After a long wait and many postponements due to several reasons, the most important of them being the assassination of PM Rafik Hariri, the Superstar 2 album is finally here. It will be released on July 14th and will have 16 songs by all the finalists except Ayman El A'tar. The album will be called "Wa Ibtada El Mishwar" (And the journey begins). A concert will be aired on the Future TV satellite channel on the same day, in which the finalists will perform their individual songs before going on to release their full albums....
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So, the results of SuperStar were on last night while we were on our plane to Jordan, and I only got to know the results today. And well Ayman El Aatar from Libya won the title. As I said last time, both finalists were really good, but I personally was more inclined to Ammar winning. Anyway, Ayman was very good too and I'm not that pissed because he won :P Was great following this show, and I can't wait for next year. I also can't wait for the music the 17 candidates will be releasing especially people like Muhannad Mshallah,...
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The final episode of SuperStar 2004 just ended on Future TV, leaving us to vote and decide who the Arab SuperStar for this year will be. The results will be announced next week on Sunday. This episode as usual was another great one and both finalists did a wonderful job giving beautiful performances. My vote will go to Ammar, but Ayman was really great too. They showed the trip to Libya and how much people turned up and how it seemed like all Libya was there. Next week, all 17 candidates who got to the finals will be at the...
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The results for the 12th prime were announced yesterday and only 2 people are left for next week's final. And the candidate who had to leave was: - Hadi Aswad (Syria) I expected this, and everyone too. He reacted very well to it because he too expected it and was ready to hear it. He was cool about it, which was nice. Hadi has been the candidate who has been improving the most and I salute him for that. So, next week the final will be a showdown between Ammar and Ayman. There is no way to base any expectation...
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So another episode of SuperStar was on last night on Future TV, but I wasn't able to catch it yesterday because I was at a concert. So I'm hoping to catch the re-run today and enjoy it and then maybe post some more about it. Anyway, for the time being, I'd really appreciate it if you guys tell me what to expect in this episode. And I'll be posting a bit later about the concert I went to, which was awesome....
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Future TV is back for me, and the results for the 11th prime were just announced. And... The following candidates were called into the danger zone, as I expected: - Ranim Qoteit (Egypt) - Hadi Aswad (Syria) And the candidate who had to leave today was: - Ranim Qoteit (Egypt) Something I also expected, although it's a big shame to see him go. Next will be Hadi Aswad, leaving Ammar and Ayman to battle it out for the final. The candidates will be visiting Syria this week as part of their Arab tour. The guest next week will be: Mueen...
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As Future TV is not working for me or for anyone here in Tunisia for some unknown reason, I missed another episode of SuperStar :( Maybe our receivers are mad at the fact that Muhannad left the show, coz we stopped receiving Future TV ever since. Only 4 candidates are left and one of them is leaving tomorrow, and this couldn't be worse time for Future TV to be unavailable for us fans of the show. I'm truly counting on you guys to comment and let me know everything that went on in the show. Thank you all in advance...
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The results for the 10th prime were just announced. And... The following candidates were called into the danger zone: - Ranim Qoteit (Egypt) - Brigitte Yaghi (Lebanon) And the candidate who had to leave today was: - Brigitte Yaghi (Lebanon) Just as I expected. It's about time she left. It's a shame to see Ranim in the danger zone though. I guess this means that we could be seeing him leave next week :( So now we have our four finalists: Ammar, Ayman, Hadi & Ranim. Just as I wrote in one of my comments, even though this Superstar season...
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It's a shame I wasn't able to watch the episode today :( Future TV doesn't work for me for some reason. Anyway, I heard it was a great episode and that the contestants all did a great job with the exception of Ayman. I hope to hear more from all you Superstar fans about it and about how the candidates did, what songs they sang, who the guest was, ...etc. In short, please tell us everything. Even though I didn't watch today's episode. My expectations for tomorrow are that Brigitte will leave. I hope we don't have any other bad...
