The winner of Australian Idol
is set to represent Australia in a special worldwide version
of Idol. Network Ten has partnered with 10 international
broadcasters to combine forces and broadcast World Idol,
a two-part international television special that will
determine the world's ultimate pop superstar.
| WORLD IDOL
:: Performance Show
::: 7:30pm December 26 2003, Network Ten.
:: Result Show
::: 6:30am [LIVE] January 2 2004,
::: 7:30pm January 2 2004, Network Ten.
"Hobbit" Kurt Nielsen Winner of World Idol
2 January 2003
Norway's Kurt Nielsen was crowed the first ever World
Idol in an international television event this morning
local Australian time. The hour-long results show featured
all the 11 participating contestants from around the
world and was hosted by UK's Ant and Dec direct from
London.
Here are the final placing's from the result of the
international vote:
Kurt
Nielsen-
Kelly Clarkson-
Peter Evrard-
Heinz Winckler-
Will Young-
Ryan Malcolm-
Guy Sebastian-
Alex Janosz-
Alexander Klaws-
Diana Karazon-
Jamai Loman-
"Beautiful
Day"
"Feel Like A Natural Woman"
"Lithium"
"Don't Want To Miss A Thing"
"Light My Fire"
"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
"What A Wonderful World"
"I Don't Know How to Love Him"
"Maniac"
"Ensani Ma Binsak"
"Sorry The Hardest Word"
Here is a review of the performance show from ILAL posted
on the Inside Australian Idol World
Idol Forum:
"Apparently Guy and Kelly Clarkson were the only
performers to get out fairly unscathed by the judges,
who got into some kind of "who can make the nastiest
comment" competition.
Apparently the show is going to have to be heavily edited.
The German Idol was told he was "a cross between and
aerobics instructor and a porn star". Simon Cowell thorougly
bagged the Dutch guy and told him he couldn't understand
how he won. Heinz from South Africa copped a bagging
as well and our very own Dicko told the Canadian Idol
his performance was full of neurosis. The Belgian guy
apparently got fired up and told one of the judges:
"Who are you to judge me to be real?" after Waterman
(of Stock, Aitken and Waterman fame) told him he was
a fake.
Oh, and Simon Cowell told Norweigian Idol Kurt that
he was ugly. Dicko told him: "You have the voice of
an angel and the face of a hobbit. If they had a Middle
Earth Idol, you'd be it."
Guy said after the show that he was disappointed. "I
thought this was going to be a beautiful thing, a celebration
of music from around the world, of different cultures
coming together. Instead we got a slagging match that
upstaged all the idols."
And
on Guy at World Idol:
"Dutch judge: didn't like Guy's arrangement of
Wonderful World but said his "charisma and voice makes
him a potential world idol".
German: "Guy, I think it's incredible what you do. You
have so much stage presence. I didn't like the arrangement
but you have so much charisma I think you are going
to go a long way.
Waterman (UK): "I don't find it the most original voice
I have ever heard. But singing is about entertaining
and you certainly entertained. You have a strong chance,
young man."
Dicko: "I can't begin to tell you how proud I am with
you representing my adopted country in my homeland.
Just showing off what I think is one of the best talents
I have seen for a long time."
That's all I know. But it sounds pretty positive!
Please excuse any typos, I was in a hurry to get this
out to you."
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World Idol Contestants
Click here
to find out more about the World Idol contestants from
around the world. The 11 World Idol contestants will
perform the following-
Will Young- "Light
My Fire" Heinz Winckler-
"Don't Want To Miss A Thing" Alicja "Alex" Janosz-
"I Don't Know How to Love Him" Kelly Clarkson-
"You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman" Jamai Loman-
"Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" Alexander Klaws-
"Maniac" Kurt Nielsen-
"Beautiful Day" Diana Karazon-
"Ensani Ma Binsak" Peter Evrard-
"Lithium" Ryan Malcolm-
"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" Guy Sebastian-
"What A Wonderful World"
Each country gets to vote using their own voting systems.
The home contestant from each participating country will
automatically start with the highest points (12) awarded
from their own country. Viewers from each country will
then vote on the remaining ten contestants and once the
votes are tallied and the position of each contestant
is determined (1st place, 2nd place etc.) points will
be awarded in accordance with the Points System below.
WORLD
IDOL POINTS SYSTEM:
Home
country contestant
-12 points. 1st place -10 points. 2nd place
-9 points. 3rd place
-8 points. 4th place
-7 points. 5th place
-6 points.
6th
place -5 points. 7th place
-4 points. 8th place
-3 points. 9th place
-2 points. 10th place
-1 point.
The points each Idol gets from all of the countries will
be tallied and added together by an independent vote management
company to determine their overall position in the contest.
