Arab Idol (season 1)
| Arab Idol 1 عرب ايدول الموسم الاول |
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| Genre | Reality television |
| Created by | Simon Fuller |
| Presented by |
Annabella Hilal Abdallah Tulehi |
| Judges |
Ragheb Alama Ahlam Hassan El Shafei |
| Country of origin | Arab World |
| Original language(s) | Arabic |
| Production | |
| Running time | Varies |
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| Original network | MBC 1 |
| Original release | 9 December 2011 – 23 March 2012 |
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| Followed by | Arab Idol (season 2) |
The first season of Arab Idol was launched on MBC 1 on 9 December 2011. MBC decided to launch a more stylish version of Pop Idol after the 5 seasons of Super Star, the previous Arabic license of the show. The season was presented by Lebanese model Annabella Hilal and Kuwaiti actor Abdallah Tulehi. The judging panel consisted of Lebanese singer Ragheb Alama, Emirati diva Ahlam and Egyptian music producer, record producer and musician Hassan El Shafei. On finale night, 24 March 2012, Carmen Suleiman from Egypt was crowned the winner of the first season of Arab Idol in a tough competition against Dounia Batma from Morocco. The high ranking of this first season encouraged MBC to launch a second season in 2013.
In July 2011, the following audition cities were revealed on the official MBC 1 website, and in August the dates were revealed.
On 13 January 2012, the hand-picked Top 20 was revealed. Representing 9 Arab countries are:
From Egypt: Carmen Suleiman (17), Yahya Yacoub (27), Rasha Sharnoubi (22), Shaza Youssef (17), Karim Mohammad (24)
From Tunisia: Hassan Kharbech (23), Ghofran Fatouhi (19), Shirine Ljmi (16), Amin Bourguiba (17)
From Morocco: Dounia Batma (20), Imane Karkibou (23), Habiba Bouziri (23)
From Jordan: Youssef Arafat (18), Ghazal Shashaah (23)
From Saudi Arabia: Mohamed Taher (23), Marwan Fagui (24)
From Iraq: Mohammad Oulwan (20)
From Oman: Mahmoud Noufli (21)
From Palestine: Ahmad Abbasi (25)
From Syria: Nadia Manfoukh (28)
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