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The results for the 9th prime were just announced. Another disastrous and shocking result. This is totally unreally unfair! The following candidates were called into the danger zone: - Ranim Qoteit (Egypt) - Muhannad Mshallah (Syria) - Brigitte Yaghi (Lebanon) And the candidate who had to leave today was: - Muhannad Mshallah (Syria) This is so unfair and bad. I was kind of expecting it, but didn't want to believe it could happen, but it did. Muhannad and Brigitte stood side by side and Muhannad had to leave. That's total bullshit. If Houssam leaving was bad, this is so so...
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Today's episode kicked off with a medley of Diana Haddad's songs with each of the 6 contestants singing a part of a song. It was weird not seeing Housam Madaniyyah with the guys, and even weirder to see how only 6 candidates were left. As with last week, each candidate sang 2 songs. My favourites from this episode were: - Muhannad Mshallah (Syria) - Ammar Hassan (Palestine) - Ranim Qoteit (Egypt) And as for who I think should leave, it's Brigitte Yaghi. Ayman and Hadi actually did better than her in this episode....
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The results for the 8th prime were just announced, and they're the biggest shock as yet. The results were totally unfair, and I can't believe what just happened. The following candidates were called into the danger zone: - Brigitte Yaghi (Lebanon) - Housam Madaniyyah (Syria) - Muhannad Mshallah (Syria) Seeing Muhannad and Housam in the danger zone again was a big shock on it's own, but nothing compared to the shock of who had to leave. The candidate who had to leave today was: - Housam Madaniyyah (Syria) I can't believe Housam had to leave while people like Brigitte, Hadi...
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Another great episode of SuperStar just ended. This one was for modern Arab songs and the guest was Shireen. The episode started off with a medley of Shireen's songs, and then each candidate sang 2 songs. My favourites from this episode were: - Muhannad Mshallah (Syria) - Housam Madaniyyah (Syria) - Raneem Quteit (Egypt) - Ammar Hassan (Palestine) In the video segment before each performance, they asked the candidates to try and write a song and sing it. Raneem's song was my favourite from all the candidate's songs....
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The results of the voting for yesterday's episode of SuperStar were just announced. And man were they a shock. The following candidates were called into the danger zone: - Housam Madaniyyeh - Syria - Muhannad Mshallah - Syria - Abd El Rahman Mohamed - KSA - Abeer Ni'meh - Lebanon That is just unbelievable! The candidates who had to leave were: - Abd El Rahman Mohamed - KSA - Abeer Ni'meh - Lebanon I was sure Abd El Rahman would be leaving, and Abeer was one of the people I expected could go too even thought I believe she deserves...
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Another episode of SuperStar was on Future TV last night. The guest was Nawal from Kuwait, and the whole episode was Gulf music flavoured as all the candidates had to sing Khaleeji (Gulf) songs. The episode kicked off with a medley of Nawal's songs which set the tone for what was to be a great episode. Yesterday, all the contestants were truly amazing and did a great job. It'll be real hard choosing who to vote for. As nobody was voted out last week, they'll be making up for it this week by dropping two contestants out. Ouch! Anyway my...
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Yet another episode of SuperStar on Future TV last night, a great one too I must add. In last night's episode, the guest was Assalah, who surely showed who her favourite candidate was. But well I'll get to that later. There is no voting for this episode because Abeer Ni'meh wasn't in it. Her dad is ill and she had to leave to be with him. Hope he gets better soon and that we get her back for next week. My favourites from last night were: - Ammar Hassan (Palestine) - Muhannad Mshallah (Syria) - Houssam Madaniyyah (Syria)...
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Last night the results of the voting for the fifth prime were announced. They were sort of a shock, as the result was totally unexpected for me. Last night, the following candidates were called into the danger zone: - Housam Shami - Lebanon - Abd El Rahman Mohamed - KSA - Abeer Ni'meh - Lebanon And the candidate who had to leave was: - Housam Shami - Lebanon I honestly thought Abd El Rahman would be leaving, not because I don't like him, in fact I think he's really good and I have some other people who I think should...
