SuperStar (Arabic TV series)
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SuperStar سوبر ستار | |
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Created by | Simon Fuller |
Presented by | |
Judges | |
Country of origin | Arab world |
No. of seasons | 5 |
Production | |
Running time | Varies |
Release | |
Original network | Future Television |
Original release | 23 June 2003 24 July 2008 | –
External links | |
Website |
Super Star (Arabic: سوبر ستار) was an Arabic television show based on the popular British show Pop Idol created by Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment & developed by Fremantle Media. The show unites the Arab community by democratically choosing the next singing sensation. The show is broadcast worldwide on Future TV, a Lebanese television station. It is also the first Idol franchise to feature contestants from multiple countries.
The show was a huge success. Ali Jaber, the executive manager of Future TV, was quoted as saying "This (program) is the most successful for an Arab television. There isn't a television program that moved the Arab world like that."[1]
However, SuperStar was eclipsed by rival show Star Academy on LBC in the Middle East, in terms of popularity and ratings, after only its first season. It has been surpassed by Star Academy as the number one Arab show, and did not move the Arab world the way it did during the first season.
Future TV subsequently lost the Idol licence to the MBC network, which in 2011 relaunched the programme as Arab Idol on MBC 1.
Summary[]
Season | Year | Winner | Country | Runner-up | Country | Third | Country |
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1 | 2003 | Diana Karazon | Jordan | Rouwaida Attieh | Syria | Melhem Zein | Lebanon |
2 | 2004 | Ayman Alatar | Libya | Ammar Hassan | Palestine | Syria | |
3 | 2005– 2006 |
Ibrahim El Hakami | Saudi Arabia | Syria | Tunisia | ||
4 | 2007 | Marwan Ali | Tunisia | Saad Lamjarred | Morocco | Tunisia | |
5 | 2008 | Elie Bitar | Lebanon | Saudi Arabia | Palestine |
SuperStar 1 (2003)[]
The first ever Arab SuperStar was held between 23 June 2003 and 18 August 2003. The series was won by the Jordanian Diana Karazon
Participants and date of elimination:
- Diana Karazon - Jordan - Winner
- Rouwaida Attieh - Syria - 18 August 2003
- Melhem Zein - Lebanon - 11 August 2003
- UAE - 4 August 2003
- - Egypt - 28 July 2003
- - Syria - 21 July 2003
- - Lebanon - 14 July 2003
- - Palestine - 7 July 2003
- - Syria - 30 June 2003
- - Algeria - 30 June 2003
- - Lebanon - 23 June 2003
- - Egypt - 23 June 2003
Diana Karazon in World Idol[]
Diana Karazon participated alongside 10 other Idol winners from other countries in the mini-event World Idol held in London. Diana placed equal in 9th place among the 11 contestants equal with the German SuperStar Alexander Klaws on 45 points. The event was won by the Norwegian Idol Kurt Nilsen.
Diana Karazon performed the first radio single from her CD Super Star El Arab - Ensani Ma Binsak.[2]
Diana Karazon received the following scores respectively:
UK awarded 4 points
Belgium awarded 1 point
Australia awarded 4 points
USA awarded 8 points
Arab world awarded 12 points (default award)
Poland awarded 1 point
Netherlands awarded 1 point
Canada awarded 5 points
Germany awarded 6 points
Norway awarded 2 points
South Africa awarded 1 point
SuperStar 2 (2004)[]
The second series was held 31 May and 23 August 2004. Three new audition cities were announced - Tunisia, Bahrain & Paris, France while Algiers was dropped. decided to quit after receiving bad comments about her judging skills in the previous season. She was replaced with music critic/agent . An amazing 83 contestants had advanced to the semi finals of Super Star 2, 81 ended up performing before 2 contestants each week would advance to become part of the Top 14 contestants. This series also offered a Wildcard show where it was revealed by the CEO of Future TV - Ali Jaber, that the Top 14 would become a Top 17 & that the Top 5 vote getters in the Wildcards would advance.
Ayman Alatar from Janzour, Libya won the title of Super Star on 23 August 2004, beating runner up Palestinian Ammar Hassan with a weighting of 54% to 46%.[3]
It was revealed later that Ayman had missed the audition in Cairo, Egypt by one day & had one last chance to audition in Damascus, Syria.
