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Popstars is an international reality television franchise and a precursor to the Idol series. The series first began in New Zealand in 1999 when producer Jonathan Dowling formed the five member all-girl group TrueBliss. Popstars remains one of the most successful TV show formats of all time with the format being sold to more than 50 countries. The show was the inspiration for Simon Fuller's Pop Idol franchise.

History

The series first began in New Zealand in 1999 when producer Jonathan Dowling formed the five member all-girl group TrueBliss. Dowling then licensed the concept to Screentime in Australia, who then on sold it to TresorTV in Germany before taking it worldwide. Popstars remains one of the most successful TV show formats of all time with the format being sold to more than 50 countries.

The show was the inspiration for Simon Fuller's Pop Idol franchise which would dominate reality TV, (along with Big Brother) for the next few years.

Although Popstars had started successfully in most countries during early 2000s, the shows gradually began to fail and were dropped by many broadcasters due to poor ratings. The last country where Popstars was still popular and successful - beside other casting shows such as The X Factor and Got Talent, as well as Idol - was Germany. In Germany, ProSieben produced the ninth season in 2010 because of the show's massive success in the ratings, but in 2011, Popstars was finally cancelled because of the poor and short success of the bands. In 2007, the show returned to France on M6 for one season. Since August 2008, there has also been a new version of Popstars on TV in the Netherlands. It has now ended its third season.

The Popstars series

Region/country	Local title	Wikipedia page	Television network	Seasons/series and winners	Other notable artists	Reference Language Wikipedia
Argentina	Popstars: Tu Show Está Por Empezar		Azul TV (1) Telefé	Season 1, 2001: Bandana Season 2, 2002: Mambrú
Australia	Popstars		Seven Network	Season 1, 2000: Bardot Season 2, 2001: Scandal'us Season 3, 2002: Scott Cain	Season 3: Danielle Stearman
	Popstars Live	Popstars Live	Seven Network	Season 1, 2004: Kayne Taylor	Season 1: Miranda Murphy
Austria	Popstars: Mission Österreich		PULS4 Website	Season 1, 2011: Kilmokit
Belgium	Pop Stars		VT4	Season 1, 2001: Vanda Vanda
Brazil	Popstars	Popstars (Brazil)	SBT	Season 1, 2002:Rouge Season 2, 2003: Br'oZ	Season 1: Marjorie Estiano	pt:Popstars
Canada	Popstars		CTV	Season 1, 2001: Sugar Jones	Julie Crochetière
	Popstars: Boy Meets Girl		Global TV	Season 2, 2002: Velvet Empire
	Popstars: The One		Global TV (2)	Season 3, 2003: Christa Borden
Colombia	Popstars		Canal Caracol	Season 1, 2002: Escarcha		es:Popstars
Denmark	Popstars (1-3) Popstars Showtime! (4)		TV 2	Season 1, 2001: EyeQ Season 2, 2002: Jon Nørgaard Season 3, 2003:	Season 2: Julie Berthelsen	da:Popstars
Ecuador	Popstars		Teleamazonas	Season 1, 2003: Kiruba Season 2, 2004: La Coba		es:Popstars
Finland	Popstars (1) Popstars (2)		MTV3	Season 1, 2002: Gimmel Season 2, 2004: INDX	Season 1: Jenni Vartiainen Season 2: Jane	fi:Popstars
France	Popstars (1,2,4) Popstars - le duel (3)	Popstars (France)	M6	Season 1, 2001: L5 Season 2, 2002: Whatfor Season 3, 2003: Linkup Season 4, 2007: Sheryfa Luna	Season 1: Louisy Joseph Season 2: Chimène Badi Season 3: Diadems Season 3: M. Pokora	fr:Popstars (France)
Germany	Popstars (1, 2, 4-8 ) Popstars - Das Duell (3) Popstars: Girls Forever (9)	Popstars (Germany)	RTL II (1,2) ProSieben (3- ) Website	Season 1, 2000: No Angels Season 2, 2001: Bro'Sis Season 3, 2003: Overground Season 4, 2004: Nu Pagadi Season 5, 2006: Monrose Season 6, 2007: Room 2012 Season 7, 2008: Queensberry Season 8, 2009: Some & Any Season 9, 2010: LaViVe Season 10, 2012: Melouria	Season 3: Preluders Season 5: Mandy Capristo	de:Popstars
Greece Cyprus	Popstars		Mega TV	Season 1, 2003: Hi-5
Hungary	Popsztárok		TV2 Hungary	Season 1, 2002: Sugar & Spice
India	Coke [V] Popstars		Channel V	Season 1, 2002: Viva Season 2, 2003: Aasma
Indonesian	Popstars Indonesia		Trans TV	Season 1, 2003: Sparx
Ireland	Irish Popstars		RTÉ One	Season 1, 2002: Six
Italy	Popstars (1) Superstar Tour (2)		Italia 1	Season 1, 2001: Lollipop Season 2: 2003: Lucky Star		it:Popstar
Kenya	Coca-Cola Popstars			Season 1, 2004: Sema
Malaysia	Popstars			Season 1, 2003: By'U
Mexico	Popstars	Popstars (Mexico)	Televisa	Season 1, 2002: T' de Tila		es:Popstars
Netherlands	Popstars: The Rivals		RTL 4	Season 1, 2004: Men2B (boys) and Raffish (girls)
	Popstars		SBS 6	Season 1, 2008: RED! Season 2, 2009-10: Wesley Klein Season 3, 2010-11: Dean Saunders		nl:Popstars (Nederland)
New Zealand	Popstars		TV2	Season 1, 1999: TrueBliss
Norway	Popstars		TV3 Norway	Season 1, 2001: Cape
Portugal	Popstars	Popstars (Portugal)	SIC	Season 1, 2001: Nonstop		pt:Popstars
Romania	Popstars		Pro TV	Season 1, 2003: Cocktail
Russia	PopStars		Rossiya 1	Season 1, 2002: Drugie Pravila (in Russian: ?????? ???????)		ru:Popstars
Slovenia	Popstars		Kanal A	Season 1, 2002: Bepop Season 2, 2003: Unique
Spain	Popstars: Todo por un sueño		Telecinco	Season 1, 2002: Bellepop	Season 1: Roser	es:Popstars
Sweden	Popstars		Kanal 5	Season 1, 2001: Excellence aka XLNS Season 2, 2002: Supernatural Season 3, 2003: Johannes Kotschy		sv:Popstars
South Africa	Popstars		e.tv Website	2002: 101 2004: Jamali 2010: Nne Vida
Tanzania	Coca-Cola Popstars			Season 1, 2004: Wakilisha
Turkey	Popstars		Show TV	Season 1, 2003: Adibin Season 2, 2004: Selçuk Demirelli
Uganda	Coca-Cola Popstars			Season 1, 2004: Blu3
United Kingdom	Popstars	Popstars (UK)	ITV	Series 1, 2001: Hear'Say	Liberty X (finalists) Darius Danesh Warren Stacey
	Popstars: The Rivals	Popstars: The Rivals	ITV	Series 1, 2002: Girls Aloud	One True Voice (finalists, men) Javine Hylton Phixx Clea LoveShy (Aimee and Emma from Clea) The Cheeky Girls
United States	Popstars		The WB Television Network	Season 1, Spring 2001: Eden's Crush Season 2, Winter 2001: Scene 23	Season 1: Nicole Scherzinger Season 2: Josh Henderson