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So, last night, I got the Future TV signal back to normal and we were able to watch SuperStar again. And well, it was great fun. In last night's episode, there wasn't just one guest, there were four. The 4 finalists from last years SuperStar: Diana Karazon, Ruweida Atiyya, Milhem Zein and Saoud Abu Sultan. The episode started with this year's candidates singing a medley of last year's 4 finalists' songs. It was nice, but for some reason not all the candidates remembered the lyrics by heart. Anyway, my favourites from last night were: - Muhannad Mshallah (Syria) - Ammar...
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Last night the results of the voting for the fourth prime were announced. I wasn't able to catch the results episode either as I was out, but from what I've understood from the comments on yesterday's post, here is what happened. Correct me if I'm wrong :) Last night, the following candidates were called into the danger zone: - Hadi Aswad - Syria - Abd El Rahman Mohamed - KSA - Mohamed Daoud - Kuwait And the candidate who had to leave was: - Mohamed Daoud - Kuwait Well I've been expecting Mohamed to leave soon. He's nice and good,...
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Last night, the fourth episode of the final stage of the arab SuperStar was on Future TV. Another great episode, I'm sure. But unfortunately, I wasn't able to watch it. Future TV signal was all screwed up at my place last night :( Through the bad signal, I did realize on thing, which is that the episode started by the candidates singing a song together, which I'm sure was cool, although I didn't hear much of it. I don't even know who the guest star was. So I'm counting on you guys to comment and tell me all about it,...
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Last night the results of the voting for the third prime shocked us. Each new results episode brings with it more and more stress as the level goes higher and higher. My expectations were mostly wrong, and I was caught by suprise by who was called into the danger zone. Last night, the following candidates were called into the danger zone: - Abeer Ni'meh - Lebanon - Mustafa Shweikh - Egypt - Ranim Quteit - Egypt - Waad El Bahri - Syria - Muhannad Mshallah - Syria Now, that was mad. Abeer, Waad and Muhannad are among the top 5...
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Last night, the third episode of the final stage of the arab SuperStar was on Future TV. Another great episode of amazing talent and beautiful voices. My favourites from last night's episode were: - Ammar Hassan - Palestine - Abeer Ni'meh - Lebanon - Waad El Bahri - Syria - Muhannad Mshallah - Syria - Hadi Aswad - Syria The results of the people's voting will be announced tonight. Voting is getting harder every episode, all of them deserve to be stars. What's cool is that all of the candidates who reached the finals will be getting record deals....
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Last night we knew the results of the voting for the second prime. A lot more stress and fear in the air, and it even got us shaking. Last night, the following candidates were called into the danger zone: - Brigit Yaghi - Ayman El A'tar - Ranin Sha'ar - Zahi Safiyyeh - Mustafa Shweikh And, the 2 candidates who got the lowest votes and left us yesterday were: - Ranin Sha'ar - Zahi Safiyyeh It's a shame to see them leave. Anyway, that's all for this week. Can't wait for the next prime. For more information, check out my...
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Last night, the second episode of the final stage of the arab SuperStar was on Future TV. Another episode of great talent and amazing voices. My favourites from last night's episode were: - Mohanad Mchallah - Syria - Ammar Hassan - Palestine - Wa'ed El Bahri - Syria - Hadi Aswad - Syria People can vote up to tonight, and then the results will be announced and 2 more of the candidates will have to leave. Voting is getting harder and harder and it's a real shame to see anyone leave. They're all so good and deserve to be stars....
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Last night we knew the results of the voting for the first prime. A lot of stress and fear in the air, and it even passed on to us. So, the way it goes is: a number of candidates who got the lowest voting are called to the danger zone, and then the ones with the highest voting among the ones in the danger zone are sent back to the Safe zone while the 2 who are left leave the show. Last night, the following candidates were called into the danger zone: - Ranin Sha'ar - Abd El Rahman Mohamed...
