# Idool 2007

Idool 2007 was the third season of the Belgian version of the Idol series. The show aired on VTM, and began on 20 February 2007. It was won on 25 May by Dean Delannoit.

## Finals
### Finalists

(ages stated at time of contest)
| Contestant | Age | Hometown | Voted Off | Liveshow Theme |
| Dean Delannoit | 18 | Geraardsbergen | Winner | Grand Finale |
| Esther Sels | 25 | Laakdal | 25 May 2007 | Grand Finale |
| Andrei Lugovski | 24 | Ostend | 18 May 2007 | Rock Hits |
| Elke Severijns | 20 | Weelde | 11 May 2007 | Unplugged |
| Wim Vandereyken | 26 | Houthalen | 4 May 2007 | Big Band |
| Kim Buttafuoco | 22 | Kuringen | 27 April 2007 | French Songs |
| Tom De Bie | 27 | Deinze | 20 April 2007 | My Birth Year |
| Kira Peters | 17 | Genk | 13 April 2007 | Dutch Songs |
| Adil Aarab | 17 | Berchem | 6 April 2007 | The Beatles & The Rolling Stones |
| Brenda Vercammen | 20 | Herselt | 30 March 2007 | My Idol |

### Finals Elimination Chart

| Safe | Safe First | Safe Last | Eliminated |
| Stage: | Stage: | Semi | Semi | Semi | Semi | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Week: | Week: | 03/16 | 03/17 | 03/23 | 03/24 | 03/30 | 04/06 | 04/13 | 04/20 | 04/27 | 05/04 | 05/11 | 05/18 | 05/25 |
| Place | Contestant | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result | Result |
| 1 | Dean Delannoit | | | | | | | | | | | | | Winner |
| 2 | Esther Sels | | | | | Btm 3 | | | Btm 3 | | | | | Runner-Up |
| 3 | Andrei Lugowskij | | | | | | | | | | Btm 2 | Btm 2 | Elim | |
| 4 | Elke Severijns | | | | | | Btm 2 | | Btm 2 | Btm 2 | | Elim | | |
| 5 | Wim Vandereyken | | | | | | Btm 3 | Btm 2 | | Btm 3 | Elim | | | |
| 6 | Kim Buttafuoco | | | | | | | Btm 3 | | Elim | | | | |
| 7 | Tom De Bie | | | | | Btm 2 | | | Elim | | | | | |
| 8 | Kira Peters | | | | | | | Elim | | | | | | |
| 9 | Adil Aarab | | | | | | Elim | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Brenda Vercammen | | | | | Elim | | | | | | | | |
| 11-16 | Alexander Chiafele | | | | Elim | | | | | | | | | |
| 11-16 | Dimitri Jambé | | | | Elim | | | | | | | | | |
| 11-16 | Eley Van Hemelrijck | | | | Elim | | | | | | | | | |
| 11-16 | Adèle Monheim | | | Elim | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11-16 | Catharina Lucas | | | Elim | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11-16 | Clara De Decker | | | Elim | | | | | | | | | | |
| 17-20 | Kim Vanrooy | | Elim | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 17-20 | Yannick Willems | | Elim | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 17-20 | Lydia Guiso | Elim | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 17-20 | Veva Van Overveld | Elim | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Live Show Details
#### Heat 1 - Top 10 Girls (16 March 2007)

| Order | Artist | Song (original artists) | Result |
| 1 | Adèle Monheim | "Thank You" (Dido) | Safe |
| 2 | Lydia Guiso | "How Come You Don't Call Me" (Alicia Keys) | Eliminated |
| 3 | Elke Severijns | "Dear Mr. President" (Pink) | Safe |
| 4 | Kim Buttafuoco | "Foolish Games" (Jewel) | Safe |
| 5 | Clara De Decker | "Sir Duke" (Stevie Wonder) | Safe |
| 6 | Veva Van Overveld | "You Hurt Me" (Hooverphonic) | Eliminated |
| 7 | Esther Sels | "Hurt" (Christina Aguilera) | Safe |
| 8 | Catharina Lucas | "I'm Not So Tough" (Ilse DeLange) | Safe |
| 9 | Brenda Vercammen | "Right to Be Wrong" (Joss Stone) | Safe |
| 10 | Kira Peters | "I'll Be There" (The Jackson 5) | Safe |

