Kurd Idol

Kurd Idol is the first international franchise in Kurdish television history. Kurd Idol reality singing competition that is part of the Idols franchise created by Simon Fuller and owned by 19 Entertainment and FremantleMedia. Kurdsat acquired the production and broadcast rights for Kurd Idol. The series aims to find new solo recording artists from across the Kurdish diaspora and the winner would be decided by viewers' votes through the Internet, telephone and text messages. To project is aimed to select the Kurdish singers from the historical Kurdistan region and diaspora.

Audition

Auditions for Kurd Idol have been held in Kurdish cities of Van, Hewlêr, Mêrdîn, Sine, Silêmanî, and outside the region - in Berlin, Istanbul, Stockholm, Düsseldorf, Tbilisi and Yerevan.

Season 1

Jury

Source:

Kanî
Ednan Kerîm
Nizamettin Ariç
Bijan Kamkar, left show because of health problems.
Contestants

17 contestants have been chosen among more than 2,000 candidates who auditioned and 172 candidates who were chosen by judges to attend the subsequent theatre round in Silêmanî, Kurdistan Region.

Order	Contestant	Age	Native Dialect	Hometown
1	Aştî Ezîz	23	Sorani	Hewlêr, Southern Kurdistan
2	Bane Şîrwan	16	Sorani	Silêmanî, Southern Kurdistan
3	Cengiz Yazgı	29	Kurmanji	Istanbul, Turkey
4	Evîn Osman	29	Sorani	Gothenburg, Sweden
5	Ferzad Mehdî	26	Gorani	Merîwan, Eastern Kurdistan
—	Hêvî Zîn	18	Kurmanji	Mêrdîn, Northern Kurdistan
6	Eşkan Ebdulrehman	25	Sorani	Silêmanî, Southern Kurdistan
7	Jînda Kenco	25	Kurmanji	Kobanî, Western Kurdistan
8	Roza Gergerî	25	Kurmanji	Tbilisi, Georgia
9	Songül Düzgün	34	Zazaki	Dêrsim, Northern Kurdistan
10	Tanya Aso	19	Sorani	Silêmanî, Southern Kurdistan
11	Vedat Akarsu	19	Kurmanji	Batman, Northern Kurdistan
12	Xezel Mustefa	22	Sorani	Serdeşt, Eastern Kurdistan
13	Rewan Îbrahîm	24	Kurmanji	Qamişlo, Western Kurdistan
14	Zêrevan Casim	20	Sorani	Erbil, Southern Kurdistan
15	Mustefa Salar	28	Sorani	Silêmanî, Southern Kurdistan
16	Ronî Artîn	24	Kurmanji	Mêrdîn, Northern Kurdistan
17	Ebdulla Mehemed	26	Sorani	Hewlêr, Southern Kurdistan

Voting

According to the fact, that Kurdistan does not exist as a nation state, that is why the voting was able in three parts of the region — Eastern Kurdistan and whole Iran, Northern Kurdistan and whole Turkey, Southern Kurdistan and whole Iraq. The voting numbers were launched in few European countries where the Kurdish diaspora lives, particularly voting was able from Germany, Sweden, France and Denmark. Due to the war in Syria, voting was not able in Rojava Kurdistan.

Results

Prize

Kurd Idol album and recording contract