Cowellan Idol

**Cowellan Idol** is an annual singing competition held in Cowell since 2003. It is an Cowellan adaptation of the British reality show *Pop Idol*, created by Simon Fuller. It's winner serves as the Cowellan contestant for the larger *Idol* competition for Aritonazca, *Idols*.

## Format

The contest is divided into 3 sections: the singing section (6:00-6:50), the acting section (6:50-7:40) and the "others" section (7:40-8:30), after that, voting begins in the final. Originally, the 6:00-8:30 period in the 2003 edition was just the singing section.

Broadcasts begin on October 6, 2003, at 5:55 pm, which allows the 5-minute introduction by the host, and the first contestant of the singing section at 6 pm. They always end at 8:00:00 pm, in order to make space for the following program after that. The winner is proclaimed depending on the number of points (from 0 to 40), the one with the highest one is the winner. A winner of each section is declared at the end of it, but if two or more performers earn 40 points, SMS voting is then put on to vote for the winner. The general winner is declared by voting by the judges: either by 2-1-1 (two judges for one), 3-1 (three judges for one) or 4 (all judges for one).

Since Cowellan Idol Series 2016, performers will be due to perform their own works to enhance originality.

### Point system

Each judge can give points from 0 to 10 (10 is represented as the letter t meaning *ten* in the 4-digit seven segment display component located in both studios), the total number of points is formed by adding all points. The maximum number of points is 40 (although there were no contestants who earned 40 points in the 2009 version).

### Victory Aftermath

The winner represents Cowell in *Idols* the following year.

## History

A concept for a talent competition to be a new national festival who would later represent EK in the Eurovision Song Contest of 2005 was developed in early 2003. Then, at that time, billboards inviting people who want to taste their talent were posted around EK. The auditions were held in Cowell on May 8, 2003, at 3 pm, at the Emerald City Entertainment Center. Seven months later this would become the spot for the competition finale, and the 60 best performers were chosen to return then, on September 2nd. They said that it will be broadcast on a TV station which launched in 1928. As CTC 1, they chose that network to air the contest live around Cowell, but with a promo. In mid-October, Viva began airing a promo and it gained widespread attention in Cowell, without knowing is that done as a project or it is Eurovision-related.

The team consisted of Dennis Zhia and her colleagues, including the current host Auziko Rotiadae. They went to the concert hall in February 2003 which initiated the project, saying that they will have to take a studio for 11 months. An idea was born on that date. In March, they named the project "Cowell Idol".

After the success of the 1st competition, they decided to hold an audience at the same date in 2007, and even hold a 2nd competition on October 3, 2007.

### Camp

On May 8, 2015, a camp was created by the colleagues and all hosts. They created it 42 km away from Kemser, and built a new studio looking same as in the Kemser Action. The camp is open from July 1st to the first Monday in January (if the first Monday in January is January 1st, then it's open until January 8th). Those who go to school do not have to attend the camp from September 1st to November 7th, but they are required to be there on Saturdays and Sundays. They are allowed to study, and the only tasks done is a regular practice.

### CU auditions

On May 1, 2016, Enchanted Kingdom announced partnership and sponsorship of Cowellan Idol to the park. With this, TheChromePerson approved the audience organizing on June 1st of that year, in Cowellan Central of the park.

## Logo

The current logo was created in 2003. The logo is styled in three colors to represent each word, each section and the 3-hour duration. This logo is used as the generic logo and is still used as of today.