Sandra Lyng Haugen is from the town of Mosjøen in the municipality of Vefsn in Nordland county, Norway. She rose to popularity after her participation in the TV 2 (Norway) program in which she placed fourth in Idol: Jakten på en superstjerne 2004, the Norwegian version of Pop Idol.She released the single I morgen which stayed on the Norwegian charts for 16 weeks, peaking at number 2. She also released the summerhit Sommerflørt singing with Equicez-member Phillip. Sandra also released the album Døgnvill under the Universal Norway label. Døgnvill stayed on the charts for 9 weeks, peaking at #10, which is a longer period of time than Kjartan Salvesen who won Sandra's season charted. Sandra is today fairly popular in Norway and is known for her easygoing pop music