Arab Idol season 4
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Arab Idol season 4 | |
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Genre | Reality television |
Created by | Simon Fuller |
Presented by | Ahmad Fahmi |
Judges | Wael Kfoury Nancy Ajram Ahlam Hassan El Shafei |
Original language | Arabic |
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Running time | Varies |
Original release | |
Network | MBC 1 |
Release | 4 November 2016 |
After more than a year-long hiatus, the fourth series of Arab Idol was relaunched on MBC, with its premiere on November 4, 2016. Once again, just like in the previous season, the jury was composed of singers Wael Kfoury, Nancy Ajram, and Ahlam, as well as music producer Hassan El Shafei, and Ahmad Fahmi returned as host of the show. The first four episodes covered the first round of the show, the auditions process, which took place in nine different Arab countries and, for the first time ever, in Turkey. Although thousands of hopefuls put forth their candidacy, only 64 went through to the second round of auditions in Beirut, Lebanon by the end of which, the 25 semi-finalists were picked to go through to the third round, the live show.
Auditions
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Second Round
This round began with the 64 candidates' arrival to Beirut, Lebanon. Before settling down, the beginning of the group challenge was announced to the candidates by host Ahmad Fahmi. In pre-determined groups of four to six people, these small groups had to each perform a pre-determined song in front of the jury, immediately after which, performers deemed not good enough to continue were cut from the competition. The songs chosen for this round and the results are as follows.
For the female contestants:
- "Galaw habibak Missafer" (All 5 made it through)
- "El Areeb minnak Baeed" (3 out of 4 made it through)
- "Samahtak" (3 out of 5 made it through)
- "Aala Bali" (None of the 4 made it through)
- "Ahou Dalli Sar" (All 5 made it through)
For the male contestants:
- "Walla Ya Teir" (5 out of 6 made it through)
- "Sallamtak Bi Id Allah" (2 out of 6 made it through)
- "Zeina Lebset Khelkhalha" (3 out of 6 made it through)
- "Ya Mounyiti" (All 5 made it through)
- "Aannabi" (2 out of 6 made it through)
- "Khallas Tarak" (1 out of 6 made it through)
- "Ya Salat El Zein" (All 6 made it through)
By the end of the group challenge, 40 contestants remained : 16 female contestants out of the original 23, and 24 male contestants out of 41. These 40 remaining competitors then had to pick one last song, from a list of 14, for their final individual challenge before the Top 24 is picked. This year, however, a maximum of six people could pick the same song, adding to the pressure competitors had to endure, as it was done on a first-come-first-served basis. By the end of the individual challenge, and after the 24 competitors to advance was announced, the jury felt as though the previously eliminated candidate Rawan Aalyan deserved a second chance, and so, she was asked to come back, bringing the total number of semi-finalists to 25 (7 female and 18 male). These semi-finalists arise from 12 different Arab countries : 6 from Egypt, 6 from Palestine, 2 from Lebanon, 2 from Tunisia, 2 from Yemen, and 1 of each from Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Syria. Each semi-finalist has their own voting number, varying from 1 to 25.
Semi-Finals
Voting No. | From | Contestant | Song Choice | Result |
1 | Israa Jamal | Ana Fi Intezarak - Umm Kulthum | Wild Card | |
2 | Amir Dandan | Allah Ma'ak Ya Beit Samed Beljanoub - Wadih Alsaffi | Advanced | |
3 | Badr Al Hassan | Ya Beadhum Kelohum - Abdelmajeed Abdulla | Eliminated | |
4 | Bandar Mougri | Bent Alnour - Mohammed Abdu | Advanced | |
5 | Tamer Daher | Ya Seif Aala Alaada Tayel - Marwan Mahfoudh | Wild Card | |
6 | Houssam Al Shoueikhi | Targhali Ya Targhali - George Wassouf | Advanced | |
7 | Hussein Mohammad | Ebaatly Gawab - Sabah Fakhri | Eliminated | |
8 | Dalia Said | Lola Al Malama - Warda Al-Jazairia | Advanced | |
9 | Rabii Zayyoud | Alloulou Almandood - Sabah Fakhri | Eliminated | |
10 | Rawan Aalyan | Aadeit Nejmat Alsama - Mueen Sharif | Eliminated | |
11 | Samar Al Husseini | Yama Alqamar Aal Bab - Fayza Ahmed | Eliminated | |
12 | Shadi Dakwar | Aala Shat Bahr Alhawa - Karem Mahmoud | Wild Card | |
13 | Abdallah Alkhelifi | Kelma Walaw Jabr Khater - Abadi AlJawhar | Eliminated | |
14 | Ammar Mohammad | Waqif Aala Babakum - Naeema Sameeh | Advanced | |
15 | Camelia Ward | Waayouni Sahara - Cheb Jilani | Wild Card | |
16 | Kawthar Berrani | Ma Feeni Shi - Thekra | Advanced | |
17 | Mohammad Ben Saleh | Ta'a Nensa - Melhem Barakat | Wild Card | |
18 | Mohammad Said | Hawa Ya Hawa - Fadl Shaker | Eliminated | |
19 | Mohammad Moustafa | Wala Ya Wala - Abdelghani AlSayed | Eliminated | |
20 | Muhannad Hussein | Sarlak Youmein Ma Aajebni - Mohammad AbdelJaber | Wild Card | |
21 | Nader Hammouda | Badi Shoufak Kol Youm - Wael Jassar | Eliminated | |
22 | Nadine Khatib | Alaeei Zayek Fen Ya Ali - Sabah | Wild Card | |
23 | Houmam Ibrahim | Hayra - Adel Akla | Advanced | |
24 | Walid Bechara | Baktob Ismak Ya Baladi - Joseph Azar | Wild Card | |
25 | Yacoub Shahin | Lahjar Qasrak - Sarya AlSawwas | Advanced |
The 8 contestants who received the most votes automatically advanced to the next round. The judges were able to each select two of the remaining contestants as wild cards. Each pair would sing and then the judge would decide who to save, advancing them to the next round.
Wild Card:
From | Contestant | Song Choice | Selected by | Result |
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Israa Jamal | Mali Wana Mali - Warda Al-Jazairia | Nancy Ajram | Advanced | |
Nadine Khatib | Ya Sa'a Belwaqt Igri - Nour AlHoudda | Nancy Ajram | Advanced* | |
Mohammad Ben Saleh | Qaletli Kelma - Ali Al Riahi | Hassan El Shafei | Advanced | |
Shadi Dakwar | Toba Toba - Abdel Halim Hafez | Hassan El Shafei | Eliminated | |
Camelia Ward | Kan Ya Makan - Mayada El Hennawy | Ahlam | Eliminated | |
Muhannad Hussein | Ana Ya Tair - Fouad Salem | Ahlam | Advanced | |
Tamer Daher | Sawt Alheda - Assi El Helani | Wael Kfoury | Eliminated | |
Walid Bechara | Alazaab - Melhem Barakat | Wael Kfoury | Advanced |
*After being initially eliminated, the judges unanimously decided to save Nadine Khatib and she became the 13th Finalist.