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 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).

• Luxor, Egypt, October 11, 2012
• Alexandria, Egypt, October 15, 2012
• Cairo, Egypt, October 19, 2012
• Casablanca, Morocco, October 28, 2012
• Tunis, Tunisia, November 2, 2012
• Amman, Jordan, November 8, 2012
• Erbil, Iraq, November 11, 2012
• Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 15, 2012
• Beirut, Lebanon, November 19, 2012
• Doha, Qatar auditions were originally scheduled for November 15, 2012, but the city was excluded after the citizens of Qatar made a campaign on the internet to prevent the arrival of the show crew, in the excuse that the show doesn't align with the habits and traditions of the conservative Qatari community and the Islamic values.

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:

• "Mali" (by Warda Al-Jazairia) from the movie "Sawt El Hob" (1973)
• "El Ward Gamil" (by Umm Kulthum) from the movie "Fatmah" (1947)
• "Rajain Ya Hawa" (by Fairuz), from the Rahbani Brothers's play "Loulou" (1974)
• "Ya Wad Ya Teel" (by Souad Hosni) from the movie "Khali Balak Min Zouzou" (1972)
• "Imta Hataaraf/ Layali El Ouns" (by Asmahan) from the movie "Gharam wa Intiqam" (1944)

For the guys:

• "Ya Msafer Wahdak" (by Mohammed Abdelwahab), from the movie "Mamno' El Hob" (1942)
• "Gana El Hawa" (by Abdelhalim Hafez), from the movie "Abi Foq El Shagara" (1969)
• "Gharibeyn Ou Layl" (by Ghassan Saliba), from the Rahbani Brothers' play "Saif 840" (1987)
• "Gabbar" (by Abdelhalim Hafez), from the movie "Maabodat El Gamahir" (1963)
• "Habeena" (by Farid El Atrash), from the movie "Nagham Fi Hayati" (1975)
• "Ana Elli Alayki Mishta'" (by Joseph Sakr), from Ziad Rahbani's play "Nazl El Sourour" (1974)

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: 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: Fatima-Zahra El Qortoubi (27), Salma Rachid (18), Omar El Idrissi (24), Jamal Abbad (25), Yousra Saouf (20)
From Tunisia: Mohammed Dughman (24), Zouhour El Shaari (23), and Mohammed Amer (26)
From Syria: Farah Youssef (21), Abdelkarim Hamdan (25)
From Iraq: Parwas Hussain (24), Oussama Naji (23), Mohannad Almarsoumi (27)
From Lebanon: Ziad Khouri (24), Wael Said (18)
From Saudi Arabia: Ibrahim Abdallah (25), Fares El Madani (27)
From Algeria: Saad Nizar (28)
From Bahrain: Hanane Reda (21)
From Palestine: Mohammed Assaf (23)

