People's Artist () is a Russian music competition television series, based on the British reality television series Pop Idol. It was produced by RTR in association with FBI Music and FremantleMedia. Season 1 and 2 were hosted by Fyokla Tolstaya and Ivan Urgant.
People's Artist remains today the only Idol series to feature miming in their "best of" show (Финальный Концерт final'niy kontsert), as none of the contestants sang live.
Season 1 Aleksey Goman won season one, with Aleksandr Panayotov coming in second.
Finalists (ages stated at time of contest)
Contestant Age Hometown Voted Off Liveshow Theme Aleksey Goman 20 Winner Grand Finale Aleksandr Panayotov 19 19 December 2003 Aleksey Chumakov 22 5 December 2003 Songs by Alla Pugacheva/Filipp Kirkorov Mariya Zaytseva 20 28 November 2003 Songs by Igor Krutoy Oksana Kazakova 21 21 November 2003 Contestant's Choice Anna Alina 22 14 November 2003 Songs by Igor Nikolaev Natalya Pavolotskaya 19 6 November 2003 Film Songs Irina Toporez 22 31 October 2003 Songs by David Tukhmanov Yuliya Valeeva 25 24 October 2003 Rhythm and Melody Irina Chernishova 20 Saint Petersburg 17 October 2003 Old Songs
Season 2 Kyiv, Ukraine and Minsk, Belarus were included in the auditions this season which resulted in almost all finalists from that season coming from one of the two countries and no auditions outside of Russia being held in the next season.
Finalists (ages stated at time of contest)
Contestant Age Hometown Voted Off Liveshow Theme Ruslan Alehno 22 Minsk Winner Grand Finale Paulina Dmitrenko 20 Kharkiv 19 December 2004 Yury Ignatov 26 Tyumen 11 December 2004 Yuliya Vdovenko 20 Kyiv 4 December 2004 Evgeniy Anishko 20 Kyiv 20 November 2004 Vera Karetnikova 20 Minsk 13 November 2004 Dilyara Vagapova 19 Kazan 6 November 2004 Vladislav Shlykov 24 Pavlohrad 30 October 2004 Tatyana Kazyuchits 18 Minsk 23 October 2004 Darya Urizchenko 25 Minsk 16 October 2004
Season 3 This season had auditions in Moscow, Voronezh, Saratov, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Saint Petersburg, Irkutsk and Chelyabinsk. The 125 chosen candidates (35 males and 90 females) advanced to Moscow in the theatre round where they were reduced to 10 finalists to perform live on television. Season three was hosted by Olga Shelest and Oskar Kuchera. On 3 June 2006 Amarkhuu Borkhuu won with 61.7% of the vote over Marina Devyatova.
The jury this season was: Evgeniy Fridlyand Maksim Dunayevsky Gennady Khazanov Alena Sviridova
References
External links The first English website