''Super Star'' ( ar, سوبر ستار) was an

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television show based on the popular British show ''

Pop Idol ''Pop Idol'' is a British music competition television series created by Simon Fuller which ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003. The aim of the show was to decide the best new young pop singer (or "pop idol") in the UK based on viewer voting and par ...

'' created by

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19 Entertainment 19 Entertainment is a producer of entertainment properties for television with a focus on music. Founded by Simon Fuller in London in 1985, the company co-produced ''Pop Idol'' in the United Kingdom with Thames Television in 2001. The ''Idol serie ...

& developed by

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. The show unites the Arab community by democratically choosing the next singing sensation. The show is broadcast worldwide on

Future TV Future Television ( ar, تلفزيون المستقبل, ''Televiziyon al-Mustaqbal'') was a Lebanese free-to-air television station founded in 1993 by the Future Movement leader Rafik Hariri, a former Prime Minister of Lebanon. Future TV was als ...

, a Lebanese television station. It is also the first ''Idol'' franchise to feature contestants from multiple countries. The show was a huge success. Ali Jaber, the executive manager of Future TV, was quoted as saying "This (program) is the most successful for an Arab television. There isn't a television program that moved the Arab world like that." However, ''SuperStar'' was eclipsed by rival show ''

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'' on

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in the Middle East, in terms of popularity and ratings, after only its first season. It has been surpassed by ''Star Academy'' as the number one Arab show, and did not move the Arab world the way it did during the first season. Future TV subsequently lost the ''Idol'' licence to the MBC network, which in 2011 relaunched the programme as ''

Arab Idol ''Arab Idol'' is an Arabic television show, based on the popular British show '' Pop Idol'' created by Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment and developed by Fremantle Media and recorded in Beirut, Lebanon. The first season premiered on 9 December ...

'' on

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Summary

SuperStar 1 (2003)

The first ever Arab ''SuperStar'' was held between 23 June 2003 and 18 August 2003. The series was won by the Jordanian

Diana Karazon Diana Karazon ( ar, ديانا كرزون; born October 30, 1983) is a Jordanian singer of Arabic pop, television host, and actress. She won ''Superstar'', the Arabic version of ''Pop Idol''. Karazon was born in Kuwait City, Kuwait, but her ori ...

Participants and date of elimination: *

- Jordan - Winner *

Rouwaida Attieh Rouwaida Attieh ( ar, رويدا عطية; born July 1, 1982) is a Syrian vocalist. Rouwaida was the first runner-up on the first season of Super Star, the pan-Arab import of "Pop Idol". Along with Lebanese contestant Melhem Zein, she was a favo ...

- Syria - 18 August 2003 *

Melhem Zein Melhem Zain ( ar, ملحم زين; born 21 October 1982) is a Lebanese singer Career When he was 16, Melhem Hussein Zein first participated in an Amateur Singing Program called ''Kaas Al Nojoum'' (The Cup of the Stars) on the Lebanese LBC ...

- Lebanon - 11 August 2003 * Saoud Abou Sultan UAE - 4 August 2003 *

Wael Mansour Wa'el ( ar, وائل), also spelt Wael or Wail, is an ancient Aramaic male given name. The first currently known usage of the name was found and translated at a site called Sumatar Harabesi. There is coinage and inscriptions mentioning a King ...

- Egypt - 28 July 2003 * Shadi Aswad - Syria - 21 July 2003 * Merhi Serhal - Lebanon - 14 July 2003 * Mohammad Lafi - Palestine - 7 July 2003 * Nancy Zabalawi - Syria - 30 June 2003 *

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- Algeria - 30 June 2003 * Saad Jamal Al-Dine - Lebanon - 23 June 2003 * Haitham Saeed - Egypt - 23 June 2003

Diana Karazon in ''World Idol''

participated alongside 10 other Idol winners from other countries in the mini-event

