Idol (Serbian-Montenegrin and Macedonian TV series)

Idol
Also known asIdol SCG
Created bySimon Fuller
StarringDejan Pantelić
Saša Dragić
Petar Janjatović
Biljana Bakić
Mirko Vukomanović
Country of originSerbia and Montenegro
No. of seasons1, 2
Original release
NetworkBKTV (2003–2005)
Release2003 (2003) –
May 12, 2005 (2005-05-12)
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Finalists
(With dates of elimination)
Season 1 (2003–04)
Serbia and Montenegro () Cveta Majtanović Winner
Serbia and Montenegro () Aleksandra Radosavljević March 31
Serbia and Montenegro () Dušan Zrnić March 24
Serbia and Montenegro () Milos Zikic March 17
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ljuban Živanović March 10
Serbia and Montenegro () Dušan Petrović March 3
Slovenia Mladen Teodorović February 25
Serbia and Montenegro () Milica Marjanović February 18
Serbia and Montenegro () Tatjana Đorđević February 11
Serbia and Montenegro () Ivana Popović February 4
Season 2 (2005)
Serbia and Montenegro () Mina Laličić Winner
Macedonia None Nedelkovska May 7
Serbia and Montenegro () Mina Matijašević April 30
Serbia and Montenegro () Mladena Janjić April 23
Serbia and Montenegro () Silvija Nedeljković April 16
Macedonia Dejan Popov April 9
Serbia and Montenegro () Viktorija Ogrizović April 2
Serbia and Montenegro () Sanja Veličković March 26
Serbia and Montenegro () Ivana Stojković March 19
Macedonia Nataša Mijatović March 12
Serbia and Montenegro () Marijeta Antić March 5
Serbia and Montenegro () Maja Marjanović February 26

Idol (Cyrillic: Идол) was a reality TV contest produced in Belgrade, Serbia and aired from 2003 until 2005.

Based on the popular British show Pop Idol, it was its local version for young singing hopefuls in the then still existing state union of Serbia and Montenegro. For the second season, Macedonia was added to the mix as well.

Being referred to unofficially as Srpski Idol (Serbian Idol) or Idol SCG in season one, it was considered as Balkan Idol during its second season because of the adding of Skopje as the audition destination resulting in a number of Macedonian contestants making it into the top 12, however throughout the entire running of the series its official name remained Idol only.

Hosted by Dejan Pantelić, the programme aired on Serbia's BKTV network from late 2003 until May 2005. During that time two seasons were produced, however BKTV decided not to buy the licence for the third one due to financial problems.

In 2010, the first season of Macedonian Idol started, only for Macedonia.