Kurd Idol

Kurd Idol
Logo since 2017
Genre	Reality television
Created by	Simon Fuller
Presented by	Alan Ciwan, Şatwan Ata
Judges	Bijan Kamkar, Kanî, Adnan Karim and Nizamettin Ariç
Country of origin	Kurdistan
Original languages	Kurdish Dialects (including Kurmanji, Sorani, Gorani, Zazaki, Southern Kurdish)
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26 (as for May 9, 2017) (list of episodes)
Production
Producer	Çekdar ERKIRAN
Production locations	Silêmanî, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Camera setup	Multiple Cameras
Running time	60 minutes (±10 mins)
Production company	Glob Inc
Original release
Network	Kurdsat
Release	April 9 (2017-04-09) – May 9, 2017 (2017-05-09)

Kurd Idol (Kurdish: کورد ئایدڵ / Kurd Aydil) is the first international franchise in Kurdish television history. Kurd Idol reality singing competition that is part of the Idols franchise created by Simon Fuller and owned by 19 Entertainment and FremantleMedia. Kurdsat acquired the production and broadcast rights for Kurd Idol. The series aims to find new solo recording artists from across the Kurdish diaspora and the winner would be decided by viewers' votes through the Internet, telephone and text messages. To project is aimed to select the Kurdish singers from the historical Kurdistan region and diaspora.

Audition

Auditions for Kurd Idol have been held in Kurdish cities of Van, Hewlêr, Mêrdîn, Sine, Silêmanî, and outside the region - in Berlin, Istanbul, Stockholm, Düsseldorf, Tbilisi and Yerevan.

Season 1

Jury

Source:

• Kanî
• Ednan Kerîm
• Nizamettin Ariç
• Bijan Kamkar, left show because of health problems.

Contestants

17 contestants have been chosen among more than 2,000 candidates who auditioned and 172 candidates who were chosen by judges to attend the subsequent theatre round in Silêmanî, Kurdistan Region.

Order	Contestant	Age	Native Dialect	Hometown
1	Aştî Ezîz	23	Sorani	Hewlêr, Southern Kurdistan
2	Bane Şîrwan	16	Sorani	Silêmanî, Southern Kurdistan
3	Cengiz Yazgı	29	Kurmanji	Istanbul, Turkey
4	Evîn Osman	29	Sorani	Göteborg, Sweden
5	Ferzad Mehdî	26	Gorani	Merîwan, Eastern Kurdistan
—	Hêvî Zîn	18	Kurmanji	Mêrdîn, Northern Kurdistan
6	Eşkan Ebdulrehman	25	Sorani	Silêmanî, Southern Kurdistan
7	Jînda Kenco	25	Kurmanji	Kobanî, Western Kurdistan
8	Roza Gergerî	25	Kurmanji	Tbilisi, Georgia
9	Songül Düzgün	34	Zazaki	Dêrsim, Northern Kurdistan
10	Tanya Aso	19	Sorani	Silêmanî, Southern Kurdistan
11	Vedat Akarsu	19	Kurmanji	Batman, Northern Kurdistan
12	Xezel Mustefa	22	Sorani	Serdeşt, Eastern Kurdistan
13	Rewan Îbrahîm	24	Kurmanji	Qamişlo, Western Kurdistan
14	Zêrevan Casim	20	Sorani	Erbil, Southern Kurdistan
15	Mustefa Salar	28	Sorani	Silêmanî, Southern Kurdistan
16	Ronî Artîn	24	Kurmanji	Mêrdîn, Northern Kurdistan
17	Ebdulla Mehemed	26	Sorani	Hewlêr, Southern Kurdistan

Voting

According to the fact, that Kurdistan does not exist as a nation state, that is why the voting was able in three parts of the region — Eastern Kurdistan and whole Iran, Northern Kurdistan and whole Turkey, Southern Kurdistan and whole Iraq. The voting numbers were launched in few European countries where the Kurdish diaspora lives, particularly voting was able from Germany, Sweden, France and Denmark. Due to the war in Syria, voting was not able in Rojava Kurdistan.

Results

(Co-)s

Females

Males

Winner

Bottom

Elimination

Stage:		Finals
Date:		6/16	6/23	6/30	7/7	7/14
Place	Contestant	Result
1	Jînda Kenco					Winner
2	Ferzad Mehdî					1st Runner-Up
3	Xezel Mistefa					2nd Runner-Up
4	Vedat Akarsu		Btm 5			Eliminated in Final
5	Bana Shirwan
6	Cengiz Yazgı			Btm 4
7–9	Aştî Ezîz				Elim
	Zêrevan Casim
	Tanya Aso			Btm 4
10–11	Rewan Îbrahîm			Elim
	Ronî Artîn	Btm 4	Btm 5
12	Eşkan Ebdulrehman	Btm 4	WD
13–15	Roza Gergerî		Elim
	Ebdulla Mihemed
	Evîn Osman
16–17	Songül Düzgün	Elim
	Mistefa Salar

Prize

• Kurd Idol album and recording contract

External links

• Official Website
• Watch all the Episodes