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Last night, the first episode of the final stage of the arab SuperStar started on Future TV. And before I get into any further details, I have to say WOW. It rocked. The set was really cool, different from the French show set, similar to the set of the German version of the show. The 17 candidates opened up with a song called "Ghannou Ma'na" (Sing with us) which was really great. And then each candidate came out and sang a song on his own. It was one hell of a show. If anyone is interested in knowing what songs...
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And the last two candidates who will be passing to the next stage of SuperStar 2 are: Abir Nehmeh - Lebanon Waed El Bahri - Syria Both had great voices and deserved to win. As for the surprise, well as I expected yesterday, the surprise is that not only will the top 2 pass, the top 5 in this episode will pass. So, other than the 2 candidates mentioned above, the following 3 will be passing too. Zahi Safia - Lebanon Hussam Shami - Lebanon Mouhannad Mshallah - Syria They all deserve it, and so do the rest. It's a...
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Today, another powerful episode of Arab SuperStar was aired on Future TV. This is the second chance episode, and all of the candidates have great voices. Voting is going to be really close this time. This is also the last episode of the second level of Supertstar, which means the finals and the primes start next week. The Tunisian "Ashraf El Kshaw" was on tonight's episode, and he rocked. He was even better than last time. And my vote goes to him for sure. To vote for him, you can go to : http://www.futuresuperstar.com Here are the candidates of this...
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And the sixth two candidates who will be passing to the next stage of SuperStar 2 are: Houssam Madanyeh - Syria Ayman Al Aatar - Libya Both had great voices and deserved to win. It was a shame that other great voices from last night's episode didn't pass. Anyway, 3 of them got chosen by the jury to pass to the second chance episode next sunday. These 3 are: - Ridha Jaafar - Libya - Ashraf El Kshou - Tunisia - Shadha Hassoun - Iraq Rahma Mezher from Iraq came in 3rd place and so she too will be in...
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Today, the most powerful episode of Arab SuperStar was aired on Future TV. The level was great, and all the candidates have beautiful amazing voices. It's gonna be the hardest decision ever choosing from these people. This is also the last normal episode from the second part of SuperStar, the next one will be the one that gives 14 candidates a second chance, and then we move on to the finals. A Tunisian "Ashraf El Kshou" was on tonight's episode, and he rocked. The other 2 Tunisian's who appeared and lost before him didn't do that well, but this guy...
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And the fifth two candidates who will be passing to the next stage of SuperStar 2 are: Brigit Yaghi - Lebanon Hadi Aswad - Syria Both were on my list of people who stood out from that episode and they sure deserve to win. Can't wait for next Sunday ;) For more past SuperStar coverage check my Arab SuperStar Coverage....
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Today, there was another episode of Arab SuperStar on Future TV. The level wasn't as good as other stronger episodes, but still there were some really good voices. The people I thought stood out from the lot today were: - Brigit Yaghi- Lebanon - Hadi Aswad - Syria - Hussam Shami - Lebanon - Imad Audi - Jordan Voting is open from now till tomorrow night. That's when the 2 candidates who'll be passing to the next stage will be announced. My vote goes to Brigit Yaghi. I'll blog the results tomorrow night as soon as I know them ;)...
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And the fourth two candidates who will be passing to the next stage of SuperStar 2 are: - Abdel Rahman Mohamed (Saudi Arabia) - Ranim Koteit (Egypt) Abd El Rahman was great and truly deserves to pass. As for Ranim, well I didn't really expect him to pass as in my opinion there were others who were better than him. Samer Sayouri from Palestine came in third place and will be passing to the second chance episode. Can't wait for next Sunday ;) For more past SuperStar coverage check my Arab SuperStar Coverage....
