Arab Idol (season 2)

Arab Idol season 2
آراب أيدول الموسم الثاني
Genre Reality television
Created by Simon Fuller
Presented by Annabella Hilal
Ahmad Fahmi
Judges Ragheb Alama
Ahlam
Hassan El Shafei
Nancy Ajram
Country of origin Arab League Arab World
Original language(s) Arabic
Production
Running time Varies
Release
Original network MBC 1
Original release 8 March 2013 – 22 June 2013
External links
Website

Following the huge success of the first season of Arab Idol, MBC launched the second season on 8 March 2013. The jury panel, composed of Ahlam, Ragheb Alama and Hassan El Shafei, is completed by Lebanese pop star Nancy Ajram. The top 27 was announced on 6 April 2013 and the first prime is scheduled for 19 April. 13 contestants should reach the final stage, compared with the first season where only 10 contestants were picked. On finale night, Mohammed Assaf from Palestine won the competition against Ahmad Gamal (from Egypt) and Farah Youssef (from Syria). There was an estimated 60 million votes. media and was welcomed with joy by Palestinians and the rest of the Arab world. This year was a premiere since it will be the first time that there is a non-Arab/non-Arabic speaker contestant (Parwas Hussain, from the Kurdish part of Iraq).

Auditions

Ten dates were set for the auditions, which took place in 8 Arab countries (three audition dates in three different Egyptian cities).

Second Round

After more than 15,000 auditions, the judges picked 95 to go onto the following round in Beirut, Lebanon. The second round of auditions consisted of three parts, the first of which saw candidates sing a song of their choice for 60 seconds in front of the panel in groups of 10. Only 61 made it through to the second part of the second round. In this part of the competition, candidates were split into 11 groups of 5 or 6, and had to perform iconic Arabic songs from movies and plays from the previous century. The repertoire consisted of the following songs :

For the girls:

For the guys:

After further cuts, only 46 contenders remained, and moved onto the third and final part of the second round of auditions. The remaining competitors had to sing for their lives, of whom only 20 were to be chosen. However, this task proved to be too hard for the judges because of the great talent present. Thus, 27 contestants were hand-picked instead of 20 for the public vote, who had to choose only 12 of them to reach the final round of competitions.


The 27 contestants representing 10 Arab countries were revealed on April 6, 2013, and they are :

From Egypt Egypt: Karim Houssam (18), Sabrine El Nagily (20), Mirna Hisham (15), Ahmad Gamal (24), Heidi Moussa (19), Meriem Mohammad (16), Nourhane El Boghdadi (23)
From Morocco Morocco: Fatima-Zahra El Qortoubi (27), Salma Rachid (18), Omar El Idrissi (24), Jamal Abbad (25), Yousra Saouf (20)
From Tunisia Tunisia: Mohammed Dughman (24), Zouhour El Shaari (23), and Mohammed Amer (26)
From Syria Syria: Farah Youssef (21), Abdelkarim Hamdan (25)
From Iraq Iraq: Parwas Hussain (24), Oussama Naji (23), Mohannad Almarsoumi (27)
From Lebanon Lebanon: Ziad Khouri (24), Wael Said (18)
From Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia: Ibrahim Abdallah (25), Fares El Madani (27)
From Algeria Algeria: Saad Nizar (28)
From Bahrain Bahrain: Hanane Reda (21)
From State of Palestine Palestine: Mohammed Assaf (23)

Semi-Final

Top 15 Males Top 12 Females
From Contestant Song Choice Result From Contestant Song Choice Result
Egypt Ahmad Gamal Mawaoud - Abdel Halim Hafez Advanced Egypt Mirna Hisham Ma Taatazirsh - Sherine
Iraq Oussama Naji Fog El Nakhl - Nazem Al Ghazali Morocco Yousra Saouf Oyoun El Alb - Nagat Al Saghira Wild Card
Tunisia Mohammed Ammar Yalli Taabna Sineen Fi Hawa - George Wassouf Tunisia Zouhour El Shahri El Asami - Thekra
Lebanon Wael Said Sayyajna Lebnan - Wadih El Safi Wild Card Egypt Heidi Moussa Lola Al Malama - Warda Al-Jazairia
Morocco Omar El Idrissi Balash Tbousni - Mohammed Abdel Wahab Bahrain Hanane Reda Galo Habaybak Msafer - Thekra Wild Card
Egypt Karim Houssam Al Dounia alametni - Wael Jassar Egypt Sabrine El Nagily Arouh Limeen - Umm Kulthum Advanced
Saudi Arabia Fares El Madani Ya Ghali Elathman - Mohammed Abdu Wild Card Iraq Parwas Hussain Kurdish version of Qaduka Almayas - Sabah Fakhri Advanced
Algeria Saad Nizar C'est La Vie - Cheb Khaled Egypt Meriem Mohammed Yamma Alamar al Bab - Fayza Ahmed
State of Palestine Mohammad Assaf Ya Sghiri - Melhem Zein Advanced Morocco Salma Rachid Zaman El Samt - Talal Maddah Wild Card
Saudi Arabia Ibrahim Abdallah La Toudayekoun El Tarf - Mohammed Abdu Egypt Nourhane El Boghdadi Hayati - Assala Nasri
Lebanon Ziad Khouri Ya'bni - Wadih El Safi, Khatarna Ala Balak - Tony Hanna Advanced Morocco Fatima El Qortoubi Byahsidouni Aleh- Nawal El Kuwaitia
Tunisia Mohammed Daghman Aaz El Habayeb - Saber Rebai Syria Farah Youssef Madam Tihibb Bitinkr Leih - Umm Kulthum Advanced
Syria Abdelkarim Hamdan Qaduka Almayas - Sabah Fakhri Advanced
Iraq Mohanad Almarsoumi Talaa Men Beit Abouha - Nazem Al Ghazali Advanced
Morocco Jamal Abbad Ibaatli Jawab - Sabah Fakhri

