Narodniy Artist
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Narodniy Artist is a television
Television
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 show based on the popular British show Pop Idol
Pop Idol
Pop Idol is a British television series which debuted on ITV on 6 October 2001. The show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast - one in 2001-02 and a second in 2003...

. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in Russia. The show is produced by RTR
RTR
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 in association with FBI Music & FremantleMedia
FremantleMedia
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. Season 1 & 2 was hosted by Fekla Tolstaya & Ivan Urgant
Ivan Urgant
Ivan Andreevich Urgant is a Russian television personality, showman, and an actor.Ivan Urgant was born in Leningrad in a family of actors Andrey Urgant and Valeriya Kiseleva....

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Narodniy Artist remains today the only Idol show to feature miming in their "best of" show (Финальный Концерт final'niy kontsert) where none of the contestants sang live.

Season two

Kiev, 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.

Season three

This season had auditions in:
  • Moscow
    Moscow
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  • Voronezh
    Voronezh
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  • Saratov
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  • Kazan
    Kazan
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  • Kaliningrad
    Kaliningrad
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  • St Petersburg
  • Irkutsk
    Irkutsk
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  • Chelyabinsk
    Chelyabinsk
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The 125 best 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 & Oskar Kuchera. On June 3, 2006, Amarkhuu Borkhuu won with 61.7% of the vote over Marina Devyatova.

The jury this season was:
  • Evgeniy Fridlyand
  • Maksim Dunayevskiy
  • Gennadiy Khazanov
  • Alena Sviridova

Semi Final qualifyings

Season 1 Top 30

Format: 3 out of 10 making the final each week
Date First Second Third
September 20 Yuliya Valeeva Mariya Zaytseva Irina Chernishova
September 27 Aleksey Goman Aleksey Chumakov Oksana Kazakova
October 4 Anna Alina Aleksandr Panayotov Natalya Pavolotskaya
October 11

(Wildcard)
Irina Toporez
(Judges choice)


Season 2 Top 30

Format: 3 out of 10 making the final each week
Date First Second Third
September 18 Vladislav Shlikov Dilyara Vagapova Tatyana Kazyuchits
September 25 Evgeniy Anishko Ruslan Alehno Vera Karetnikova
October 2 Yuriy Ignatov Paulina Dmitrenko Darya Urizchenko
October 9

(Wildcard)
Yuliya Vdovenko
(Viewers Choice)

Bottom three statistics

Season 1
Date Theme Bottom Three
October 18 Old Songs Irina Chernishova Natalya Pavolotskaya Oksana Kazakova
October 25 Rhythm & Melody Yuliya Valeeva Oksana Kazakova (2) Mariya Zaytseva
November 1 David Tukhmanov Irina Toporez Natalya Pavolotskaya (2) Oksana Kazakova (3)
November 7 Film Songs Natalya Pavolotskaya (3) Aleksandr Panayotov Anna Alina
November 15 Igor Nikolaev Anna Alina (2) Aleksey Chumakov Mariya Zaytseva (2)
Date Theme Bottom Two
November 22 Contestants Choice Oksana Kazakova (4) Aleksey Chumakov (2)
November 29 Igor Krutoy Mariya Zaytseva (3) Aleksey Chumakov (3)
December 6 Alla Pugacheva /
Filipp Kirkorov
Aleksey Chumakov (4)
December 13 Grand Finale Aleksandr Panayotov (2) Aleksey Goman


Season 2
Date Bottom Three
October 16 Darya Urizchenko Paulina Dmitrenko Tatyana Kazyuchits
October 23 Tatyana Kazyuchits (2) Vera Karetnikova Vladislav Shlikov
October 30 Vladislav Shlikov (2) Vera Karetnikova (2) Evgeniy Anishko
November 6 Dilyara Vagapova Yuliya Vdovenko Vera Karetnikova (3)
November 13 Vera Karetnikova (4) Ruslan Alehno Yuriy Ignatov
Date Bottom Two
November 20 Evgeniy Anishko (2) Yuliya Vdoenko (2)
December 4 Yuliya Vdoenko (3) Yuriy Ignatov (2)
December 11 Yuriy Ignatov (3)
December 19 Paulina Dmitrenko (2) Ruslan Alehno (2)


Season 3
Date Bottom Three
April 8 Ilya Mezentsev
April 15 Valeriya Paskar Ilya Zhilino Angelina Sergeeva
April 22 Ilya Zhilino (2) Evgeniya Ryabetsya Marina Devyatova
April 29 Evgeniya Ryabetsya (2) Mariya Makovskaya Pavla Kuchenko
May 6 Mariya Makovskaya (2)
May 13 Pavel Mochalov Angelina Sergeeva (2) Pavla Kuchenko (2)
May 20 Pavla Kuchenko (3)
May 27 Angelina Sergeeva (3)
June 3 Marina Devyatova (2) Amarkhuu Borkhuu
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