World Idol was the title of a one-off international version of the television show Pop Idol, featuring winners of the various national Idol shows around the world competing against each other. The performance show was held on Christmas Day 2003, with the results show held on New Year's Day 2004. It was made in the UK, using the set from the recently completed second series of Pop Idol. After presenting the competitors, viewers from the 11 participating countries were allowed to vote by telephone, but not for the participant from their home country. All participants sang in English except for Diana Karazon, who sang in Arabic. British presenters Ant and Dec hosted the show in all English speaking countries, while local presenters hosted for their own country in the local language. The only exception to Ant and Dec's English speaking role was that CTV edited the show in Canada to use Canadian Idol host Ben Mulroney instead. Victoria Beckham performed her UK #3 hit Let Your Head Go during the results interval.
The Idols step on stage... Alexander Klaws: Maniac Guy Sebastian: What a Wonderful World Jamai Loman: Sorry seems to be the Hardest Word Kelly Clarkson: Natural Woman Diana Karzon: Ensani ma binsak Ryan Malcolm: He Ain't Heavy, he's my Brother Will Young: Light my Fire Kurt Nilsen: Beautiful Day Peter Evrard: Lithium Heinz Winckler: I Don't want to Miss a Thing Alicja Janosz: I Don't know how to Love Him
Hosts Ant and Dec once again introduce the 11 finalists. They show a montage of the first show, with clips of each of the finalists singing and some highlights of the judges' reactions. The show treats the audience with a live guest performance by Victoria Beckham and Sir Elton John, respectively. The results of the votes are given, where Kurt Nilsen from Norway wins the title of World Idol.
