Popstar (TV series)

For the international reality television franchise, see Popstars. For the SBT television show, see Popstars (Brazilian TV series). For other users, see Popstar (disambiguation).
Popstar
Also known asPopStar
Presented byTaís Araújo
Fernanda Lima
João Côrtes
Tiago Abravanel
Country of originBrazil
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes30
Production
Running time75 minutes
Original release
NetworkRede Globo
ReleaseJuly 9, 2017 (2017-07-09) –
present

Popstar (stylized PopStar) is a Brazilian daytime live reality television singing competition originally created, produced and aired by Rede Globo. The series premiered on Sunday, July 9, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. / 12:00 p.m. (BRT / AMT).[1]

The show features fourteen celebrity acts singing live in front of the nation and facing a panel of judges, known as Specialists, and the public vote in order to win the grand prize of R$250.000.[2]

Fernanda Lima was the main host for the first season, while actor Tiago Abravanel served as backstage interviewer and social media correspondent from seasons one and two.[1] Fernanda Lima was replaced by Taís Araújo in season two, while João Côrtes replaced Tiago Abravanel in season three.

Season chronology

Season Number of
acts 		Number of
weeks 		Finalists
Winner Runner-up
1 14 10 André Frateschi Cláudio Lins
2 14 10 Jeniffer Nascimento João Côrtes
3 13 10 Jakson Follmann Helga Nemeczyk

Ratings and reception

Brazilian ratings

All numbers are in points and provided by Kantar Ibope Media.

Season Timeslot (BRT) Premiered Ended TV season SP viewers
(in points) 		Source
Date Viewers
(in points) 		Date Viewers
(in points)
1 Sunday 01:00 pm July 9, 2017 13.7 September 10, 2017 15.1 2017–18 13.52 [3]
[4]
2 September 16, 2018 12.0 November 18, 2018 12.1 2018–19 12.05 [5]
[6]
3 October 27, 2019 11.5 December 29, 2019 10.4 2019–20 10.25 [7]
[8]
  • Each point represents a specific number of households in São Paulo.
2017: 70.500 households
2018: 72.000 households
2019: 73.000 households

References

  1. ^ a b "'PopStar' estreia dia 9 de julho". 19 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Conheça os participantes do 'PopStar', novo reality musical que estreia em julho". 16 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Na estreia, karaokê da Globo dá menos ibope que The Voice de crianças". 10 July 2017.
  4. ^ "No primeiro domingo de volta à Net, Record e SBT crescem, mas RedeTV! cai". 11 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Na estreia de Taís Araújo no lugar de Fernanda Lima, Popstar cai 12% no Ibope". 17 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Sob o comando de Taís Araújo, final do Popstar perde 20% de público". 19 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Karaokê de celebridades na Globo, Popstar tem pior estreia de temporada". 28 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Com ícones da MPB no Ding Dong, Domingão do Faustão fica atrás da Temperatura Máxima". 30 December 2019.