Idol wo Sagase!

thumb|220x220px|Opening December 1999 (Nakazawa & Heike)
Idol wo Sagase! (アイドルをさがせ!; A Search for Idols) was a Hello! Project variety show. It aired from January 5, 1999 to March 26, 2002. It aired around midnight to 1 AM, depending on the TV channel airing the show.
==Featured Members==
===Hosts===
*January 5, 1999-December 28, 1999
**Nakazawa Yuko, Heike Michiyo
*January 11, 2000-March 27, 2001
**Iida Kaori, Toda Rinne
*April 2001-March 26, 2002
**Nakazawa Yuko, Inaba Atsuko
==Show contents==
*Guest talk
*PV shooting coverage
*Audition tracking
**Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo Protegee Auditions
**Country Musume Auditions
*Drama
**Cyborg Shibata
**Captain Shibata
**Aya no DNA
*Challenges
**Manager Challenge (Iida Kaori)
**Internet Challenge
**Sushi Chef Challenge
**Magazine Editor Challenge
**Karaoke Challenge
**Takoyakiya Challenge
**Newscaster Challenge
**Boxing Trainer Challenge
**Dog Sled Race Challenge
*Other major projects
**Hello Pro Okiri Tournament!
**Iida Kaori's birth as a drawer/painter
**Hokkaido gourmet confrontation
**Nakazawa Yuko Nise matchmaking plan
**Final SP in Ishigakijima
==Episode List==
===1999===
Episode numbers in bold are episodes with the TOP 20 moments presented in the official Idol wo Sagase! Koushiki BOOK
* [1999.01.05] #001 Idol Talk (Showing rare photos of Heike and Nakazawa) Ending theme: Odaiba Moonlight Serenade
* [1999.01.12] #002 TBA
* [1999.01.19] #003 Backstage of Morning Musume's concert from January 19, 1999, from rehersal to actual performance
* [1999.01.26] #004 TBA
* [1999.02.02] #005 TBA
* [1999.02.09] #006 TBA
* [1999.02.16] #007 TBA
* [1999.02.23] #008 TBA
* [1999.03.02] #009 Making and eating ramen, first announcement of Country Musume Audition.
* [1999.03.09] #010 Make-up tutorials
* [1999.03.16] #011 Fragrance showdown
* [1999.03.23] #012 Learning the basics of MCing
* [1999.03.30] #013 Learning about making bread, 1st Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo Protegee Audition progress
* [1999.04.06] #014 Heike's 20th birthday
* [1999.04.13] #015 TBA
* [1999.04.20] #016 Heike and Nakazawa taking acting classes
* [1999.04.27] #017 TBA
* [1999.05.04] #018 Learning self-defense
* [1999.05.11] #019 Chigi Rumiko announced as the winner of the 1st Morning Musume & Heike Michiyo Protegee Audition, talking about wanting to form a vocal unit with American members, short presentation of Country Musume.
* [1999.05.18] #020 Makoto flying to Hawaii asking Ayaka to come to Japan
* [1999.05.25] #021 Nakazawa is called into a meeting with 
* [1999.06.01] to [1999.06.22] (one of the dates within this time span is omitted. I don't know which one.)
* [1999.06.08] Chigi Rumiko meets Morning Musume I
* [1999.06.15] Chigi Rumiko meets Morning Musume II
* [1999.06.29] #025 Visiting Tokyo Tower
* [1999.07.06] #026 TBA
* [1999.07.13] #027 Talk with the first generation of Country Musume
* [1999.07.20] #028 Country Musume Audition results, Heike & Nakazawa learning proper manners
* [1999.07.27] #029 Memories of Yanagihara Hiromi
* [1999.08.03] #030 Miyoshi Chinatsu recording debut song, 
* [1999.08.10] #031 Country Musume's first time on stage
* [1999.08.17] #032 Miyoshi Chinatsu's debut event, Coconuts Musume debut event & PV making, Country Musume activity reunion, Yanagisawa Junko "Junjou Koushinkyoku" Namida no Revenge Campaign, Heike Michiyo 6th Single "scene" Store Event In Summer . 
* [1999.08.24] #033 TBA
* [1999.08.31] #034 TBA
* [1999.09.07] #035 TBA
* [1999.09.14] #036 Nakazawa vs. Heike arcade game duels
* [1999.09.21] #037 Nakazawa tries to overcome her fear of flying
* [1999.09.28] #038 "Which is the luckiest?" 5-game matches
* [1999.10.05] #039 Docchi ga Suteki na Josei ka wo Kimeyou (Competition between Nakazawa and Heike)
* [1999.10.12] #040 Marriage meeting matches
* [1999.10.19] #041 Arcade game matches part II
* [1999.10.26] #042 TBA
* [1999.11.12] #043 Hokkaido Gourmet Showdown
* [1999.11.09] #044 Matches in Nanja Town en'nichi
* [1999.11.16] #045 Bowling matches
* [1999.11.23] #046 Visiting Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise
* [1999.11.30] #047 Let's decorate a Christmas tree
* [1999.12.07] #048 Idol wo Sagase In Guam part I
* [1999.12.14] #049 Idol wo Sagase In Guam part II
* [1999.12.21] #050 TBA
* [1999.12.28] #051 Heike and Nakazawa are signing off as MCs and introducing Iida and Rinne as their replacements
===2000===
Episode numbers in bold are episodes with the TOP 20 moments presented in the official Idol wo Sagase! Koushiki BOOK
* [2000.01.11] #052 New MCs, talking about their dreams and combability (they have different bloodtypes, oh no!)
