Popstars is an international reality television program and a precursor to the Idol series. The series first began in New Zealand in 1999 when producer Jonathan Dowling formed the five member all-girl group TrueBliss. Dowling then licensed the concept to Screentime in Australia, who then on sold it to TresorTV in Germany before taking it worldwide.

The show was the inspiration for Simon Fuller's Pop Idol franchise which would dominate reality TV, (along with Big Brother) for the next few years.

Although Popstars had started successfully in most countries, the shows gradually began to fail and were dropped by many broadcasters due to poor ratings. The only country where Popstars is still popular and successful is Germany. In Germany ProSieben is producing the eight season because of the show's massive success in the ratings. In 2007 the show returned to France on M6 for one season. Since August 2008 there is also a new version of "Popstars" on TV in the Netherlands. Its's now producing the second season. It remains one of the most successful TV show formats of all time with the format being sold to more than 50 countries.

Girl groups Girls Aloud from the United Kingdom version or No Angels (5.000.000+ records sold), Monrose and Preluders from the German version, are arguably the most successful and famous groups to be created by the show. All of them are all-female groups following the concept of the original show while mixed and all-male groups did not achieve that massive success in their respective countries.

Contents 1 Stars launched by the show 1.1 Africa 1.2 Asia 1.3 Europe 1.4 North America & Central America 1.5 Oceania 1.6 South America 2 Number one singles 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Stars launched by the show

[edit] Africa

• South Africa
  • Popstars 101 (disbanded)
  • Adilah (disbanded)
  • Ghettolingo (disbanded)
  • Jamali (band)(Runner up, female category)

[edit] Asia

• India
  • Viva! (disbanded)
  • Aasma
• Indonesia
  • Sparx
• Malaysia
  • By'U (disbanded)

[edit] Europe

• Belgium
  • Vanda Vanda (disbanded)
• Denmark
  • EyeQ (disbanded)
  • Maria Lucia
  • Fu:el (disbanded)
  • Jon Nørgaard (with Julie Berthelsen as runner-up)
• Finland
  • Gimmel (disbanded)
  • indX (disbanded)
  • Jane (disbanded)
• France
  • L5 (disbanded 2007)
  • Louisy Joseph (previously in L5)
  • Whatfor (disbanded)
  • Linkup (disbanded)
  • M. Pokora (previously in Link'up)
  • Diadems (disbanded)
  • Sheryfa Luna
• Germany (see Popstars (Germany))
  • No Angels
  • Bro'Sis (disbanded, currently talking about a possible comeback)
  • Overground (undefined break)
  • Preluders (disbanded)
  • Nu Pagadi (disbanded)
  • Monrose
  • Room2012 (disbanded)
  • Queensberry
• Greece and Cyprus
  • Hi-5 (disbanded)
• Hungary
  • Sugar & Spice (disbanded)
• Republic of Ireland
  • Six (disbanded)
• Italy
  • Lollipop (disbanded)
  • Lucky Star (disbanded)
• Netherlands
  • Popstars: The Rivals (RTL 4) (2004)
    • Men2B (winners, male category, disbanded 2006)
    • Raffish (winners, female category, disbanded 2006)
  • POPSTARS (SBS 6) (2008)
    • RED!
• Norway
  • Cape
• Portugal
  • Nonstop
• Romania
  • Cocktail
  • Bliss
• Russia
  • Другие Правила (Drugie Pravila)
• Slovenia
  • Bepop (disbanded) (their debut album was the highest-selling Slovenian-language album of all times)
  • Unique (disbanded)
• Spain
  • Bellepop (disbanded)
  • Magnolias de Acero
  • Roser
  • Carmen Miriam
  • Elisabeth Jordan
• Sweden
  • Excellence (also known as XLNS) (disbanded)
  • Supernatural (pop group) disbanded
  • Johannes Kotschy
• Switzerland
  • TEARs (disbanded 2004)
• United Kingdom
  • Series 1 (2000/01)
    • Hear'Say (winners, disbanded 2002)
    • Liberty X (finalists, disbanded 2007)
    • Darius Danesh (also appeared on Pop Idol)
  • Series 2 ("Popstars: The Rivals", 2002)
    • Girls Aloud (winners, female category)
    • Javine (finalist)
    • One True Voice (winners, male category, disbanded 2003)
    • Phixx (finalists, disbanded)
    • Clea (finalists, disbanded)
    • LoveShy (finalists, Aimee and Emma from Clea)
    • The Cheeky Girls