Semi-Final

Top 15 Males					Top 12 Females
From	Contestant	Song Choice	Result		From	Contestant	Song Choice	Result
	Ahmad Gamal	Mawaoud - Abdel Halim Hafez	Advanced			Mirna Hisham	Ma Taatazirsh - Sherine
	Oussama Naji	Fog El Nakhl - Nazem Al Ghazali				Yousra Saouf	Oyoun El Alb - Nagat Al Saghira	Wild Card
	Mohammed Ammar	Yalli Taabna Sineen Fi Hawa - George Wassouf				Zouhour El Shahri	El Asami - Thekra
	Wael Said	Sayyajna Lebnan - Wadih El Safi	Wild Card			Heidi Moussa	Lola Al Malama - Warda Al-Jazairia
	Omar El Idrissi	Balash Tbousni - Mohammed Abdel Wahab				Hanane Reda	Galo Habaybak Msafer - Thekra	Wild Card
	Karim Houssam	Al Dounia alametni - Wael Jassar				Sabrine El Nagily	Arouh Limeen - Umm Kulthum	Advanced
	Fares El Madani	Ya Ghali Elathman - Mohammed Abdu	Wild Card			Parwas Hussain	Kurdish version of Qaduka Almayas - Sabah Fakhri	Advanced
	Saad Nizar	C'est La Vie - Cheb Khaled				Meriem Mohammed	Yamma Alamar al Bab - Fayza Ahmed
	Mohammad Assaf	Ya Sghiri - Melhem Zein	Advanced			Salma Rachid	Zaman El Samt - Talal Maddah	Wild Card
	Ibrahim Abdallah	La Toudayekoun El Tarf - Mohammed Abdu				Nourhane El Boghdadi	Hayati - Assala Nasri
	Ziad Khouri	Ya'bni - Wadih El Safi, Khatarna Ala Balak - Tony Hanna	Advanced			Fatima El Qortoubi	Byahsidouni Aleh- Nawal El Kuwaitia
	Mohammed Daghman	Aaz El Habayeb - Saber Rebai				Farah Youssef	Madam Tihibb Bitinkr Leih - Umm Kulthum	Advanced
	Abdelkarim Hamdan	Qaduka Almayas - Sabah Fakhri	Advanced
	Mohanad Almarsoumi	Talaa Men Beit Abouha - Nazem Al Ghazali	Advanced
	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	Mohammed Assaf	Top 13									Winner
2–3	Ahmad Gamal	Top 13						Bottom 3			Runner up
	Farah Youssef	Top 13									Runner up
4	Ziad Khouri	Top 13					Bottom 3	Bottom 3	Bottom 3	Eliminated
5–6	Salma Rachid	Wild Card		Bottom 4					Eliminated
	Parwas Hussain	Top 13				Bottom 4			Eliminated
7	Abdelkarim Hamdan	Top 13			Bottom 3	Bottom 4	Bottom 3	Eliminated
8	Mohanad Almarsoumi	Top 13		Bottom 4			Eliminated
9–10	Yousra Saouf	Wild Card			Bottom 3	Eliminated
	Fares El Madani	Wild Card			Saved	Eliminated
11–12	Sabrine El Nagily	Top 13	Bottom 3	Eliminated
	Hanane Reda	Wild Card	Bottom 2	Eliminated
13	Wael Said	Wild Card	Eliminated

Repertoire

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

	Mohammed Assaf	Aala Hisb Oudad - Abdelhalim Hafez
	Salma Rachid	Lazraalak Bostan Worood - Fouad Ghazi
	Mohanad Almarsoumi	Bayn Edaya - Majid Al Muhandis
	Hanane Reda	Wa Hayati Aandek - Thekra
	Farah Youssef	Helm - Umm Kulthum
	Wael Said	Ma Aad Baddiyak - Melhem Zein
	Fares El Madani	Yaben Esshoug - Abadi Al Johar
	Ahmad Gamal	Younis - Mohammed Mounir
	Sabrine El Nagily	Kahil El Ain - Asma Lamnawar
	Parwas Hussein	Magadir - Talal Maddah
	Abdelkarim Hamdan	Salam Aaliha Ya Hawa - Melhem Barakat
	Yousra Saouf	El Amaken - Mohammed Abdo
	Ziad Khouri	Deggou El Mahabij - Fairouz

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

	Farah Youssef	Habina wa Thabina - Mayada El Henawi
	Mohanad Almarsoumi	Law wa Lawl wa Lowa - Saadoun Jaber
	Salma Rachid	Aal Bal - Samira Said
	Abdelkarim Hamdan	Aala Rimsh Ayounha - Wadih El Safi
	Yousra Saouf	Elli Kan - Nancy Ajram
	Fares El Madani	Ma Aad Badri - Mohammed Abdo
	Hanane Reda	Ahebak Moot - Ahlam
	Ziad Khouri	Yalli Bi Jamalak - Saber Rebai
	Mohammed Assaf	Ya Reit - Ragheb Alama
	Sabrine El Nagily	Elli Lamooni - Thekra
	Ahmad Gamal	Imta El Zaman - Mohammed Abdel Wahab
	Parwas Hussein	Nergiz - Tipa Duhok / Aal Ain Mouliyatin - Samira Tawfik

