Popstars (Dutch TV series)

Popstars was a singing competition series in the Netherlands. The first season started on 22 August 2008. A second season was aired for 2009-2010 and third season aired in 2010-2011. The winners in season 1 were RED! made up of the three finalist winners Brandi Russell, Steffie Zoontjes and Deon Leon. Wesley Klein won in season 2 and Dean Saunders in season 3.
The precursor of these shows was the Dutch version of Popstars: The Rivals broadcast on RTL 4 in 2004 hosted by Beau van Erven Dorens. The series was won by the boy band Men2B and girl band Raffish. Both disbanded in 2006.

Season 1 (2008)

Participants and elimination table

Participants and elimination table:

The schedules for season 3 were as follows:

9 Auditions: 9, 16, 23 and 30 July 2010, 6, 13, 20 and 27 August 2010 and 10 September 2010
6 Continued rounds: 17 and 24 September 2010, 1, 11, 18 and 25 October 2010
Top 25 solos: 1 November 2010
2 Selection liveshows 1: 8 and 15 November 2010
6 Liveshows: 22 and 29 November 2010, 6, 13, 20 and 27 December 2010

The hosts were Nancy Coolen, Gerard Joling and Tooske Ragas.
Participants: The winner of the third season was Dean Saunders, with Simone Nijssen as runner-up. Final classification: