Super Star
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Super Star (سوبر ستار) is an Arabic television show based on the popular British show Pop Idol & developed by Fremantle Media. The show unites the Arab community by democratically choosing the next singing sensation. The show is broadcast worldwide on Future TV, a Lebanese youth-based television station. It's also the first Idol franchise to feature contestants from multiple countries.
The show was a huge success. Ali Jaber, the executive manager of Future TV, was quoted as saying "This (program) is the most successful for an Arab television. There isn't a television program that moved the Arab world like that." [1]
| سوبر ستار | ||
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| Super Star Finalists (with dates of elimination) | ||
| Season 1 (2003) | ||
| Diana Karazon | Winner | |
| Rouwayda Attieh | August 18 | |
| Melhem Zein | August 11 | |
| Saoud Abou Sultan | August 4 | |
| Wael Mansour | July 28 | |
| Merhi Serhal | July 21 | |
| Shadi Aswad | July 14 | |
| Mohammad Lafi | July 7 | |
| Saad Jamal Al-Dine | June 30 | |
| Haytham Saeed | June 30 | |
| Saber Hawari | June 23 | |
| Nancy Zabalawi | June 23 | |
| Season 2 (2004) | ||
| Ayman El Aatar | Winner | |
| Ammar Hassan | August 23 | |
| Hadi Aswad | August 16 | |
| Ranim Qteit | August 9 | |
| Brigitte Yaghi | August 2 | |
| Mohannad Mshallah | July 26 | |
| Houssam Madanieh | July 19 | |
| Abir Nameh | July 12 | |
| Abd El Rahman Mohamed | July 12 | |
| Houssam Chami | June 28 | |
| Mohamed Daoud | June 21 | |
| Wa'ad El Bahry | June 14 | |
| Mustafa Shwiekh | June 14 | |
| Raneen El Sha'ar | June 7 | |
| Zahi Saffeyeh | June 7 | |
| Rania Shaban | May 31 | |
| Yasmine El Husaini | May 31 | |
| Season 3 (2005) | ||
| Ibrahim El Hakami | Winner | |
| Shahd Barmada | February 6 | |
| Ayman Lseeq | January 30 | |
| Ahmed El Faleh | January 23 | |
| Asma Othmani | January 23 | |
| Nancy Nasrallah | January 9 | |
| Haitham El Shoumali | January 2 | |
| Ibrahim Abd El Adheem | December 26 | |
| Asma Ben Ahmed | December 19 | |
| Hatem Adar | December 19 | |
| Samar Andeel | December 5 | |
| Yusra Hamzawi | November 28 | |
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[edit] Super Star 1
Presented by Ayman Qaysouni & Rania Kurdi, auditions were held in Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Algeria, United Arab Emirates & finally in Lebanon. Successful contestants advance to Beirut where the number was cut to 55 to perform in the televised semi finals where each contestant is judged by Elias Rahbani, Abdullah Al Kououd & Tonia Moreeb.
2 finalists with the most phone & SMS votes were chosen from each group to advance to the finals of Super Star to make a final 12. At this point millions of votes had already been registered, All final shows featured famous guest singers including Sabah Fakhry & Ragheb Alama.
During the Top 3 results show on August 11 2003 long running favourite Melhem Zein was sensationally eliminated from the competition, this resulted in a riot in the studio causing the remaining two finalists Diana Karazon & Rouwayda Attieh to faint & have to be carried off the set by crew. Further riots ensued in the streets of Beirut.
In the final week of Super Star, Diana & Rouwayda toured their respective home countries to rally votes for the Grand Final, the King of Jordan declared free voting in Jordan to improve the chances for resulting Super Star - Diana Karazon. Over 4 million votes were cast during that week.
[edit] Super Star El Alaam
Diana Karazon participated alongside 10 other Idols in the 2 show mini-event World Idol, Diana placed equal 9th place with German SuperStar Alexander Klaws on 45 points. Diana performed the first radio single from her CD Super Star El Arab - Ensani Ma Binsak.