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

	Ahmad Gamal	Misheet Khalas - Wael Jassar
	Ziad Khouri	Ana Ya Tayr Dayaani Nasseebi - Fouad Salem
	Parwas Hussain	Shloonek Eini Shloonek - Salah Abdelghafour
	Salma Rachid	Li Saber Houdoud - Umm Kulthum
	Fares El Madani	Million Khater - Abdelmajeed Abdullah
	Mohammed Assaf	Gatalouni Oyoun Essoud - Wadih El Safi
	Mohanad Almarsoumi	Eni Khayartouki - Kadhem Al Saher
	Farah Youssef	La Ashad Hobak - Najwa Karam
	Yousra Saouf	In Raht Minek Ya Ain - Shadia
	Abdelkarim Hamdan	Ya Mal El Sham - Sabah Fakhri

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

	Parwas Hussain	Ahebak - Samira Tawfik
	Yousra Saouf	Ana Albi Lek Meyal - Fayza Ahmed
	Ziad Khouri	Zaraanaha Galoub - Wadih El Safi
	Abdelkarim Hamdan	Elli Nisak Insak - Abdallah Al Rowaished
	Salma Rachid	Zay El Assal - Sabah
	Mohanad Almarsoumi	Inta Aala Bali - Iraqi folklore
	Ahmad Gamal	Rouh - Fadel Shaker
	Fares El Madani	Ouli Aamalak Eih - Mohammed Abdel Wahab
	Farah Youssef	Lagetak - Issam Rajji
	Mohammed Assaf	El Zina Labsat Khalkhalaha - Samir Yazbek

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

	Salma Rachid	Ana Baasha'ak - Mayada El Henawi
	Mohanad Almarsoumi	Goul Ya Helo - Nazem Al Ghazali
	Parwas Hussein	Baeed Aanak - Umm Kulthum
	Abdelkarim Hamdan	Aal Tayer - Saber Rebai
	Ziad Khouri	Wala Mara - Melhem Barakat
	Mohammed Assaf	Aanabi - Karem Mahmoud
	Farah Youssef	Ehsas Jdeed - Nancy Ajram
	Ahmad Gamal	Sawah - Abdelhalim Hafez

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

	Ziad Khouri	Lahjour Gassrak - George Wassouf
	Abdelkarim Hamdan	Aala Aagig - Sabah Fakhri
	Farah Youssef	Awedak - Souad Mohammed
	Ahmad Gamal	Albi Aasha'ha - Ragheb Alama
	Parwas Hussein	Ya Tayr Ya Tayer - Mohammed Mounir
	Mohammed Assaf	Wa Baad Kentom - Mohammed Abdo
	Salma Rachid	Katar Kheiry - Sherine

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

	Farah Youssef	Ya Bidii El Ward - Asmahan
	Mohammed Assaf	Sawt El Heda - Assi El Helani
	Salma Rachid	Nawilak Aala Niya - Ahlam
	Parwas Hussein	Saalouni Ennas - Fairuz
	Ziad Khouri	Mamnounak Ana - Melhem Zein
	Ahmad Gamal	Wahiyatek Ya Habibi - Sayed Mekawy

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

	Farah Youssef	Eatazalt El Gharam - Majida El Roumi	El Oyoun Essoud - Warda Al-Jazairia
	Ahmad Gamal	Wahashtini Oyounak - Ahmad Saad	Amana Aalik - Karem Mahmoud
	Ziad Khouri	Ramshet Ain - Wadih El Safi	Garahona - George Wassouf
	Mohammed Assaf	Kol Da Kan Leih - Mohammed Abdel Wahab	Nemshi wa Nemshi - Saber Rebai

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

	Ahmad Gamal	Ala Nar - Saber Rebai	Fagdatek - Hussain Al Jasmi	Ahlef Bi Samaha wa Torabha - Abdelhalim Hafez
	Farah Youssef	Qodoud El Halabiya - Syrian folklore	Gallaw Tari - Abadi Al Johar	Baktob Ismek Ya Bladi - Joseph Azar
	Mohammed Assaf	Ya Ain Ala Saber - Wadih El Safi	Lena Allah - Mohammed Abdu	Aali El Kuffiyeh" - Palestinian folklore