World Idol ''World Idol'' (Germany: ''SuperStar Weltweit'', Arab World: ''SuperStar El Alaam'') is a one-off international version of the singing competition television show ''Pop Idol'', featuring winners of the various national ''Idol'' shows around t ...

held in

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. Diana placed equal in 9th place among the 11 contestants equal with the German ''SuperStar''

Alexander Klaws Alexander Klaws (born 3 September 1983) is a German singer, songwriter, actor, and host. He rose to fame in 2003 after winning the debut season of the television series '' Deutschland sucht den Superstar'', the German ''Idol'' series adaptation ...

on 45 points. The event was won by the

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Idol

Kurt Nilsen Kurt Erik Nilsen () (born 29 September 1978) is a Norwegian pop/country singer. He won the first season of the Norwegian reality show ''Idol'', which aired on TV 2 in May 2003. He then won a one-off international version of ''Pop Idol'' called ...

. Diana Karazon performed the first radio single from her CD

Super Star El Arab Super Star El Arab () is the first music album, album of songs performed by Diana Karazon, the winner of the Arabic TV series ''Super Star (Arabic TV series), Super Star''. See also

Jordanian music 2003 albums Diana Karazon albums Arabic ...

- ''Ensani Ma Binsak''. Diana Karazon received the following scores respectively: * United Kingdom awarded 4 points * Belgium awarded 1 point * Australia awarded 4 points * United States awarded 8 points * Arab world awarded 12 points (default award) * Poland awarded 1 point * Netherlands awarded 1 point * Canada awarded 5 points * Germany awarded 6 points * Norway awarded 2 points * South Africa awarded 1 point

SuperStar 2 (2004)

The second series was held 31 May and 23 August 2004. Three new audition cities were announced -

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while Algiers was dropped.

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decided to quit after receiving bad comments about her judging skills in the previous season. She was replaced with music critic/agent

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. An amazing 83 contestants had advanced to the semi finals of Super Star 2, 81 ended up performing before 2 contestants each week would advance to become part of the Top 14 contestants. This series also offered a Wildcard show where it was revealed by the CEO of Future TV -

Ali Jaber Ali Jaber ( ar, علي جابر) (born 1961) is a Lebanese journalist, media consultant, TV personality and the Group TV Director of MBC, the Arab world's largest satellite broadcaster. Academic and leadership Mr. Jaber completed a bachelor's ...

, that the Top 14 would become a Top 17 & that the Top 5 vote getters in the Wildcards would advance. Ayman Alatar from

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Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...

won the title of ''Super Star'' on 23 August 2004, beating runner up Palestinian Ammar Hassan with a weighting of 54% to 46%. It was revealed later that Ayman had missed the audition in

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...

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by one day & had one last chance to audition in

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Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

Participants and special guests

Participants, their countries and date of elimination * Ayman Alatar - Libya - ''Winner'' *

Ammar Hassan Ammar Hassan ( ar, عمار حسن; born November 13, 1976) is a Palestinian singer who rose to popularity around the Arab world after placing second in ''Super Star (Arabic TV series), Super Star 2'', the pan-Arabia, Arabic version of ''Pop Ido ...

- Palestine - 23 August 2004 * Hadi Aswad - Syria - 16 August 2004 * Ranim Qteit - Egypt - 9 August 2004 * Brigitte Yaghi - Lebanon - 2 August 2004 *

Mohannad Mshallah Mohannad ( ar, مهند) is a masculine Arabic name meaning “sword made in India”. It is derived from the word for India (''Al Hind'' الهند) and can mean both "India-ified" or "Indian". The iron used for it came from India. Given name ;M ...

- Syria - 26 July 2004 * Houssam Madanieh - Syria - 19 July 2004 * Abir Nameh - Lebanon - 12 July 2004 * Abd El Rahman Mohamed - Saudi Arabia - 12 July 2004 * Houssam Chami - Lebanon - 28 June 2004 * Mohamed Daoud - Kuwait - 21 June 2004 *

Waad Al Bahri Waad Al Bahri ( ar, وعد البحري) is a Syrian who participated in SuperStar (Arabic TV series) and reached the finals of the program. She is also a singer and has produced one album. Early life Bahri started singing at the age of four. ...

