Kurd_Idol

<i>Kurd Idol</i>

Kurd Idol

Kurdish television talent show

Kurd Idol (Kurdish: کورد ئایدڵ / Kurd Aydil) is the first international franchise in Kurdish television history. Kurd Idol reality singing competition that is part of the Idols franchise created by Simon Fuller and owned by 19 Entertainment and FremantleMedia. Kurdsat acquired the production and broadcast rights for Kurd Idol. The series aims to find new solo recording artists from across the Kurdish diaspora and the winner would be decided by viewers' votes through the Internet, telephone and text messages. To project is aimed to select the Kurdish singers from the historical Kurdistan region and diaspora.

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Audition

Auditions for Kurd Idol have been held in Kurdish cities of Van, Hewlêr, Mêrdîn, Sine, Silêmanî, and outside the region - in Berlin, Istanbul, Stockholm, Düsseldorf, Tbilisi and Yerevan.[1]

Season 1

Jury[2]

Contestants

17 contestants have been chosen among more than 2,000 candidates who auditioned and 172 candidates who were chosen by judges to attend the subsequent theatre round in Silêmanî, Kurdistan Region.

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Voting

According to the fact, that Kurdistan does not exist as a nation state, that is why the voting was able in three parts of the region — Eastern Kurdistan and whole Iran, Northern Kurdistan and whole Turkey, Southern Kurdistan and whole Iraq. The voting numbers were launched in few European countries where the Kurdish diaspora lives, particularly voting was able from Germany, Sweden, France and Denmark. Due to the war in Syria, voting was not able in Rojava Kurdistan.

Results

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Females Males Winner Bottom Elimination
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Prize

  • Kurd Idol album and recording contract

References

  1. [1]
    Youtube Video on the Kurd Idol's auditions
  2. [2]
    "Kurdish Singing talents' program "Kurd Idol" in Rojava next month". راديو ولات (in Arabic). Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  3. [3]
    According to the Kurd Idol's statemnent, Hêvî Zîn left the project because of political problems in Turkey, and was replaced by Eşkan Ebdulrehman. Kurd Idol Official Facebook page
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