SuperStar (Arabic TV series)

SuperStar
Arabicسوبر ستار
Created bySimon Fuller
Presented by
Rania Kurdi
Ayman Kaissouni
Majdala Khattar
Wael Mansour
Bakr Khalid
Carla Haddad
Judges
Gehan Al-Nasser
Elias Rahbani
Abdullah Al-Qoud
Fadia Tanb Al-Hajj
Ziad Boutros
Nancy Ajram
Ragheb Alama
Saber Rebai
Country of originArab world
No. of seasons5
Production
Running timeVaries
Original release
NetworkFuture Television
Release23 June 2003 (2003-06-23) –
24 July 2008 (2008-07-24)
NetworkMTV Lebanon
FOX
Release26 March 2020 (2020-03-26) –
1 April 2022 (2022-04-01)
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SuperStar (Arabic: سوبر ستار) was an Arabic television show based on the popular British show Pop Idol created by Simon Fuller's 19 Entertainment & developed by Fremantle Media. The show unites the Arab community by democratically choosing the next singing sensation. The show is broadcast worldwide on Future TV, a Lebanese television station. It is also the first Idol franchise to feature contestants from multiple countries.

The show was a huge success. Ali Jaber, the executive manager of Future TV, was quoted as saying "This (program) is the most successful for an Arab television. There isn't a television program that moved the Arab world like that."[1]

However, SuperStar was eclipsed by rival show Star Academy on LBC in the Middle East, in terms of popularity and ratings, after only its first season. It has been surpassed by Star Academy as the number one Arab show, and did not move the Arab world the way it did during the first season.

Future TV subsequently lost the Idol licence to the MBC network, which in 2011 relaunched the programme as Arab Idol on MBC 1.

lost the Idol licence to the MTV Lebanon & FOX Egypt channel, which in 2011 relaunched the programme as SuperStar.

  1. ^ "Arab 'Idol' A Battle of Nations". CBS News. 18 August 2003. Archived from the original on 17 October 2003.