Future Arab SuperStar

The second prime of the finals of Arab SuperStar 4 on Future TV just ended. It was a good show and all the contestants did a pretty good job.

The show started with all the contestants singing a medley of star guest Mayyada Hinnawi’s songs.

As for the candidates’ individual songs, here’s the list of the 11 performances:

- Marouen Ali (Tunisia): Hayyarouni Einik El Soud (Saber Rbai)
- Fadi Abd El Khalek (Lebanon): Ya Hobb Elli Ghab (Milhem Barakat)
- Saad Lemjarrad (Morroco): Omri Kollo (Wael Kfoury)
- Raoudha Ben Abdallah (Tunisia): Eih Eih (Shireen)
- Yosra Mahnoush (Tunisia): Allah Ghaleb (Dhikra)
- Mustapha Saeed (Egypt): Ikhtalafna (Muhammad Abdo)
- Nesma El Kurdi (Egypt): El Hobb Elli Kan (Mayyada Hinnawi)
- Youssef Bara (Syria): Ana B’Intidharak (Om Kolthoum)
- Ahmad Hussein (Lebanon): Allah Ma’ak Ya Beit Samed (Wadee’ El Safi)
- Rihab Saleh (Egypt): Harramt Ahibbak (Warda)
- Ibrahim El Ashri (Egypt): Ayy Dam’et Hozn (Abd El Haleem Hafez)

My favorites performances from today were by: Youssef Bara, Rihab Saleh, Yosra Mahnoush.

Only one contestant will be leaving tomorrow. You can vote online for your favorite performers on the website: futuresuperstar.com
Voting goes on until tomorrow evening just before the results are announced.
Good luck to all the contestants.

Next week’s guest star will be Ibrahim El Hakami, last season’s SuperStar.

A little piece of information was also announced in this prime, it seems the jury will be able to save one of the contestants who would otherwise leave if they all think he/she deserves another chance.

The results for the first prime of the Arab SuperStar 4 finals just aired on Future TV.

The contestants who were called into the danger zone were:

- Fadi Abdelkhalek (Lebanon)
- Youssef Bara (Syria)
- Nada Omar (Egypt)
- Yosra Mahnoush (Tunisia)
- Eliane Ba’ayni (Lebanon)

And the two contestants who had to leave the show this week were:
- Nada Omar (Egypt)
- Eliane Ba’ayni (Lebanon)

I personally was shocked to see Nada Omar leave, I thought she had a really nice voice, and that she’d be around for some more shows before she left. But well that’s how the game goes.

Good luck to Nada and Eliane with their careers outside of SuperStar, and to the remaining contestants for the next weeks.

The next prime’s guest star will be Mayyada Hinnawi.

So, this coming Sunday will be the first prime of the SuperStar 4 finals.

Here’s the list of the 13 lucky candidates who made it to the finals and will be competing against each other for the title of Arab SuperStar:

- Yosra Mahnoush (Tunisia)
- Eliane Ba’ayni (Lebanon)
- Nesma Kurdi (Egypt)
- Nada Omar (Egypt)
- Rihab Salah (Egypt)
- Saad Lemjarred (Morocco)
- Ahmad Hussein (Lebanon)
- Mustapha Said (Egypt)
- Youssef Bara (Syria)
- Fadi Abdelkhalek (Lebanon)
- Marouen Ali (Tunisia)
- Raoudha Ben Abdallah (Tunisia)
- Ibrahim El Ashri (Egypt)

So 5 Egyptians, 3 Tunisians, 3 Lebanese, 1 Syrian and 1 Morrocan; only 5 Arab countries are represented in this year’s final stage.

Good luck to them all.

The third and last episode of the third stage of Arab SuperStar 4 aired on Sunday on Future TV and the results were announced yesterday.

In this episode, the 11 remaining contestants of the top 22 (Yazeed Moghrabi chose to leave the show) were in front of their last chance to make it to the finals, they had to perform one song of their choice, and then wait for the public voting to determine who makes it and who leaves.

The following is the list of the contestants and the songs they performed:

- Ibrahim El Ashri (Egypt): Hikayti Ma’a El Zaman (Warda)
- Raoudha Ben Abdallah (Tunisia): El Asami (Dhikra)
- Wael Atallah (Libya): Madraset El Hobb (Kathem El Saher)
- Huda Bibba (Tunisia): Youm Leek, Youm Aleek (Dhikra)
- Salah El Kurdi (Lebanon): El Laylo Ya Layla (Wadee’ El Safi)
- Sawsen Najjar (Iraq): La Mush Ana Elli Abki (Mohamed Abd El Wahab)
- Fawaz Hadsheeti (Lebanon): B’hibbak Ya Libnan (Feirooz)
- Salwa El Ghali (Egypt): B’eed Annak (Om Kolthoum)
- Miray Dahab (Lebanon): Mali (Warda)
- Marouen Ali (Tunisia): Mughram (Jad Nakhleh)
- Tawfeek Kalash (Lebanon): Ya Dar Douri Fina (Feirooz)

The two contestants who were voted into the finals were: Marouen Ali and Raoudha Ben Abdallah from Tunisia, who both gave great performances.

An exception was made and a third contestant was also passed to the finals, and that was Ibrahim El Ashri from Egypt.

A lot of the other contestants had great voices and performed very well, but well that’s how the game goes, and we can’t always have our favourites make it into the finals or win in the end.

The results for yesterday’s episode, the second one of the third stage, in which the 12 male contestants had to perform a solo song of their choice, just aired on Future TV.

The five winners who will be passing to the finals are:

- Saad El Mjarred (Morocco)
- Ahmad Hussein (Lebanon)
- Mustapha Said (Egypt)
- Youssef Bara (Syria)
- Fadi Abdelkhalek (Lebanon)

The seven other male contestants will have to compete again in the last chance episode next week, against the 5 remaining female contestants, as a final attempt to make it to the finals. Only 2 of the twelve will make it, it could be 2 guys, 2 girls or one from each gender.