Participants and special guests[]
Participants, their countries and date of elimination
- Ayman Alatar - Libya - Winner
- Ammar Hassan - Palestine - 23 August 2004
- - Syria - 16 August 2004
- - Egypt - 9 August 2004
- Brigitte Yaghi - Lebanon - 2 August 2004
- - Syria - 26 July 2004
- - Syria - 19 July 2004
- - Lebanon - 12 July 2004
- - Saudi Arabia - 12 July 2004
- - Lebanon - 28 June 2004
- - Kuwait - 21 June 2004
- Waad Al Bahri - Syria - 14 June 2004
- - Egypt - 14 June 2004
- - Lebanon - 7 June 2004
- - Lebanon - 7 June 2004
- - UAE - 31 May 2004
- - Egypt - 31 May 2004
Special guests:
- Wadih El Safi
- Diana Karazon
- Rouwaida Attieh
- Melhem Zein
- Asalah Nasri
- Nawal El Kuwaiti
- Sherine
- Diana Haddad
- Nancy Ajram
- Moeen Charif
- Assi El Helani
SuperStar 3 (2005–2006)[]
The telecast of SuperStar 3 was delayed after the assassination of Future TV founder & Lebanese Prime Minister - Rafik Hariri, as the TV station went into mourning.[4]
SuperStar 3 was the longest Idol production ever with auditions beginning in Cairo on 10 November 2004, with the program culminating on 6 February 2006.
Rania Kurdi did not want to renew her hosting position for Season 3, as a result Heba Sisi was hired for Season 3, but due to the lengthy hiatus over the Hariri murder, her contract prematurely ended before the semi finals had begun, leaving Ayman to host solo for the rest of the season.
Auditions took place in the following cities:
- Beirut, Lebanon
- Damascus, Syria
- Tunis, Tunisia
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Cairo, Egypt
- Amman, Jordan
- Sydney, Australia
Participants and special guests[]
94 contestants advanced to the theatre round in Beirut. 6 from America, 4 from Australia, 21 from Lebanon, 8 from Egypt, 5 from Jordan, 9 from Syria, 32 from Tunisia & 5 from UAE.
Participants, their countries of origin and date of elimination:
- Ibrahim El Hakami - Saudi Arabia - Winner
- - Syria - 6 February 2006
- - Tunisia - 30 January 2006
- Ahmed El Faleh - Iraq - 23 January 2006
- Asma Othmani - Tunisia - 23 January 2006
- Nancy Nasrallah - Lebanon - 9 January 2006
- Haitham El Shoumali - Palestine - 2 January 2006
- - Libya - 26 December 2005
- Asma Ben Ahmed - Tunisia - 19 December 2005
- - Morocco - 19 December 2005
- Samar Andeel - Egypt - 5 December 2005
- Yusra Hamzawi - Tunisia - 28 November 2005
The special guests were: Once again this season, special musical guests have been invited to the show to offer their support & critiques.
- Ayman El Aatar
- Ammar Hassan
- Abdallah Al Rowaished
- Walid Toufic
- Marwan Khoury
- Julia Boutros
- Nancy Ajram
The new semi final format from Denmark & America was similarly adopted this season whereby the Top 21 (10 male & 11 female) were placed in male & female groups with 5 contestants advancing to the Top 12.
The semi finalists of Super Star 3 are:
Samar Andeel (Egypt), Aida El Rahbani (Lebanon), Nancy Nasrallah (Lebanon), Rashel El Rasi (Lebanon), Hasna Zlagh (Morocco), (Syria), Asma Ben Ahmed (Tunisia), Asma Othmani (Tunisia), Fouzia El Betri (Tunisia), Olfa El Barhoumi (Tunisia), Yusra Hamzawi (Tunisia), Mohamed El Abd (Egypt), Mohamed Jamal (Egypt), Ahmed El Faleh (Iraq), Youssef Kazar (Iraq), (Libya), (Morocco), Haitham El Shoumali (Palestine), Ibrahim El Hakami (Saudi Arabia), Anis Ltaief (Tunisia), (Tunisia)
As of 12 December 2005, the competition of Super Star has been delayed due to the assassination of Lebanese senator Gebran Tueni, the results show scheduled to air on Monday 12 December 2005 will be included with the results due on Monday 19 December 2005.
On 15 January 2006, the competition was once again postponed due to the passing of another key political figure, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. The performance show was recorded on Tuesday & aired on Thursday 19 January. The votes from this round will be combined with the performance show on 22 January with the elimination of 2 contestants.
