Kurd Idol


Kurd Idol 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, Erbil, Mardin, Sanandaj, Slemani, and outside the region - in Berlin, Istanbul, Stockholm, Düsseldorf, Tbilisi and Yerevan.

Season 1

Jury

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 Sulaymaniyah.
OrderContestantAgeNative LanguageHometown
1Aştî Ezîz23SoraniErbil, Southern Kurdistan
2Bana Shirwan16SoraniSlemani, Southern Kurdistan
3Cengiz Yazgı29KurmanjiIstanbul, Turkey
4Evîn Osman29SoraniGöteborg, Sweden
5Ferzad Mehdî26GoraniMarivan, Eastern Kurdistan
—Hêvî Zîn18KurmanjiMardin, Northern Kurdistan
6Eşkan Ebdulrehman25SoraniSlemani, Southern Kurdistan
7Jînda Kenco25KurmanjiKobani, Western Kurdistan
8Roza Gergerî25KurmanjiTbilisi, Georgia
9Songül Düzgün34ZazakiDêrsim, Northern Kurdistan
10Tanya Aso19SoraniSlemani, Southern Kurdistan
11Vedat Akarsu19KurmanjiBatman, Northern Kurdistan
12Xezel Mistefa22SoraniSardasht, Eastern Kurdistan
13Rewan Îbrahîm24KurmanjiQamishli, Western Kurdistan
14Zêrevan Casim20SoraniErbil, Southern Kurdistan
15Mistefa Salar28SoraniSlemani, Southern Kurdistan
16Ronî Artîn24KurmanjiMardin, Northern Kurdistan
17Ebdulla Mihemed26SoraniErbil, 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 the war in Syria, voting was not able in Rojava Kurdistan.

Results


Prize