World Idol
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| World Idol | |
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| Broadcast from | 25 December 2003– 1 January 2004 |
| Presenter(s) |  Anthony McPartlinDeclan Donnelly (Ant and Dec) |
| Broadcaster |  RTL Television ITV TV 2 Fox CTV Network Ten vtm Polsat RTL 4 Future TV |
| Finals venue | Fountain Studios |
| Winner: Kurt Nilsen |
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| Origin | Norway |
World Idol (Germany: SuperStar Weltweit, Middle East: SuperStar El Alaam) was the title of a one-off international version of the television show Pop Idol, featuring winners of the various national Idol shows around the world competing against each other.
The performance show was held on Christmas Day 2003, with the results show held on New Year's Day 2004. It was made in the UK, using the set from the recently completed second series of Pop Idol. After presenting the competitors, viewers from the 11 participating countries were allowed to vote by telephone, but not for the participant from their home country. All participants sang in English except for Diana Karazon, who sang in Arabic.
British presenters Ant and Dec hosted the show in all English speaking countries, while local presenters hosted for their own country in the local language. The only exception to Ant and Dec's English speaking role was that CTV edited the show in Canada to use Canadian Idol host Ben Mulroney instead (the show on Fox, which used Ant and Dec as hosts, was not simulcast with the CTV feed, to prevent Canadians from calling the American toll-free number to vote for Ryan Malcolm). Victoria Beckham performed her UK #3 hit Let Your Head Go during the results interval.
Judge Simon Cowell (from the original Pop Idol) was very critical of the format. He went as far as saying he hated it, in that it made the winners from the ten other Idol competitions into losers. Cowell also thought many of the judges were trying to copy his abrasive style. Television critics also panned the programme, particularly as the UK phone voting was profit-making, whereas tradition dictates that Christmas specials of such programmes donate profits to charity.
[edit] Results
The points were awarded in a similar fashion as the Eurovision Song Contest, i.e. each country awarded an amount of points from 1 to 10 to each other country, using each number once. The results were:
| Points Given | Germany | Australia | Pan-Arabia | Canada | Netherlands | South Africa | Poland | USA | Belgium | UK | Norway | Total | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alexander Klaws |
12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 9 |
 Guy Sebastian |
2 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 7 |
 Diana Karazon |
6 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 9 |
 Ryan Malcolm |
3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 62 | 6 |
 Jamai Loman |
1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 11 |
 Heinz Winkler |
7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 80 | 4 |
 Alicja Janosz |
8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 8 |
 Kelly Clarkson |
9 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 97 | 2 |
 Peter Evrard |
4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 83 | 3 |
 Will Young |
5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 72 | 5 |
 Kurt Nilsen |
10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 106 | 1 |
Each country's Idol automatically gained the maximum 12 points. Therefore the most points an Idol could gain from another country was 10
| Rank | Performer | Country | Points | Song | Original artist |
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| 1 | Kurt Nilsen | Norway |
106 | "Beautiful Day" | U2 |
| 2 | Kelly Clarkson | United States |
97 | "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" | Aretha Franklin |
| 3 | Peter Evrard | Belgium |
83 | "Lithium" | Nirvana |
| 4 | Heinz Winckler | South Africa |
80 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Aerosmith |
| 5 | Will Young | United Kingdom |
72 | "Light My Fire" | The Doors |
| 6 | Ryan Malcolm | Canada |
62 | "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" | The Hollies |
| 7 | Guy Sebastian | Australia |
56 | "What a Wonderful World" | Louis Armstrong |
| 8 | Alicja "Alex" Janosz | Poland |
55 | "I Don't Know How to Love Him" | from Jesus Christ Superstar |
| T9 | Alexander Klaws | Germany |
45 | "Maniac" | Michael Sembello |
| T9 | Diana Karazon | Arab States |
45 | "Ensani Ma Binsak" | original song |
| 11 | Jamai Loman | Netherlands |
36 | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" | Elton John |
[edit] Judges
The judges of the competition were:
- Randall Abrahams (South Africa)
- Simon Cowell (representing United States, is also judge on original UK show)
- Nina De Man (Belgium)
- Ian "Dicko" Dickson (Australia)
- Shona Fraser (Germany)
- Jan Fredrik Karlsen (Norway)
- Elias Rahbani (Lebanon)
- Henkjan Smits (Netherlands)
- Pete Waterman (United Kingdom)
- Zack Werner (Canada)
- Kuba Wojewódzki (Poland)
[edit] References
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