Information: - Simon Phillip Cowell (born 7 October 1959) is an English reality television judge and producer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is most recognised as a judge on the British TV talent competition series "Pop Idol", "The X Factor", and "Britain's Got Talent", and the American TV talent competition shows "American Idol", "The X Factor," and "America's Got Talent". Cowell is the principal founder and chief executive of the British entertainment company Syco. - The X Factor is a television music competition franchise created by Simon Cowell. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for "Pop Idol" (200103). It is held in various countries. The programmes are produced by executive producer Simon Cowell and his company SYCOtv. The "X Factor" of the title refers to the undefinable "something" that makes for star quality. The prize is usually a recording contract, in addition to the publicity that appearance in the later stages of the show itself generates, not only for the winner but also for other highly ranked contestants. - Simon Fuller (born 17 May 1960) is an English entrepreneur, artist manager and television producer. He is best known for being the creator of the "Idol" franchise, which was first seen in the UK under the name "Pop Idol", and includes "American Idol" in the U.S. Fuller is the executive producer of many other hit shows including the Fox TV reality shows "So You Think You Can Dance" and "Q'Viva". - Pop Idol is a British television music competition created by Simon Fuller which ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003. The aim of the show was to decide the best new young pop singer (or "pop idol") in the UK based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcastone in 20012002 and a second in 2003. "Pop Idol" was subsequently put on an indefinite hiatus after series judge Simon Cowell announced the launch of "The X Factor" in the UK in April 2004. - Idool 2003 was the first season of the Belgian version of the Idol series. It was won by Peter Evrard, and followed by Idool 2004. The series was officially launched on 28 September 2002 by Belgian television network VTM. The hosts of the show are Koen & Kris Wauters of the group Clouseau. The jury members were Jean Blaute, Nina De Man, Jan Leyers & Bart Brusseleers. - Joeri Fransen ( born 10 July 1981 ) is the winner of Idool 2004 , the Belgian version of Pop Idol . - Idool 2004 was the second season of the Flemish version of the Idol series. It was won by Joeri Fransen, who could not follow the footsteps of former winner Peter Evrard and only release one album before he was dropped by his record company. However, second runner-up Sandrine Van Handenhoven, who was a longtime favorite throughout the season above the winner and the runner-up, enjoyed an ongoing success as a singer as well as the host of the Flemish Big Brother programme and therefore is now considered as the "unofficial winner" of Idool 2005 as she almost represented Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2008, coming in close 2nd in the national final. Laura Ramaekers has already been a semifinalist on Idool 2003. - The Eurovision Song Contest, sometimes popularly called Eurovision but not to be confused with the Eurovision network that broadcasts it, is the longest-running annual international TV song competition, held, primarily, among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1956. The competition was based upon the existing Sanremo Music Festival held in Italy since 1951. 'joeri fransen' is related to which object entity through the relation of 'place of birth'? Choices: - belgium - best - italy - most - of - sanremo - united kingdom - van - winner - young
belgium
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Information: - Karttula is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the city of Kuopio on 1 January 2011. - The International Skating Union has organised the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women since 1936. Unofficial championships were held in the years 19331935. - vre Eiker is a municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Eiker. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hokksund. The old municipality of Eiker was divided into "vre Eiker" (upper Eiker) and "Nedre Eiker" (lower) on 1 July 1885. - Hnefoss is a town in Buskerud county, Norway, and the center of the municipality of Ringerike. It is located 63 kilometres northwest by road from the Norwegian capital of Oslo. - Ragnhild Mikkelsen ( born 26 March 1931 ) is a former Norwegian female speed skater . She won a bronze medal at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women in 1951 , behind Eevi Huttunen and Randi Thorvaldsen . She won a silver medal at the national allround championships in 1950 behind Randi Thorvaldsen , and a bronze medal in 1951 . - Randi Thorvaldsen (4 March 1925, vre Eiker 10 February 2011) was a Norwegian speedskater, silver medalist from the allround World Championship, and a previous World Record holder in 1,500 metres. She was the dominating female speedskater in Norway from the end of the Second World War to 1954. She was born in Fiskum, vre Eiker, and represented the club IF Liv, Hnefoss. - The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Netherlands, in 1892, making it one of the oldest international sport federations. The ISU was formed to establish standardized international rules and regulations for the skating disciplines it governs, and to organize international competitions in these disciplines. It is now based in Lausanne, Switzerland. - Eevi Huttunen, married name Pirinen (23 August 1922 3 December 2015), was a speed skater from Finland. She was born in Karttula. 'ragnhild mikkelsen' is related to which object entity through the relation of 'country of citizenship'? Choices: - finland - netherlands - norway - switzerland
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norway