Music Idol
| Music Idol | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Simon Fuller |
| Starring |
Judges (season 1): Yordanka Hristova, Slavi Trifonov, Gloria, Doni Judges (season 2): Vili Kazasyan, Dimitar Kovachev - Funky, Esil Duran, Lucy Diakovska, Philipp Kirkorov* Judges (season 3): Doni, Dimitar Kovachev - Funky, Maria Hosts: Sanja Nikolic, Ivan Hristov & Andrey Arnaudov |
| Country of origin |
 Bulgaria
|
| Original language(s) | Bulgarian |
| Release | |
| Original network | bTV |
| Original release | February 26, 2007 – June 8, 2009 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Music Idol was the Bulgarian version of the British television hit show Pop Idol. It was a talent contest to determine the superior pop performer. Its first season was aired on bTV from February 26 until June 7, 2007. During its third season, the show went international and auditions took place in neighboring Macedonia. Other major changes in the third season: minimum age for participants 13 (not 16), more talk show than music, great accent on the hosts, hidden vote results, which makes it impossible to validate the result of each elimination.
Auditioners must be between the ages of 13 and 28. They must be Bulgarian citizens.
Castings are held in the five biggest cities in Bulgaria - Rousse, Varna, Bourgas, Plovdiv and Sofia. After a pre-selection the contenders audition in front of the panel of judges seen on TV who will decide if they are going to make it to the next round.
In 3 days the judges chose among the top 100 from all cities the semifinalists who would perform live during the show and face the public's vote.
From now on its up to the Bulgarian public to vote their favorite contestants into the final 12.
Each week the final 12 contestants perform in front of a live audience songs from a given theme. Once again the public votes for its favorite with the least votes getter getting eliminated after one show until only one contestant remains: The winner of Music Idol.
There is no age limit for the auditioners. They must be Bulgarian citizens.
Castings are held in the five biggest cities in Bulgaria - Rousse, Varna, Bourgas, Plovdiv and Sofia. After a pre-selection the contenders audition in front of the panel of judges seen on TV who will decide if they are going to make it to the next round.
The competitors are split in groups and they sing solo (like in the previous round). After that the jury decides who will continue. After that the remaining contestants sing in quartets and the jury picks the best of them. Then they sing solo and the jury picks 18 people for the semi-finals.
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