Country of origin Russia Original network Rossiya 1 First episode date 2003 Language Russian | No. of seasons 1, 2, 3 Original release 2003 - 2006 Created by Russia-1 | |
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Starring Irina Kordyukova
Adil Liyan
Nagima Eskalieva Genres Reality television, Game show, Interactive television Similar Fabrika Zvyozd, Glavnaya Stsena, Golos, Faktor A, SuperStar KZ | ||
Narodniy Artist (Народный Артист, "People's Artist") is a television show based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in Russia. The show is produced by RTR in association with FBI Music & FremantleMedia. Season 1 & 2 was hosted by Fekla Tolstaya & Ivan Urgant.
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Narodniy Artist remains today the only Idol show to feature miming in their "best of" show (Финальный Концерт final'niy kontsert) where none of the contestants sang live.
Season one
Aleksey Goman won season one, with Aleksandr Panayotov coming in second.
Season two
Kiev, Ukraine and Minsk, Belarus were included in the auditions this season which resulted in almost all finalists from that season coming from one of the two countries and no auditions outside of Russia being held in the next season.
Season three
This season had auditions in:
The 125 best candidates (35 males and 90 females) advanced to Moscow in the theatre round where they were reduced to 10 finalists to perform live on television. Season three was hosted by Olga Shelest & Oskar Kuchera. On June 3, 2006, Amarkhuu Borkhuu won with 61.7% of the vote over Marina Devyatova.
The jury this season was:
Semi Final qualifyings
Season 1 Top 30
Format: 3 out of 10 making the final each week
Season 2 Top 30
Format: 3 out of 10 making the final each week
Bottom three statistics
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3