#### Heat 2 - Top 10 Boys (17 March 2007)

| Order | Artist | Song (original artists) | Result |
| 1 | Yannick Willems | "All at Sea" (Jamie Cullum) | Eliminated |
| 2 | Kim Vanrooy | "The Best Is Yet to Come" (Novastar) | Eliminated |
| 3 | Dean Delannoit | "Let's Work Together" (Canned Heat) | Safe |
| 4 | Alexander Chiafele | "Hero" (Enrique Iglesias) | Safe |
| 5 | Wim Vandereyken | "Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen) | Safe |
| 6 | Tom De Bie | "You Give Me Something" (James Morrison) | Safe |
| 7 | Adil Aarab | "Part-Time Lover" (Stevie Wonder) | Safe |
| 8 | Eley Van Hemelrijck | "You Are So Beautiful" (Joe Cocker) | Safe |
| 9 | Andrei Lugowskij | "You're Still You" (Josh Groban) | Safe |
| 10 | Dimitri Jambé | "Too Much Love Will Kill You" (Queen) | Safe |

#### Heat 3 - Top 8 Girls (23 March 2007)

| Order | Artist | Song (original artists) | Result |
| 1 | Kira Peters | "Don't Know Why" (Norah Jones) | Safe |
| 2 | Clara De Decker | "Another Day" (Buckshot LeFonque) | Eliminated |
| 3 | Catharina Lucas | "Like the Way I Do" (Melissa Etheridge) | Eliminated |
| 4 | Esther Sels | "Vision of Love" (Mariah Carey) | Safe |
| 5 | Elke Severijns | "Jerusalem" (Anouk) | Safe |
| 6 | Adèle Monheim | "Fever" (Peggy Lee) | Eliminated |
| 7 | Kim Buttafuoco | "River Deep – Mountain High" (Tina Turner) | Safe |
| 8 | Brenda Vercammen | "Ironic" (Alanis Morissette) | Safe |

#### Heat 4 - Top 8 Boys (24 March 2007)

| Order | Artist | Song (original artists) | Result |
| 1 | Alexander Chiafele | "Stand By Me" (Ben E. King) | Eliminated |
| 2 | Eley Van Hemelrijck | "Superstition" (Stevie Wonder) | Eliminated |
| 3 | Adil Aarab | "Another Day in Paradise" (Phil Collins) | Safe |
| 4 | Dimitri Jambé | "Bend and Break" (Keane) | Eliminated |
| 5 | Andrei Lugowskij | "Nella Fantasia" (Il Divo) | Safe |
| 6 | Tom De Bie | "Leef" (Sarah Bettens) | Safe |
| 7 | Wim Vandereyken | "Winter in July" (Udo Mechels) | Safe |
| 8 | Dean Delannoit | "Snow (Hey Oh)" (Red Hot Chili Pipers) | Safe |

#### Live Show 1 (30 March 2007)

Theme: My Idol
| Order | Artist | Song (original artists) | Result |
| 1 | Brenda Vercammen | "Walk Away" (Kelly Clarkson) | Eliminated |
| 2 | Tom De Bie | "Mr. Jones" (Counting Crows) | Bottom two |
| 3 | Kira Peters | "A Woman's Worth" (Alicia Keys) | Safe |
| 4 | Andrei Lugowskij | "Gira con Me" (Josh Groban) | Safe |
| 5 | Elke Severijns | "U + Ur Hand" (Pink) | Safe |
| 6 | Adil Aarab | "Beautiful Soul" (Jesse McCartney) | Safe |
| 7 | Kim Buttafuoco | "Strani amori" (Laura Pausini) | Safe |
| 8 | Dean Delannoit | "She Moves in Her Own Way" (The Kooks) | Safe |
| 9 | Esther Sels | "Emotion" (Samantha Sang) | Bottom three |
| 10 | Wim Vandereyken | "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Procol Harum) | Safe |

#### Live Show 2 (6 April 2007)

Theme: The Beatles & The Rolling Stones
| Order | Artist | Song (original artists) | Result |
| 1 | Adil Aarab | "Here Comes the Sun" (The Beatles) | Eliminated |
| 2 | Elke Severijns | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (The Rolling Stones) | Bottom two |
| 3 | Wim Vandereyken | "Got to Get You into My Life" (The Beatles) | Bottom three |
| 4 | Dean Delannoit | "Start Me Up" (The Rolling Stones) | Safe |
| 5 | Esther Sels | "Don't Let Me Down" (The Beatles) | Safe |
| 6 | Tom De Bie | "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" (The Beatles) | Safe |
| 7 | Kim Buttafuoco | "Wild Horses" (The Rolling Stones) | Safe |
| 8 | Kira Peters | "Can't Buy Me Love" (The Beatles) | Safe |
| 9 | Andrei Lugowskij | "The Long and Winding Road" (The Beatles) | Safe |

