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jonnymorris.bsky.social
Why yes, Wikipedia, I do want to know the week-by-week percentages on short-lived ITV competition Popstar to Operastar.
All the stats.
April 18, 2026 at 4:05 PM
gentlem.bsky.social
#WomensHistoryMonth2025
Spotlight on:
The 🌟incomparable 🌟
#MarianAnderson
#OperaStar
#CivilRights #activist
#Trailblazer #chanteuse
#PresidentialMedalofFreedom
mural of Ms Anderson painted by local artist Luanna Barcelos, Kennedy Park, #Danbury,CT
March 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
michaeljsc.bsky.social
Love when a Wikipedia article is shady about its subject (🧵)
Popstar to Operastar - Wikipedia
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September 5, 2026 at 9:23 PM
tvark.bsky.social
A very Happy 60th Birthday to TV designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen was born on 11 March 1965. He is an interior designer and television personality. Llewelyn-Bowen hosted Changing Rooms both on BBC and Channel 4. Other presenting credits and television appearances include In Search of England's Green & Pleasant Land, Who Do You Think You Are?, House Gift, Popstar to Operastar, Auction Party, The Apartment, Hidden Houses of Wales, DIY SOS: The Big Build, House Rules, Outrageous Homes with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Celebrity Bear Hunt, Stepping Out, The League of Gentlemen, Dick & Dom in da Bungalow, The Weakest Link, All Star Family Fortunes, As Seen on TV, Odd One In, The Alan Titchmarsh Show, Lorraine, Loose Women, The Chase: Celebrity Special, Great Lives, I Love My Country, Celebrity Antiques Road Trip, Room 101, Joe Lycett's Got Your Back, Interior Design Masters and Would I Lie to You. Laurence and his wife Jackie appeared on a Celebrity Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on 11 February 2006 and thought they'd got the £1 million question correct, but was told it was wrong and they had only won £32,000. However, upon scrutiny of the question, Celador decided that the correct answer was flawed. In light of this, the Llewelyn-Bowen's were invited back to answer an alternative £1 million question. This time, they chose not to answer the question and won £500,000 for Shooting Star Chase Children's Hospice for which they are both patrons. This is still to date the highest celebrity win on the show.
March 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
shinydh.bsky.social
Most if not all my classical music friends on the old birdsite derived from the starting point of "looking at what people were saying about Popstar to Operastar on social media for a game show website review and ending up talking a lot to three of them in particular"
December 29, 2024 at 10:04 PM
fetchfeeds.bsky.social
Singer Jonathan Tetelman's incredible journey to becoming an opera star, with early success and many challenges along the way. (200 characters) #OperaStar https://fefd.link/H56vK
January 2, 2026 at 9:02 AM
jmrgby.bsky.social
I remembered she was on Popstar to Operastar *and* I recall their reunion where they did Stay on Graham Norton and didn't sound good and I heard it immediately!
January 17, 2026 at 9:02 PM
laprimadelpalco.bsky.social
Happy Belated Birthday Martina Arroyo!!! 💖✨️ SENSATIONAL singer. A voice to sing Verdi. In this excerpt from his Requiem she shines sublime and celestial. Ethereal 💗
We love her! 😍
#martinaarroyo #soprano #requiem #verdi
#operastar #opera #operasinger #instaopera
#laprimadelpalco
February 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
badbisque.bsky.social
i learnt something today
Novel Orzabal wrote a novel, a romantic comedy entitled Sex, Drugs & Opera, published in 2014. It tells the story of a middle-aged pop star, Solomon Capri, who is semi-retired but is approached to take part in the reality show Popstar to Operastar. Capri sees the show as a way to rejuvenate his career and his waning marriage. The story was inspired by Orzabal's own experience; he was approached by the ITV show himself, though did not take part.[22][23]
September 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
p-loh.bsky.social
Charlotte Karstens is a powerhouse heroine, fighting for her place on the world’s stages and in her own life. If you’re into historical fiction, strong women, and the drama of the opera, this one’s for you.

#OperaStar #BookRecommendation #HistoricalFiction #WomenInHistory
January 9, 2026 at 6:58 PM
laprimadelpalco.bsky.social
Always Jessye 💖✨ Divine Ariadna
Her voice drags a bronze trail that crosses time and space and reaches our hearts, we are hopelessly lost before her magnificence 😍
#jessyenorman #ariadneaufnaxos #richardstrauss
#diva #legend #operasinger #operaqueen #goddess #icon #operastar
#laprimadelpalco
December 6, 2024 at 2:13 AM
laprimadelpalco.bsky.social
Mariella 👑 Regina Nostra 💖✨️
Time goes by and we still miss seeing our beloved Mariella on stage and the many nights of joy she gave us. Immense!
🙌🙇🙌
#marielladevia #mariella #devia #soprano #divina
#marinofaliero #donizetti #belcanto #lirica
#livinglegend #operastar #opera #diva
#laprimadelpalco
March 13, 2025 at 3:45 AM
tvark.bsky.social
Popstar to Operastar began today on ITV 1 in 2010.

