Country of origin Netherlands Original network SBS 6 Original release 22 August 2008 Language Dutch | Original language(s) Dutch First shown in 2008 First episode date 22 August 2008 | |
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Voices of Nance Coolen (all rounds), Gerard Joling (auditions), Tooske Ragas (liveshows) Judges Henkjan Smits, Maurice Wijnen, Simone Walraven, Marc-Marie Huijbregts Genres Reality television, Talent show Cast Gerard Joling, Henkjan Smits, Patricia Paay, Nance Coolen, Tooske Ragas Similar So You Wanna Be a Popstar (Dutch TV series), Sterren Dansen Op Het IJs, Holland's Got Talent | ||
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Popstars is a singing competition series in the Netherlands. The first series started on 22 August 2008. A second series was aired for 2009-2010 and third series aired in 2010-2011. The winners in season 1 were RED! made up of the three finalist winners Brandi Russell, Steffie Zoontjes and Deon Leon. Wesley Klein won in season 2 and Dean Saunders in season 3.
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The precursor of these shows was the Dutch version of Popstars: The Rivals broadcast on RTL 4 in 2004 hosted by Beau van Erven Dorens. The series was won by the boy band Men2B (male category) and girl band Raffish (female category). Both disbanded in 2006.
Season 1 (2008)
Participants and elimination table
Season 2 (2009-2010)
Participants and elimination table:
Season 3 (2010-2011)
The schedules for season 3 were as follows:
The hosts were Nancy Coolen (all rounds), Gerard Joling (only during auditions) and Tooske Ragas (only during liveshows).
Participants: The winner of the third season was Dean Saunders, with Simone Nijssen as runner-up. Final classification: