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Türkstar
Created byFremantle Media & Kanal D
StarringHaldun Dormen
Gamze Özçelik
Zerrin Özer
Country of originTurkey
No. of seasons1
Original release
NetworkShow TV[1]
Release2004 (2004) –
2004 (2004)
Finalists (with dates of elimination)
Emrah Keskin Winner
Simge Bağdatlı 19 June
Sertaç Yanmaz 12 June
Ufuk Çakir 5 June
Abedin Sakirov 29 May
Faruk Emre Kürklüoğlu 22 May
Ahmet Gülsen 15 May
Meltem Denizci & Emrah Gökelma 8 May
Sevil Kul 1 May
Seçil Hüner Ünsal 24 April
Açelya Kılıç 17 April
Yusuf Emre Uzunca 10 April
Banu Ekşi 3 April

Türkstar was a 2004 Turkish reality television singing competition show based on the popular British show Pop Idol. It was hosted by Seray Sever, Gamze Özçelik and Haldun Dormen. It had extremely low ratings and only lasted one season.

Türkstar is notable for being the only Idol franchise to have featured a singing duo (Meltem Denizci and Emrah Gökelma).

Auditions

The first series of Türkstar had 9 audition cities to find the best talent in all of Turkey, including:

Türkstar Jury

Contestants

Meltem Denizci & Emrah Gökelma until now remain as the only duo to participate on an Idol show worldwide (auditioned, performed and got voted off together).

Two members of the top 3, Simge Bağdatlı and Sertaç Yanmaz, were born and raised in Germany. The latter was a semifinalist on the first season of Türkstars German equivalent Deutschland sucht den Superstar.

Semi Final Qualifyings

Top 30
Format: 4 out of 10 making it in each week + one Wildcard

Date First Second Third Fourth
March 11 Meltem Denizci &
Emrah Gökelma
Simge Bağdatlı Emrah Keskin Faruk Emre Kürklüoğlu
March 18 Ahmet Gülsen Açelya Kılıç Yusuf Emre Uzunca Banu Ekşi
March 25 Sertaç Yanmaz Abedin Sakirov Ufuk Çakir Sevil Kul
Wildcard Seçil Hüner Ünsal

Finalists

(ages stated at time of contest)

Contestant Age Hometown Voted Off Liveshow Theme
Emrah Keskin 19 Trabzon Winner Grand Finale
Simge Bağdatlı 26 Germany June 19, 2004
Sertaç Yanmaz 21 Germany June 12, 2004
Ufuk Çakir 29 June 5, 2004
Abedin Sakirov 17 Germany May 29, 2004
Faruk Emre Kürklüoğlu 21 Ankara May 22, 2004
Ahmet Gülsen 23 İzmir May 15, 2004
Meltem Denizci & Emrah Gökelma 22 & 24 Edirne May 8, 2004
Sevil Kul 21 Germany May 1, 2004
Seçil Hüner Ünsal 30 Antalya April 24, 2004
Açelya Kılıç 20 İzmir April 17, 2004
Yusuf Emre Uzunca 22 Ankara April 10, 2004
Banu Ekşi 24 İzmir April 3, 2004

Notes