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First episode date 26 February 2007 | 5.6/10 IMDb Final episode date 8 June 2009 Program creator Simon Fuller | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Judges (season 1): Yordanka Hristova, Slavi Trifonov, Gloria, DoniJudges (season 2): Vili Kazasyan, Dimitar Kovachev - Funky, Esil Duran, Lucy Diakovska, Philipp Kirkorov*Judges (season 3): Doni, Dimitar Kovachev - Funky, MariaHosts: Sanja Nikolic, Ivan Hristov & Andrey Arnaudov Original release February 26, 2007 – June 8, 2009 Genres Reality television, Talent show Cast Nevena Tsoneva, Slavi Trifonov, Toma Zdravkov, Maria, Gloria Similar Glasat na Bulgaria, X Factor, Dancing Stars, Idol, Slavi's Show | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Music Idol was the Bulgarian version of the British television hit show Pop Idol. It was a talent contest to determine the superior pop performer and its first season was aired on bTV from February 26 until June 7, 2007. During its third season, the show went international and auditions took place in neighboring Macedonia. Other major changes in the third season: minimum age for participants 13 (not 16), more talk show than music, great accent on the hosts, hidden vote results, which makes it impossible to validate the result of each elimination.
Contents
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- Qualifications
- Auditions
- Theatre Round
- Semifinals
- Finals
- Judges
- Group 1 March 12 2007
- Group 2 March 13 2007
- Group 3 March 14 2007
- Group 4 March 15 2007
- Group 5 March 16 2007
- Wildcards March 19 2007
- Girls Top 9 March 10 2008
- Guys Top 9 March 11 2008
- Girls Top 7 March 13 2008
- Guys Top 7 March 15 2008
- Wildcards March 18 2008
- Finalists
- Music Idol Facts
- References
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Qualifications
Auditioners must be between the ages of 13 and 28. They must be Bulgarian citizens.
Auditions
Castings are held in the five biggest cities in Bulgaria - Rousse, Varna, Bourgas, Plovdiv and Sofia. After a pre-selection the contenders audition in front of the panel of judges seen on TV who will decide if they are going to make it to the next round.
Theatre Round
In 3 days the judges chose among the top 100 from all cities the semifinalists who would perform live during the show and face the public's vote.
Semifinals
From now on its up to the Bulgarian public to vote their favorite contestants into the final 12.
Finals
Each week the final 12 contestants perform in front of a live audience songs from a given theme. Once again the public votes for its favorite with the least votes getter getting eliminated after one show until only one contestant remains: The winner of Music Idol.
Qualifications
There is no age limit for the auditioners. They must be Bulgarian citizens.
Auditions
Castings are held in the five biggest cities in Bulgaria - Rousse, Varna, Bourgas, Plovdiv and Sofia. After a pre-selection the contenders audition in front of the panel of judges seen on TV who will decide if they are going to make it to the next round.
Theatre Round
The competitors are split in groups and they sing solo (like in the previous round). After that the jury decides who will continue. After that the remaining contestants sing in quartets and the jury picks the best of them. Then they sing solo and the jury picks 18 people for the semi-finals.
Semifinals
The competitors are split in two groups − male and female. After their first concert the public votes for them and two boys and two girls are eliminated. After that the hava another concert and two boys and two girls are again eliminated. After that the eliminated 8 contestants sing again and 3 of them are let back in the show.
Finals
Each week the final 13 contestants perform in front of a live audience songs from a given theme. Once again the public votes for its favorite the two people with the least votes sing and the public votes again. The contestant with the least votes is eliminated. This goes on until only one contestant remains: The winner of Music Idol.
Judges
Auditions
There was one exception of the age-rule − Kremena from Dobrich was allowed to participate, despite her age of 15. She eventually became a finalist later on.
Semifinals
For one week (March 12 to March 19) the top 40 performed each night in five groups including eight singers with the two top vote getters advancing to the finals. On Friday night the judges announced eight singers who received another chance to perform with the top vote getter and the final pick of the judges joining the other finalists to the top 12.
Group 1 − March 12, 2007
Group 2 − March 13, 2007
Group 3 − March 14, 2007
Group 4 − March 15, 2007
Group 5 − March 16, 2007
Wildcards − March 19, 2007
Judges
Auditions
Semifinals
This year saw a change in the semifinal format: After the judges picked their top 18 contestants (9 males, 9 females) the contestants were split in one girls/guys group and had to perform in the week of March 10 − March 15 with constantly reducing the number of singers in both groups to six: after the first performance show the two least votes getters got eliminated, leaving the top 7 of girls/guys perform again of which the top 5 vote-getters from each group will advance to the finals. Later on the judges eventually decided to make a top 13 out of the supposed 12 with giving three contestants a wildcard for the finals.
Two out of the top 18, Denislav Novev and Plamena Petrova, already competed in former years top 50 but failed to qualify for the finals.
Girls Top 9 − March 10, 2008
Guys Top 9 − March 11, 2008
Girls Top 7 − March 13, 2008
Guys Top 7 − March 15, 2008
Wildcards − March 18, 2008
Chosen by the judges to advance to the finals:
NOTE: The bottom group contestants face off in a sudden death elimination round where the voting lines are re-opened and the public have one more chance to save their favorite from elimination. Stoyan Tsonev, Ana Topalova and Chanel Erkin fell victim to this unique rule despite not receiving the least amount of votes on the performance night.
Judges
Unlike the previous seasons, there is no chairman of the jury in honor to the late chairman Vili Kazasyan, who died shortly after the 2008 season. Nevertheless, there is a guest star in the jury in every city, where auditions take place. He/She doesn't have a right to vote, but can advise jury members in reaching the right decision. The guest stars for the 2009 season are: