Idols (Danish TV series)

Idols: Ærlig Jagt. Ægte Talent.
Created by	TV3 (Denmark)
Starring	Mirza Radonjica Kaspar Ehlers
Country of origin	Denmark
Release
Original network	TV2 (Denmark)
Original release	2003 – 2004
External links
Website	www.idols.tv3.dk

Idols: Ærlig Jagt. Ægte Talent. was the Danish version of the worldwide TV format Pop Idol which was broadcast on TV3 Danmark. There were only two seasons for the show. The winners were Christian Mendoza in 2003 and Rikke Emma Niebuhr in 2004. The program was canceled due to weak viewership.

Jury

• Thomas Blachman - an acclaimed jazz musician, composer and five times Grammy award-winner; Blachman has composed solo chamber music and for ballets and string quartets, and worked with leading artists such as Caroline Henderson, Maya Albana, Remee & Al Agami.
• Kjeld Wennick - a musician, manager and publisher; the founder of Mega Records in 1983 which had global success with the groups Ace of Base & Modern Talking; also the founder of Capella Music International in 2002, which is dedicated to developing musical talent all over the world.
• Henriette Blix - an artists manager and former director of Virgin Records in Denmark, where she was responsible for releasing singles by the likes of Atomic Kitten, George Michael, Spice Girls, The Rolling Stones & Lenny Kravitz.
• Carsten Kroeyer - won four Grammy awards in the 1990s with the Danish chart-topping group The Nice Device, and is a songwriter and producer who has worked with international artists such as Appleton, Erasure, Victoria Beckham & Lisa Scott-Lee.

Season 1 (2003)

In mid-2003, auditions were held in Aarhus & Copenhagen. The best 30 contestants were chosen to perform in 3 groups of 10 in front of the Danish TV audience, the 3 contestants with the most votes per group advanced & one wildcard being chosen to the Top 10.

Filipino born Christian Mendoza won the first season over Mirza Radonjica with a 57% gain of the total vote.

Finalist Kasper Ehlers would later join series two of The X Factor, where he was part of first runners-up Alien Beat Club.

Finals elimination chart

Season 2 (2004)

Season two has the record for shortest Idol program in production with production lasting no more than 3 months.

Rikke Emma Niebuhr from Aarhus won with 65% of the total vote over Louise Baltzer Jensen from Frederiksværk.

Season two of Idols Denmark is often cited as the most unsuccessful of all Idol seasons with confirmed sources listing that not even 1,000 people had bothered to turn up to the auditions again in Aarhus & Copenhagen.

The winner was Rikke Emma Niebuhr over the runner-up Louise Baltzer Jensen. Rikke was denied her promised contract with BMG Denmark, though her debut single Get There sold moderately well.

Finals elimination chart