World Idol
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World Idol (Germany: SuperStar Weltweit, Middle East: SuperStar El Alaam) was the title of a one-off international version of the television show Pop Idol, featuring winners of the various national Idol shows around the world competing against each other.The performance show was held on Christmas Day 2003, with the results show held on New Year's Day 2004. It was made in the UK, using the set from the recently completed second series of Pop Idol. After presenting the competitors, viewers from the 11 participating countries were allowed to vote by telephone, but not for the participant from their home country. All participants sang in English except for Diana Karazon, who sang in Arabic.
British presenters Ant and Dec hosted the show in all English speaking countries, while local presenters hosted for their own country in the local language. The only exception to Ant and Dec's English speaking role was that CTV edited the show in Canada to use Canadian Idol host Ben Mulroney instead (the show on Fox, which used Ant and Dec as hosts, was not simulcast with the CTV feed, to prevent Canadians from calling the American toll-free number to vote for Ryan Malcolm). Victoria Beckham performed her UK #3 hit Let Your Head Go during the results interval.
Simon Cowell, who judged American Idol as well as the original Pop Idol, was very critical of the format. He went as far as to say he hated it, in that it made the winners from the ten other Idol competitions into losers. Cowell also thought many of the judges were trying to copy his abrasive style. Television critics also panned the programme, particularly as the UK phone voting was profit-making, whereas tradition dictates that Christmas specials of such programmes donate profits to charity.
The show was broadcast on 11 television broadcasters worldwide.
Results
The points were awarded in a similar fashion as the Eurovision Song Contest, i.e. each country awarded an amount of points from 1 to 10 to each other country, using each number once. The results were:Points Given | Germany | Australia | Pan-Arabia | Canada | Netherlands | South Africa | Poland | USA | Belgium | UK | Norway | Total | Place |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexander Klaws | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 9 |
Guy Sebastian | 2 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 7 |
Diana Karazon | 6 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 9 |
Ryan Malcolm | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 62 | 6 |
Jamai Loman | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 11 |
Heinz Winkler | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 80 | 4 |
Alicja Janosz | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 8 |
Kelly Clarkson | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 97 | 2 |
Peter Evrard | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 83 | 3 |
Will Young | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 72 | 5 |
Kurt Nilsen | 10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 106 | 1 |
Rank | Performer | Country | Points | Song | Original artist |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kurt Nilsen | 106 | "Beautiful Day" | U2 | |
2 | Kelly Clarkson | 97 | "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" | Aretha Franklin | |
3 | Peter Evrard | 83 | "Lithium" | Nirvana | |
4 | Heinz Winckler | 80 | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Aerosmith | |
5 | Will Young | 72 | "Light My Fire" | The Doors | |
6 | Ryan Malcolm | 62 | "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" | The Hollies | |
7 | Guy Sebastian | 56 | "What a Wonderful World" | Louis Armstrong | |
8 | Alicja "Alex" Janosz | 55 | "I Don't Know How to Love Him" | from Jesus Christ Superstar | |
T9 | Alexander Klaws | 45 | "Maniac" | Michael Sembello | |
T9 | Diana Karazon | Arab States | 45 | "Ensani Ma Binsak" | original song |
11 | Jamai Loman | 36 | "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" | Elton John |
Judges
The judges of the competition were:- Randall Abrahams (South Africa)
- Simon Cowell (representing United States, is also judge on original UK show)
- Nina De Man (Belgium)
- Ian "Dicko" Dickson (Australia)
- Shona Fraser (Germany)
- Jan Fredrik Karlsen (Norway)
- Elias Rahbani (Lebanon)
- Henkjan Smits (Netherlands)
- Pete Waterman (United Kingdom)
- Zack Werner (Canada)
- Kuba Wojewódzki (Poland)
Reception
Ratings
In Canada, the special was watched by 1.9 million viewers. In Poland, World Idol was the highest-rated in its timeslot, 4.5 million viewers, and 28.6 share percent. In the United States, World Idol was the number-one show of the night, among adults from 18-34. In Australia, it was the highest-rated show of the night, it had about 2.4 viewers in millions. In the Netherlands, it was the #1 rated show in its timeslot. Other countries also had good ratings during the Christmas period.See also
- Idol series
- Pop Idol
- American Idol
- Canadian Idol
- International versions of Idol
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