Auditions #1
6th October 2001Auditions #2
6th October 2001Auditions #3
12th October 2001Auditions #4
13th October 2001Auditions #5
19th October 2001Theatre Rounds #1
20th October 2001Theatre Rounds #2
26th October 2001Heat #1
3rd November 2001Heat #2
10th November 2001Heat #3
17th November 2001Heat #4
24th November 2001Heat #5
1st December 2001Live Show #1
15th December 2001Live Show #2
22nd December 2001Live Show #3
29th December 2001Live Show #4
5th January 2002Live Show #5
12th January 2002Live Show #6
19th January 2002Live Show #7
26th January 2002Live Show #8
2nd February 2002Final
9th February 2002Pop Idol is a British television music competition which ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003. The aim of the show was to decide the best new young pop singer in the UK based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast - one in 2001-2002 and a second in 2003. Pop Idol was subsequently put on an indefinite hiatus after "Idol" judge Simon Cowell announced the launch of the The X Factor in the UK in April 2004. The show has become an international TV franchise since, spawning multiples of Idol series worldwide. In the mean time a legal dispute arose with the makers of Popstars, which eventually led to the word "Pop" being excluded from the titles of all the spin-offs, such as American Idol, Australian Idol, Indonesian Idol, New Zealand Idol, Latin American Idol and Idols.
