Popstar Türkiye

Popstar Türkiye
GenreReality competition
Created byFremantle Media & Kanal D
Presented byHaldun Dormen
Gamze Özçelik
JudgesArmağan Çağlayan
Ercan Saatçi
Ahmet San
Deniz Seki
Zerrin Özer
Country of originTurkey
Original languageTurkish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes47
Production
Production locationVarious
Running time120 minutes (incl. adverts)
Original release
NetworkKanal D
ReleaseOctober 4, 2003 (2003-10-04) –
February 7, 2004 (2004-02-07)[1][2]
Related

Popstar Türkiye (transl. Popstar Turkey) was a Turkish music competition television series based on the international franchise Popstars. The show was hosted by Haldun Dormen and Gamze Özçelik on Kanal D. The judges were Armağan Çağlayan, Ercan Saatçi, Ahmet San, and Deniz Seki later replaced by Zerrin Özer.

The TV show was a big hit on Turkish television when it was aired.

The winner of the show was Abidin Özşahin, Firdevs Güneş got second place, and Bayhan Gürhan third place. The winner was going to be sent to the United States for a musical education. But one of the judges also proposed to send the runner-up to get the same education and offered to pay for the expenses.[3]

After Popstar Türkiye a spin-off was created named Türkstar which was broadcast on Show TV, and after that another spin-off was created named Popstar Alaturka which focused on Arabesque music. The television series also released a CD album with each contestant singing a song, and later also a Top 10 album with the best songs of each contestant.

Auditions

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To attract contestants, the preliminary rounds were in August and the first half of September in 2003 promoted on TV and application forms were distributed in newspapers by Kanal D under the slogan "the popstar of the future". The requirements to participate was to be at least 18 years old. A total of 3,000 people had applied to participate.

The auditions were held at:

  • 2 September 2003 - İzmir Crowne Plaza
  • 5 September 2003 - Antalya IC Airport
  • 7 September 2003 - Adana Hilton Hotel
  • 10 September 2003 - Malatya Altın Kayısı Hotel
  • 12 September 2003 - Ankara Hilton Hotel
  • 15 September 2003 - Samsun Büyük Samsun Hotel
  • 17–18 September 2003 - Istanbul Sürmeli Hotel

Kanal D started to air the auditions on TV under the name of Popstar Aranıyor (transl. In search of the Popstar) 4 October 2003.[3]

Controversy

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During the elimination rounds quite a few controversial moments happened:[3]

  • 4th week: It was revealed that Bayhan had a criminal record. And spend four years behind bars for murder.[4]
  • 5th week: After Bayhan won the first place Deniz Seki started criticizing the voters. She thought that someone with such a criminal past shouldn't be able to become a popstar. The audience started booing her, so she left the show.
That week shots were also fired on Ahmet San's jeep.[5]
  • 6th week: Zerrin Özer replaced Deniz Seki as a judge. This week also a semi-nude picture of Barış posing for the Aktüel magazine was revealed which was heavily criticized by the judges.

Elimination chart

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Colour key

  – Contestant received the most public votes
  – Contestant received the fewest public votes and was eliminated
  – No elimination happened this week
Contestant 1st Week
16 November 2003
2nd Week
23 November 2003
3rd Week
30 November 2003
4th Week
7 December 2003
5th Week
14 December 2003
6th Week
21 December 2003
7th Week
28 December 2003
8th Week
4 January 2004
9th Week
10 January 2004
10th Week
17 January 2004
11th Week
24 January 2004
12th Week
31 January 2004
13th Week
7 February 2004
Abidin Özşahin 2nd
14.14%
2nd
13.75%
5th
11.16%
5th
7.56%
3rd
9.27%
5th
12.24%
3rd
14.81%
4th
16.34%
3rd
20.28%
2nd
26.90%
1st
42.01%
Winner
52.87%
Firdevs Güneş 12th
1.72%
11th
2.67%
6th
4.72%
9th
2.66%
5th
7.30%
3rd
16.52%
5th
14.69%
5th
16.02%
4th
19.63%
1st
36.91%
2nd
32.23%
Runner-up
47.13%
Bayhan Gürhan 4th
10.39%
3rd
12.17%
2nd
15.79%
2nd
15.63%
1st(1)
27.37%
4th
13.51%
4th
14.81%
3rd
17.00%
1st
23.04%
3rd
20.26%
3rd
25.76%
Eliminated
(11th week)
Barış Kömürcüoğlu 3rd
12.47%
4th
9.30%
4th
11.31%
1st
35.65%
2nd
23.27%
2nd
18.37%
2nd
17.16%
1st
18.50%
2nd
21.36%
4th
15.93%
Eliminated
(10th week)
Elena Kryuchkova 8th
2.92%
5th
7.02%
9th
4.20%
7th
5.27%
6th
6.68%
6th
6.93%
6th
9.20%
2nd
18.08%
5th
15.69%
Eliminated
(9th week)
Eser Bayar 7th
3.06%
10th
2.89%
7th
4.66%
8th
3.56%
8th
6.30%
1st
23.53%
1st
21.30%
6th
14.06%
Eliminated
(8th week)
Selçuk Yapar 10th
1.94%
9th
3.48%
10th
3.31%
4th
10.53%
7th
6.56%
7th
4.64%
7th
5.92%
Eliminated
(7th week)
Serkül Kan 1st
36.21%
1st
30.79%
1st
25.54%
3rd
10.81%
4th
8.29%
8th
4.26%
Eliminated
(6th week)
Aydan Kaya 5th
8.43%
6th
6.50%
3rd
11.35%
6th
5.83%
9th
4.96%
Eliminated
(5th week)
Alpay Kulay 9th
2.80%
8th
3.58%
8th
4.66%
10th
2.50%
Eliminated
(4th week)
Evren Mevlanaoğlu 6th
4.07%
7th
5.27%
11th
3.30%
Eliminated
(3rd week)
Ceyda Mazalto 11th
1.72%
12th
2.58%
Eliminated
(2nd week)
Müge Ökten 13th
0.83%
Eliminated
(1st week)

Note

  • 1 Judge Deniz Seki criticized Bayhan over his criminal past when he won the first place, the crowd booed her which made her leave the TV show on the spot, not wanting to return as judge as long as Bayhan was still a contestant on the show. The next week she was replaced by Zerrin Özer.

Discography

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  • Popstar Türkiye - Various artists (December 2003)
  • Popstar Top 10 En İyi Performans Şarkıları - Various artists (2004)

References

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