#### Live Show 3 (13 April 2007)

Theme: Dutch Songs
| Order | Artist | Song (original artists) | Result |
| 1 | Dean Delannoit | "Iedereen is van de wereld" (The Scene) | Safe |
| 2 | Kim Buttafuoco | "Wereld zonder jou" (Marco Borsato & Trijntje Oosterhuis) | Bottom three |
| 3 | Andrei Lugowskij | "Dromen zijn bedrog" (Marco Borsato) | Safe |
| 4 | Kira Peters | "Ik wil jou" (Gene Thomas) | Eliminated |
| 5 | Wim Vandereyken | "Is dit nu later" (Stef Bos) | Bottom two |
| 6 | Elke Severijns | "Hou me vast" (Volumia!) | Safe |
| 7 | Tom De Bie | "Oud en versleten" (Yevgueni) | Safe |
| 8 | Esther Sels | "Jij mag altijd op me rekenen" (Isabelle A) | Safe |

#### Live Show 4 (20 April 2007)

Theme: My Birth Year
| Order | Artist | Song (original artists) | Result |
| 1 | Elke Severijns | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Kim Wilde) | Bottom two |
| 2 | Esther Sels | "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" (Jennifer Holliday) | Bottom three |
| 3 | Kim Buttafuoco | "Let's Hear It for the Boy" (Deniece Williams) | Safe |
| 4 | Andrei Lugowskij | "Every Breath You Take" (The Police) | Safe |
| 5 | Dean Delannoit | "Rockin' in the Free World" (Neil Young) | Safe |
| 6 | Tom De Bie | "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" (Joe Jackson) | Eliminated |
| 7 | Wim Vandereyken | "Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" (The Korgis) | Safe |

#### Live Show 5 (27 April 2007)

Theme: French Songs
| Order | Artist | Song (original artists) | Result |
| 1 | Elke Severijns | "Mademoiselle chante le blues" (Patricia Kaas) | Bottom two |
| 2 | Esther Sels | "Sensualité" (Axelle Red) | Safe |
| 3 | Kim Buttafuoco | "Il jouait du piano debout" (France Gall) | Eliminated |
| 4 | Andrei Lugowskij | "Hymne à l'amour" (Johnny Hallyday) | Safe |
| 5 | Dean Delannoit | "Une belle histoire" (Michel Fugain) | Safe |
| 6 | Wim Vandereyken | "Le temps des cathédrales" (Bruno Pelletier) | Bottom three |

#### Live Show 6 (4 May 2007)

Theme: Big Band
| Order | Artist | Song (original artists) | Result |
| 1 | Elke Severijns | "It's Oh So Quiet" (Björk) | Safe |
| 2 | Esther Sels | "Hanky Panky" (Madonna) | Safe |
| 3 | Andrei Lugowskij | "Fly Me to the Moon" (Frank Sinatra) | Bottom two |
| 4 | Wim Vandereyken | "Come Fly with Me" (Frank Sinatra) | Eliminated |
| 5 | Dean Delannoit | "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" (Dean Martin) | Safe |

#### Live Show 7 (11 May 2007)

Theme: Unplugged
| Order | Artist | First song (original artists) | Second song | Result |
| 1 | Esther Sels | "Fallin'" (Alicia Keys) | "Lil Star" (Kelis) | Safe |
| 2 | Elke Severijns | "Lost" (Anouk) | "Just a Girl" (No Doubt) | Eliminated |
| 3 | Andrei Lugowskij | "Grace Kelly" (Mika) | "Miserere" (Andrea Bocelli) | Bottom two |
| 4 | Dean Delannoit | "You Don't Know" (Milow) | "Nothing Else Matters" (Metallica) | Safe |

#### Live Show 8: Semi-final (18 May 2007)

Theme: Rock Hits
| Order | Artist | First song (original artists) | Second song | Third song | Result |
| 1 | Esther Sels | "Walk Away" (Kelly Clarkson) | "You Oughta Know" (Alanis Morissette) | "Don't Speak" (No Doubt) | Safe |
| 2 | Andrei Lugowskij | "Life on Mars" (David Bowie) | "One" (U2) | "The Show Must Go On" (Queen) | Eliminated |
| 3 | Dean Delannoit | "Ruby" (Kaiser Chiefs) | "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Green Day) | "Great Balls of Fire" (Jerry Lee Lewis) | Safe |

#### Live final (25 May 2007)

Theme: Rock Hits
| Order | Artist | First song | Second song | Third song | Fourth song | Fifth song | Result |
| 1 | Esther Sels | "You Oughta Know" | "The Trouble with Love Is" | "I Say a Little Prayer" | "Fallin'" | "That Will Make My Day" | Runner-up |
| 2 | Dean Delannoit | "Rockin' in the Free World" | "Ain't No Sunshine" | "She's the One" | "Start Me Up" | "So Many Ways" | Winner |