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Popstars

 
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  • Release Year: 2001
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 60 minutes

Plot

Based on a popular Australian TV series, Popstars is a weekly "reality program" that follows the on-stage and behind-the-scenes lives of a group of young women who are being groomed to become members of a teen-pop vocal group. The series begins by examining the grueling auditions, in which hundreds of hopefuls are narrowed down to a handful of finalists who must impress a team of choreographers, vocal coaches, and record company executives in a bid to be chosen to join the group. Once the group is assembled, the five women will then be put through their paces as they prepare to record an album and launch a concert tour. Popstars debuted on the WB television network on January 12, 2001, with a one-hour special covering the auditions for the group; the series continued with weekly half-hour episodes following the progress of the finalists. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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Countries which had a version of Popstars

Popstars is an international reality television program and a precursor to the Idol series. The series first began in New Zealand in 1999 when producer Jonathan Dowling formed the five member all-girl group TrueBliss. Dowling then sold the concept to Screentime in Australia, who then on sold it to TresorTV in Germany before taking it worldwide.

The show was the inspiration for Simon Fuller's Pop Idol franchise which would dominate reality TV, (along with Big Brother) for the next few years.

Although Popstars had started successfully in most countries, the shows gradually began to fail and were dropped by many broadcasters due to poor ratings. The only country where Popstars is still popular and successful is Germany. In Germany ProSieben is producing the sixth and seventh season because of the show's massive success in the ratings. In 2007 the show returned to France on M6. Since August 2008 there is also a new season of "Popstars" on TV in the Netherlands. It remains one of the most successful TV show formats of all time with the format being sold to more than 50 countries.

Girl groups Girls Aloud from the United Kingdom version or No Angels and Monrose from the German version, are arguably the most successful and famous groups to be created by the show. All of them are all-female groups following the concept of the original show while mixed and all-male groups did not achieve that much success in their respective countries.

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Stars launched by the show

Africa

Asia

Europe

  • Turkey
    • Abidin
    • Selçuk
    • Simge
    • Hasret

North America & Central America

Oceania

  • Australia
    • Bardot (disbanded)
    • Scandal'us (disbanded)
    • Series 3
      • Scott Cain
      • Danielle Stearman - (also known as Danielle) was the runner-up of the Australian Popstars 3 in 2002. Her first official/solo single "Tell Me If You Like It" debuted and peaked at #20 in the same year, but she has not charted in the ARIAnet Singles nor Albums Charts since.
    • Series 4 (see Popstars Live)
      • Kayne Taylor
      • Miranda Murphy (runner-up) released a single called "That Girl" debuted and peaked at #19.

South America

Number one singles

The following is a list of singles that reached #1 in the respective nations of the Popstars artists

Artist Nation Song Title Date Album
TrueBliss NZ Tonight May 1999 Dream
Bardot AUS Poison April 2000 Bardot
No Angels Germany Daylight in Your Eyes February 2001 Elle'Ments
Lollipop Italy Down Down Down April 2001 Popstars
No Angels Germany There Must Be an Angel August 2001 Elle'Ments
No Angels Germany Something About Us May 2002 Now... Us!
No Angels Germany No Angel (It's All in Your Mind) April 2003 Pure
Hear’Say UK Pure and Simple March 2001 Popstars
Hear’Say UK The Way To Your Love June 2001 Popstars
Scandal'us AUS Me, Myself & I April 2000 Startin' Somethin
Bro'Sis Germany I Believe December 2001 Never Forget (Where You Come From)
Eden's Crush U.S. Get Over Yourself (Goodbye) March 2001 Popstars
Six Ireland There's a Whole Lot of Loving Going On February 2002 This Is It
Scott Cain AUS I'm Moving On May 2002 Controlled Folly
Overground Germany Schick mir 'nen Engel November 2003 It's Done
Preluders Germany Everyday Girl November 2003 Girls in the House
Nu Pagadi Germany Sweetest Poison December 2004 Your Dark Side
Monrose Germany Shame December 2006 Temptation
Monrose Germany Hot Summer June 2007 Strictly Physical
Men2B Netherlands Bigger than that December 2004 A different way
Raffish Netherlands Plaything December 2004 How Raffish are you?
Rouge Brazil Ragatanga (The Ketchup Song) October 2002 Rouge
Rouge Brazil Brilha La Luna April 2003 C'est La Vie
Rouge Brazil Um Anjo Veio Me Falar October 2003 C'est La Vie
Girls Aloud UK Sound of the Underground December 2002 Sound of the Underground
Girls Aloud UK I'll Stand by You November 2004 What Will The Neighbours Say?
Girls Aloud with the Sugababes UK Walk This Way March 2007 Stand alone single for Comic Relief
Girls Aloud UK The Promise October 2008 Out Of Control
Kiruba ECU Quisiera April 2003 Kiruba
Kiruba ECU Camina June 2003 Kiruba
Kiruba ECU Como Extraño Tu Luz August 2003 Kiruba
Kiruba ECU Me Pierdo November 2003 Kiruba
Kiruba ECU Me Quedo Contigo May 2004 Baila La Luna

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