Kurd Idol

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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.

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.^[1]

Source:^[2]

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

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.

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.

• Kurd Idol album and recording contract

• Official Website
• Watch all the Episodes