- Syria - 14 June 2004 * Mustafa Shwiekh - Egypt - 14 June 2004 * Raneen El Sha'ar - Lebanon - 7 June 2004 * Zahi Saffeyeh - Lebanon - 7 June 2004 *

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- UAE - 31 May 2004 * Yasmine El Husaini - Egypt - 31 May 2004 Special guests: *

Wadih El Safi Wadih El Safi ( ar, وديع الصافي, born Wadih Francis; November 1, 1921 – October 11, 2013) was a Lebanese singer, songwriter, composer and actor. He was a Lebanese icon and the forefather of the country's musical culture. He was the ...

* Saoud Abou Sultan *

Asalah Nasri Assala Mostafa Hatem Nasri ( ar, أصالة مصطفى حاتم نصري; born 15 May 1969), commonly known as Assala ( ar, أصالة), is a Syrian musical artist. She is one of the most popular and famous Arab singers. Early life and career ...

Nawal El Kuwaiti Nawal El Kuwaitia ( ar, نوال الكويتية; born Nawal Thaher Al-Zaid, 18 November 1966) is a Kuwaiti singer and actress. Career Nawal studied at the Music Institute in Kuwait. Nawal's first album was released in 1984. The majority of ...

Sherine Sherine Sayed Mohamed Abdel-Wahab ( ar, شيرين سيد محمد عبد الوهاب; born October 8, 1980), known professionally by the mononym Sherine ( ar, شيرين), is an Egyptian singer, actress, TV host and personality, and a former ...

Diana Haddad Diana Haddad ( ar, ديانا حداد; born 1 October 1976) is a Lebanese singer, actress, and television personality who also holds Emirati citizenship and is based in the United Arab Emirates. Haddad is one of the most popular Arabic pop mus ...

* Washeq El Kaman *

Nancy Ajram Nancy Nabil Ajram ( ar, نانسي نبيل عجرم, born May 16, 1983) is a Lebanese singer, television personality and businesswoman. Dubbed by Spotify as the " Queen of Arab Pop". With the support of her father, she began performing as ...

Moeen Charif Moeen Shreif ( ar, معين شريف ) (born on May 15, 1972; Yammoune, Lebanon) is a Lebanese people, Lebanese singer. His public appreciates and respects him particularly for his commitment, his vibrant voice and his poetic lyrics Biography He ...

Assi El Helani Mohammed Muzen El Hallani ( ar, محمد مزين الحلاني), widely known as Assi El Hallani; born November 28, 1970), is a Lebanese singer and actor. El Helani's musical career started after winning Studio Al Fan, a TV program for young a ...

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SuperStar 3 (2005–2006)

The telecast of ''SuperStar 3'' was delayed after the assassination of Future TV founder & Lebanese Prime Minister -

Rafik Hariri Rafik is the given name of: *Rafik Al-Hariri (1944–2005), business tycoon, former Prime Minister of Lebanon *Rafik Bouderbal (born 1987), French-born Algerian player currently playing for ES Sétif in the Algerian Championnat National *Rafik Deg ...

, as the TV station went into mourning. ''SuperStar 3'' was the longest

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production ever with auditions beginning in Cairo on 10 November 2004, with the program culminating on 6 February 2006. Rania Kurdi did not want to renew her hosting position for Season 3, as a result Heba Sisi was hired for Season 3, but due to the lengthy hiatus over the Hariri murder, her contract prematurely ended before the semi finals had begun, leaving Ayman to host solo for the rest of the season. Auditions took place in the following cities: *

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Cairo, Egypt Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...