Number one singles

The following is a list of singles that reached #1 in the respective nations of the Popstars artists

Artist	Nation	Song Title	Date	Album
Bandana	Argentina	Guapas	December 2001	Bandana
		Cómo Puede Ser	February 2002
		Maldita Noche	May 2002
		Llega la Noche	August 2002	Noche
		Sigo Dando Vueltas	April 2003	Vivir Intentando
Mambrú		A Veces	November 2002	Mambrú
Scandal'us	Australia	Me, Myself & I	April 2001	Startin' Somethin
Bardot		Poison	April 2000	Bardot
Scott Cain		I'm Moving On	May 2002	Controlled Folly
Rouge	Brazil	Não Dá Pra Resistir	July 2002	Rouge
		Ragatanga (The Ketchup Song)	October 2002
		Brilha La Luna	April 2003	C'est La Vie
		Um Anjo Veio Me Falar	October 2003
Br'oZ		Prometida	August 2003	Br'oZ
Sugar Jones	Canada	Days Like That	June 2002	Sugar Jones
Kiruba	Ecuador	Quisiera	April 2003	Kiruba
		Camina	June 2003
		Como Extraño Tu Luz	August 2003
		Me Pierdo	November 2003
		Me Quedo Contigo	May 2004	Baila La Luna
No Angels	Germany	Daylight in Your Eyes	February 2001	Elle'Ments
		There Must Be an Angel	August 2001
		Something About Us	May 2002	Now ... Us!
		No Angel (It's All in Your Mind)	April 2003	Pure
Bro'Sis		I Believe	December 2001	Never Forget (Where You Come From)
Overground		Schick mir 'nen Engel	November 2003	It's Done
Preluders		Everyday Girl	November 2003	Girls in the House
Nu Pagadi		Sweetest Poison	December 2004	Your Dark Side
Monrose		Shame	December 2006	Temptation
		Hot Summer	June 2007	Strictly Physical
Six	Ireland	There's a Whole Lot of Loving Going On	February 2002	This Is It
Lollipop	Italy	Down Down Down	April 2001	Popstars
Nonstop	Portugal	Ao Limite Eu Vou	July 2001	Nonstop
Men2B	Netherlands	Bigger than that	December 2004	A Different Way
Raffish		Plaything	December 2004	How Raffish are you?
TrueBliss	New Zealand	Tonight	May 1999	Dream
Hear'Say	United Kingdom	Pure and Simple	March 2001	Popstars
		The Way to Your Love	June 2001
Girls Aloud		Sound of the Underground	December 2002	Sound of the Underground
		I'll Stand by You	November 2004	What Will the Neighbours Say?
		Walk This Way (with Sugababes)	March 2007	Stand-alone single for Comic Relief
		The Promise	October 2008	Out Of Control

See also

• Popstars Live
• Popstars (UK)
  • Popstars (UK series 1)
  • Popstars: The Rivals (UK series 2)
• Popstars (Germany)
• Popstars (Netherlands)
  • So You Wanna Be a Popstar (Netherlands)
• So You Wanna Be a Popstar? (New Zealand)
• Popstars (UK) discography

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