the Streets Have No Name" during the show. ==Discography==