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singing competition show based on the popular British show ''

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and

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. It had extremely low ratings and only lasted one season. ''Türkstar'' is notable for being the only ''Idol'' franchise to have featured a singing duo (Meltem Denizci and Emrah Gökelma).

Auditions

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, Germany

Türkstar Jury

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- Turkish singer. *

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- A&R BMG France. * Ercan Saatçi - Songwriter & musician. * Ahmet San - Musician & choreographer.

Contestants

Meltem Denizci & Emrah Gökelma until now remain as the only duo to participate on an ''Idol'' show worldwide (auditioned, performed and got voted off together). Two members of the top 3, Simge Bağdatlı and Sertaç Yanmaz, were born and raised in Germany. The latter was a semifinalist on the first season of Türkstars German equivalent ''

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''.

Semi Final Qualifyings

Top 30
Format: 4 out of 10 making it in each week + one Wildcard

Finalists

(ages stated at time of contest)

Notes

{{Idol series Idols (franchise) Television series by Fremantle (company) 2004 Turkish television series debuts 2004 Turkish television series endings Kanal D original programming Turkish television series based on British television series