Diana received the following scores respectively:
UK awarded 4 points
Belgium awarded 1 point
Australia awarded 4 points
USA awarded 8 points
Pan-Arab Nations awarded 12 points (default award)
Poland awarded 1 point
The Netherlands awarded 1 point
Canada awarded 5 points
Germany awarded 6 points
Norway awarded 2 points
South Africa awarded 1 point
[edit] Super Star 2
Three new audition cities were announced - Tunisia, Bahrain & Paris, France while Algiers was dropped. Tonia Moreeb decided to quit after receiving bad comments about her judging skills in the previous season. She was replaced with music critic/agent Fadia Tanab. An amazing 83 contestants had advanced to the semi finals of Super Star 2, 81 ended up performing before 2 contestants each week would advance to become part of the Top 14 contestants. This series also offered a Wildcard show where it was revealed by the CEO of Future TV - Ali Jaber, that the Top 14 would become a Top 17 & that the Top 5 vote getters in the Wildcards would advance.
Ayman El Aatar from Janzour, Libya won the title of Super Star on August 23 2004, beating runner up Palestinian Ammar Hassan.
It was revealed later that Ayman had missed the audition in Cairo, Egypt by one day & had one last chance to audition in Damascus, Syria.
[edit] Special guests
- Wadih El Safi
- Diana Karazon
- Rouwayda Attieh
- Melhem Zein
- Saoud Abou Sultan
- Asalah Nasri
- Nawal El Zoghbi
- Sherine
- Diana Haddad
- Washeq El Kaman
- Nancy Ajram
- Muin Sharif
- Assi El Hellani
[edit] Super Star 3
The telecast of Super Star 3 was delayed after the assassination of Future TV Founder & Lebanese Prime Minister - Rafik Hariri, as the TV station went into mourning.
Super Star 3 is currently the longest Idol production ever with auditions beginning in Cairo on November 10 2004, with the program still in production as of January 2006.
Rania Kurdi did not want to renew her hosting position for Season 3, as a result Heba Sisi was hired for Season 3, but due to the lengthy hiatus over the Hariri scandal, her contract prematurely ended before the semi finals had begun, leaving Ayman to host solo for the rest of the season.
Auditions took place in the following cities:
- Beirut, Lebanon
- Damascus, Syria
- Tunis, Tunisia
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Cairo, Egypt
- Amman, Jordan
- Sydney, Australia
- Los Angeles, USA
94 contestants advanced to the theatre round in Beirut. 6 from America, 4 from Australia, 21 from Lebanon, 8 from Egypt, 5 from Jordan, 9 from Syria, 32 from Tunisia & 5 from UAE.
The new semi final format from Denmark & America was similarly adopted this season whereby the Top 21 (10 male & 11 female) were placed in male & female groups with 5 contestants advancing to the Top 12.
The semi finalists of Super Star 3 are:
Samar Andeel (Egypt), Aida El Rahbani (Lebanon), Nancy Nasrallah (Lebanon), Rashel El Rasi (Lebanon), Hasna Zlagh (Morocco), Shahd Barmada (Syria), Asma Ben Ahmed (Tunisia), Asma Othmani (Tunisia), Fouzia El Betri (Tunisia), Olfa El Barhoumi (Tunisia), Yusra Hamzawi (Tunisia), Mohamed El Abd (Egypt), Mohamed Jamal (Egypt), Ahmed El Faleh (Iraq), Youssef Kazar (Iraq), Ibrahim Abd El Adheem (Libya), Hatem Adar (Morocco), Haitham El Shoumali (Palestine), Ibrahim El Hakami (Saudi Arabia), Anis Ltaief (Tunisia), Ayman Lseeq (Tunisia)
As of December 12 2005, the competition of Super Star has been delayed due to the assassination of Lebanese senator Gebran Tueni, the results show scheduled to air on Monday December 12 2005 will be included with the results due on Monday December 19 2005.
On January 15 2006, the competition was once again postponed due to the passing of another key political figure, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. The performance show was recorded on Tuesday & aired on Thursday January 19. The votes from this round will be combined with the performance show on January 22 with the elimination of 2 contestants.
On the evening of Monday February 6 2006, Ibrahim El Hakami from Saudi Arabia became the 3rd Super Star over Shahd Barmada with a 53% to 47% weighting. Along with the title of Super Star, Ibrahim also won a Ford Focus.
[edit] Special guests
Once again this season, special musical guests have been invited to the show to offer their support & critiques.
- Ayman El Aatar
- Ammar Hassan
- Hadi Aswad
- Ranim Qteit
- Tony Hana
- Abdullah El Rowaished
- Walid Tawfiq
- Marwan Khoury
- Nabil Shaeil
- Lotfi Boushnaq
- Julia Boutros
- Nancy Ajram
[edit] Super Star 4
Season 4 of Super Star was officially confirmed of the season 3 Grand Final, with audition dates yet to be posted.