* [2000.01.18] #053 H!P Concert SP 
* [2000.01.25] #054 Working in a kindergarten as a kindergarten teacher
* [2000.02.01] #055 Working at Inutama Dog Park
* [2000.02.08] #056 Hair Cutting Challenge
* [2000.02.15] #057 Melon Kinenbi Special
* [2000.02.22] #058 Sushi Chef Challenge
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* [2000.03.07] #060 Learning horse back riding
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* [2000.03.21] #062 Takoyaki Restaurant Challenge
* [2000.03.28] #063 Manager Challenge
* [2000.04.04] #064 Manager Iida marketing newcomer Maeda Yuki
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* [2000.05.16] #070 Boxing training with Rinne
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* [2000.07.11] #077 Magazine Editor Challenge
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* [2000.08.29] #084 Nagoya Gourmet Tour
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* [2000.10.03] #088 Visiting a product exhibition (igniting Iida as a painter)
* [2000.12.05]
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===2001===
Episode numbers in bold are episodes with the TOP 20 moments presented in the official Idol wo Sagase! Koushiki BOOK
* [2001.01.23] #103 Yaminabe Competition
* [2001.01.30] #104 Meeting Zobekka at Nakano Sun Plaza
* [2001.02.06] #105 Rinne's 20th birthday
* [2001.02.13] #106 MC Soudatsu Battle Stanze: Iida & Rinne vs. Zobekka
* TBA
* [2001.02.27] #108 Petitmoni ~ BABY! Koi ni KNOCK OUT! ~ SP
* [2001.03.06] #109 Country Musume dog sled race competition
* TBA
* [2001.03.20] #111 Omoikiri Kaita Sakuhin to wa? (Iida walking the streets asking people what they think she drew) + Suenaga Mami meeting Sheki-Dol for the first time
* [2001.03.27] #112 Iida and Rinne are signing off as MCs and introducing Nakazawa and Inaba as their replacements
===2002===
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* [2002.03.26]
==Trivia==
* The abbreviation for the name of the show was AiSaga (あいさが/アイさが).
* As of July 2001, it aired in Kanto on TV Tokyo Nakahara, in Chukyo on TV Aiwa, in Kyushu on TXN Kyushu, in Hokkaido on TV Hokkaido, in Okayama on TV Setouchi, and in Mie on Mie TV.
* Two of the theme songs are by groups outside of Hello! Project: The first is "Custard" by Chére. She was a singer signed to zetima. The second is "Baku Baku Kiss" is by Kiss no Sekai which was a group produced by Tsunku, releasing two singles from 200-2001.
* In episode #16 Nakazawa takes acting lessons and has to do a cat impression, which she finds utterly embarassing as she has to act cute.
* In epsiode #29, the memory episode aired after the death of Yanagihara Hiromi, they said they only talked with Yanagihara Hiromi once or twice, but Nakazawa was noticeably shaken by the news. She kept reading what she had to say and was kind of "not there"
* In episode #39 Heike loses 0-8 to Nakazawa.
* The Manager Challenge resulted in Maeda Yuki joining Hello! Project. Kimura Asami participated in the Dog Sled Race Challenge (she was working at Hanabatake Farm); she later joined Country Musume.
==Publications==
===Books===
* [2001.07.19] Idol wo Sagase! Koushiki BOOK
===DVDs===
* [2002.01.17] Idol wo Sagase! History ~Hello! Project Members Sou Shutsuen!~
* [2002.04.03] Idol wo Sagase! History 2 ~Hello! Project Members Sou Shutsuen!~
* [2002.07.24] Idol wo Sagase! History 3 ~Hello! Project Members Sou Shutsuen!~
* [2002.12.04] Idol wo Sagase! Collection Vol.1 ~Hello! Project Members Sou Shutsuen!~
* [2002.12.04] Idol wo Sagase! Collection Vol.2 ~Hello! Project Members Sou Shutsuen!~
* [2003.01.16] Aya no DNA
* [2004.09.29] Shin Cyborg Shibata!!
* [2005.09.25] Tatakae!! Cyborg Shibata 3
==Broadcasting==
Area 	Station 	Series 	Date & Time
Kanto 	TV Tokyo 	TV Tokyo Affiliate	Tuesday 00:45 AM - 01:15 AM (1999.01.05 - 199903.30）Tuesday 01:15 AM - 01:45 AM (1999.04.06 - 2002.03.26)
Hokkaido 	TV Hokkaido 	TV Tokyo Affiliate	Saturday 01:50 - 02:20 (2000.10.28 - 2002.03.23）Thursday 02:00 - 02:30 (2002.04.18)
Aichi Prefecture 	TV Aichi 	TV Tokyo Affiliate	Tuesday 00:45 - 01:15 (1999.04.13 - 1999.09.21)Saturday 02:05 - 02:35 （1999.10.02 - 2000.03.25）Wednesday 01:45 - 02:15 (2000.04.05 - 2000.06.28)Tuesday 01:15 - 01:45 （2000.07.04 - 2001.03.27）Tuesday 00:45 - 01:15 (2001.04.03 - 2002.03.26)Tuesday 00:55 - 01:25 (2002.04.02)
Osaka Prefecture 	TV Osaka 	TV Tokyo Affiliate	Wednesday 00:35 - 01:05 (2000-2001)
Okayama and Kagawa Prefectures	TV Setouchi 	TV Tokyo Affiliate	Wednesday 00:40 - 01:10 (2001.01 - 2002.03.27)Sunday 00:50 - 01:20 (2002.04.07)
Fukuoka Prefecture 	TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting	TV Tokyo Affiliate	Wednesday 00:40 - 01:10 (2001)Tuesday 01:10 - 01:40 (2001)
==References==
==External Links==
*Wikipedia: 
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