Narodniy Artist
Encyclopedia
Narodniy Artist is a television
show based on the popular British show Pop Idol
. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in Russia. The show is produced by RTR
in association with FBI Music & FremantleMedia
. Season 1 & 2 was hosted by Fekla Tolstaya & Ivan Urgant
.
Narodniy Artist remains today the only Idol show to feature miming in their "best of" show (Финальный Концерт final'niy kontsert) where none of the contestants sang live.
The 125 best 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 & Oskar Kuchera. On June 3, 2006, Amarkhuu Borkhuu won with 61.7% of the vote over Marina Devyatova.
The jury this season was:
Format: 3 out of 10 making the final each week
Season 2 Top 30
Format: 3 out of 10 making the final each week
Season 2
Season 3
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
show based on the popular British show Pop Idol
Pop Idol
Pop Idol is a British television series which debuted on ITV on 6 October 2001. The show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast - one in 2001-02 and a second in 2003...
. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in Russia. The show is produced by RTR
RTR
RTR can mean:* UNIX-RTR * RTRFM RTR FM, an Australian radio station* Royal Tank Regiment, the British Army Tank Corps* Radio e Television Rumantscha - Rhaeto-Roman Radio and Television...
in association with FBI Music & FremantleMedia
FremantleMedia
FremantleMedia, Ltd. is the content and production division of Bertelsmann's RTL Group, Europe's second largest TV, radio, and production company...
. Season 1 & 2 was hosted by Fekla Tolstaya & Ivan Urgant
Ivan Urgant
Ivan Andreevich Urgant is a Russian television personality, showman, and an actor.Ivan Urgant was born in Leningrad in a family of actors Andrey Urgant and Valeriya Kiseleva....
.
Narodniy Artist remains today the only Idol show to feature miming in their "best of" show (Финальный Концерт final'niy kontsert) where none of the contestants sang live.
Season two
Kiev, 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.Season three
This season had auditions in:- MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
- VoronezhVoronezhVoronezh is a city in southwestern Russia, the administrative center of Voronezh Oblast. It is located on both sides of the Voronezh River, away from where it flows into the Don. It is an operating center of the Southeastern Railway , as well as the center of the Don Highway...
- SaratovSaratov-Modern Saratov:The Saratov region is highly industrialized, due in part to the rich in natural and industrial resources of the area. The region is also one of the more important and largest cultural and scientific centres in Russia...
- KazanKazanKazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the...
- KaliningradKaliningradKaliningrad is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea...
- St Petersburg
- IrkutskIrkutskIrkutsk is a city and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, one of the largest cities in Siberia. Population: .-History:In 1652, Ivan Pokhabov built a zimovye near the site of Irkutsk for gold trading and for the collection of fur taxes from the Buryats. In 1661, Yakov Pokhabov...
- ChelyabinskChelyabinskChelyabinsk is a city and the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the northwestern side of the oblast, south of Yekaterinburg, just to the east of the Ural Mountains, on the Miass River. Population: -History:...
The 125 best 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 & Oskar Kuchera. On June 3, 2006, Amarkhuu Borkhuu won with 61.7% of the vote over Marina Devyatova.
The jury this season was:
- Evgeniy Fridlyand
- Maksim Dunayevskiy
- Gennadiy Khazanov
- Alena Sviridova
Semi Final qualifyings
Season 1 Top 30Format: 3 out of 10 making the final each week
| Date | First | Second | Third |
| September 20 | Yuliya Valeeva | Mariya Zaytseva | Irina Chernishova |
| September 27 | Aleksey Goman | Aleksey Chumakov | Oksana Kazakova |
| October 4 | Anna Alina | Aleksandr Panayotov | Natalya Pavolotskaya |
| October 11 (Wildcard) |
Irina Toporez (Judges choice) |
Season 2 Top 30
Format: 3 out of 10 making the final each week
| Date | First | Second | Third |
| September 18 | Vladislav Shlikov | Dilyara Vagapova | Tatyana Kazyuchits |
| September 25 | Evgeniy Anishko | Ruslan Alehno | Vera Karetnikova |
| October 2 | Yuriy Ignatov | Paulina Dmitrenko | Darya Urizchenko |
| October 9 (Wildcard) |
Yuliya Vdovenko (Viewers Choice) |
Bottom three statistics
Season 1| Date | Theme | Bottom Three | ||
| October 18 | Old Songs | Irina Chernishova | Natalya Pavolotskaya | Oksana Kazakova |
| October 25 | Rhythm & Melody | Yuliya Valeeva | Oksana Kazakova (2) | Mariya Zaytseva |
| November 1 | David Tukhmanov | Irina Toporez | Natalya Pavolotskaya (2) | Oksana Kazakova (3) |
| November 7 | Film Songs | Natalya Pavolotskaya (3) | Aleksandr Panayotov | Anna Alina |
| November 15 | Igor Nikolaev | Anna Alina (2) | Aleksey Chumakov | Mariya Zaytseva (2) |
| Date | Theme | Bottom Two | ||
| November 22 | Contestants Choice | Oksana Kazakova (4) | Aleksey Chumakov (2) | |
| November 29 | Igor Krutoy | Mariya Zaytseva (3) | Aleksey Chumakov (3) | |
| December 6 | Alla Pugacheva / Filipp Kirkorov |
Aleksey Chumakov (4) | ||
| December 13 | Grand Finale | Aleksandr Panayotov (2) | Aleksey Goman | |
Season 2
| Date | Bottom Three | ||
| October 16 | Darya Urizchenko | Paulina Dmitrenko | Tatyana Kazyuchits |
| October 23 | Tatyana Kazyuchits (2) | Vera Karetnikova | Vladislav Shlikov |
| October 30 | Vladislav Shlikov (2) | Vera Karetnikova (2) | Evgeniy Anishko |
| November 6 | Dilyara Vagapova | Yuliya Vdovenko | Vera Karetnikova (3) |
| November 13 | Vera Karetnikova (4) | Ruslan Alehno | Yuriy Ignatov |
| Date | Bottom Two | ||
| November 20 | Evgeniy Anishko (2) | Yuliya Vdoenko (2) | |
| December 4 | Yuliya Vdoenko (3) | Yuriy Ignatov (2) | |
| December 11 | Yuriy Ignatov (3) | ||
| December 19 | Paulina Dmitrenko (2) | Ruslan Alehno (2) | |
Season 3
| Date | Bottom Three | ||
| April 8 | Ilya Mezentsev | ||
| April 15 | Valeriya Paskar | Ilya Zhilino | Angelina Sergeeva |
| April 22 | Ilya Zhilino (2) | Evgeniya Ryabetsya | Marina Devyatova |
| April 29 | Evgeniya Ryabetsya (2) | Mariya Makovskaya | Pavla Kuchenko |
| May 6 | Mariya Makovskaya (2) | ||
| May 13 | Pavel Mochalov | Angelina Sergeeva (2) | Pavla Kuchenko (2) |
| May 20 | Pavla Kuchenko (3) | ||
| May 27 | Angelina Sergeeva (3) | ||
| June 3 | Marina Devyatova (2) | Amarkhuu Borkhuu | |