''People's Artist'' (russian: Народный Артист, Narodny Artist) was a Russian

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television series, based on the popular British reality television series ''

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''. It was produced by RTR in association with FBI Music and

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. Season 1 and 2 were hosted by Fyokla Tolstaya and

Ivan Urgant Ivan Andreyevich Urgant (russian: Ива́н Андре́евич У́ргант; born 16 April 1978) is a Russian television host, presenter, actor, musician and producer. His best known roles in film are Boris in the ''Yolki'' series and as Dani ...

. ''People's Artist'' remains today the only Idol series to feature miming in their "best of" show (Финальный Концерт ''final'niy kontsert'') where none of the contestants sang live.

Season 1

Aleksey Goman Aleksey Vladimirovich Goman (russian: link=no, Алексей Владимирович Гоман) (born 12 September 1983, in Murmansk) is a Russian pop singer, composer and television presenter, who rose to popularity after winning the first se ...

won season one, with

Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandr Sergeyevich Panayotov (russian: Александр Серге́евич Панайотов; born 1 July 1984) is a Russian-Ukrainian singer and songwriter. He has recorded two albums so far. Eurovision Song Contest Aleksandr had made ...

coming in second.

Finalists

(ages stated at time of contest)

Season 2

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and

Minsk, Belarus Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

were included in the auditions this season which resulted in almost all finalists from that season coming from one of the two countries and no auditions outside of Russia being held in the next season.

Season 3

This season had auditions in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

Voronezh Voronezh ( rus, links=no, Воро́неж, p=vɐˈronʲɪʂ}) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on the ...

Saratov Saratov (, ; rus, Сара́тов, a=Ru-Saratov.ogg, p=sɐˈratəf) is the largest city and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River upstream (north) of Volgograd. Saratov had a population of 901,36 ...

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

Kaliningrad Kaliningrad ( ; rus, Калининград, p=kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat, links=y), until 1946 known as Königsberg (; rus, Кёнигсберг, Kyonigsberg, ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbɛrk; rus, Короле́вец, Korolevets), is the largest city and ...

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

Irkutsk Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and mn, Эрхүү, ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 617,473 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is ...

and

Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk ( rus, Челя́бинск, p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk, a=Ru-Chelyabinsk.ogg; ba, Силәбе, ''Siläbe'') is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a ...

. The 125 chosen candidates (35 males and 90 females) advanced to Moscow in the theatre round where they were reduced to 10 finalists to perform live on television. Season three was hosted by Olga Shelest and

Oskar Kuchera Oskar Aleksandrovich Kuchera (russian: Оскар Александрович Кучера, born ''Bogolyubov'' (russian: Боголюбов); 11 August 1974) is a Russian actor, TV presenter and radio host. He was born in Moscow. He has made app ...

. On June 3, 2006,

Amarkhuu Borkhuu Amarkhuu Borkhuu ( mn, Борхүүгийн Амархүү, Borkhuugiin Amarkhuu; born 1 July 1987) is a pop singer and actor of Mongolian origin residing in Buryatia, Russia. Life When he was a child his parents moved from Mongolia to Ulan-U ...

won with 61.7% of the vote over

Marina Devyatova Marina Vladimirovna Devyatova (russian: link=no, Мари́на Влади́мировна Девя́това, born 13 December 1983) is a Russian singer and interpreter of Russian traditional music. She was a finalist of the third edition of ' ...

. The jury this season was: * Evgeniy Fridlyand *

Maksim Dunayevsky Maksim Isaakovich Dunayevsky (russian: Макси́м Исаа́кович Дунае́вский, born 15 January 1945 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian composer. People's Artist of Russia (2006). He is the artistic director and chairman of th ...

* Gennady Khazanov * Alena Sviridova

References

External links

The first English website
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