List of offshoots from Pop Idol

This list shows the numerous foreign offshoots of the British talent show Pop Idol , the successful concept of which was conceived by Simon Fuller in 2001 and licensed worldwide.

list

country	Original title	Broadcasters broadcasting	Years of production	Remarks
Argentina Aruba Barbados Belize Bolivia Bonaire Brazil Chile Costa Rica Curaçao Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Colombia Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru St. Lucia Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay Venezuela	Latin American Idol	Sony Entertainment Television for Latin America	since 2006	-
Armenia	Հայ Սուպերսթար	Shant TV	since 2006	-
Australia	Australian idol	Channel 10	2003-2009; since 2013	-
Belgium	Idool	VTM	since 2003	Relay not on an annual basis
Brazil	Ídolos	SBT (2006-2007); Rede Record (since 2007)	since 2006	show of the same name in Portugal
Bulgaria	Music idol	bTV	2007-2009	not available anymore
Denmark	Idols: Hunting. Had talent.	TV 3 (Denmark)	since 2003	-
Germany Austria Switzerland	Germany seeks the superstar	RTL	since 2002	with an extra program Deutschland sucht den Superstar - Das Magazin
Estonia	Eesti otsib superstaari	TV 3 (Estonia)	since 2007	-
Finland	Idols	MTV3	since 2003	with extra broadcast Idol Studio (until 2005 Idol Extra )
France	Nouvelle Star	M6	since 2003	first season under the name A la recherche de la Nouvelle Star
Georgia	ჯეოსტარი	Rustavi 2	2006-2010	not available anymore
Greece Cyprus	Greek Idol	Alpha TV	2010-2011	first variant under the name Super Idol (2004)
India	Indian idol	Sony Entertainment Television for India	since 2004	-
Indonesia	Indonesian idol	RCTI	2004-2010	not available anymore
Iceland	Idol stjörnuleit	Stöð 2	2003-2009	not available anymore
Canada	Canadian Idol	CTV	2003	No longer in the program since 2008, but only unofficially discontinued
Kazakhstan	SuperStar concentration camp	Первый канал Евразия	2003-2007	not available anymore
Croatia	Hrvatski idol	Nova TV	2004-2005	not available anymore
Croatia	Hrvatska traži zvijezdu	RTL Televizija	since 2009	-
Malaysia	Malaysian idol	8TV TV3	2004-2005	not available anymore
Netherlands	Idols	RTL 4	2002-2008	not available anymore
Norway	Idol: Jakten på en superstjerne	TV 2	2003-2007, 2011	not available anymore
Philippines	Philippine idol	ABC-5	2006	not available anymore
	Pinoy idol	GMA	2008	not available anymore
Poland	idol	Polsat	2002-2005	not available anymore
Portugal	Ídolos	SIC	2003-2005; since 2009	show of the same name in Brazil
Puerto Rico	Idol Puerto Rico	WAPA TV	since 2011	-
Russia	Народный Артист	Россия-1	2003-2006	-
Sweden	idol	TV4	since 2004	-
Serbia and Montenegro Macedonia	Idol SCG	БК телевизија (2003-2004); RTV P&G (2004-2005)	2003-2005	not available anymore
Singapore	Singapore Idol	MediaCorp TV	since 2004	-
Slovakia	Slovensko hľadá SuperStar	TV Markíza	2004-2007	In 2009 continued as Česko Slovenská Superstar , since then together with the Czech Republic
Slovakia Czech Republic	Česko Slovenská SuperStar	TV Markíza (Slovakia); TV Nova (Czech Republic)	since 2009	in Slovakia 2004–2007 already as Slovensko hľadá SuperStar; in the Czech Republic from 2004–2006 as Česko hledá SuperStar
South Africa	Idols	M-Net (English); kykNET (Afrikaans)	since 2002	bilingual on two channels
Czech Republic	Česko hledá SuperStar	TV Nova	2004-2006	In 2009 continued as Česko Slovenská Superstar , since then together with Slovakia
Turkey	Turkstar	Channel D	2004	not available anymore
United States	American Idol	FOX (2002-2016) ABC (since 2018)	2002-2016; since 2018	-
United Kingdom	Pop idol	ITV	2001-2003	Original version of all other offshoots; not available anymore
Vietnam	Thần tượng âm nhạc: Vietnam Idol	VTV6	since 2007	-
West Africa	Idols West Africa	M-Net	since 2007	Based in Nigeria
Egypt Iraq Lebanon Libya Morocco Palestine Saudi Arabia Syria Tunisia	سوبر ستار	Future TV (Lebanon)	2003-2008	no longer in the program continued under the name Arab Idol (since 2012)

Cross-national competitions

So far, there have been individual and one-off competitions based on the principle of the Eurovision Song Contest , in which the winners of the national subsidiary programs each interpreted a song that is listed in the table below.

participating countries	Show title	Year / place	winner
Countries of the Arabic edition  ( Egypt , Iraq , Lebanon , Libya , Morocco , Palestine , Saudi Arabia , Syria )                Australia Belgium Germany Canada Netherlands Norway Poland South Africa Tunisia United Kingdom USA	World Idol	2003, London	Kurt Nilsen for Norway
India Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Singapore Vietnam	Asian idol	2007, Jakarta	Hady Mirza for Singapore

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} YouTube: Idol series theme (C) Freemantle media
2. ↑ ^{a b c} YouTube: Idols All Around The World
3. ↑ ^{a b} YouTube: Pop Idol series theme
4. ↑ TV3 (Viasat)
5. ↑ oe24.at: DSDS casting also in Austria
6. ↑ DiePresse.com: DSDS casting for the first time in Austria and Switzerland
7. ↑ Germany is looking for the superstar
8. ↑ Deutschland sucht den Superstar - The magazine on the SuperRTL website ( memento of the original from September 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ YouTube: Eesti Otsib Superstaari Eelvoor 2011: Laura Prits (Estonian Pop Idol 2011) ( Memento from April 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ ^{a b c d} YouTube: IDOLS AROUND THE WORLD
11. ↑ SuperStar concentration camp
12. ^ Constantin Entertainment
13. ↑ Idol Puerto Rico on the website of the broadcasting station WAPA-TV
14. ↑ Superstar Worldwide