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Ídolos (2003)

Ídolos poster
Original title
Ídolos Portugal
Country
Portugal
Length
7 seasons, 1 episode
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Young singers across Portugal compete in a talent contest to become the country's next pop star. The show travels to multiple cities for auditions, and the winner is chosen through viewer votes over several seasons.

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What happens

Ídolos is a Portuguese reality television show based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in Portugal. The first two seasons were hosted by Sílvia Alberto and Pedro Granger. The show, then went to a sort of hiatus, and, after only a lukewarm reaction by the viewers for Season 2, the show has officially been replaced by another casting show on its broadcast station, Família Superstar, which ended in 2008. After an absence for four years the show returned for a third season to SIC in fall 2009 now with João Manzarra and Cláudia Vieira hosting. Season 3 finished in February 2010, and Season 4 started in September. Ídolos had three audition cities to find the best talent in all of Portugal, including: Porto, Beja and Lisbon. However, in the third and fourth seasons, auditions were made in Porto, Lisbon, Aveiro, Portimão and Estoril. The show did not return in fall 2011, instead in 2012. The show is currently on hiatus since late 2012, since then their timeslot for 2013 has been taken over by Factor X, the Portuguese version of The X Factor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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