Popstar to Operastar was a British television music competition to find new singing talent in Opera. The show began on 15 January 2010 and finished on 19 February 2010. The show has eight popstars which took part within the competition battled each other learning opera. The judges were Rolando Villazón, Katherine Jenkins, Meat Loaf and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. The winner of the show was Darius Campbell and with the runner-up being Bernie Nolan.

Popstars

Popstar Solo/Group/Band Status Alex James Blur (Bass guitarist)Eliminated 1ston 15 January 2010 Vanessa White The SaturdaysEliminated 2ndon 22 January 2010 Jimmy Osmond The OsmondsEliminated 3rdon 29 January 2010 Danny Jones McFlyEliminated 4thon 5 February 2010 Kym Marsh Soloist/Hear'SayEliminated 5thon 12 February 2010 Marcella Detroit Shakespears Sister Third placeon 12 February 2010 Bernie Nolan The NolansRunner-upon 19 February 2010Darius CampbellSoloistWinneron 19 February 2010

Results summary

Colour key:  –Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown –Contestant was in the bottom two and was immediately eliminated (no judges' vote) –Contestant received the most public votes

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Darius Campbell 1st26.4% 2nd21.4% 3rd15.3% 2nd24.0% 2nd20.9% Winner50.1% Bernie Nolan 2nd23.9% 1st24.0% 1st32.7% 1st25.3% 1st47.8% Runner up49.9% Marcella Detroit 5th9.9% 4th13.1% 2nd16.9% 4th15.1% 3rd17.8% Third place(Week 5) Kym Marsh 3rd12.1% 3rd19.0% 4th13.3% 2nd24.0% 4th13.5% Eliminated(Week 5) Danny Jones 4th10.2% 5th10.7% 5th11.5% 5th11.6% Eliminated(Week 4) Jimmy Osmond 6th8.3% 6th8.2% 6th10.4% Eliminated(Week 3) Vanessa White 7th4.7% 7th3.7% Eliminated(Week 2) Alex James 8th4.6% Eliminated(Week 1) Bottom two Alex James,Vanessa White Jimmy Osmond,Vanessa White Danny Jones,Jimmy Osmond Danny Jones,Marcella Detroit No judges' vote: public votes alone decide who is eliminated and who ultimately wins Meat Loaf's vote to saveAlex James Jimmy Osmond Danny Jones Marcella Detroit Jenkins' vote to saveVanessa White Jimmy Osmond Danny Jones Marcella Detroit Villazón's vote to saveVanessa White Vanessa White Danny Jones Danny Jones Llewelyn-Bowen's vote to save Alex James Vanessa White Danny Jones Danny Jones Eliminated Alex James2 of 4 votesDeadlock Vanessa White2 of 4 votesDeadlock Jimmy Osmond0 of 4 votesMajority Danny Jones2 of 4 votesDeadlock Kym Marsh13.5%to save Bernie Nolan49.9%to win Marcella Detroit17.8%to save Darius Campbell50.1%to win

Episodes

Voting percentages are from ITV.com.ITGV.com

Most Public Votes Eliminated Bottom two

Week 1

Performances OrderArtistSong Results1Jimmy Osmond"’O sole mio"Safe (8.3%)2Kym Marsh"Si Un Jour"Safe (12.1%)3Alex James"Largo al factotum" from The Barber of SevilleEliminated (4.6%)4Marcella Detroit"Casta diva" from NormaSafe (9.9%)5Danny Jones"La donna è mobile" from RigolettoSafe (10.2%)6Vanessa White "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni SchicchiBottom two (4.7%)7Darius Campbell"Nessun dorma" from TurandotSafe (26.4%)8Bernie Nolan"Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (The Barcarole) from The Tales of HoffmannSafe (23.9%)

Bottom two Alex James - Eliminated on judges tied, lowest viewer votes Vanessa White

Voting Results Rolando Villazón and Katherine Jenkins saved Vanessa. Meat Loaf and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen saved Alex.

Guest Performers Camilla Kerslake sang "How Can I Keep from Singing?" accompanied by Gary Barlow on piano.