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Today was one of the most powerful episodes of Arab SuperStar on Future TV. Almost all of the voices were star material. The second Tunisian candidate Haitham Cherif was on today, and he sang pretty well, although honestly he's not among the top 5 voices of this episode. Still, my vote goes to him :P A form of encouragement to a fellow Tunisian. The people I thought stood out from the lot today were: - Abdel Rahman Mohamed - Saudi Arabia - Asma Mereych - Jordan - Mohannad Mouchlah - Syria - Samer Fleiss - Syria - Samer Sayouri -...
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And the third two candidates who will be passing to the next stage of SuperStar 2 are: - Mostafa Chweikh (Egypt) - Rania Ibrahim (UAE) They both were good, although I think there are a couple of others who deserved to pass more than Rania did. Abir Nemeh from Lebanon came in third place and should have passed to the second chance episode but she opted out, and so Pierre who came in fourth place will appear in that episode instead. I guess she has the right to do so, after all she has a really beautiful voice, and if...
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Today there was another episode of Arab SuperStar on Future TV. I felt the level of the candidates in this episode was a bit lower than the previous 2 episodes although all the voices were good. The first Tunisian candidate Abir Nasrawi was on today, and she sang pretty well. In fact I think she's one of the best voices from today's episode. Of course, I'm a bit biased ;) And of course my vote goes to her :P The other people I thought stood out from the lot were: - Mohamad Amin - Jordan - Omar Khatab - Syria...
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And the second two candidates who will be passing to the next stage of SuperStar 2 are: *Huge Drum Rolls* - Mohamed Daoud (Kuwait) - Yassmin Alhusseini (Egypt) They both really deserve to pass. I wished Mohamed Daoud would pass, even though I didn't vote for him and voted for Sara Almonzer instead. I guess I just voted for who I thought had the best voice and not for who I liked most. Diala Awdeh from Palestine will also appear again in a second chance episode for people who came in third. She was really good too and was on...
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Today was another Arab SuperStar show episode on Future TV. Another 14 candidates, of whom only 2 will pass to the finals. Today's show was really hard, even harder than the last one, because all the candidates had amazing voices and performed really well. Last week, it was the same, but at the end of the episode, I knew who I wanted to vote for because he stood out of the rest. This week, it's not the case, a lot of people stand out and I'm actually still trying to make up my mind on who to vote for. The...
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And the first two candidates who will be passing to the next stage of SuperStar 2 are: *Drum Rolls* - Ammar Hassan (Palestine) - Raneen El Sha'ar (Lebanon) They both were really good and deserved to pass. I wish them both the best of luck in the next stage. Can't wait for next Sunday to come to see another episode of SuperStar....
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Today the second stage of the Arab SuperStar show started on Future TV. In this level, every week, 14 of the 82 candidates come on and sing seperately with background music, and only 2 make it to the next stage based on the votes of the people who watch the show. Today's show was a really hard one because all the candidates had great voices and sang really well. They all were really good and all deserve to pass, but my favourite was a Palestinian guy called Ammar Hassan. His voice is really strong and yet smooth. My vote goes...
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Today there was another episode of SuperStar on Future TV. In thise episode they directly got down to showing us the final 14 people who passed. After that they reminded us of all the people who will be passing to the next level in Lebanon. 82 candidates (they were supposed to be 83, but someone dropped out). All voices from today were great, and after they reminded us of all the other voices, the level of the competition is gonna be really high this year. In fact, I think the worst candidate is way better than the Star Academy winner....
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So, today there was another episode of SuperStar on Future TV. Not as many great voices as previous episodes, I think, but the people who passed deserved it. The highlights of today's episode were: - Abd El Halim wannabe's who suck. - More George Wassouf wannabe's who always suck. - 1948 Arabs (as they're called) who have Israeli passports who have good voices but can't pass because of their nationality, simply because they can't get into Lebanon for the next level. - A Jordanian who they have been showing us for the 3 past episodes tuning his Luth finally sang,...
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So, yet another episode of SuperStar on Future TV yesterday. I didn't really focus on this one as I did with previous ones as I was busy doing other things at the same time, but still I managed to catch the best m