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Participants and special guests

94 contestants advanced to the theatre round in

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. 6 from America, 4 from Australia, 21 from

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, 8 from

, 5 from

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, 9 from

, 32 from

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& 5 from

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. Participants, their countries of origin and date of elimination: *

Ibrahim El Hakami Ibrahim El Hakami ( ar, ابراهيم الحكمي; born May 2, 1979) is a Saudi singer who rose to popularity around the world as the winner of '' Super Star 3'', the pan-Arabic version of ''Pop Idol''. Ibrahim won with 53% of the total vote ...

- Saudi Arabia - ''Winner'' *

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- Syria - 6 February 2006 *

Ayman Lseeq Ayman ( ar, أيمن, also spelled as Aiman, Aimen, Aymen, or Eymen in the Latin alphabet) is an Arabic masculine given name. It is derived from the Arabic Semitic root () for ''right'', and literally means ''righteous'', ''he who is on the right'' ...

- Tunisia - 30 January 2006 * Ahmed El Faleh - Iraq - 23 January 2006 * Asma Othmani - Tunisia - 23 January 2006 *

Nancy Nasrallah Nancy Nasrallah ( ar, نانسي نصر الله) is a Lebanese pop singer who participated in SuperStar (Arabic TV series) Later, she participated in The Voice Ahla Sawt season 2 and she was in the Saber Rebaï team . Discography Singles * ' ...

- Lebanon - 9 January 2006 * Haitham El Shoumali - Palestine - 2 January 2006 * Ibrahim Abd El Adheem - Libya - 26 December 2005 *

Asma Ben Ahmed ''Super Star'' ( ar, سوبر ستار) was an Arabic television show based on the popular British show ''Pop Idol'' created by Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment & developed by Fremantle Media. The show unites the Arab community by democratically ...

- Tunisia - 19 December 2005 * Hatem Adar - Morocco - 19 December 2005 * Samar Andeel - Egypt - 5 December 2005 * Yusra Hamzawi - Tunisia - 28 November 2005 The special guests were: Once again this season, special musical guests have been invited to the show to offer their support & critiques. * Ayman El Aatar *

* Hadi Aswad * Ranim Qteit *

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Abdallah Al Rowaished Abdallah Alruwaished ( ar, عبدالله الرويشد, born July 18, 1961) is an Arab singer and actor from Kuwait. He has released over thirty albums. Biography Alruwaished began his solo career in the early 1980s with the release of his ...

Walid Toufic Walid Toutanji ( ar, وليد توفيق; also known as Walid Toufic; born April 8, 1954), is a Lebanese singer and actor. Biography Walid Toufic, born Walid Toutounji, grew up with his Sunni family in Tripoli, Lebanon. He later relocated to we ...

Marwan Khoury Marwan Khoury ( ar, مروان خوري; born February 3, 1968) is a Lebanese singer, writer, composer and music arranger. He has composed hits for artists such as Majida El Roumi, Saber Rebaï, Nawal Al Zoghbi, Assala Nasri, Najwa Karam, Fadl ...

* Nabil Shaeil *

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Julia Boutros Julia Boutros ( ar, جوليا بطرس; born April 1, 1968) is a Lebanese singer rose to prominence in the 1980s with a series of songs like "Ghabet Shams El Haq" and "Wein el Malayeen". She is also the sister of Ziad Boutros and the wife of t ...

The new semi final format from Denmark & America was similarly adopted this season whereby the Top 21 (10 male & 11 female) were placed in male & female groups with 5 contestants advancing to the Top 12. The semi finalists of ''Super Star 3'' are:
Samar Andeel (

), Aida El Rahbani (

(Lebanon), Rashel El Rasi (Lebanon), Hasna Zlagh (

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Asma Othmani ''Super Star'' ( ar, سوبر ستار) was an Arabic television show based on the popular British show ''Pop Idol'' created by Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment & developed by Fremantle Media. The show unites the Arab community by democratically ...