Pop singers were given a chance to train their voices to be able to sing opera.

A Renegade Pictures production for ITV.

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Popstar to Operastar is a British television programme in which pop stars were trained to sing opera. The show began airing on ITV on 15 January 2010 and ended after 2 series on 10 July 2011. Judges were Rolando Villazón, Katherine Jenkins, Meat Loaf and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen. Villazón and Jenkins also mentored contestants, giving them the songs to sing during the live shows. Loaf and Llewelyn-Bowen were replaced with Simon Callow and Vanessa-Mae in the second series. Presenters were Alan Titchmarsh and Myleene Klass. Myleene hosted series 2 by herself. The winner of the first series was Darius Campbell, Joe McElderry won the second. For every vote cast, money was donated to the Nordoff-Robbins charity. The winner also received a payment for a charity of their choice. A Renegade Pictures production for ITV.
January 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
joea64.bsky.social
Adelina Patti, one of the greatest opera stars of the 19th century. 1843-1919, born in Spain to Italian parents; she spent most of her childhood and adolescence in New York & made her opera debut there in 1859, at 16. #BOTD #adelinapatti #sopranosinger #operastar #operadiva #operasky
1895 painting of Adelina Patti (1843-1919). She wears a low-decolletage white gown held up by floral-decorated shoulder straps, with a strand of pearls around her neck, accessorized by long, light tan gloves; she holds a feather fan in her right hand. Her dark hair is done piled up on top of her head, and she appears to be looking at the viewer. Another painting of Adelina Patti, by James Sant (1886). She's seated on a couch, wearing an elaborate 1880's-style gown, holding a feather fan in her bare right hand, with her left hand clad in a long tan glove.
February 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
jonnymorris.bsky.social
"Don't wanna be a loser on a Saturday night" sings Andy. But it turns out he was a loser on a Saturday night, failing to remember the words to Largo al Factotum in Popstar to Operastar. I was in the audience and it was excruciating!

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August 1, 2024 at 1:22 PM
milla5.bsky.social
🎶✨ 10-year-old Victory Brinker. 🌟 The youngest opera singer in the world. 🎤💫 Singing Mozart’s “Der Hölle Rache”, one of the hardest arias ever — and she nails it! 👑🔥 Brava!!! 💐

#VictoryBrinker #BlackGirlMagic #OperaStar #Mozart #Prodigy #Talent #Inspiration #RecordBreaker 🎵💖
October 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
shinydh.bsky.social
I can still remember my introduction to Opera Twitter back in 2010 being me joining in with chatter about Popstar to Operastar to collect opinions for a game show website review, and the way Marcella Detroit sparked *hilarious* range envy in Katherine Jenkins...
June 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
grolaw-me.bsky.social
#NY
#Re🔺Act🔺Tor
#OperaStar

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Opera Star (2016 Remaster)
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December 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
rimbot3000.bsky.social
People on Popstar to Operastar who go in as old people are the worst
June 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
laprimadelpalco.bsky.social
Happy Birthday Medea! 😍⚡️🔥 With our idolised Saioa Hernández 🙌🙇🙌💖✨️
On this day Cherubini premiered this wonderful opera in Paris, Medee in its original French version 💗
#saioahernandez #saioa #lahernandez #soprano
#medee #medea #cherubini #opera #operaqueen #operastar #diva #divina
#laprimadelpalco
March 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
laprimadelpalco.bsky.social
Happy Birthday dear Renata 💖⭐️✨️
We never forget you! 😍
We love you with all our hearts 😘💕
#renatascotto #scotto #diva #colossalsinger #regina #queen #operaqueen #operastar #mito #legend #inmensa #eccounartista #maestra #grande #opera #greatartist #superbavoce #belcanto #operasinger
#laprimadelpalco
February 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
classicalcrescendo.bsky.social
#MusicNews Soprano Seohyun Go captures the Guildhall Gold Medal, showcasing a breathtaking repertoire. The concert also highlighted stunning performances from Manon Ogwen Parry and Redmond Sanders. Who was your favorite? 🎶 #Guildhall #OperaStar
May 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
jussimaatta9-72.bsky.social
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE
#OperaStar (1981)
Opera Star (2016 Remaster)
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October 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
lizziecharlton.bsky.social
I can't quite believe that "Popstar to Operastar" on ITV1 is a real programme...
December 4, 2024 at 2:05 AM
evilcheltdevil.bsky.social
‘Colourblind’ by Darius was such a great pop song. He was great on Popstar to Operastar too. Just so sad about what happened there. 😔
February 7, 2026 at 12:22 PM