Narodniy Artist
| Народный Артист | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Rossiya 1 |
| Starring | Irina Kordyukova Adil Liyan Nagima Eskalieva |
| Country of origin | Russia |
| No. of seasons | 1, 2, 3 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Rossiya 1 |
| Original release | 2003 - 2006 |
| Finalists (With dates of elimination) | |
| Season 1 | (2003) |
 Aleksey Goman
|
Winner |
|
Aleksandr Panayotov |
December 13 |
 Aleksey Chumakov |
December 6 |
|
Mariya Zaytseva |
November 29 |
|
Oksana Kazakova |
November 22 |
|
Anna Alina |
November 15 |
|
Natalya Pavolotskaya |
November 7 |
 Irina Toporez |
November 1 |
|
Yuliya Valeeva |
October 25 |
| Irina Chernishova | October 18 |
| Season 2 | (2004) |
 Ruslan Alehno
|
Winner |
 Paulina Dmitrenko |
December 19 |
|
Yuriy Ignatov |
December 11 |
|
Yuliya Vdovenko |
December 4 |
|
Evgeniy Anishko |
November 20 |
|
Vera Karetnikova |
November 13 |
|
Dilyara Vagapova |
November 6 |
|
Vladislav Shlikov |
October 30 |
|
Tatyana Kazyuchits |
October 23 |
|
Darya Urizchenko |
October 16 |
| Season 3 | (2006) |
 Amarkhuu Borkhuu
|
Winner |
|
Marina Devyatova
|
June 3 |
|
Angelina Sergeeva |
May 27 |
|
Pavla Kuchenko |
May 20 |
|
Pavel Mochalov |
May 13 |
|
Mariya Makovskaya |
May 6 |
|
Evgeniya Ryabetsya |
April 29 |
 Ilya Zhilino |
April 22 |
|
Valeriya Paskar |
April 15 |
|
Ilya Mezentsev |
April 8 |
Narodniy Artist (Народный Артист, "People's Artist") is a television show based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in Russia. The show is produced by RTR in association with FBI Music & FremantleMedia. Season 1 & 2 was hosted by Fekla Tolstaya & Ivan Urgant.
Narodniy Artist remains today the only Idol show to feature miming in their "best of" show (Финальный Концерт final'niy kontsert) where none of the contestants sang live.
Aleksey Goman won season one, with Aleksandr Panayotov coming in second.
Kiev, Ukraine and Minsk, Belarus were included in the auditions this season which resulted in almost all finalists from that season coming from one of the two countries and no auditions outside of Russia being held in the next season.
This season had auditions in:
The 125 best candidates (35 males and 90 females) advanced to Moscow in the theatre round where they were reduced to 10 finalists to perform live on television. Season three was hosted by Olga Shelest & Oskar Kuchera. On June 3, 2006, Amarkhuu Borkhuu won with 61.7% of the vote over Marina Devyatova.
The jury this season was:
Season 1 Top 30
Format: 3 out of 10 making the final each week
(Wildcard)
Season 2 Top 30
Format: 3 out of 10 making the final each week
(Wildcard)
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
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