Idool 2003
Idool 2003 was the first season of the Belgian version of the Idol series. It was won by Peter Evrard, and followed by Idool 2004. The series was officially launched on 28 September 2002 by Belgian television network VTM. The hosts of the show are Koen & Kris Wauters of the group Clouseau. The jury members were Jean Blaute, Nina De Man, Jan Leyers & Bart Brusseleers.
About
Auditions were held across Flanders in Antwerp, Ghent & Brussels where 100 candidates were chosen to advance to the theatre rounds in Brussels where they were cut to 50 contestants to perform live in a piano round semi final, two contestants from each semi final advanced to the liveshows with a studio audience. On 9 May 2003 Peter Evrard from Beerse won with runner up Natalia Druyts placing second.Finalist Carolin Vyncke, who was pregnant during the contest, named her daughter Nina, after jury member Nina De Man.
This season of Idool is also notable having produced so far 3 popular Belgian recording artists in the semi finals:
- Hadise Açıkgöz
- Udo Mechels - winner of The X Factor.
- Johan Waem - popularly known by his stage name, Danzel.
Several of the Idool 2003 contestants tried out on the Flemish-Belgian Pre-Selection for the Eurovision Song Contest to represent their country and although some of them came quite close, none of them really made it. However Hadise Açıkgöz, who did not made the top 50 but failed to advance to the final 10, will represent Turkey in 2009 making her the second contestant from a very successful Idol show to do so, after Jessica Garlick who represented the United Kingdom after appearing in Pop Idol.
Finals
Finalists
Finals Elimination Chart
Live show details
Heat 1 (31 January 2003)
Heat 2 (7 February 2003)
Heat 3 (14 February 2003)
Heat 4 (21 February 2003)
Heat 5 (28 February 2003)
Live Show 1 (14 March 2003)
Theme: My IdolLive Show 2 (21 March 2003)
Theme: 80s HitsLive Show 3 (28 March 2003)
Theme: Dutch Songs| Artist | Song | Result |
| Brahim Attaeb | "32 jaar " | Safe |
| Caroline Vyncke | "Je hoeft niet naar huis vannacht" | Eliminated |
| Chris Morton | "Papa" | Bottom two |
| Cindy Huisentruit | "Onderweg" | Bottom three |
| Natalia Druyts | "De roos" | Safe |
| Peter Evrard | "Van god los" | Safe |
| Tom Olaerts | "Iedereen is van de wereld" | Safe |
| Wim Soutaer | "Afscheid" | Safe |
Live Show 4 (4 April 2003)
Theme: Film SongsLive Show 5 (11 April 2003)
Theme: Disco FeverLive Show 6 (18 April 2003)
Theme: Big BandLive Show 7 (25 April 2003)
Theme: Latino Hits| Artist | First song | Second song | Result |
| Brahim Attaeb | "Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy" | "Maria Maria" | Eliminated |
| Natalia Druyts | "Conga" | "Hijo de la luna" | Safe |
| Peter Evrard | "Livin' la Vida Loca" | "Se bastasse una canzone" | Safe |
| Wim Soutaer | "Hero" | "Rhythm Divine" | Bottom two |