''Idols Danmark or ("Idols: Ærlig Jagt. Ægte Talent")'' is the Danish version of the British

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''Pop Idol'' (2001–2003) created by

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. After ''Pop Idol'' became a great success in

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in 2001, announced the danish pay-channel

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in 2003, that they would launch a danish version of ''Idols''. ''Idols'' premiered on danish television in September 2003 with the two hosts

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and Uffe Holm presenting the show, the premiere of '' Idols 2003'' was watched by over 450,000 people and 188,000 people in average watched the first season, the judges in the first season was

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, Kjeld Wennick, Henriette Blix and Carsten Kroeyer. Idols returned once again in 2004, but '' the second season'' was not as successful as its predecessor, ''Idols 2004'' is known as the shortest Idols season in the world, with production lasting no more than 3 months. It is also seen as one of the most unsuccessful seasons of all time, Thomas Blachman returned as the only remaining judge from the first season, along with the new judges Susanne Kier and Anders Hansen. ''Idols'' in Denmark was subsequently put on an indefinite hiatus after the second season. Although Idols in Denmark was never officially canceled, TV3 has not made any further announcement regarding the series since 2004. The series is now generally considered to have been canceled. However, in 2019 the creator of '' the Idols franchise''

told that he's more than willing to give ''Idols'' in Denmark another shot if he received offers to bring it back on other networks, and when there is less competition on the TV talent show landscape.

Hosts and Judges

Winners of Idols in Denmark

* '' Idols 2003: Christian Mendoza'' * '' Idols 2004:

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Idols 2003

In mid-2003, auditions were held in

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. The best 30 contestants were chosen to perform in 3 groups of 10 in front of the Danish TV audience, the 3 contestants with the most votes per group advanced & one wildcard being chosen to the Top 10. Filipino born Christian Mendoza won the first season over Mirza Radonjica with a 57% gain of the total vote. I 2009 finalist Kasper Ehlers joint series two of ''

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'' in Denmark, where he was part of first runners-up

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Idols 2004

Idols 2004 in Denmark has the record for shortest Idol program in production with production lasting no more than 3 months.

from Aarhus won with 65% of the total vote over Louise Baltzer Jensen from

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. Season two of Idols Denmark is often cited as the most unsuccessful of all Idol seasons with confirmed sources listing that not even 1,000 people had bothered to turn up to the auditions again in Aarhus & Copenhagen. The winner was

over the runner-up Louise Baltzer Jensen. Rikke was denied her promised contract with

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Denmark, though her debut single Get There sold moderately well.

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