Welcome To The Pop Idol Guide At TV Tome'Pop Idol' is a Reality TV Talent Contest, created by 19 Management to disover the popstars of tommorow. Open auditions are held throughout the country, and a list of 500 is drawn up. The hopefuls are cut down to just 100. From these 100, 50 move on to the next stage. From this point onwards, its the voting public who will decide who stays and who leaves. Five live audition shows take place, with two of the ten contestants from each round gaining a place in the Top 10. For nine weeks, the final ten are whittled down by the public's votes, with one getting the chop each week, until only one Pop Idol remains. The show has become an international success story, and it now airs in many other countries. France, America, Germany and Australia are just some of the countries that have enjoyed the series since its UK debut in 2001. The four judges who pass judgement on the millions of hopefuls are Pop Svengali Simon Cowell, who has developed a repuation f
Actors: Simon Cowell, Nicki Chapman, William Young, Mark Dillon, Roxanne Cooper, Sam Nixon, Kim Gee, Leon McPherson, Mark Rhodes, Kirsty Crawford, Andy Scott-Lee, Michelle McManus, Pete Waterman, Declan Donnelly, Neil Fox, Brian Ormond, Ant McPartlin, Chris Hide, Susanne Manning
