Kurd Idol

*Kurd Idol*
Kurd Idol
	Kurd Idol logo since 2017
Genre	Reality television
Presented by	Alan Ciwan, Şatwan Ata
Judges	Bijan Kamkar, , Adnan Karim and Nizamettin Ariç
Country of origin	Kurdistan
Original languages	Kurdish Languages (including Kurmanji, Sorani, Gorani, Zazaki, Southern Kurdish)
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	15 (as for May 9, 2017) ()
Production
Production locations	Silêmanî, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Camera setup	Multiple Cameras
Running time	1 Hour (±10 mins)
Distributor	Kurdsat
Release
Original network	Kurdsat
Picture format	1080p
First shown in	Kurdistan
Original release	2017 –; 2017
External links
	Kurd Idol Idol

Kurd Idol (Kurdish: کورد ئایدڵ / Kurd Aydil) is the first International franchise in Kurdish television history. Kurd Idol reality singing competition that is part of the Idols franchise created by Simon Fuller and owned by 19 Entertainment and FremantleMedia. Kurdsat acquired the production and broadcast rights for Kurd Idol. The series aims to find new solo recording artists from across the Kurdish diaspora and the winner would be decided by viewers' votes through the Internet, telephone and text messages. To project is aimed to select the Kurdish singers from the historical Kurdistan region and diaspora.

Audition[]

Auditions for Kurd Idol have been held in Kurdish cities of Van, Erbil, Mardin, Sanandaj, Slemani, and outside the region - in Berlin, Istanbul, Stockholm, Düsseldorf, Tbilisi and Yerevan.^[1]

Season 1[]

Jury^[2][]

Adnan Karim
Nizamettin Ariç
Bijan Kamkar, left show because of health problems.

Contestants[]

17 contestants have been chosen among more than 2,000 candidates who auditioned and 172 candidates who were chosen by judges to attend the subsequent theatre round in Slemani, Kurdistan Region.

Order	Contestant	Age	Native Language	Hometown
1	Aştî Ezîz	23	Sorani	Erbil, Southern Kurdistan
2		16	Sorani	Slemani, Southern Kurdistan
3	Cengiz Yazgı	29	Kurmanji	Istanbul, Turkey
4	Evîn Osman	29	Sorani	Göteborg, Sweden
5	Ferzad Mehdî	26	Gorani	Marivan, Eastern Kurdistan
—	Hêvî Zîn^[3]	18	Kurmanji	Mardin, Northern Kurdistan
6	Eşkan Ebdulrehman	25	Sorani	Slemani, Southern Kurdistan
7	Jînda Kenco	25	Kurmanji	Kobani, Western Kurdistan
8	Roza Gergerî	25	Kurmanji	Tbilisi, Georgia
9	Songül Düzgün	34	Zazaki	Dêrsim, Northern Kurdistan
10	Tanya Aso	19	Sorani	Slemani, Southern Kurdistan
11	Vedat Akarsu	19	Kurmanji	Batman, Northern Kurdistan
12	Xezel Mistefa	22	Sorani	Sardasht, Eastern Kurdistan
13	Rewan Îbrahîm	24	Kurmanji	Qamishli, Western Kurdistan
14	Zêrevan Casim	20	Sorani	Erbil, Southern Kurdistan
15	Mistefa Salar	28	Sorani	Slemani, Southern Kurdistan
16	Ronî Artîn	24	Kurmanji	Mardin, Northern Kurdistan
17	Ebdulla Mihemed	26	Sorani	Erbil, Southern Kurdistan

Voting[]

According to the fact, that Kurdistan does not exist as a nation state, that is why the voting was able in three parts of the region — Eastern Kurdistan and whole Iran, Northern Kurdistan and whole Turkey, Southern Kurdistan and whole Iraq. The voting numbers were launched in few European countries where the Kurdish diaspora lives, particularly voting was able from Germany, Sweden, France and Denmark. Due to the war in Syria, voting was not able in Rojava Kurdistan.

Results[]

(Co-)s
Females	Males	Winner	Bottom	Elimination


Place	Contestant	Result
Stage:		Finals
Date:		6/16	6/23	6/30	7/7	7/14
1	Jînda Kenco					Winner
2	Ferzad Mehdî					1st Runner-Up
3	Xezel Mistefa					2nd Runner-Up
4	Vedat Akarsu		Btm 5			Eliminated in Final
5
6	Cengiz Yazgı			Btm 4
7–9	Aştî Ezîz				Elim
	Zêrevan Casim
	Tanya Aso			Btm 4
10–11	Rewan Îbrahîm			Elim
10–11	Ronî Artîn	Btm 4	Btm 5	Elim
12	Eşkan Ebdulrehman	Btm 4	WD
13–15	Roza Gergerî		Elim
	Ebdulla Mihemed
	Evîn Osman
16–17	Songül Düzgün	Elim
16–17	Mistefa Salar

Prize[]

Kurd Idol album and recording contract

References[]

^ Youtube Video on the Kurd Idol's auditions
^ "Kurdish Singing talents' program "Kurd Idol" in Rojava next month". راديو ولات (in Arabic). Retrieved 2019-09-26.
^ According to the Kurd Idol's statemnent, Hêvî Zîn left the project because of political problems in Turkey, and was replaced by Eşkan Ebdulrehman. Kurd Idol Official Facebook page

External links[]

[1] Youtube Video on the Kurd Idol's auditions

[2] "Kurdish Singing talents' program "Kurd Idol" in Rojava next month". راديو ولات (in Arabic). Retrieved 2019-09-26.

[3] According to the Kurd Idol's statemnent, Hêvî Zîn left the project because of political problems in Turkey, and was replaced by Eşkan Ebdulrehman. Kurd Idol Official Facebook page

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