World Idol

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World Idol
Also known asSuperStar Weltweit
SuperStar El Alaam
Created bySimon Fuller
Directed byJonathan Bullen
Presented byAnt & Dec
Ben Mulroney (CTV version)
StarringVarious
JudgesSee below
Original languageVarious
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes2
Production
Executive producerJohn Brunton
ProducerSue Brophey
Production locationsLondon, England
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Production companies19 Entertainment
FremantleMedia North America
Original release
NetworkSee below
Release25 December 2003 (2003-12-25) –
1 January 2004 (2004-01-01)
Related
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Template:Infobox reality music competition 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.

Show background

The performance show was broadcast on Christmas Day 2003, with the results show aired on New Year's Day 2004. It was produced in the United Kingdom at Fountain Studios in London, 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 on most English speaking countries, while local presenters hosted for their own country in the local language. Additionally, Canada’s CTV Network used Canadian Idol host Ben Mulroney (with 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 their idol, Ryan Malcolm). Victoria Beckham performed her UK No. 3 hit "Let Your Head Go" during the results interval.

The show was broadcast on 11 television broadcasters worldwide.[2]

Broadcasters

Results

The points were awarded in a similar fashion as the Eurovision Song Contest, i.e. each country awarded a number of points from 1 to 10 to each other country, using each number once. The results were:

Rank Performer Country Points Song Original artist
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 League Arab States
45
 "Ensani Ma Binsak" original song
11 Jamai Loman  Netherlands
36
 "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" Elton John

Scoreboard

Each country's Idol automatically gained the maximum 12 points. Therefore, the most points an Idol could gain from another country was 10.

Points Given GER
Germany		 AUS
Australia		 Pan-
Arabia
Arab League		 CAN
Canada		 NED
Netherlands		 ZAF
South Africa		 POL
Poland		 USA
United States		 BEL
Belgium		 UK
United Kingdom		 NOR
Norway		 Total Place
Germany Alexander Klaws
12
1
10
1
4
2
4
1
7
2
1
45
9
Australia Guy Sebastian
2
12
2
6
6
5
5
6
3
6
3
56
7
Arab League Diana Karazon
6
4
12
5
1
1
1
8
1
4
2
45
9
Canada Ryan Malcolm
3
5
9
12
5
7
2
4
2
5
8
62
6
Netherlands Jamai Loman
1
2
1
2
12
4
3
2
4
1
4
36
11
South Africa Heinz Winckler
7
8
8
7
2
12
6
9
8
7
6
80
4
Poland Alicja Janosz
8
3
7
3
3
3
12
3
5
3
5
55
8
United States Kelly Clarkson
9
9
5
9
9
8
8
12
9
9
10
97
2
Belgium Peter Evrard
4
7
6
8
7
6
9
7
12
8
9
83
3
United Kingdom Will Young
5
6
3
4
8
9
7
5
6
12
7
72
5
Norway Kurt Nilsen
10
10
4
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
12
106
1

10 points

Below is a summary of all 10 (max) points in the final:

N. Contestant Voting nation
9 Norway Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States
1 Germany Arab States
1 United States Norway

Judges

The judges of the competition were:

Reception

Simon Cowell, who judged American Idol as well as the original Pop Idol, was very critical of the format. He went as far as to say 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.

Ratings

In Canada, the special was watched by 1.9 million viewers.[3] In Poland, World Idol was the highest-rated in its timeslot, 4.5 million viewers, and 28.6 share percent.[3] In the United States, World Idol was the number-one show of the night among adults from 18-34 but drew a disappointing 6.5 million viewers overall.[3] In Australia, it was the highest-rated show of the night, it had about 2.4 million viewers.[3] In the Netherlands, it was the No. 1 rated show in its timeslot.[3] In the UK, over 4 million tuned in, but the show was beaten by other popular programs that aired Christmas night.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "First Canada, Now The World. Canadian Idol Ryan Malcolm Takes Global Stage In World Idol, Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 on CTV". Bell Media. 13 November 2003. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Entriq, Inc. and FremantleMedia Sign Agreement to Bring 'World Idol' Pay-Per-Video to the Internet". PR Newswire. California. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "'World Idol' draws OK ratings in US but mixed ratings throughout the world". Reality TV World. 29 December 2003. Retrieved 12 May 2019.

External links

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