Popstar to Operastar

0.0 2010 2 Seasons

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Popstar to Operastar is a British television programme singing competition based around the training of current pop stars to be able to sing opera. The show began airing on ITV on 15 January 2010 at 9pm. The show is rep…

6 episodes

Episode 1

Week 1

90 min

Episode 1

Week 1

Alan Titchmarsh and Myleene Klass present a crossover singing contest in which eight established pop singers, mentored by mezzo Katherine Jenkins and tenor Rolando Villazon, learn to perform operatic arias. The aspiring virtuosi are Jimmy Osmond, Kym Marsh, Bernie Nolan, Danny Jones of McFly, former Blur bassist Alex James, Marcella Detroit of Shakespear's Sister, Vanessa White from the Saturdays and Darius Campbell - formerly known as Darius Danesh. After their performances, the viewers vote, and one singer is eliminated

90 min

Episode 2

Week2

90 min

Episode 2

Week2

The remaining seven singers aspiring to make the grade in opera face a second elimination round, with the two gaining the fewest phone votes facing the judgement of the panel. Mentors Katherine Jenkins and Rolando Villazon urge their proteges to ever greater heights, while critics Meat Loaf and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen prepare to crush somebody's dream.

90 min