(Tunisia), Fouzia El Betri (Tunisia), Olfa El Barhoumi (Tunisia), Yusra Hamzawi (Tunisia), Mohamed El Abd (

), Mohamed Jamal (Egypt), Ahmed El Faleh (Iraq), Youssef Kazar (Iraq), Ibrahim Abd El Adheem (

), Hatem Adar (Morocco), Haitham El Shoumali (

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(

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), Anis Ltaief (Tunisia),

(Tunisia) As of 12 December 2005, the competition of Super Star has been delayed due to the assassination of Lebanese senator

Gebran Tueni Gebran Ghassan Tueni ( ar, جبران تويني; 15 September 1957 – 12 December 2005) was a Lebanese politician and the former editor and publisher of daily paper ''An Nahar'', established by his grandfather, also named Gebran Tueni, i ...

, the results show scheduled to air on Monday 12 December 2005 will be included with the results due on Monday 19 December 2005. On 15 January 2006, the competition was once again postponed due to the passing of another key political figure,

Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (29 June 1926 – 15 January 2006) ( ar, الشيخ جابر الأحمد الجابر الصباح, translit=ash-Shaykh Jābir al-ʾAḥmad al-Jābir aṣ-Ṣabāḥ) was Emir of Kuwait and Commander of the Kuwait ...

. The performance show was recorded on Tuesday & aired on Thursday 19 January. The votes from this round will be combined with the performance show on 22 January with the elimination of 2 contestants. On the evening of Monday 6 February 2006,

from Saudi Arabia became the 3rd ''Super Star'' over

with a 53% to 47% weighting. Along with the title of Super Star, Ibrahim also won a

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Finals elimination chart

SuperStar 4 (2007)

Season 4 of ''SuperStar'' was officially confirmed of the season 3 Grand Final. On 10 April 2006, the following audition cities were revealed on the official Future TV website: *

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Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait City ( ar, مدينة الكويت) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economical centre of the emirate, ...

Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pea ...

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* Detroit, USA (

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was to be included but scrapped at the last minute) Auditions took place during September 2006 and the new season premiered on ''Future TV'' in late January 2007, one week after the premier of the sixth season of

American Idol ''American Idol'' is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It aired on Fox from June 11, 2002, to Ap ...

. The performance show airs on Sunday night with the results show on Monday night.

Participants and special guests

Participants, their countries of origin and date of elimination *

Marwan Ali Marwan Ali ( ar, مروان علي) is a Tunisian pop singer, the winner of the Arab Super Star show, a version of the British show Pop Idol. SuperStar is broadcast on Future TV, a Lebanese television station and is the first Idol franchise t ...

- Tunisia - ''Winner'' *

Saad Lamjarred Saad Lamjarred ( ar, سعد لمجرد; born 7 April 1985) is a Moroccan singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, dancer, record producer and actor. He grew up in an artist family and became famous after his songs broke YouTube audience records, ...

- Morocco - 4 June 2007 *

Yusra Mahnoush Yousra is a given name, with variants Yosra or Yusra. It is the feminine equivalent of Yousri or Yousry. Notable people with the name include: Yousra *Yousra (Civene Nessim, born 1955), an Egyptian actress and singer *Yousra Abdel Razek or Yousr ...

- Tunisia - 28 May 2007 * Ahmad Hussein - Lebanon - 14 May 2007 *

Rihab Saleh Rihab is a village in Mafraq Governorate, in northern Jordan. Antique church buildings Rihab features numerous natural caves and dozens of churches, most of them dating to the late sixth or early seventh century. St. Georgeous church in Rihab is c ...

- Egypt - 7 May 2007 * Ibrahim Ashri - Egypt - 30 April 2007 * Fadi Abd El Khaliq - Lebanon - 23 April 2007 * Nesma Kurdi - Egypt - 23 April 2007 *

Youssef Bara Yusuf ( ar, يوسف ') is a male name of Arabic origin meaning "God increases" (in piety, power and influence).From the Hebrew יהוה להוסיף ''YHWH Lhosif'' meaning "YHWH will increase/add". It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name ...

- Syria - 9 April 2007 *

Mustafa Said Mustafa Said (مصطفى سعيد) is an Egyptian singer, musicologist, composer and a virtuoso Oud player. He has been living in Beirut since 2004. He is one of the few young talents to devote his career to the classical Arabic repertoire while e ...

- Egypt - 2 April 2007 *

Rawda Bin Abdallah Rawda, Rawḍah, or ar-Rawḍah, meaning ''garden'' or ''meadow'', may refer to: __NOTOC__ Bahrain * Al Rawda Palace, a palace in western Bahrain Egypt * Rawda Island, an island on the Nile in Cairo * Al-Rawda, North Sinai Saudi Arabia * Rawda ...

- Tunisia - 26 March 2007 * Elian Ba'ini - Lebanon - 19 March 2007 * Nada Omar - Egypt - 19 March 2007 Special Guests: *

Mayada El Hennawy Mayada El Hennawy ( ar, ميادة الحناوي; born October 8, 1959) is a Syrian singer. She lived a part of her life in Egypt where she collaborated with many famous Egyptian musical composers like Mohamed El Mougy and Mohamed Abdel Wahab, ...

* Brigitte Yaghi *

Hani Shaker Hany Shaker ( ar, هانى شاكر, ; born December 21, 1952) is an Egyptian singer, actor and composer. His first public appearance was when he sang with Abd El Halim Hafez Choral Group in "Sora", then he played in the movie Sayed Darwish as ...

Sabah Fakhry Sabah al-Din Abu Qaws ( ar, صباح الدين أبو قوس), also known as Sabah Fakhri ( ar, صباح فخري; May 2, 1933 – November 2, 2021), was a Syrian tenor singer from Aleppo. With over 50 years of fame and popularity as a sing ...

Carole Samaha Carole Samaha ( ar, كارول سماحة; born July 25, 1972) is a Lebanese singer, actress, and performer. She has released six studio albums. Samaha has a Master's degree in acting and directing, which she earned in 1999 from the Saint Jose ...

Ehab Tawfik Ehab Tawfik ( ar, إيهاب توفيق is an Egyptian singer and actor. He performs mostly in the '' shababi'' genre of Egyptian popular music. He has also recorded songs in the '' watani'' (nationalistic) tradition, among them "Set saʿat" (' ...

Finals elimination chart

*On 26 March Rehab Saleh was originally eliminated but brought back by the judges and again eliminated on 7 May.

SuperStar 5 (2008)

Auditions took place in the following cities: *

Beqaa Valley The Beqaa Valley ( ar, links=no, وادي البقاع, ', Lebanese ), also transliterated as Bekaa, Biqâ, and Becaa and known in classical antiquity as Coele-Syria, is a fertile valley in eastern Lebanon. It is Lebanon's most important ...

Tripoli, Lebanon Tripoli ( ar, طرابلس/ALA-LC: ''Ṭarābulus'', Lebanese Arabic: ''Ṭrablus'') is the largest city in northern Lebanon and the second-largest city in the country. Situated north of the capital Beirut, it is the capital of the North Gove ...

Tunis ''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois , population_note = , population_urban = , population_metro = 2658816 , population_density_km2 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 ...

Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 = , capital = Tunis , largest_city = capital , ...

Baghdad, Iraq Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the list of largest cities in the Arab world, second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the ...

Manama, Bahrain Manama ( ar, المنامة ', Bahrani pronunciation: ) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 200,000 people as of 2020. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is home to a very d ...

Casablanca, Morocco Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...