Week 2

Performances OrderArtistSong Results1Jimmy Osmond "Volare"Bottom two (8.2%)2Kym Marsh "Libiamo ne' lieti calici" ("Brindisi") from La traviataSafe (19.0%)3Marcella Detroit "Un bel dì vedremo" from Madama ButterflySafe (13.1%)4Danny Jones "Caruso"Safe (10.7%)5Vanessa White "Summertime" from Porgy and BessEliminated (3.7%)6Darius Campbell "Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre" ("Toreador Song") from CarmenSafe (21.4%)7Bernie Nolan "Parla più piano" (Italian version of "Speak Softly, Love") from The GodfatherSafe (24.0%)

Bottom two Vanessa White - Eliminated on judges tied, lowest viewer votes Jimmy Osmond

Guest Performer Katherine Jenkins sang "Chanson Bohème" from Carmen.

Week 3

Performances OrderArtistSong Results1Kym Marsh"Habanera" from CarmenSafe (13.3%)2Jimmy Osmond"Amor ti vieta" (Love Forbids You) from FedoraEliminated (10.4%)3Marcella Detroit"Second Queen of the Night aria" from The Magic FluteSafe (16.9%)4Danny Jones "Con te partirò" ("Time to Say Goodbye")Bottom two (11.5%)5Darius Campbell "Granada"Safe (15.3%)6Bernie Nolan "Voi che sapete" ("You Ladies Who Know What Love Is") from The Marriage of FigaroSafe (32.7%)

Bottom two Jimmy Osmond - Eliminated by judges Danny Jones

Voting Results Three judges voted to save Danny Jones. Since a majority of votes were cast one way Katherine Jenkins did not vote, but stated that she also would have voted for Jones to stay.

Guest Performer Rolando Villazón sang Tosti's "L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra".

Week 4

Performances OrderArtistSong Results1Bernie Nolan "Les Filles de Cadix" by DelibesSafe (25.3%)2Danny Jones"Funiculì, Funiculà" by Peppino TurcoEliminated (11.6%)3Kym Marsh "Nella Fantasia", music by Ennio MorriconeSafe (24.0%)4Darius Campbell"Non più andrai" ("No More Gallivanting") from Marriage of Figaro by MozartSafe (24.0%)5Marcella Detroit "Ave maria" by SchubertBottom two (15.1%)

Bottom two Danny Jones - Eliminated by public votes after judges were dead-locked Marcella Detroit

Voting Results Meat Loaf and Katherine Jenkins saved Marcella Detroit. Rolando Villazón and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen saved Danny Jones.

Guests Performers Mika and Danielle de Niese sang "Rain".

Week 5 (Semi Final)

Performances OrderArtistSong Results1Kym Marsh"Pie Jesu" from Gabriel Fauré's Requiem MassEliminated (13.5%)2Darius Campbell"Fin ch'han dal vino" from Don GiovanniSafe (20.9%)3Marcella Detroit"Mein Herr Marquis" ("Laughing Song") by Johann Strauss3rd Place (17.8%)4Bernie Nolan"Je veux vivre" from Roméo et JulietteSafe (47.8%)

Bottom two Kym Marsh - Eliminated Marcella Detroit - 3rd Place

Both Eliminated by public votes

Guest Performers Meat Loaf and Juliette Pochin sang "Bat Out of Hell".

Week 6 (Final)

Performances OrderArtistSong 1Darius Campbell "Non piú andrai" ("No More Gallivanting") from Marriage of Figaro by Mozart2Bernie Nolan"Les Filles de Cadix" by Delibes3Darius Campbell & Rolando Villazón"The Impossible Dream" from Man of La Mancha4Bernie Nolan & Katherine Jenkins"Somewhere" from West Side Story5Darius Campbell, Bernie Nolan, Rolando Villazón & Katherine Jenkins"Libiamo ne' lieti calici" ("Brindisi") from La traviata Final Result PopstarResultBernie NolanRunner-Up (49.9%)Darius CampbellWinner (50.1%)

Darius Campbell was declared the winner with 50.1% of the public votes and closed the show with a rendition of Non piú andrai.

Ratings Episode Viewing figures from Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB). Episode No. Airdate Total Viewers ITV1 Weekly Ranking 1 15 January 2010 4,290,000 28 2 22 January 2010 3,900,000 30 3 29 January 2010 3,690,000 28 4 5 February 2010 4,010,000 25 5 12 February 2010 4,660,000 20 6 19 February 2010 4,330,000 22

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