Popstars 2000

Popstars is a German reality television series that began its first installment on the RTL II network on November 14, 2000. Part of the international Popstars franchise, it originated from the same-titled New Zealand reality program. The show accompanies the making of pop music bands whose members depend on the particular season's concept. In its ten seasons, it spawned musical acts No Angels, Bro'Sis, Overground, Preluders, Nu Pagadi, Monrose, Room 2012, Queensberry, Some & Any, LaViVe and Melouria.

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    Season 1

    2000

    1 episodes

    Season 1 of Popstars premiered on November 14, 2000.

    In fall 2000, German television network RTL2 started with the production of a German adaption of Popstars. Over the course of three month more than 4,500 hopeful female singers attended open television auditions in Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, Leipzig, Cologne, Oberhausen, Stuttgart and Munich. Judged by Dutch entertainer Simone Angel, booker Mario M. Mendryzcki and Rainer Moslener, a director of A&R, thirty-two out of two hundred pre-selected girls eventually made it from the local recall shows to Majorca, Spain to get trained in singing, dancing, and fitness. While the judges continued eliminating two or three girls each day with the help of choreographer Detlef "D!" Soost, eleven finalists remained and were sent home to prepare. In November 2000, Angel and Moslener visited each of the contestants at home to reveal whether or not they had been selected for the band. In the end five girls made it into the band: Nadja Benaissa, Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, Vanessa Petruo and Jessica Wahls. With the final members of the group in place, Popstars continued tracking the development and struggles of the new band.

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    Season 2

    2001

    1 episodes

    Season 2 of Popstars premiered on September 11, 2001.

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    Season 3

    2003

    1 episodes

    Season 3 of Popstars premiered on August 11, 2003.

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    Season 4

    2004

    13 episodes

    Season 4 of Popstars premiered on September 15, 2004.

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    Season 5

    2006

    16 episodes

    Season 5 of Popstars premiered on August 10, 2006.

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    Season 6

    2007

    26 episodes

    Season 6 of Popstars premiered on June 14, 2007.

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    Season 7

    2008

    17 episodes

    Season 7 of Popstars premiered on August 28, 2008.

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    Season 8

    2009

    18 episodes

    Season 8 of Popstars premiered on August 20, 2009.

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    Season 9

    2010

    17 episodes

    Season 9 of Popstars premiered on August 19, 2010.

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    Season 10

    2012

    12 episodes

    Season 10 of Popstars premiered on July 5, 2012.

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    Season 11

    2015

    7 episodes

    Season 11 of Popstars premiered on August 17, 2015.