Top 13 Elimination chart

Female Male Wild Card Top 13 Winner
Safe Safe First Safe Last Eliminated Judges' Save
Stage: Semi Finals Finals
Week: Apr 19-20 Apr 27 May 4 May 11 May 18 May 25 Jun 1 Jun 8 Jun 15 Jun 22
Place Contestant Result
1 State of Palestine Mohammed Assaf Top 13 Winner
2–3 Egypt Ahmad Gamal Top 13 Bottom 3 Runner up
Syria Farah Youssef Top 13 Runner up
4 Lebanon Ziad Khouri Top 13 Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Eliminated
5–6 Morocco Salma Rachid Wild Card Bottom 4 Eliminated
Iraq Parwas Hussain Top 13 Bottom 4 Eliminated
7 Syria Abdelkarim Hamdan Top 13 Bottom 3 Bottom 4 Bottom 3 Eliminated
8 Iraq Mohanad Almarsoumi Top 13 Bottom 4 Eliminated
9–10 Morocco Yousra Saouf Wild Card Bottom 3 Eliminated
Saudi Arabia Fares El Madani Wild Card Saved Eliminated
11–12 Egypt Sabrine El Nagily Top 13 Bottom 3 Eliminated
Bahrain Hanane Reda Wild Card Bottom 2 Eliminated
13 Lebanon Wael Said Wild Card Eliminated

Repertoire

Week 1 (April 26, 2013)
Guest/Mentor: Nawal El Kuwaitia

State of PalestineMohammed Assaf Aala Hisb Oudad - Abdelhalim Hafez
MoroccoSalma Rachid Lazraalak Bostan Worood - Fouad Ghazi
IraqMohanad Almarsoumi Bayn Edaya - Majid Al Muhandis
BahrainHanane Reda Wa Hayati Aandek - Thekra
SyriaFarah Youssef Helm - Umm Kulthum
LebanonWael Said Ma Aad Baddiyak - Melhem Zein
Saudi ArabiaFares El Madani Yaben Esshoug - Abadi Al Johar
EgyptAhmad Gamal Younis - Mohammed Mounir
EgyptSabrine El Nagily Kahil El Ain - Asma Lamnawar
IraqParwas Hussein Magadir - Talal Maddah
SyriaAbdelkarim Hamdan Salam Aaliha Ya Hawa - Melhem Barakat
MoroccoYousra Saouf El Amaken - Mohammed Abdo
LebanonZiad Khouri Deggou El Mahabij - Fairouz

Week 2 (May 3, 2013)
Guest/Mentor: Samira Said

SyriaFarah Youssef Habina wa Thabina - Mayada El Henawi
IraqMohanad Almarsoumi Law wa Lawl wa Lowa - Saadoun Jaber
MoroccoSalma Rachid Aal Bal - Samira Said
SyriaAbdelkarim Hamdan Aala Rimsh Ayounha - Wadih El Safi
MoroccoYousra Saouf Elli Kan - Nancy Ajram
Saudi ArabiaFares El Madani Ma Aad Badri - Mohammed Abdo
BahrainHanane Reda Ahebak Moot - Ahlam
LebanonZiad Khouri Yalli Bi Jamalak - Saber Rebai
State of PalestineMohammed Assaf Ya Reit - Ragheb Alama
EgyptSabrine El Nagily Elli Lamooni - Thekra
EgyptAhmad Gamal Imta El Zaman - Mohammed Abdel Wahab
IraqParwas Hussein Nergiz - Tipa Duhok / Aal Ain Mouliyatin - Samira Tawfik

