Super Idol (Greek TV series)

Super Idol[1] was the first Greek version of the British television hit show Pop Idol. It was a talent contest to find a pop performer. The first series of the show, from February 8 to June 17, 2004, was hosted by Themis Georgantas and the winner was Stavros Konstantinou.

Super Idol
Created byFremantle Media & Mega Channel
Presented byThemis Georgantas
JudgesElena Katrava
Konstantis Spyropoulos
Ilias Psinakis
Country of originGreece
Original languageGreek
No. of seasons1
Original release
NetworkMega Channel
Release8 February (2004-02-08) –
17 June 2004 (2004-06-17)

Due to low ratings Mega Channel decided to cancel after only one season, however Georgian runner-up Tamta Goduadze achieved major success and established herself in the Greek music industry afterwards. The panel of judges for the first season of the show were Elena Katrava, Kostantis Spyropoulos and Ilias Psinakis.

Auditions

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The show started in 2004 and auditions were held at three locations: Cyprus, Thessalonica and finally Athens. The winner, Stavros, was from Cyprus. Runner up Tamta Goduadze also recorded the duet T'allo Mou Miso with Stavros on his first CD.

Semi-finals

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Top 50
Format: 2 out of 10 making in each week

Date First Second
March 18 Giorgos Petritis Andreas Menelaou
March 25 Georgia Lazopoulou Vasia Bresta
April 1 Christos Zan Batist Chriso Stamatopoulou
April 8 Tamta Goduadze Nikos Ganos
April 15 Stavros Konstantinou Theodoris Panas

Finals

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Finalists

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(ages stated at time of contest)

Contestant Age Hometown Voted Off Liveshow Theme
Stavros Konstantinou 20 Nicosia Winner Grand Finale
Tamta Goduadze 23 Athens June 17, 2004
Nikos Ganos 20 Athens June 10, 2004
Andreas Menelaou 18 Nicosia June 3, 2004
Christos Zan Batist 21 Athens May 27, 2004
Chriso Stamatopoulou 27 Athens May 20, 2004
Giorgos Petritis 20 Athens May 13, 2004
Georgia Lazopoulou 27 Thessaloniki May 6, 2004
Theodoris Panas 26 Athens April 29, 2004
Vasia Bresta 20 Athens April 22, 2004
Legend
Female Male Top 10
Bottom 3 Bottom 2 Eliminated
Stage: Finals
Week: 4/22 4/29 5/6 5/13 5/20 5/27 6/3 6/10 6/17
Place Contestant Result
1 Stavros Konstantinou Winner
2 Tamta Goduadze Runner-Up
3 Nikos Ganos Btm 2 Btm 3 Btm 2 Btm 2 Elim
4 Andreas Menelaou Btm 3 Elim
5 Christos Zan Batist Btm 2 Btm 3 Btm 3 Elim
6 Chriso Stamatopoulou Btm 2 Btm 3 Elim
7 Giorgos Petritis Elim
8 Georgia Lazopoulou Btm 2 Btm 3 Elim
9 Theodoris Panas Btm 3 Elim
10 Vasia Bresta Elim

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "SKY-HI on working with Nissy on 'SUPER IDOL', his favourite 2023 songs, and BMSG plans for the new year". SKY-HI on working with Nissy on 'SUPER IDOL', his favourite 2023 songs, and BMSG plans for the new year | Bandwagon | Music media championing and spotlighting music in Asia. 2024-01-09. Retrieved 2024-03-03.