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Encyclopedia > Popstars
Countries which had a version of Popstars

Popstars is an international reality television program 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. Dowling then sold the concept to other countries, initially to Australia and then onto the UK before taking worldwide. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x628, 46 KB) Summary Countries which had their own version of w:Popstars, as listed on the wikipedia article. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x628, 46 KB) Summary Countries which had their own version of w:Popstars, as listed on the wikipedia article. ... // This article is about the genre of TV shows. ... This article is about the British television series. ... TrueBliss was a New Zealand reality television pop band formed in April 1999. ...


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. Simon Fuller (born May 17, 1960 in Hastings, England) is one of the most powerful men in entertainment in the world. ... This article is about the British television series. ... Big Brother is a reality television format. ...


Although Popstars had started in most countries successfully, the series began to fail step by step in the world. It was removed by the channels due to poor ratings. The only country where Popstars is still popular and successful is Germany. In Germany ProSieben is producing the sixth season because of the massive success of the ratings. In 2007, it was announced that the show will return to France on M6. It remains one of the most successful TV show formats of all time with the format being sold to more than 50 countries. ProSieben is a commercial television station in Germany distributed to a large extent via cable and satellite along with DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial) in larger population centres. ... Métropole 6, known popularly as simply M6, is a French television service owned by a company called Métropole Télévision. ...

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Stars launched from the show

Africa

Asia

SparX is the pop group formed by the top five winners of the first season of Popstars Indonesia in 2003. ...

Europe

Julie Ivalo Broberg Berthelsen (born June 7, 1979 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a Danish (Greenlandic) singer and songwriter. ... Whatfor is the name of the band created by the 2nd french season of the popular reality-TV show Popstars aired on Bertelsmann owned TV channel Métropole 6 (better known as M6) in fall 2002. ... Linkup is a French boysband, created by the 3rd French season of the popular reality show show Popstars, called Popstars - the Duel aired on RTL Group TV channel Métropole 6 (better known as M6) in fall 2003. ... The Diadems was one of the bands created by the 3rd French season of the popular reality show show Popstars, called Popstars - the Duel aired on RTL Group TV channel Métropole 6 (better known as M6) in fall 2003. ... The No Angels are an ECHO Award-winning all-female pop group from Germany. ... BroSis, a pop group from Germany, were the result of the second season of the international television sensation Popstars, a precursor to the Idol shows. ... Overground, a boy group from Germany, is the result of the third season of the international television sensation Popstars - The Duel, a precursor to the Idol shows. ... The Preluders were an all-female band from Germany, formed in 2003 during the third season of the international television talent show Popstars - Das Duell. ... Nu Pagadi is a Czech group. ... Monrose is an ECHO Award-nominated all-female pop trio from Germany. ... Hi-5 was a Greek girl pop group consisting of five females created by the Greek version of the popular show Popstars in 2003. ... Six. ... Lollipop, a girl group from Italy, were formed in 2001 on the international television sensation Popstars (originated in New Zealand), a precursor to the Idol shows. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Bellepop, a spanish girl band. ... Excellence, were a Swedish pop group from 2001 created through the TV programme Popstars on Kanal 5. ... Supernatural is a pop group that was consisted of the winners of Popstars season2 in sweden the show was broadcasted on kanal5 in 2003. ... Johannes Kotschy is a Swedish singer and songwriter who rose to fame after winning the third season of the Swedish reality show Popstars on Kanal5. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Liberty X (originally called Liberty) was a pop vocal group formed from five contestants from the 2001 ITV show Popstars. ... Darius Danesh (born August 19, 1980) in Scotland. ... Girls Aloud are a British girl group created by ITV1 talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. ... One True Voice were a British boyband created by the ITV television series Popstars: The Rivals, which also produced girl group Girls Aloud. ... Phixx Phixx are a boy band formed from five contestants from the British TV show Popstars: The Rivals. ... Clea are an English girl group whose members met on the television show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. ... Javine Hylton, more commonly known as simply Javine is a British singer who has had a string of hits in the UK charts. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

North America & Central America

Sugar Jones was a Canadian pop group created on the first season of the Canadian version of Popstars, that aired on Global Television. ... Alex Price, Justin Humes, Janelle Belgrave, Lacey Block and Ryan Hamilton all competed and won a 10 month competition called Popstars : Boy Meets Girl, a Canadian tv series that aired in the spring of 2002. ... Christa Bordens[1] career as one of Newfoundland and Labradors top up and coming singer/songwriters began long before she was named the winner of Popstars: The One in April of 2003. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Scene 23 was a pop group formed by the winners of the American show Popstars 2, which aired on the WB Network in the fall of 2001. ...

Oceania

For other uses, see Bardot (disambiguation). ... Scandalus (or ScandalUs) are the winners of the Australian Popstars 2 in 2001 (successors of Bardot, the winners of the first Australian Popstars in 2000). ... Scott Maxwell Cain, or Scott Cain is the winner of the third Australian Popstars competition in 2002. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Kayne Taylor is a pop music singer from Melbourne who won the 2004 series of Popstars Live. ... TrueBliss was a New Zealand reality television pop band formed in April 1999. ...

South America

Bandana were a female popgroup from Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... Mambrú were a male popgroup from Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... Rouge is a commercially successful, Spice Girls-like Brazilian vocal group and girl band, formed in the first season of the reality show Popstars, broadcated by SBT in 2002. ... BroZ is a short-lived Brazilian vocal group and boy band, formed in the second season of the reality show Popstars, broadcasted by SBT in 2003. ... ESCARCHA was one of the most important groups in colombia in 2002. ...

External links

  • Popstars at the National Film and Sound Archive
  • New German Popstars: Room 2012
  • Popstars Germany
  • Popstars France (casting)
  • Popstars Germany mobile games

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