Finalists (with dates of elimination) Emrah Keskin Winner Simge Bağdatlı 19 June Sertaç Yanmaz 12 June Ufuk Çakir 5 June Abedin Sakirov 29 May Faruk Emre Kürklüoğlu 22 May Ahmet Gülsen 15 May Meltem Denizci & Emrah Gökelma 8 May Sevil Kul 1 May Seçil Hüner Ünsal Açelya Kılıç 17 April Yusuf Emre Uzunca 10 April Banu Ekşi 3 April Türkstar is a 2004 Turkish reality television singing competition show based on the British show Pop Idol. It was hosted by Seray Sever, Gamze Özçelik and Haldun Dormen. It had extremely low ratings and only lasted one season.
Türkstar is notable for being the only Idol franchise to have featured a singing duo (Meltem Denizci and Emrah Gökelma).
Auditions The first series of Türkstar had nine audition cities to find the best talent in all of Turkey, including: Adana Ankara Antalya Diyarbakır Edirne Istanbul İzmir Trabzon Munich, Germany
Türkstar Jury Zerrin Özer - Turkish singer. Armağan Çağlayan - A&R BMG France. Ercan Saatçi - Songwriter & musician. Ahmet San - Musician & choreographer.
Contestants Meltem Denizci & Emrah Gökelma until now remain as the only duo to participate on an Idol show worldwide (auditioned, performed and got voted off together).
Two members of the top 3, Simge Bağdatlı and Sertaç Yanmaz, were born and raised in Germany. The latter was a semifinalist on the first season of Türkstars German equivalent Deutschland sucht den Superstar.
Semi Final Qualifyings Top 30 Format: 4 out of 10 making it in each week + one Wildcard
DateFirstSecondThirdFourthMarch 11Meltem Denizci &Emrah GökelmaSimge BağdatlıEmrah KeskinFaruk Emre KürklüoğluMarch 18Ahmet GülsenAçelya KılıçYusuf Emre UzuncaBanu EkşiMarch 25Sertaç YanmazAbedin SakirovUfuk ÇakirSevil KulWildcardSeçil Hüner Ünsal
Finalists (ages stated at time of contest)
Contestant Age Hometown Voted Off Liveshow Theme Emrah Keskin 19 Trabzon Winner Grand Finale Simge Bağdatlı 26 Germany June 19, 2004 Sertaç Yanmaz 21 Germany June 12, 2004 Ufuk Çakir 29 June 5, 2004 Abedin Sakirov 17 Germany May 29, 2004 Faruk Emre Kürklüoğlu 21 Ankara May 22, 2004 Ahmet Gülsen 23 İzmir May 15, 2004 Meltem Denizci & Emrah Gökelma 22 & 24 Edirne May 8, 2004 Sevil Kul 21 Germany May 1, 2004 Seçil Hüner Ünsal 30 Antalya April 24, 2004 Açelya Kılıç 20 İzmir April 17, 2004 Yusuf Emre Uzunca 22 Ankara April 10, 2004 Banu Ekşi 24 İzmir April 3, 2004
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