Popstars (Dutch TV series)

Popstars was a singing competition series in the Netherlands. The first season started on 22 August 2008. A second season was aired for 2009-2010 and third season aired in 2010-2011. The winners in season 1 were RED! made up of the three finalist winners Brandi Russell, Steffie Zoontjes and Deon Leon. Wesley Klein won in season 2 and Dean Saunders in season 3.

The precursor of these shows was the Dutch version of Popstars: The Rivals broadcast on RTL 4 in 2004 hosted by Beau van Erven Dorens. The series was won by the boy band Men2B (male category) and girl band Raffish (female category). Both disbanded in 2006.

Season 1 (2008)
Participants and elimination table

Season 2 (2009-2010)
Participants and elimination table:

Season 3 (2010-2011)
The schedules for season 3 were as follows: The hosts were Nancy Coolen (all rounds), Gerard Joling (only during auditions) and Tooske Ragas (only during liveshows).
 * 9 Auditions: 9, 16, 23 and 30 July 2010, 6, 13, 20 and 27 August 2010 and 10 September 2010
 * 6 Continued rounds: 17 and 24 September 2010, 1, 11, 18 and 25 October 2010
 * Top 25 solos: 1 November 2010
 * 2 Selection liveshows 1: 8 and 15 November 2010
 * 6 Liveshows: 22 and 29 November 2010, 6, 13, 20 and 27 December 2010

Participants: The winner of the third season was Dean Saunders, with Simone Nijssen as runner-up. Final classification:
 * 1. Dean Saunders - winner
 * 2. Simone Nijssen
 * 3. Sharon Kips
 * 4. Darien Solange Kastaneer
 * 5. Carlijn Middelhof
 * 6. Angela Slagt
 * 6. Bertha Verbeek
 * 6. Rody Valks
 * 6. Sam Lebens
 * 10. Søren Jørgensen
 * 11. René Klein
 * 12. Ephraim Beks
 * 13. Samantha Klumper
 * 14. Valerie Van Krimpen

Singles

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 * align=left|(RED!) Step Into the Light||19-12-2008||27-12-2008||tip2||-||#1 in de Single Top 100
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 * align=left|(RED!) Guilty||01-05-2009||-||||||
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 * align=left|(RED!) Conga||11-07-2009||-||||||#42 in de Single Top 100
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 * align=left|(Wesley Klein) You Raise Me Up||29-01-2010||13-02-2010||4||11||#1 in de Single Top 100
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 * align=left|(Rebecca Schouw) All Your Talk||15-03-2010||-||||||#91 in de Single Top 100
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 * align=left|(Wesley Klein) Een ongelofelijke droom||19-03-2010||03-04-2010||tip2||-||#2 in de Single Top 100
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 * align=left|(Dean Saunders) You and I Both||22-01-2011||05-02-2011||22||4||#1 in de Single Top 100
 * }