2003 Russian TV series or program
People's Artist Created by Rossiya Country of origin Russia No. of seasons3 Network Rossiya Release 2003 (2003 ) – 2006 (2006 )
People's Artist (Russian : Народный Артист , romanized : Narodny Artist ) was a Russian music competition television series, based on the popular British reality television series Pop Idol . It was produced by RTR in association with FBI Music and FremantleMedia . Season 1 and 2 were hosted by 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 Aleksandr Panayotov coming in second.
Finalists
(ages stated at time of contest)
Contestant
Age
Hometown
Voted Off
Liveshow Theme
Aleksey Goman
20
Winner
Grand Finale
Aleksandr Panayotov
19
19 December 2003
Aleksey Chumakov
22
5 December 2003
Songs by Alla Pugacheva/Filipp Kirkorov
Mariya Zaytseva
20
28 November 2003
Songs by Igor Krutoy
Oksana Kazakova
21
21 November 2003
Contestant's Choice
Anna Alina
22
14 November 2003
Songs by Igor Nikolaev
Natalya Pavolotskaya
19
6 November 2003
Film Songs
Irina Toporez
22
31 October 2003
Songs by David Tukhmanov
Yuliya Valeeva
25
24 October 2003
Rhythm and Melody
Irina Chernishova
20
Saint Petersburg
17 October 2003
Old Songs
Season 2
Kyiv , Ukraine and Minsk, Belarus 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)
Contestant
Age
Hometown
Voted Off
Liveshow Theme
Ruslan Alehno
22
Minsk
Winner
Grand Finale
Paulina Dmitrenko
20
Kharkiv
19 December 2004
Yury Ignatov
26
Tyumen
11 December 2004
Yuliya Vdovenko
20
Kyiv
4 December 2004
Evgeniy Anishko
20
Kyiv
20 November 2004
Vera Karetnikova
20
Minsk
13 November 2004
Dilyara Vagapova
19
Kazan
6 November 2004
Vladislav Shlykov
24
Pavlohrad
30 October 2004
Tatyana Kazyuchits
18
Minsk
23 October 2004
Darya Urizchenko
25
Minsk
16 October 2004
Season 3
This season had auditions in Moscow , Voronezh , Saratov , Kazan , Kaliningrad , Saint Petersburg , Irkutsk and Chelyabinsk . 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 . On 3 June 2006 Amarkhuu Borkhuu won with 61.7% of the vote over Marina Devyatova .
The jury this season was:
References
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Main franchise
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Junior franchise
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Specials