AUSTRALIAN VOTING NUMBERS
Guy Sebastian-
Australia- "What A Wonderful World" Automatic
Max. Points
Alexander Klaws-
Germany- "Maniac" 1902 55 55 61
Diana Karazon-
Pan-Arabic- "Ensani Ma Binsak" 1902 55 55 62
Jamai Loman-
Netherlands- "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word"
1902 55 55 63
Heinz Winckler-
South Africa- "Don't Want To Miss A Thing" 1902
55 55 64
Alex Janosz-
Poland- "I Don't Know How to Love Him" 1902
55 55 65
Ryan Malcolm-
Canada- "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" 1902
55 55 66
Kelly Clarkson-
US- "Feel Like A Natural Woman" 1902 55 55 67
Peter Evrard-
Belgium- "Lithium" 1902 55 55 68
Will Young-
UK- "Light My Fire" 1902 55 55 69
Kurt Nielsen-
Norway- "Beautiful Day" 1902 55 55 70
SMS First Name to 188 99 66
Phone and SMS lines open until 9.00pm AEST, Saturday 27
December. Phone voting and SMS voting will be charged
at 55 cents.
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World Idol Judges
A representative from each country's judging panel will
sit on an international jury for World Idol. Here are
the members of the international World Idol jury.
AUSTRALIA -Ian "Dicko"
Dickson BELGUIM -Nina
De Man CANADA -Zack
Werner GERMANY -Thomas
M. Stein NETHERLANDS
-Henkjan Smits NORWAY -Jan
Fredrik Karlsen PAN ARABIC
-Elias Rahbani POLAND -Kuba
Wojewódzki SOUTH AFRICA
-Randall Abrahams UK -Pete
Waterman US -Simon
Cowell
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World Idol Hosts
World Idol will be customized for broadcast in each
market, with segments being taped in both London and
Australia. Here are the World Idol hosts.
AUSTRALIA -Andrew G/
James Mathison BELGIUM -Koen
Wauters/ Kris Wauters CANADA -Ben
Mulroney GERMANY -Carsten
Spengemann/Michelle Hunziker NETHERLANDS
-Tooske Breugem NORWAY -Harald
Rønneberg/Thomas
Numme PAN ARABIC
-Ayman Kaissouni/ Rania Kurdi POLAND -Maciejk
Rock SOUTH AFRICA
-Colin Moss UK/US -Anthony
McPartlin/Declan Donnelly
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Show Info- About World Idol
The global competition will pit the Australian Idol winner
against series one Idol winners from 10 other countries.
The event will be staged in London and telecast around
the world in two parts. The competition round will most
likely air December 26, from 7:30pm followed by the grand
finale, one week later on January 2.
The
first World Idol special features performances from
each of the 11 Idols contesting the world crown, with
viewers in the participating countries voting following
the broadcast. The voting process will account for population
differences between competing countries with all voting
details currently being finalised. The second World
Idol special will features the thrilling worldwide results
as each country's vote is revealed similar to the Eurovision
song contest.
The World Idol competitors are as follows:
Will
Young -Pop Idol, United Kingdom
Heinz Winckler -Idols,
South Africa
Alicja Janosz -Idol,
Poland
Kelly Clarkson -American
Idol, USA
Jamai Loman -Idols, Netherlands
Alexander Klaws -Deutschland
sucht den Superstar, Germany
Kurt Nilsen -Idol, Norway
Diana Karazon -SuperStar,
Pan-Arabic region
Peter Evrard -Idool,
Belgium
Ryan Malcolm -Canadian
Idol, Canada
Guy Sebastian -Australian
Idol, Australia
World
Idol will be customized for broadcast in each market,
with segments being taped in both London and Australia.
Additionally, a representative from each country's judging
panel will travel to London to sit on an international
jury. With so many different personalities, viewers can
look forward to sharp comment, encouragement and high
emotion from the judges.
Since it premiered as Pop Idol on ITV in the United Kingdom
in October 2001, the Idols format has taken the world
by storm, breaking ratings records and scooping numerous
industry awards in over 20 countries. Idols winners and
finalists have become major new recording artists who
have notched up phenomenal album and singles sales and
numerous number one chart hits.
Alan Boyd, President of Worldwide Entertainment, FremantleMedia
Production, comments: "We are thrilled to announce the
production of what promises to be a great global television
event. All of the contestants have proved themselves worthy
winners in their own countries, and this provides an amazing
opportunity for viewers worldwide to see the range of
incredible talent that Idols has uncovered around the
world.
"The idea for a worldwide Idols competition was conceived
some time ago, and for FremantleMedia and 19TV to now
be able to realise this project, working with all of our
broadcast partners, is absolutely fantastic. With our
network of creative teams and production companies around
the world, FremantleMedia is uniquely placed to deliver
such a complex and in many respects unprecedented event."
World Idol is produced by Fremantle Media and 19TV in
association with Network Ten.