Week 3 (May 10, 2013)
Guest/Mentor: Ramy Ayach

EgyptAhmad Gamal Misheet Khalas - Wael Jassar
LebanonZiad Khouri Ana Ya Tayr Dayaani Nasseebi - Fouad Salem
IraqParwas Hussain Shloonek Eini Shloonek - Salah Abdelghafour
MoroccoSalma Rachid Li Saber Houdoud - Umm Kulthum
Saudi ArabiaFares El Madani Million Khater - Abdelmajeed Abdullah
State of PalestineMohammed Assaf Gatalouni Oyoun Essoud - Wadih El Safi
IraqMohanad Almarsoumi Eni Khayartouki - Kadhem Al Saher
SyriaFarah Youssef La Ashad Hobak - Najwa Karam
MoroccoYousra Saouf In Raht Minek Ya Ain - Shadia
SyriaAbdelkarim Hamdan Ya Mal El Sham - Sabah Fakhri

Week 4 (May 17, 2013)
Guest/Mentor: Nawal El-Zoughby

IraqParwas Hussain Ahebak - Samira Tawfik
MoroccoYousra Saouf Ana Albi Lek Meyal - Fayza Ahmed
LebanonZiad Khouri Zaraanaha Galoub - Wadih El Safi
SyriaAbdelkarim Hamdan Elli Nisak Insak - Abdallah Al Rowaished
MoroccoSalma Rachid Zay El Assal - Sabah
IraqMohanad Almarsoumi Inta Aala Bali - Iraqi folklore
EgyptAhmad Gamal Rouh - Fadel Shaker
Saudi ArabiaFares El Madani Ouli Aamalak Eih - Mohammed Abdel Wahab
SyriaFarah Youssef Lagetak - Issam Rajji
State of PalestineMohammed Assaf El Zina Labsat Khalkhalaha - Samir Yazbek

Week 5 (May 24, 2013)
Guest/Mentor: Mohammed Mounir

MoroccoSalma Rachid Ana Baasha'ak - Mayada El Henawi
IraqMohanad Almarsoumi Goul Ya Helo - Nazem Al Ghazali
IraqParwas Hussein Baeed Aanak - Umm Kulthum
SyriaAbdelkarim Hamdan Aal Tayer - Saber Rebai
LebanonZiad Khouri Wala Mara - Melhem Barakat
State of PalestineMohammed Assaf Aanabi - Karem Mahmoud
SyriaFarah Youssef Ehsas Jdeed - Nancy Ajram
EgyptAhmad Gamal Sawah - Abdelhalim Hafez

Week 6 (May 31, 2013)
Guest/Mentor: Cheb Khaled

LebanonZiad Khouri Lahjour Gassrak - George Wassouf
SyriaAbdelkarim Hamdan Aala Aagig - Sabah Fakhri
SyriaFarah Youssef Awedak - Souad Mohammed
EgyptAhmad Gamal Albi Aasha'ha - Ragheb Alama
IraqParwas Hussein Ya Tayr Ya Tayer - Mohammed Mounir
State of PalestineMohammed Assaf Wa Baad Kentom - Mohammed Abdo
MoroccoSalma Rachid Katar Kheiry - Sherine

Week 7 (June 7, 2013)
Guest/Mentor: Diana Haddad

SyriaFarah Youssef Ya Bidii El Ward - Asmahan
State of PalestineMohammed Assaf Sawt El Heda - Assi El Helani
MoroccoSalma Rachid Nawilak Aala Niya - Ahlam
IraqParwas Hussein Saalouni Ennas - Fairuz
LebanonZiad Khouri Mamnounak Ana - Melhem Zein
EgyptAhmad Gamal Wahiyatek Ya Habibi - Sayed Mekawy

Week 8 (June 14, 2013)
Guest/Mentor: Sherine

SyriaFarah Youssef Eatazalt El Gharam - Majida El RoumiEl Oyoun Essoud - Warda Al-Jazairia
EgyptAhmad Gamal Wahashtini Oyounak - Ahmad SaadAmana Aalik - Karem Mahmoud
LebanonZiad Khouri Ramshet Ain - Wadih El SafiGarahona - George Wassouf
State of PalestineMohammed Assaf Kol Da Kan Leih - Mohammed Abdel WahabNemshi wa Nemshi - Saber Rebai

Week 9 (June 21, 2013)
Guest/Mentor: Assi El Helani

EgyptAhmad Gamal Ala Nar - Saber RebaiFagdatek - Hussain Al JasmiAhlef Bi Samaha wa Torabha - Abdelhalim Hafez
SyriaFarah Youssef Qodoud El Halabiya - Syrian folkloreGallaw Tari - Abadi Al JoharBaktob Ismek Ya Bladi - Joseph Azar
State of PalestineMohammed Assaf Ya Ain Ala Saber - Wadih El SafiLena Allah - Mohammed AbduAali El Kuffiyeh" - Palestinian folklore
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