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Pop Idol (series 2)

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Presenter(s)
  
Ant & Dec

Song
  
All This Time

Origin
  
Glasgow

Genre(s)
  
Pop

Broadcaster
  
ITV

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Broadcast from
  
2 August – 20 December 2003

Judges
  
Simon Cowell, Neil Fox, Nicki Chapman, Pete Waterman

Winner
  
Michelle McManus

Similar
  
Pop Idol, Simon Fuller, American Idol

Pop idol season 1 top 10 performances full episode


The second series of British reality television show Pop Idol began airing on ITV in the United Kingdom on 2 August 2003 and ended on 20 December 2003. Michelle McManus was announced as the winner and received a £1 million recording contract to release her debut album. Ant & Dec returned to present the show on ITV, whilst Simon Cowell, Neil Fox, Nicki Chapman and Pete Waterman all returned as judges.

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The second series was not as successful as the first series, and the viewing figures for the finale were much lower. Waterman considered McManus an unworthy winner. In 2004, Pop Idol was axed and ITV announced a new show created by Cowell, with no involvement from Pop Idol creator Simon Fuller—The X Factor. The perceived similarity between the two shows later became the subject of a legal dispute.

Live shows

The live shows began on 25 October 2003, and continued through to the live final on 20 December 2003.

Finalists

* as of the start of the series

Results summary

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  • In week 1 of the finals, Chris and Marc received the same vote percentage as did Roxanne and Brian. In week 2, Mark and Chris received the same vote percentage.

    • Heat 1 (13 September 2003)

    Notes;
  • The hosts revealed the contestants who received the top five amounts of votes in reverse order. Michelle McManus and Chris Hide advanced to the top 12 of the competition. The other eight contestants were eliminated.
  • Jason Brock and Rebecca Hayes returned for a second chance at the top 12 in the Wildcard Round.

    • Heat 2 (20 September 2003)

    Notes
  • The hosts revealed the contestants who received the top 5 amounts of votes in reverse order. Kirsty Crawford and Brian Ormond advanced to the top 12 of the competition. The other 8 contestants were eliminated.
  • Jodie Connor and Susanne Manning returned for a second chance at the top 12 in the Wildcard Round.

    • Heat 3 (27 September 2003)

    Notes
  • The hosts revealed the contestants who received the top 5 amounts of votes in reverse order. Marc Dillon and Roxanne Cooper advanced to the top 12 of the competition. The other 8 contestants were eliminated.
  • Kieran McDonald and Sam Nixon returned for a second chance at the top 12 in the Wildcard Round.

    • Heat 4 (4 October 2003)

    Notes
  • The hosts revealed the contestants who received the top 5 amounts of votes in reverse order. Leon McPherson and Kim Gee advanced to the top 12 of the competition. The other 8 contestants were eliminated.
  • None of the contestants from this round made it into the Wildcard Round, making it the only group to not be represented at that stage.

    • Heat 5 (11 October 2003)

    Notes
  • The hosts revealed the contestants who received the top 5 amounts of votes in reverse order. Andy Scott-Lee and Mark Rhodes advanced to the top 12 of the competition. The other 8 contestants were eliminated.
  • Glen Harvey and Danielle Tedford returned for a second chance at the top 12 in the Wildcard Round.
  • Craig Chalmers later went on to make the live finals of Any Dream Will Do in 2007.

    • Wildcard round (18 October 2003)

    For the first time on the UK version of Pop Idol, there was a Wildcard Round where previously eliminated contestants returned for a second chance at making it through to the live finals. As a result, the final 10 was to become a final twelve. The judges announced which eight contestants would earn a Wildcard place at the end of the October 11 results show, and that after they perform the public would choose one contestant to go through, and the judges would pick another. The eight contestants who contested the Wildcard Round were Jason Brock, Jodie Connor, Glen Harvey, Rebecca Hayes, Susanne Manning, Kieran McDonald, Sam Nixon and Danielle Tedford.

    Notes
  • The judges selected Sam to move on into the Top 12 of the competition, before the hosts revealed the Top 3 vote getters. Susanne received the most votes, and completed the top 12. It was not made clear whether or not Sam was actually in the top 3, as the hosts stated that it was the top 3 of the remaining 7 contestants. Danielle missed out on the finals by one place for the second time.
  • In 2010, Jodie Connor's vocals were featured on the UK number-one single "Good Times" by London grime collective, Roll Deep, and she later went onto launch a solo career.

    • Live show 1 (26 October 2003)

    Theme: Songs by contestant's 'Pop Idol'

    Due to the addition of two extra contestants through the Wildcard Round, it was announced that for the first two weeks of the finals, two contestants would be eliminated instead of the standard one.

    Notes
  • Just 80 votes separated Chris Hide and Marc Dillon in week one.

    • Live show 2 (1 November 2003)

    Theme: Songs from contestant's birth year

    Live show 3 (8 November 2003)

    Theme: Elton John songs

    Live show 4 (15 November 2003)

    Theme: Disco songs

    Notes
  • Just 697 votes separated Mark Rhodes and Chris Hide in week four.
  • Although Hide was second from bottom, he was announced as safe, leading viewers to assume that Suzanne had come second from bottom.

    • Live show 5 (22 November 2003)

    Theme: The Beatles songs

    Live show 6 (29 November 2003)

    Theme: Big band

    Live show 7 (6 December 2003)

    Theme: Christmas songs

    Live show 8 (13 December 2003)

    Theme: Judges' song choice

    References

    Pop Idol (series 2) Wikipedia
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