

Season - Episode
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2 - 1Auditions #1 Aug 09, 2003
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2 - 2Auditions #2 Aug 16, 2003
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2 - 3Auditions -#3 Aug 23, 2003
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2 - 4Auditions #4 Aug 30, 2003
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2 - 5Theatre Rounds Sep 06, 2003
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2 - 6Heat #1 Sep 13, 2003
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2 - 7Heat #2 Sep 20, 2003
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2 - 8Heat #3 Sep 27, 2003
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2 - 9Heat #4 Oct 04, 2003
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2 - 10Heat #5 Oct 11, 2003
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2 - 11Wildcard Round Oct 18, 2003
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2 - 12Live Show #1 Oct 25, 2003
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2 - 13Live Show #2 Nov 01, 2003
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2 - 14Live Show #3 Nov 08, 2003
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2 - 15Live Show #4 Nov 15, 2003
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2 - 16Live Show #5 Nov 22, 2003
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2 - 17Live Show #6 Nov 29, 2003
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2 - 18Live Show #7 Dec 06, 2003
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2 - 19Live Show #8 Dec 13, 2003
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2 - 20Final Dec 20, 2003
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1 - 1Auditions #1 Oct 06, 2001
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1 - 2Auditions #2 Oct 06, 2001
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1 - 3Auditions #3 Oct 12, 2001
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1 - 4Auditions #4 Oct 13, 2001
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1 - 5Auditions #5 Oct 19, 2001
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1 - 6Theatre Rounds #1 Oct 20, 2001
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1 - 7Theatre Rounds #2 Oct 26, 2001
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1 - 8Heat #1 Nov 03, 2001
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1 - 9Heat #2 Nov 10, 2001
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1 - 10Heat #3 Nov 17, 2001
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1 - 11Heat #4 Nov 24, 2001
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1 - 12Heat #5 Dec 01, 2001
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1 - 13Live Show #1 Dec 15, 2001
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1 - 14Live Show #2 Dec 22, 2001
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1 - 15Live Show #3 Dec 29, 2001
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1 - 16Live Show #4 Jan 05, 2002
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1 - 17Live Show #5 Jan 12, 2002
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1 - 18Live Show #6 Jan 19, 2002
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1 - 19Live Show #7 Jan 26, 2002
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1 - 20Live Show #8 Feb 02, 2002
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1 - 21Final Feb 09, 2002
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0 - 1Pop Idol: The Story So Far Dec 13, 2001
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0 - 2Will Young: Pop Idol Feb 23, 2002
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0 - 3Pop Idol: One Year On Aug 02, 2003
Overview
Pop 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.