Ídolos (Portuguese TV series)
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Ídolos logo as of 2012
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| Created by | SIC |
| Starring | Sílvia Alberto (Season 1–2) Pedro Granger (Season 1–2) Cláudia Vieira (Season 3–5) João Manzarra (Season 3–6) |
| Country of origin | Portugal |
| No. of seasons | 5 |
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| Original network | SIC |
| First shown in | 2003–2005 (first run) and 2009–present (second run) |
| External links | |
| Website | idolos |
Ídolos is a Portuguese reality television show based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in Portugal. The first two seasons were hosted by Sílvia Alberto and Pedro Granger. The show, then went to a sort of hiatus, and, after only a lukewarm reaction by the viewers for season two, the show has officially been replaced by another casting show on its broadcast station, Família Superstar, which ended in 2008.
After an absence for four years the show returned for a third season to SIC in fall 2009 now with João Manzarra and Cláudia Vieira hosting. Season 3 finished in February 2010, and Season 4 started in September.
Ídolos had three audition cities to find the best talent in all of Portugal, including: Porto, Beja and Lisbon. However, in the third and fourth seasons, auditions were made in Porto, Lisbon, Aveiro, Portimão and Estoril. The show did not return in fall 2011 but instead returned in 2012. The show is currently on hiatus since late 2012, since then their timeslot for 2013 has been taken over by Factor X, the Portuguese version of The X Factor.
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In the fifth season:
Top 30
Format: three out of ten making the final each week and one Wildcard
(Wildcard)
Top 10
On May 3, 2015 during the show's broadcast with a new episode, a 16-year-old contestant by the name of Alexandre Rebelo who had prominent ears auditioned to be on the show previously on March 27, 2015. Alexandre's grandmother gave him authorization to be in the casting, but he did not get to sing in front of the juries. He instead simply sung on camera with the song: "Diamonds" by Rihanna.
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