Popstar to Operastar series 1
Popstar to Operastar was a British television music competition to find new singing talent in Opera. The show began on 15 January 2010 and finished on 19 February 2010. The show has eight popstars which took part within the competition battled each other learning opera. The judges were Rolando Villazón, Katherine Jenkins, Meat Loaf and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. The winner of the show was Darius Campbell and with the runner-up being Bernie Nolan.
Popstars
Results summary
Colour key:
| – | Contestant was in the bottom two and had to sing again in the final showdown |
| – | Contestant was in the bottom two and was immediately eliminated (no judges' vote) |
| – | Contestant received the most public votes |
Episodes
Voting percentages are from ITV.com.
- Most Public Votes
- Eliminated
- Bottom two
Week 1
Performances
Bottom two
- Alex James - Eliminated on judges tied, lowest viewer votes
- Vanessa White
Voting Results Rolando Villazón and Katherine Jenkins saved Vanessa. Meat Loaf and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen saved Alex.
Guest Performers
- Camilla Kerslake sang "How Can I Keep from Singing?" accompanied by Gary Barlow on piano.
Week 2
Performances
Bottom two
- Vanessa White - Eliminated on judges tied, lowest viewer votes
- Jimmy Osmond
Guest Performer
- Katherine Jenkins sang "Chanson Bohème" from Carmen.
Week 3
Performances
Bottom two
- Jimmy Osmond - Eliminated by judges
- Danny Jones
Voting Results Three judges voted to save Danny Jones. Since a majority of votes were cast one way Katherine Jenkins did not vote, but stated that she also would have voted for Jones to stay.
Guest Performer
- Rolando Villazón sang Tosti's "L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra".
Week 4
Performances
Bottom two
- Danny Jones - Eliminated by public votes after judges were dead-locked
- Marcella Detroit
Voting Results Meat Loaf and Katherine Jenkins saved Marcella Detroit. Rolando Villazón and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen saved Danny Jones.
Guests Performers
- Mika and Danielle de Niese sang "Rain".
Week 5 (Semi Final)
Performances
Bottom two
- Kym Marsh - Eliminated
- Marcella Detroit - 3rd Place
Both Eliminated by public votes
Guest Performers
- Meat Loaf and Juliette Pochin sang "Bat Out of Hell".
Week 6 (Final)
Performances
- Final Result
Darius Campbell was declared the winner with 50.1% of the public votes and closed the show with a rendition of Non piú andrai.
Ratings
Episode Viewing figures from Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB).