''People's 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 Fyokla Nikitichna Tolstaya (; born 27 February 1971), also known as Fekla Tolstoy, is a Russian journalist, cultural figure, and TV and radio presenter. She is the great-great-granddaughter of the author Leo Tolstoy. Biography Fyokla Tolstaya ...

and Ivan Urgant. ''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 won season one, with

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coming in second.

Finalists

(ages stated at time of contest)

Season 2

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and

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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.

Finalists

(ages stated at time of contest)

Season 3

This season had auditions in

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Saratov Saratov ( , ; , ) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River. Saratov had a population of 901,361, making it the List of cities and tow ...

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and

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. 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

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and

Oskar Kuchera Oskar Aleksandrovich Kuchera (, born ''Bogolyubov'' (); 11 August 1974) is a Russian actor, TV presenter and radio host. He was born in Moscow. He has made appearances in movies such as ''Unreal Love'' and ''Soldiers'' and is a presenter on ''Top ...

. On 3 June 2006

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won with 61.7% of the vote over

Marina Devyatova Marina Vladimirovna Devyatova (, born 13 December 1983) is a Russian singer and interpreter of Russian traditional music. She was a finalist of the third edition of ''Narodni Artist'' (''People's Artist''), the Russian equivalent of ''American ...

. The jury this season was: *

Evgeniy Fridlyand Yevgeni (), also transliterated as Yevgeny, Yevgenii, Yevgeniy, Evgeni, Evgeny, Evgenii, Evgeniy, Evgenyi or Evgenij, is the Russian form of the masculine given name Eugene. The short form is Zhenya (Женя), also transliterated as Jenya or Sheny ...

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* Gennady Khazanov *

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References

External links

The first English website
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