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Popstar to Operastar (series 1)

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Broadcaster
  
ITV

Origin
  
Glasgow

Broadcast from
  
15 January (2010-01-15) – 19 February 2010 (2010-02-19)

Judges
  
Rolando Villazón Katherine Jenkins Meat Loaf Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

Presenter(s)
  
Myleene Klass (ITV1) Alan Titchmarsh

Presented by
  
Alan Titchmarsh, Myleene Klass (ITV1)

Hosts
  
Alan Titchmarsh, Myleene Klass (ITV1)

Winner
  
Darius Campbell

Popstar to Operastar is a British television music competition to find new singing talent in Opera. The show began on 15 January 2010 and finished on 19 February 2010. The show has eight popstars which took part within the competition battled each other learning opera. The judges were Rolando Villazón, Katherine Jenkins, Meat Loaf and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. The winner of the show was Darius Campbell and with the runner-up being Bernie Nolan.

Contents

Results summary

Colour key:

Episodes

Voting percentages are from ITV.com.

     Most Public Votes      Eliminated      Bottom two

Week 1

Performances

Bottom two

  • Alex James - Eliminated on judges tied, lowest viewer votes
  • Vanessa White

    • Voting Results Rolando Villazón and Katherine Jenkins saved Vanessa. Meat Loaf and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen saved Alex.

    Guest Performers

  • Camilla Kerslake sang "How Can I Keep from Singing?" accompanied by Gary Barlow on piano.

    • Week 2

    Performances

    Bottom two

  • Vanessa White - Eliminated on judges tied, lowest viewer votes
  • Jimmy Osmond

    • Guest Performer

  • Katherine Jenkins sang "Chanson Bohème" from Carmen.

    • Week 3

    Performances

    Bottom two

  • Jimmy Osmond - Eliminated by judges
  • Danny Jones

    • Voting Results Three judges voted to save Danny Jones. Since a majority of votes were cast one way Katherine Jenkins did not vote, but stated that she also would have voted for Jones to stay.

    Guest Performer

  • Rolando Villazón sang Tosti's "L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra".

    • Week 4

    Performances

    Bottom two

  • Danny Jones - Eliminated by public votes after judges were dead-locked
  • Marcella Detroit

    • Voting Results Meat Loaf and Katherine Jenkins saved Marcella Detroit. Rolando Villazón and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen saved Danny Jones.

    Guests Performers

  • Mika and Danielle de Niese sang "Rain".

    • Week 5 (Semi Final)

    Performances

    Bottom two

  • Kym Marsh - Eliminated
  • Marcella Detroit - 3rd Place

    • Both Eliminated by public votes

    Guest Performers

  • Meat Loaf and Juliette Pochin sang "Bat Out of Hell".

    • Week 6 (Final)

    Performances

    Final Result

    Darius Campbell was declared the winner with 50.1% of the public votes and closed the show with a rendition of Non piú andrai.

    Ratings

    Episode Viewing figures from Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB).

    References

    Popstar to Operastar (series 1) Wikipedia
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