Pop Idol

Pop Idol is a British music competition television programme created by Simon Fuller which ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003. The aim of the programme was to decide the best new young pop singer (or "pop idol") in the UK based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast, one in 2001–2002 and a second in 2003. An immense success when it launched in 2001, Maggie Brown in The Guardian wrote, "the show became a seminal reality/entertainment format once on air that autumn". Series judge Simon Cowell became a major public figure in entertainment, and the programme produced instant No. 1 chart hits, including for the first series winner Will Young, whose song "Evergreen" was the fastest-selling debut in UK chart history and the best-selling song of 2002. Pop Idol was subsequently put on an indefinite hiatus after Simon Cowell announced the launch of The X Factor in the UK in April 2004.

Pop Idol
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Genre	Reality competition
Created by	Simon Fuller
Judges	Neil Fox Nicki Chapman Pete Waterman Simon Cowell
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Executive producers	Simon Fuller Nigel Lythgoe Richard Holloway Ken Warwick Simon Cowell
Running time	60–165 minutes (including advertisements)
Production companies	Thames Television 19 Entertainment
Network	ITV
Release	October 6th 2001 – December 20th 2003

Clips from Pop Idol were featured on episodes of Harry Hill's TV Burp.

Episodes featuring Pop Idol

Series 2

• "Episode 2.2"
• "Episode 2.3"
• "Episode 2.4"
• "Episode 2.5"
• "Episode 2.6"
• "Episode 2.7"

External links

• Pop Idol at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
• Pop Idol at TheTVDB