On the evening of Monday 6 February 2006, Ibrahim El Hakami from Saudi Arabia became the 3rd Super Star over with a 53% to 47% weighting. Along with the title of Super Star, Ibrahim also won a Ford Focus.[5]
Finals elimination chart[]
Stage: | Semi Finals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
Weeks: | 11/07 | 11/14 | 11/21 | 11/28 | 12/05 | 12/19 | 12/26 | 01/02 | 01/09 | 01/23 | 01/30 | 02/06 | ||||||
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Place | Contestant | Result | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Ibrahim El Hakami | IN | Btm4 | Btm3 | Btm2 | Winner | ||||||||||||
2 | IN | Btm3 | Btm3 | Runner-up | ||||||||||||||
3 | IN | Btm3 | Elim | |||||||||||||||
4-5 | Ahmed El Faleh | IN | Btm2 | Elim | ||||||||||||||
Asma Othmani | Elim | WC | Btm2 | Btm2 | Elim | |||||||||||||
6 | Nancy Nasrallah | IN | Btm4 | Elim | ||||||||||||||
7 | Haitham El Shoumali | IN | Elim | |||||||||||||||
8 | Ibrahim Abd El Adheem | Elim | WC | Elim | ||||||||||||||
9-10 | IN | Elim | ||||||||||||||||
Asma Ben Ahmed | IN | Btm3 | Elim | |||||||||||||||
11 | Samar Andeel | IN | Elim | |||||||||||||||
12 | Yusra Hamzawi | IN | Elim |
Female | Male | Safe | Safe first | Safe second | Safe third | Eliminated | Wildcard |
SuperStar 4 (2007)[]
Season 4 of SuperStar was officially confirmed of the season 3 Grand Final.
On 10 April 2006, the following audition cities were revealed on the official Future TV website:
- Beirut, Lebanon
- Cairo, Egypt
- Amman, Jordan
- Tunis, Tunisia
- Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Los Angeles, USA
- Detroit, USA
(São Paulo, Brazil was to be included but scrapped at the last minute[6])
Auditions took place during September 2006 and the new season premiered on Future TV in late January 2007, one week after the premier of the sixth season of American Idol. The performance show airs on Sunday night with the results show on Monday night.
Participants and special guests[]
Participants, their countries of origin and date of elimination
- Marwan Ali - Tunisia - Winner
- Saad Lamjarred - Morocco - 4 June 2007
- - Tunisia - 28 May 2007
- - Lebanon - 14 May 2007
- - Egypt - 7 May 2007
- - Egypt - 30 April 2007
- - Lebanon - 23 April 2007
- - Egypt - 23 April 2007
- - Syria - 9 April 2007
- Mustafa Said - Egypt - 2 April 2007
- - Tunisia - 26 March 2007
- - Lebanon - 19 March 2007
- - Egypt - 19 March 2007
Special Guests:
- Mayada El Hennawy
- Ibrahim El Hakami
- Wadih El Safi
- Brigitte Yaghi
- Hani Shaker
- Melhem Zein
- Sabah Fakhry
- Carole Samaha
- Ehab Tawfik
- Assi El Helani
Finals elimination chart[]
Stage: | Semi Finals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
Weeks: | 02/28 | 03/05 | 03/12 | 03/19 | 03/26 | 04/02 | 04/09 | 04/16 | 04/23 | 04/30 | 05/07 | 05/14 | 05/28 | 06/06 | ||||
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Place | Contestant | Result | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Marwan Ali | Elim | WC | Btm4 | Winner | |||||||||||||
2 | Saad Lamjarred | IN | Btm3 | Runner-up | ||||||||||||||
3 | Yusra Mahnoush | IN | Btm5 | Btm4 | Elim | |||||||||||||
4 | Ahmad Hussein | IN | Btm4 | Btm3 | Btm2 | Btm2 | Elim | |||||||||||
5 | Rihab Saleh | IN | Btm4 | Elim | Btm3 | Elim | ||||||||||||
6 | Ibrahim Ashri | Elim | WC | Btm2 | Btm2 | Btm2 | Btm2 | Elim | ||||||||||
7-8 | Nesma Kurdi | IN | Btm3 | Btm4 | Btm3 | Elim | ||||||||||||
Fadi Abd El Khaliq | IN | Btm3 | Elim | |||||||||||||||
9 | Youssef Bara | IN | Btm5 | Btm2 | Elim | |||||||||||||
10 | Mustafa Said | IN | Btm4 | Elim | ||||||||||||||
11 | Rawda Bin Abdallah | Elim | WC | Elim | ||||||||||||||
12-13 | Elian Ba'ini | IN | Elim | |||||||||||||||
Nada Omar | IN | Elim |
- On 26 March Rehab Saleh was originally eliminated but brought back by the judges and again eliminated on 7 May.
