Popstars is 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 (male category) and girl band Raffish (female category). Both disbanded in 2006.
Summary SeasonYearPresenterJuryWinner(s)Runner-upOther competitors Final position(in order of elimination)Season 12008Nance Coolen Gerard JolingHenkjan Smits Patricia Paay Maurice Wijnen1. Brandi Russell 1. Steffie Zoontjes 1. Deon Leon forming the trio RED!4. Norman Ramazan10. Ruben Thurnim 9. Nathalie Mensinga 8. Naomi Reingoud 7. Rebecca Schouw 6. Floor Krijnen 5. Sidney McWoodSeason 22009-20101. Wesley Klein2. Kim Stolker12. Michelle Komproe 12. Jeffrey Sabeel 12. Davy Oonincx 11. Xander Venema 10. Emmily Lasut 9. Mandy Gruijters 8. Robin Zijlstra 7. Charlotte ten Brink 6. Bart Boonstra 5. Dewi Pechler 4. Joshua Newton 3. Kristel RoulauxSeason 32010-2011 Nance Coolen Gerard Joling Tooske Ragas Henkjan Smits Marc-Marie HuijbregtsSimone WalravenMaurice Wijnen1. Dean Saunders2. Simone Nijssen14. Valerie Van Krimpen13. Samantha Jaine12. Ephraim Beks11. Rene Klein10. Søren Jørgensen6. Sam Lebens6. Rody Valks6. Bertha Verbeek6. Angela Slagt5. Carlijn Middelhof4. Darien Solange Kastaneer3. Sharon Kips
Season 1 (2008) Participants and elimination table
+ Legend Women Men Sing-off (SO) Top 10
Ronde: Liveshows Week: 14/11 21/11 28/11 5/12 12/12 19/12 Plek Kandidaat Results 1 Brandi Russell (26) Winner 2 Steffie Zoontjes (18) SO Winner 3 Deon Leon (18) SO Winner 4 Norman Ramazan (24) SO Elim 5 Sidney McWood (17) SO SO Elim 6 Floor Krijnen (18) SO SO SO Elim 7 Rebecca Schouw (27) Elim 8 Naomi Reingoud (24) Elim 9 Nathalie Mensinga (21) Elim 10 Ruben Thurnim (33) Elim
Season 2 (2009-2010) Participants and elimination table:
+ Legend Women Men Wild Card (WC) Sing-off (SO) Proximity (pr) Top 14
Round: Wildcard Liveshows Week: 20/11 21/11 20/11 27/11 4/12 11/12 18/12 1/1 15/1 22/1 29/1 Position Candidate Results 1 Wesley Klein (21) Winner 2 Kim Stolker (22) Runner-up 3 Kristel Roulaux (26) Elim 4 Joshua Newton (23) SO Elim 5 Dewi Pechler (26) SO pr Elim 6 Bart Boonstra (24) SO pr pr Elim 7 Charlotte ten Brink (21) SO SO Elim 8 Robin Zijlstra (29) SO SO Elim 9 Mandy Gruijters (29) pr Elim 10 Emmily Lasut (15) Elim 11 Xander Venema (24) Elim 12 Davy Oonincx (19) Elim Jeffrey Sabeel (22) WC Michelle Komproe (20) WC
Season 3 (2010-2011) 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 (all rounds), Gerard Joling (only during auditions) and Tooske Ragas (only during liveshows).
Participants: The winner of the third season was Dean Saunders, with Simone Nijssen as runner-up. Final classification: 1. Dean Saunders - winner 2. Simone Nijssen 3. Sharon Kips 4. Darien Solange Kastaneer 5. Carlijn Middelhof 6. Angela Slagt 6. Bertha Verbeek 6. Rody Valks 6. Sam Lebens 10. Søren Jørgensen 11. René Klein 12. Ephraim Beks 13. Samantha Klumper 14. Valerie Van Krimpen
Discography Singles
|- align=center |align=left|(RED!) Step Into the Light||19-12-2008||27-12-2008||tip2||-||#1 in de Single Top 100 |- align=center |align=left|(RED!) Guilty||01-05-2009||-|||||| |- align=center |align=left|(RED!) Conga||11-07-2009||-||||||#42 in de Single Top 100 |- align=center |align=left|(Wesley Klein) You Raise Me Up||29-01-2010||13-02-2010||4||11||#1 in de Single Top 100 |- align=center |align=left|(Rebecca Schouw) All Your Talk||15-03-2010||-||||||#91 in de Single Top 100 |- align=center |align=left|(Wesley Klein) Een ongelofelijke droom||19-03-2010||03-04-2010||tip2||-||#2 in de Single Top 100 |- align=center |align=left|(Dean Saunders) You and I Both||22-01-2011||05-02-2011||22||4||#1 in de Single Top 100
See also So You Wanna Be a Popstar (Netherlands)
External links Official website