Idool 2007 was the third season of the Belgian adaptation of the Idol series. It premiered on VTM on 20 February 2007. Dean Delannoit won the competition on 25 May 2007.
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Finals Finalists (ages stated at time of contest)
Contestant Age Hometown Voted Off Liveshow Theme Dean Delannoit 18 Geraardsbergen Winner Grand Finale Esther Sels 25 Laakdal 25 May 2007 Andrei Lugovski 24 Ostend 18 May 2007 Rock Hits Elke Severijns 20 Weelde 11 May 2007 Unplugged Wim Vandereyken 26 Houthalen 4 May 2007 Big Band Kim Buttafuoco 22 Kuringen 27 April 2007 French Songs Tom De Bie 27 Deinze 20 April 2007 My Birth Year Kira Peters 17 Genk 13 April 2007 Dutch Songs Adil Aarab 17 Berchem 6 April 2007 The Beatles & The Rolling Stones Brenda Vercammen 20 Herselt 30 March 2007 My Idol
Finals Elimination Chart + Legend Did Not Perform Female Male Top 20 Top 10 Winner SafeSafe FirstSafe LastEliminated
Stage:SemiFinalsWeek: 03/16 03/17 03/23 03/24 03/30 04/06 04/13 04/20 04/27 05/04 05/11 05/18 05/25 Place ContestantResult1Dean Delannoit Winner2Esther Sels Btm 3Btm 3 Runner-Up3Andrei Lugowskij Btm 2Btm 2Elim4Elke Severijns Btm 2Btm 2Btm 2 Elim5Wim Vandereyken Btm 3Btm 2 Btm 3Elim6Kim Buttafuoco Btm 3 Elim7Tom De Bie Btm 2 Elim8Kira Peters Elim9Adil AarabElim10Brenda Vercammen Elim11-16Alexander Chiafele ElimDimitri Jambé Eley Van Hemelrijck Adèle Monheim ElimCatharina Lucas Clara De Decker 17-20Kim Vanrooy ElimYannick Willems Lydia GuisoElimVeva Van Overveld
Live Show Details Heat 1 - Top 10 Girls (16 March 2007) Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Adèle Monheim"Thank You" (Dido)Safe2Lydia Guiso"How Come You Don't Call Me" (Alicia Keys)Eliminated3Elke Severijns"Dear Mr. President" (Pink)Safe4Kim Buttafuoco"Foolish Games" (Jewel)Safe5Clara De Decker"Sir Duke" (Stevie Wonder)Safe6Veva Van Overveld"You Hurt Me" (Hooverphonic)Eliminated7Esther Sels"Hurt" (Christina Aguilera)Safe8Catharina Lucas"I'm Not So Tough" (Ilse DeLange)Safe9Brenda Vercammen"Right to Be Wrong" (Joss Stone)Safe10Kira Peters"I'll Be There" (The Jackson 5)Safe
Heat 2 - Top 10 Boys (17 March 2007) Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Yannick Willems"All at Sea" (Jamie Cullum)Eliminated2Kim Vanrooy"The Best Is Yet to Come" (Novastar)Eliminated3Dean Delannoit"Let's Work Together" (Canned Heat)Safe4Alexander Chiafele"Hero" (Enrique Iglesias)Safe5Wim Vandereyken"Hallelujah" (Leonard Cohen)Safe6Tom De Bie"You Give Me Something" (James Morrison)Safe7Adil Aarab"Part-Time Lover" (Stevie Wonder)Safe8Eley Van Hemelrijck"You Are So Beautiful" (Joe Cocker)Safe9Andrei Lugowskij"You're Still You" (Josh Groban)Safe10Dimitri Jambé"Too Much Love Will Kill You" (Queen)Safe
Heat 3 - Top 8 Girls (23 March 2007) Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Kira Peters"Don't Know Why" (Norah Jones)Safe2Clara De Decker"Another Day" (Buckshot LeFonque)Eliminated3Catharina Lucas"Like the Way I Do" (Melissa Etheridge)Eliminated4Esther Sels"Vision of Love" (Mariah Carey)Safe5Elke Severijns"Jerusalem" (Anouk)Safe6Adèle Monheim"Fever" (Peggy Lee)Eliminated7Kim Buttafuoco"River Deep – Mountain High" (Tina Turner)Safe8Brenda Vercammen"Ironic" (Alanis Morissette)Safe
Heat 4 - Top 8 Boys (24 March 2007) Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Alexander Chiafele"Stand By Me" (Ben E. King)Eliminated2Eley Van Hemelrijck"Superstition" (Stevie Wonder)Eliminated3Adil Aarab"Another Day in Paradise" (Phil Collins)Safe4Dimitri Jambé"Bend and Break" (Keane)Eliminated5Andrei Lugowskij"Nella Fantasia" (Il Divo)Safe6Tom De Bie"Leef" (Sarah Bettens)Safe7Wim Vandereyken"Winter in July" (Udo Mechels)Safe8Dean Delannoit"Snow (Hey Oh)" (Red Hot Chili Pipers)Safe
Live Show 1 (30 March 2007) Theme: My Idol Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Brenda Vercammen"Walk Away" (Kelly Clarkson)Eliminated2Tom De Bie"Mr. Jones" (Counting Crows)Bottom two3Kira Peters"A Woman's Worth" (Alicia Keys)Safe4Andrei Lugowskij"Gira con Me" (Josh Groban)Safe5Elke Severijns"U + Ur Hand" (Pink)Safe6Adil Aarab"Beautiful Soul" (Jesse McCartney)Safe7Kim Buttafuoco"Strani amori" (Laura Pausini)Safe8Dean Delannoit"She Moves in Her Own Way" (The Kooks)Safe9Esther Sels"Emotion" (Samantha Sang)Bottom three10Wim Vandereyken"A Whiter Shade of Pale" (Procol Harum)Safe
