Idool 2003 was the first season of the Belgian version of the

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. It was won by

Peter Evrard Peter Evrard (born 19 October 1974) is the winner of the first season of '' Idool 2003'', the Belgian version of ''Pop Idol''. Evrard defied the traditional rules of the Idols series by singing rock music instead of the expected pop. Regardles ...

, and followed by Idool 2004. The series was officially launched on 28 September 2002 by Belgian

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VTM. The hosts of the show are Koen & Kris Wauters of the group Clouseau. The jury members were Jean Blaute, Nina De Man, Jan Leyers & Bart Brusseleers.

About

Auditions were held across

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where 100 candidates were chosen to advance to the theatre rounds in Brussels where they were cut to 50 contestants (five groups of ten) to perform live in a

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round

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, two contestants from each semi final advanced to the liveshows with a

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. On 9 May 2003 Peter Evrard from

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won with runner up Natalia Druyts placing second. Finalist Carolin Vyncke, who was pregnant during the contest, named her daughter (who was born later that year) Nina, after jury member Nina De Man.Het Nieuwsblad – Idoolfinalisten zingen voor kleuter die ontstoppingsmiddel inslikte
/ref> This season of Idool is also notable having produced so far 3 popular Belgian

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s in the semi-finals: *

Hadise Açıkgöz Hadise Açıkgöz (born 21 October 1985) hadisemusic.com is a Belgian-born Turkish singer, songwriter, dancer and television personality. Born and raised in Belgium, her family is of Lezgin- Kumyk origin who settled in Sivas, Turkey. In 2003, ...

* Udo Mechels – winner of The X Factor. *Johan Waem – popularly known by his stage name,

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. In 2006, the finalists of Idool 2003 are still enjoying success in their country compared to how quickly other countries' Idol competitors last in the

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. As of July 2006, Peter, Danzel & Udo still have records in the

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singles chart with Wim & Brahim releasing their new CDs in the last month also. But non-of these can hold the massive success Natalia still has. Several of the Idool 2003 contestants tried out on the Flemish-Belgian Pre-Selection for the

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to represent their country and although some of them came quite close, none of them really made it. However

, who did not made the top 50 but failed to advance to the final 10, represented

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in 2009 making her the second contestant from a very successful Idol show to do so, after

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who represented the

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after appearing in ''

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''.

Finals

Finalists

* as of the start of the season

Heats and live shows

Results summary

Live show details

Heat 1 (31 January 2003)

Heat 2 (7 February 2003)

Heat 3 (14 February 2003)

Heat 4 (21 February 2003)

Heat 5 (28 February 2003)

Live Show 1 (14 March 2003)

Theme: My Idol

Live Show 2 (21 March 2003)

Theme: 80s Hits

Live Show 3 (28 March 2003)

Theme: Dutch Songs

Live Show 4 (4 April 2003)

Theme: Film Songs

Live Show 5 (11 April 2003)

Theme: Disco Fever

Live Show 6 (18 April 2003)

Theme: Big Band

Live Show 7 (25 April 2003)

Theme: Latino Hits

Live Show 8: Semi-final (2 May 2003)

Theme: Judge's Choice

Live final (9 May 2003)

References

External links

Peter Evrards WebsiteNatalias WebsiteWim Soutaers WebsiteBrahims Website

Tabitha Cycons WebsiteUdos WebsiteDanzels Website

Hadises WebsiteTwinsband (Astrid Roelants) Website
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