• Turkey
  • Abidin
  • Selçuk
  • Simge
  • Hasret

[edit] North America & Central America

• Canada
  • Sugar Jones (disbanded)
  • Velvet Empire (disbanded)
  • Christa Borden
• Mexico
  • T' de Tila (disbanded)
• United States
  • Eden's Crush (disbanded)
  • Scene 23 (disbanded)

[edit] Oceania

• Australia
  • Bardot (disbanded)
  • Scandal'us (disbanded)
  • Series 3
    • Scott Cain
    • Danielle Stearman - (also known as Danielle) was the runner-up of the Australian Popstars 3 in 2002. Her first official/solo single "Tell Me If You Like It" debuted and peaked at #20 in the same year, but she has not charted in the ARIAnet Singles nor Albums Charts since.
  • Series 4 (see Popstars Live)
    • Kayne Taylor
    • Miranda Murphy (runner-up) released a single called "That Girl" debuted and peaked at #19.

• New Zealand
  • TrueBliss (disbanded)

[edit] South America

• Argentina
  • Bandana (disbanded)
  • Mambrú (disbanded)
• Brazil - Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT)
  • Rouge (disbanded)
  • Br'oZ (disbanded)
  • Brz2 (formerly Br'Oz)
• Colombia
  • Escarcha (disbanded)
• Ecuador
  • Kiruba
  • La Coba (disbanded)

[edit] Number one singles

The following is a list of singles that reached #1 in the respective nations of the Popstars artists

Artist	Nation	Song Title	Date	Album
Bandana	Argentina	Guapas	December 2001	Bandana
		Cómo Puede Ser	February 2002
		Maldita Noche	May 2002
		Llega la Noche	August 2002	Noche
		Sigo Dando Vueltas	April 2003	Vivir Intentando
Mambrú		A Veces	November 2002	Mambrú
Scandal'us	Australia	Me, Myself & I	April 2000	Startin' Somethin
Bardot		Poison	April 2000	Bardot
Scott Cain		I'm Moving On	May 2002	Controlled Folly
Rouge	Brazil	Ragatanga (The Ketchup Song)	October 2002	Rouge
		Brilha La Luna	April 2003	C'est La Vie
		Um Anjo Veio Me Falar	October 2003
Kiruba	Ecuador	Quisiera	April 2003	Kiruba
		Camina	June 2003
		Como Extraño Tu Luz	August 2003
		Me Pierdo	November 2003
		Me Quedo Contigo	May 2004	Baila La Luna
No Angels	Germany	Daylight in Your Eyes	February 2001	Elle'Ments
		There Must Be an Angel	August 2001
		Something About Us	May 2002	Now... Us!
		No Angel (It's All in Your Mind)	April 2003	Pure
Bro'Sis		I Believe	December 2001	Never Forget (Where You Come From)
Overground		Schick mir 'nen Engel	November 2003	It's Done
Preluders		Everyday Girl	November 2003	Girls in the House
Nu Pagadi		Sweetest Poison	December 2004	Your Dark Side
Monrose		Shame	December 2006	Temptation
		Hot Summer	June 2007	Strictly Physical
Six	Ireland	There's a Whole Lot of Loving Going On	February 2002	This Is It
Lollipop	Italy	Down Down Down	April 2001	Popstars
Nonstop	Portugal	Ao Limite Eu Vou	July 2001	Nonstop
Men2B	Netherlands	Bigger than that	December 2004	A Different Way
Raffish		Plaything	December 2004	How Raffish are you?
TrueBliss	New Zealand	Tonight	May 1999	Dream
Hear’Say	United Kingdom	Pure and Simple	March 2001	Popstars
		The Way To Your Love	June 2001
Girls Aloud		Sound of the Underground	December 2002	Sound of the Underground
		I'll Stand by You	November 2004	What Will The Neighbours Say?
		Walk This Way (with Sugababes)</small]	March 2007	Stand alone single for Comic Relief
		The Promise	October 2008	Out Of Control
Eden's Crush	United States	Get Over Yourself (Goodbye)	March 2001	Popstars

[edit] See also

• Popstars (Germany)
• Kiruba

[edit] External links

• Official Popstars Germany
• Popstars at the National Film and Sound Archive
• Popstars France (casting)

Also it was 1st aired in austrailia