2004 Turkish TV series or program
Finalists (with dates of elimination)
Emrah Keskin
Winner
Simge Bağdatlı
19 June
Sertaç Yanmaz
12 June
Ufuk Çakir
5 June
Abedin Sakirov
29 May
Faruk Emre Kürklüoğlu
22 May
Ahmet Gülsen
15 May
Meltem Denizci & Emrah Gökelma
8 May
Sevil Kul
1 May
Seçil Hüner Ünsal
24 April
Açelya Kılıç
17 April
Yusuf Emre Uzunca
10 April
Banu Ekşi
3 April
Türkstar was a 2004 Turkish reality television singing competition show based on the popular British show Pop Idol . It was hosted by Seray Sever , Gamze Özçelik and Haldun Dormen . It had extremely low ratings and only lasted one season.
Türkstar is notable for being the only Idol franchise to have featured a singing duo (Meltem Denizci and Emrah Gökelma).
Auditions
The first series of Türkstar had 9 audition cities to find the best talent in all of Turkey , including:
Türkstar Jury
Zerrin Özer - Turkish singer.
Armağan Çağlayan - A&R BMG France.
Ercan Saatçi - Songwriter & musician.
Ahmet San - Musician & choreographer.
Contestants
Meltem Denizci & Emrah Gökelma until now remain as the only duo to participate on an Idol show worldwide (auditioned, performed and got voted off together).
Two members of the top 3, Simge Bağdatlı and Sertaç Yanmaz, were born and raised in Germany. The latter was a semifinalist on the first season of Türkstars German equivalent Deutschland sucht den Superstar .
Semi Final Qualifyings
Top 30
Format: 4 out of 10 making it in each week + one Wildcard
Date
First
Second
Third
Fourth
March 11
Meltem Denizci & Emrah Gökelma
Simge Bağdatlı
Emrah Keskin
Faruk Emre Kürklüoğlu
March 18
Ahmet Gülsen
Açelya Kılıç
Yusuf Emre Uzunca
Banu Ekşi
March 25
Sertaç Yanmaz
Abedin Sakirov
Ufuk Çakir
Sevil Kul
Wildcard
Seçil Hüner Ünsal
Finalists
(ages stated at time of contest)
Contestant
Age
Hometown
Voted Off
Liveshow Theme
Emrah Keskin
19
Trabzon
Winner
Grand Finale
Simge Bağdatlı
26
Germany
June 19, 2004
Sertaç Yanmaz
21
Germany
June 12, 2004
Ufuk Çakir
29
June 5, 2004
Abedin Sakirov
17
Germany
May 29, 2004
Faruk Emre Kürklüoğlu
21
Ankara
May 22, 2004
Ahmet Gülsen
23
İzmir
May 15, 2004
Meltem Denizci & Emrah Gökelma
22 & 24
Edirne
May 8, 2004
Sevil Kul
21
Germany
May 1, 2004
Seçil Hüner Ünsal
30
Antalya
April 24, 2004
Açelya Kılıç
20
İzmir
April 17, 2004
Yusuf Emre Uzunca
22
Ankara
April 10, 2004
Banu Ekşi
24
İzmir
April 3, 2004
References
Main franchise
Africa Americas Asia-Pacific Europe Middle East
Arab League
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Junior franchise
Americas Asia-Pacific Europe
Specials