Female | Male | Safe | Safe first | Safe second | Safe third | Eliminated | Wildcard |
SuperStar 5 (2008)[]
Auditions took place in the following cities:
- Beqaa Valley, Lebanon
- Tripoli, Lebanon
- Cairo, Egypt
- Amman, Jordan
- Tunis, Tunisia
- Baghdad, Iraq
- Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Manama, Bahrain
- Casablanca, Morocco
Season 5 kicked off with the first episode on 24 February 2008. There were 3 big changes:
- New female judge replacing Fadia who judged the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th season
- Wael Mansour (former contestant from SuperStar 2003) & Majdala Khatar now replace Ayman Qaissouni who hosted the first 4 seasons.
- Results are no longer given on Mondays, they are on Thursdays giving people 5 days to vote
This year's Top 20 featured 9 females and 11 males. The Top 9 females performed on 6 April and Top 11 males performed on 13 April. 10 were chosen, and 9 of the remaining 10 came back for a Last Chance show on 20 April. One of the girls chose to drop out of the competition but did not state a reason. The Top 12 was completed on 24 April.
Future Television was forced into closing on 9 May, during the 2008 Lebanon conflict. After moving its broadcasting headquarters, the station was back on the air on 13 May at 4:30 p.m (Lebanese Local Time)
Participants and special guests[]
Names of contestants, their countries of origin and date of elimination:
- Elie Bitar - Lebanon - Winner
- Saudi Arabia - 24 July 2008
- - Palestine - 17 July 2008
- - Morocco - 10 July 2008
- - Lebanon - 10 July 2008
- - Morocco - 26 June 2008
- - Saudi Arabia - 19 June 2008
- - Lebanon - 12 June 2008
- - Tunisia - 5 June 2008
- - Egypt - 29 May 2008
- - Lebanon - 8 May 2008
- - Iraq - 1 May 2008
Special Guests:
- Top 11:
- Top 10:
- Top 9: Hisham Abbas
- Top 8: Rouwaida Attieh
- Top 7:
- Top 6: Walid Toufic
- Top 5:
- Top 4:
- Top 3: Moeen Charif
- Top 2: Ragheb Alama
Finals elimination chart[]
Stage: | Semi Finals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
Weeks: | 04/06 | 04/13 | 04/20 | 05/01 | 05/08 | 05/28 | 06/05 | 06/12 | 06/19 | 06/26 | 07/03 | 07/10 | 07/17 | 07/24 | ||||
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Place | Contestant | Result | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Elie Bitar | IN | Winner | |||||||||||||||
2 | Abdelmajeed Ibrahim | IN | Btm3 | Btm3 | Btm2 | Runner-up | ||||||||||||
3 | Mourad El Souiti | IN | Btm2 | Btm3 | Elim | |||||||||||||
4-5 | Asma El Jabri | IN | Btm2 | Btm3 | Elim | |||||||||||||
Diana Sharaneq | IN | Btm2 | Elim | Elim | ||||||||||||||
6 | Dounia Loutfi | IN | Btm4 | Btm3 | Elim | |||||||||||||
7 | Aidross El Aidross | IN | Btm3 | Btm4 | Btm4 | Btm2 | Elim | |||||||||||
8 | Housam Tershishi | Elim | WC | Btm4 | Elim | |||||||||||||
9 | Omayma Taleb | IN | Btm4 | Btm4 | Btm2 | Elim | ||||||||||||
10 | Anoushka Moussa | IN | Btm2 | Btm3 | Elim | |||||||||||||
11 | Mohammad Jaafeel | IN | Elim | |||||||||||||||
12 | Abbas Ali | Elim | WC | Elim |
- On 3 July Diana Sharaneq was originally eliminated but brought back by the judges and again eliminated the next week.
Female | Male | Safe | Safe first | Safe second | Safe third | Eliminated | Wildcard |
References[]
- ^ "Arab 'Idol' A Battle of Nations".
- ^ "'World Idol' winner announced".
- ^ "Palestinians lament Arab Idol outcome - World - www.theage.com.au". www.theage.com.au.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 August 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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External links[]
- SuperStar (Arabic TV series)
- Lebanese television series
- Television series by Fremantle (company)
- 2003 Lebanese television series debuts
- 2008 Lebanese television series endings
- 2000s Lebanese television series
- Non-British television series based on British television series