Idols (franchise)
Country/Region Local title ( s ) Network Winners
Arab League سوبر ستار Future TV Season 1 ( 2003 ) : Diana Karazon Season 2 ( 2004 ) : Ayman El Aatar Season 3 ( 2005-06 ) : Ibrahim El Hakami Season 4 ( 2007 ) : Marwan Ali Season 5 ( 2008 ) : Elie Bitar
Arab League Arab Idol MBC 1 Season 1 ( 2011-12 ) : Carmen Suleiman Season 2 ( 2013 ) : Mohammed Assaf Season 3 ( 2014 ) : Hazem Sharif Season 4 ( 2016-17 ) : Yacoub Shaheen
Armenia Hay Superstar Shant TV Season 1 ( 2003 ) : Susanna Petrosyan Season 2 ( 2006-07 ) : Lusine Aghabekyan Season 3 ( 2007-08 ) : Lusi Harutunyan Season 4 ( 2009-10 ) : Raffi Ohanian Season 5 ( 2011 ) : Sona Rubenya
Australia Australian Idol Channel 10 ( 1-7 ) Seven Network ( 8- ) Season 1 ( 2003 ) : Guy Sebastian Season 2 ( 2004 ) : Casey Donovan Season 3 ( 2005 ) : Kate DeAraugo Season 4 ( 2006 ) : Damien Leith Season 5 ( 2007 ) : Natalie Gauci Season 6 ( 2008 ) : Wes Carr Season 7 ( 2009 ) : Stan Walker
Bangladesh Bangladeshi Idol SA TV Season 1 ( 2013 ) : Mong U Ching
Belgium Idool VTM Season 1 ( 2003 ) : Peter Evrard Season 2 ( 2004 ) : Joeri Fransen Season 3 ( 2007 ) : Dean Delannoit Season 4 ( 2011 ) : Kevin Kayirangwa
Brazil Ídolos SBT 1-3 ) RecordTV ( 4-7 ) Season 1 ( 2006 ) : Leandro Lopes Season 2 ( 2007 ) : Thaeme Mariôto Season 3 ( 2008 ) : Rafael Barreto Season 4 ( 2009 ) : Saulo Roston Season 5 ( 2010 ) : Israel Lucero Season 6 ( 2011 ) : Henrique Lemes Season 7 ( 2012 ) : Everton Silva
Brazil Ídolos Kids RecordTV Season 1 ( 2012 ) : Fernando Franco Season 2 ( 2013 ) : Julia Tavares
Bulgaria Music Idol bTV Season 1 ( 2007 ) : Nevena Tsoneva Season 2 ( 2008 ) : Toma Zdravkov Season 3 ( 2009 ) : Magdalena Janavarova
Cambodia Cambodian Idol Hang Meas HDTV Season 1 ( 2015 ) : Ny Rathana Season 2 ( 2016 ) : Chhen Manich Season 3 ( 2017-2018 ) : Kry Thaipov
Canada Canadian Idol CTV Season 1 ( 2003 ) : Ryan Malcolm Season 2 ( 2004 ) : Kalan Porter Season 3 ( 2005 ) : Melissa O'Neil Season 4 ( 2006 ) : Eva Avila Season 5 ( 2007 ) : Brian Melo Season 6 ( 2008 ) : Theo Tams
China 中国梦之声 Chinese Idol DragonTV Season 1 ( 2013 ) : XiangXiang Sean Li Season 2 ( 2014 ) : Sinkey Zheng
Colombia Idol Colombia RCN Televisión Season 1 ( 2014 ) : Luis Ángel Racini
Croatia Hrvatski Idol Nova TV Season 1 ( 2003 ) : Žanamari Lalić Season 2 ( 2004-05 ) : Patrick Jurdić
Croatia Hrvatska traži zvijezdu RTL Season 1 ( 2009 ) : Bojan Jambrošić Season 2 ( 2010 ) : Kim Verson Season 3 ( 2011 ) : Goran Kos
Czech Republic Česko hledá SuperStar TV Nova Season 1 ( 2004 ) : Aneta Langerová Season 2 ( 2005 ) : Vlastimil Horváth Season 3 ( 2006 ) : Zbyněk Drda
Czech Republic Slovakia SuperStar ( Česko Slovenská Superstar ) TV Nova Markíza Season 1 ( 2009 ) : Martin Chodúr Season 2 ( 2011 ) : Lukáš Adamec Season 3 ( 2013 ) : Sabina Křováková Season 4 ( 2015 ) : Emma Drobná Season 5 ( 2018 ) : Tereza Mašková Season 6 ( 2020 ) : Barbora Piešová
Denmark Idols TV3 Season 1 ( 2003 ) : Christian Mendoza Season 2 ( 2004 ) : Rikke Emma Niebuhr
East Africa Idols DStv Season 1 ( 2008 ) : Eric Moyo
Estonia Eesti otsib superstaari TV3 Season 1 ( 2007 ) : Birgit Õigemeel Season 2 ( 2008 ) : Jana Kask Season 3 ( 2009 ) : Ott Lepland Season 4 ( 2011 ) : Liis Lemsalu Season 5 ( 2012 ) : Rasmus Rändvee Season 6 ( 2015 ) : Jüri Pootsmann Season 7 ( 2018 ) : Uudo Sepp Season 8 ( TBA ) : Upcoming Season
Idols around the world -- National versions
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Idols (also known as SuperStar in some countries) is a reality television singing competition format created by British television producer Simon Fuller and developed by Fremantle. The format began in 2001 with the British television series Pop Idol; its first adaptation was the Polish series Idol in 2002. It has since become the world's most widely watched television franchise, as well as one of the most successful entertainment formats, adapted in over 46 regions around the world, with its various versions broadcast to 150 countries. An estimated worldwide audience between 3.2 billion, and the franchise has generated more than in revenue. Each season, the series aims to find the most outstanding unsigned solo recording artist (or idol) in a region. Originally aimed for pop singers, the series have since evolved to accept singers from different genres of music, such as rock, R&B, and country. Through a series of mass auditions, a group of finalists are selected by a panel of judges (which usually consists of artists and record producers) who offer critiques on their performances. The finalists then advance to the weekly live shows. On each live show, the contestants all sing, the television audience votes (by telephone or SMS), and then the contestant who receives the fewest votes gets eliminated. The final episode is the grand finale episode, when usually two, but sometimes three or four, finalists are left, and the contestant who gets the largest number of votes is declared the winner. The winner receives a recording contract, monetary prizes, and a title as their nation's Idol, SuperStar or Star. Sometimes one or more of the runners-up get recording contracts as well.