Afghan Star (TV series)
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| Also known as | Sitara-e Afghan |
| Created by | Tolo TV |
| Presented by | Daud Sidiqi (Seasons 1 - 3) Omid Nezami (Seasons 4 - 7, & 12) Mustafa Azizyar (Seasons 8 - 11) Ahmad Popal (Co-host for Season 8) Sajid Janati (Co-host for Seasons 9 - 10) Hesam Farzan (Co Host for Season 11 - present) |
| Judges | Obaid Juenda Aryana Sayeed Qais Ulfat Saida Gul Maina |
| Theme music composer | Wahid Qasemi (current), Jawad Karimi |
| Country of origin | Afghanistan |
| Original language(s) | Dari Persian,Pashtu, Uzbek, Etc. |
| No. of seasons | 12 |
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| Location(s) | Kabul |
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| Original network | Tolo TV |
| Original release | September 2005 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Superstar |
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Afghan Star is a reality television show competition that searches for the most talented singers across Afghanistan. The program is broadcast on the Tolo TV channel. Afghan Star premiered in 2005, four years after the fall of the Taliban, which had outlawed singing in 1996; it is one of the most-watched shows in Afghanistan.
The format of Afghan Star is similar to the British Pop Idol or the French Nouvelle Star and their many spinoffs, though it is independently produced and not a licensed adaptation. The program starts with auditions from aspiring singers in their late teens and early 20s. A panel of judges choose the best auditionees and puts them through to the public voting round of the contest. At this stage, each week every singer performs and the viewers vote for which singer they prefer using their cell phones. In every round, whoever gets the lowest amount of votes leaves the competition until just one is left, who is declared the winner.
The first season of Afghan Star was launched in September 2005, with more than 1,000 hopefuls from around Afghanistan gathering to partake in the talent search. The eventual winner of the series was Shakeeb Hamdard from Kabul, who released his debut album Mashalla in late 2007.
Afghan Star season two started in August 2006 with auditions in Kabul, Mazar, Herat, Kandahar, Jalalabad and Peshawar. The talent net was widened with Afghans from Pakistan and Iran encouraged to participate. The second Afghan Star was even more successful than the first, with Najibullah Mahmoudi a 35-year-old man from Mazar voted the winner. He has signed a recording contract with Barbud Music, the same company that released Shakeeb Hamdard's music.
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