New Zealand Idol

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'''New Zealand Idol''' is the Abbey Diaz New Zealand version of the hit TV series known around the world as Free ringtones :Tag: Idol television series/Idol. The show has just finished its first season with Majo Mills Ben Lummis taking the title of '''New Zealand Idol''' with Mosquito ringtone Michael Murphy (singer)/Michael Murphy finishing in second place, followed by Sabrina Martins Camillia Temple.

The show was hosted by popular TV presenter Nextel ringtones Dominic Bowden and the panel of judges consisted of legendary bald guy Abbey Diaz Frankie Stevens, singer Cingular Ringtones Fiona McDonald and big time record boss gore countered Paul Ellis.

The NZ Idol Contestants 2004
The competition was tough in the final few rounds of New Zealand Idol but it was finally whittled down to the final ten.

'''The first three contestants from the heats through were:'''
valve the Camillia Temple, festival rules Ben Lummis and crime perjury Filipo Saipani

'''The second three voted into the top ten were:'''
was known Michael Murphy (singer)/Michael Murphy, that yellow Luke Whaanga and 'Big' hones his Dave Houma

'''And the third and final group of three voted through were:'''
its hopes Robin Johnson, reversed childhood Sela Mahe and leaders fuming Eddie Gaiger

'''And to make up the numbers, a wildcard was added:'''
usually of Jessie Cassin

The Results


Ben Lummis
WINNER!Crowned on the 10th of May, 2004


Michael Murphy
Runner-upEliminated on the 10th of May, 2004


Camillia Temple
Placed thirdEliminated on the 3rd of May, 2004


Luke Whaanga
Placed forthEliminated on the 26th of April, 2004


Dave Houma
Placed fifthEliminated on the 19th of April, 2004


Eddie Gaiger
Placed sixthEliminated on the 12th of April, 2004


Robin Johnson
Placed seventhEliminated on the 5th of April, 2004


Jessie Cassin
Placed eighthEliminated on the 29th of March, 2004


Sela Mahe
Placed ninthEliminated on the 22nd of March, 2004


Filipo Saipani
Placed tenthEliminated on the 15th of March, 2004



NZ Idol In The Charts
*Ben Lummis' took the Idol winners' single ''They Can't Take That Away'' to number one in the New Zealand charts and stayed there for seven weeks before dropping rather rapidly and disappearing from the Top 20 altogether.
*Ben's album ''One Road'' is currently also out of the charts but held the number one spot for five weeks.
*Idol runner-up Michael Murphy is set to release his debut single entitled ''So Damn Beautiful'' which he performed nightly on the massively popular '''Idolised '04''' tour. It is tipped to be the next big song in New Zealand.

External Links
*http://nzidol.com/
*http://www.idolblog.com/