Popstars (New Zealand TV series)
| Popstars | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality |
| Created by | Jonathan Dowling Bill Toepfer |
| Presented by | Peter Urlich (1999) Kimbra (2021) |
| Judges | Peter Urlich (1999) Mark Tierney (1999) Kimbra (2021-) Nathan King (2021) Vince Harder (2021) |
| Narrated by | Ian Hughes (1999) |
| Opening theme | "Pop Muzik" (1999) |
| Country of origin | New Zealand |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 33 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Geoff Steven (1999) |
| Producer | Jonathan Dowling (1999) |
| Running time | 30 minutes (1999) 60 minutes (2021) |
| Production company | Screentime |
| Original release | |
| Network | TVNZ |
| Release | 20 April 1999 – present |
| Related | |
| Popstars | |
Popstars is a New Zealand reality documentary television show. The first edition aired on TVNZ in 1999 and showed the establishment of a five-piece girl group, TrueBliss. The series was the origin of the Popstars reality TV series format, which went on to be sold to over 50 countries. A reboot of Popstars screened in 2021.