Simon Fuller has been telling Billboard of his ambitions for a global pop idol contest. "The working title of the show is 'World Idol'" he said, "and we'll have the 'Pop Idol' winners from different countries around the world competing against each other. My intention is that the whole world will vote, and we'll work the voting system so that the population of the country will be fair and proportional to the votes the contestants receive." Following the success of Pop Idol the UK the series is now running in US, Poland and South Afirca with German and French versions planned. The US version which, like in the UK, is tied to BMG, reaches its finale on 4 Sep.
Jul 29, 2002
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Pop Idol goes global
Simon Fuller has outlined plans for 'World Idol', a global version of Pop Idol in which winners from different countries would compete, with the whole world voting.