Live Show 2 (6 April 2007) Theme: The Beatles & The Rolling Stones Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Adil Aarab"Here Comes the Sun" (The Beatles)Eliminated2Elke Severijns"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (The Rolling Stones)Bottom two3Wim Vandereyken"Got to Get You into My Life" (The Beatles)Bottom three4Dean Delannoit"Start Me Up" (The Rolling Stones)Safe5Esther Sels"Don't Let Me Down" (The Beatles)Safe6Tom De Bie"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" (The Beatles)Safe7Kim Buttafuoco"Wild Horses" (The Rolling Stones)Safe8Kira Peters"Can't Buy Me Love" (The Beatles)Safe9Andrei Lugowskij"The Long and Winding Road" (The Beatles)Safe
Live Show 3 (13 April 2007) Theme: Dutch Songs Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Dean Delannoit"Iedereen is van de wereld" (The Scene)Safe2Kim Buttafuoco"Wereld zonder jou" (Marco Borsato & Trijntje Oosterhuis)Bottom three3Andrei Lugowskij"Dromen zijn bedrog" (Marco Borsato)Safe4Kira Peters"Ik wil jou" (Gene Thomas)Eliminated5Wim Vandereyken"Is dit nu later" (Stef Bos)Bottom two6Elke Severijns"Hou me vast" (Volumia!)Safe7Tom De Bie"Oud en versleten" (Yevgueni)Safe8Esther Sels"Jij mag altijd op me rekenen" (Isabelle A)Safe
Live Show 4 (20 April 2007) Theme: My Birth Year Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Elke Severijns"You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Kim Wilde)Bottom two2Esther Sels"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" (Jennifer Holliday)Bottom three3Kim Buttafuoco"Let's Hear It for the Boy" (Deniece Williams)Safe4Andrei Lugowskij"Every Breath You Take" (The Police)Safe5Dean Delannoit"Rockin' in the Free World" (Neil Young)Safe6Tom De Bie"Is She Really Going Out with Him?" (Joe Jackson)Eliminated7Wim Vandereyken"Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime" (The Korgis)Safe
Live Show 5 (27 April 2007) Theme: French Songs Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Elke Severijns"Mademoiselle chante le blues" (Patricia Kaas)Bottom two2Esther Sels"Sensualité" (Axelle Red)Safe3Kim Buttafuoco"Il jouait du piano debout" (France Gall)Eliminated4Andrei Lugowskij"Hymne à l'amour" (Johnny Hallyday)Safe5Dean Delannoit"Une belle histoire" (Michel Fugain)Safe6Wim Vandereyken"Le temps des cathédrales" (Bruno Pelletier)Bottom three
Live Show 6 (4 May 2007) Theme: Big Band Order Artist Song (original artists) Result1Elke Severijns"It's Oh So Quiet" (Björk)Safe2Esther Sels"Hanky Panky" (Madonna)Safe3Andrei Lugowskij"Fly Me to the Moon" (Frank Sinatra)Bottom two4Wim Vandereyken"Come Fly with Me" (Frank Sinatra)Eliminated5Dean Delannoit"Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" (Dean Martin)Safe
Live Show 7 (11 May 2007) Theme: Unplugged Order Artist First song (original artists) Second song Result1Esther Sels"Fallin'" (Alicia Keys)"Lil Star" (Kelis)Safe2Elke Severijns"Lost" (Anouk)"Just a Girl" (No Doubt)Eliminated3Andrei Lugowskij"Grace Kelly" (Mika)"Miserere" (Andrea Bocelli)Bottom two4Dean Delannoit"You Don't Know" (Milow)"Nothing Else Matters" (Metallica)Safe
Live Show 8: Semi-final (18 May 2007) Theme: Rock Hits Order Artist First song (original artists) Second song Third song Result1Esther Sels"Walk Away" (Kelly Clarkson)"You Oughta Know" (Alanis Morissette)"Don't Speak" (No Doubt)Safe2Andrei Lugowskij"Life on Mars" (David Bowie)"One" (U2)"The Show Must Go On" (Queen)Eliminated3Dean Delannoit"Ruby" (Kaiser Chiefs)"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Green Day)"Great Balls of Fire" (Jerry Lee Lewis)Safe
Live final (25 May 2007) Theme: Rock Hits Order Artist First song Second song Third song Fourth song Fifth song Result1Esther Sels"You Oughta Know""The Trouble with Love Is""I Say a Little Prayer""Fallin'""That Will Make My Day"Runner-up2Dean Delannoit"Rockin' in the Free World""Ain't No Sunshine""She's the One""Start Me Up""So Many Ways"Winner
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