Season 5 A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperate and po ...

kicked off with the first episode on 24 February 2008. There were 3 big changes: *New female judge replacing Fadia who judged the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th season *Wael Mansour (former contestant from SuperStar 2003) & Majdala Khatar now replace Ayman Qaissouni who hosted the first 4 seasons. *Results are no longer given on Mondays, they are on Thursdays giving people 5 days to vote This year's Top 20 featured 9 females and 11 males. The Top 9 females performed on 6 April and Top 11 males performed on 13 April. 10 were chosen, and 9 of the remaining 10 came back for a Last Chance show on 20 April. One of the girls chose to drop out of the competition but did not state a reason. The Top 12 was completed on 24 April. Future Television was forced into closing on 9 May, during the 2008 Lebanon conflict. After moving its broadcasting headquarters, the station was back on the air on 13 May at 4:30 p.m (Lebanese Local Time)

Participants and special guests

Names of contestants, their countries of origin and date of elimination: *

Elie Bitar ''Super Star'' ( ar, سوبر ستار) was an Arabic television show based on the popular British show ''Pop Idol'' created by Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment & developed by Fremantle Media. The show unites the Arab community by democratically ...

- Lebanon - ''Winner'' *

Abdel Majid Ibrahim Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, mea ...

Saudi Arabia - 24 July 2008 *

Mourad El Souiti Murad or Mourad ( ar, مراد) is an Arabic name. It is also common in Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bengali, Turkish, Persian, and Berber as a male given name or surname and is commonly used throughout the Muslim world and Middle East. Etymology I ...

- Palestine - 17 July 2008 * Asma El Jabri - Morocco - 10 July 2008 * Diana Sharaneq - Lebanon - 10 July 2008 * Dounia Lotfi - Morocco - 26 June 2008 * Aidross El Aidross - Saudi Arabia - 19 June 2008 * Housam Tershishi - Lebanon - 12 June 2008 * Omayma Taleb - Tunisia - 5 June 2008 *

Anoushka Mousa Anoushka or variants Anuschka, Annushka or Anushka may refer to: People * Anoushka (Egyptian singer) (born 1960), stage name of Egyptian singer Wartanoush Garbis Selim * Anoushka (given name), people carrying the name and all its variants Enter ...

- Egypt - 29 May 2008 * Mohamad El Jafeel - Lebanon - 8 May 2008 * Abbas Ali - Iraq - 1 May 2008 Special Guests: *Top 11:

Layla Ghoufran "Layla" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, originally recorded by Derek and the Dominos, as the thirteenth track from their only studio album, '' Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs'' (1970). Its contrasting movements were compos ...

*Top 10: Jad Nakhle *Top 9:

Hisham Abbas Mohammad Hisham Mahmoud Mohammad Abbas ( ar, محمد هشام محمود محمد عباس; born September 13, 1963), commonly known as just Hisham Abbas , is an Egyptian pop singer best known for his hit song " Habibi Dah (Nari Narain)" and hi ...

*Top 8:

*Top 7: Nabil Shaeil *Top 6:

*Top 5:

Majid Al Mohandis Majid Abd al-Amir Adir al-Attabi ( ar, ماجد عبد الأمير عذير العتابي; born October 25, 1971), better known as Majid Al Mohandis ( ar, ماجد المهندس), is an Iraqi singer and composer. His success in the Arab wo ...

*Top 4: Abdel Rabb Idris *Top 3:

*Top 2:

Ragheb Alama Ragheb Alama ( ar, راغب علامة born 7 June 1962) is a Lebanese singer, dancer, composer, television personality, and philanthropist. Alama began his career in the 1980s when he appeared as a contestant on the talent show broadcast Studio ...

Finals elimination chart

*On 3 July Diana Sharaneq was originally eliminated but brought back by the judges and again eliminated the next week.

References

External links

SuperStar Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Super Star (Arabic TV Series) Lebanese television series Television series by Fremantle (company) 2003 Lebanese television series debuts 2008 Lebanese television series endings 2000s Lebanese television series Non-British television series based on British television series Future TV original programming