Singapore Idol was a Singaporean reality television singing competition produced by MediaCorp Studios and FremantleMedia Operations BV.
The original four judges during season 1 were singer/songwriter Dick Lee, Florence Lian, record producer Ken Lim and singer Douglas Oliverio.
Through telephone and SMS text voting, Singaporean viewers chose Taufik Batisah, Hady Mirza and Sezairi Sezali as winners throughout the three seasons.
They included Skyy Sia aka Bananaman, who wore a mask of watermelon and bananas; Kelvin Sim, who accompanied his very bad rendition of Fool's Garden's "Lemon Tree" with a dance that rivalled that of William Hung; and Patrick Khoo, who literally whispered George Michael's "Careless Whisper".
In the third preliminary round, Jerry Ong, whose singing was described by judge Florence Lian as being "constipated" and "weak", was voted through to the finals, beating favourites Beverly Lim Morata and Nur "Nana" Hasanah, both of whom were thought to be better singers.
Candice Foo, who got into the finals from the second preliminary round, withdrew from the contest at the last minute due to "financial difficulties".
In a bigger upset, Jeassea K. Thyidor, considered by many to be a frontrunner in the competition, was eliminated in the very first round of the finals by a small margin of 200 votes.
Daphne Khoo also release her debut album 'Desperate' in 2008 and won Best Breakout Solo Artiste, and EP 'Wonderland' in early 2014.
Dick Lee, Florence Lian and Ken Lim returned as judges while Douglas Oliverio was replaced by Jacintha Abisheganaden.
Season 1 fourth place finalist Daphne Khoo hosted Singapore Idol on Demand, an online subscription service that provided media downloads and exclusive footage of the show.
4 were announced, MediaCorp revealed that a computer glitch in the voting process had mistakenly sent Mathilda D'Silva into the top 12, instead of Nurul Maideen.
Shortly after the technical glitch fiasco, frontrunner and wildcard contestant Meryl Joan Lee announced her withdrawal from the competition to focus on her studies.
The Top 12 finalists were housed in Hangout @ Mount Emily, a budget hotel, for as long as they remained in the competition.
Every Wednesday from 12 July 2006 until the Grand Finale, the Idols competed in the Spectaculars, with a specific theme every week, for instance "No.
During the Results Show later, viewers were entertained with a live group performance, a music video of the Idols and guest appearances.
The Final Showdown for the title featured Jonathan Leong and Hady Mirza singing three songs each at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Live Show 1 Parent's Choice Gayle Nerva - I Feel The Earth Move by Carole King Rahimah Rahim - Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps by Doris Day Mathilda D Silva - Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey Hady Mirza - Rock DJ by Robbie Williams Jay Lim - My Funny Valentine by Mitzi Green Emilee Kang - Believe by Cher Joakim Gomez - How Deep Is Your Love by The Bee Gees Nurul Maideen - Don't You Worry Bout A Thing by Stevie Wonder Norman Then - High and Dry by Radiohead Jonathan Leong - Wherever You Will Go by The Calling Jasmine Tye - Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell Paul Twohill - Superman ( It's Not Easy ) by Five for Fighting Eliminated - Norman Then On 15 December 2008, MediaCorp mentioned in its free-circulating-paper, TODAY, that Singapore Idol Season 3 would be one of the new programmes for 2009.
Returning host Gurmit Singh co-hosted with Singapore Idol 2 winner Hady Mirza, replacing Season 2's Daniel Ong.
The returning judges were Dick Lee, Florence Lian and Ken Lim, with Jacintha Abisheganaden leaving the show.
The season has received mixed to negative feedback from fans due to the new rulings (absence of the Wildcard round, lack of a gender cap and voting beginning at the start of the show rather than at the end).
The special guest was international recording artist Charice where she performed 3 songs which included her first single Note to God.
After Sylvia, Faizal, Malaque, Duane, Tabitha and Sezairi were announced as safe, Charles, Mae and Amira were the last three remaining.
While Tabitha Nauser has not released an album, she collaborated with international artists Sean Kingston, Steve Appleton, Jessica Mauboy and Jody Williams on the official theme song to the 2010 Youth Olympics, "Everyone".