Idolos (season 6)

The sixth season of Ídolos aired in 2015. João Manzarra was the presenter.

Semifinals Round

All the 20 finalists performed live at MEO Arena, but only 12 were chosen by the judges to perform at the live shows.

Finalists

João Couto (born 1995)^[1] is from Vila Nova de Gaia. For him, the hardest part of Ídolos was group stage. He wasn't seen as an Idol for many people, due to his look, but he improved a lot during the competition. He was announced as the winner on August 23, 2015. He is the fifth male winner, after the six seasons. Couto had never been in the bottom 2 or 3 until the Finale.

Sara Martins (born 1996)^[2] is from Barcelos. She did not audition, but she entered in the competition in the Theatre Round. She was asked to sing twice, in order for the judges to be able to qualify her and she sang "Creep" in a second performance. The judges all made huge compliments on her performance. She was in the Bottom 3, alongside Gonçalo and Albert, in the Top 11 round, and she was in the bottom 2, alongside Rita, in the Top 5 round.

Paulo Sousa (born 1991)^[3] is from Coimbra. He had already participated on the second season of Factor X (Portugal), but he was eliminated before the Finals. On the Top 9 round, the judges said he was too comfortable with his fan base that his performances were not improving. That night, he was in the bottom 3, but the following week, he gave one amazing performance, making the judges happy with his evolution. He was in the bottom 2, in the Semifinals Round, alongside Luís.

Finals

Top 12 - This Is Me

Andresa Tavares is the first finalist leaving the competition. The judges decided not to use the save with Andresa. Gonçalo Santos and Rita Nascimento were also in the bottom 3.

Top 11 (first week) - Cinema

Mafalda Portela was the contestant with the lowest number of votes, however, during her "saving performance", the judges interrupted it to say that they would keep her for another week. Carolina Bernardo and Miguel Moura dos Santo were both in the bottom 3.

Top 11 (second week) - Summer Festivals

Albert Tinho and Gonçalo Santos were the two finalists leaving the competition. Albert's name was the first to be revealed, but that doesn't necessarily mean that he was in 11th place. Sara Martins was shockingly in the bottom 3 and really close to be eliminated.

Top 9 - Dedications

Mário Pedrosa is the forth contestant to the leave the competition. Many people consider this one of the most shocking eliminations of the season, because Mário had never been in the bottom 3 in the first three live shows and many considered him a potential finalist. Rita Nascimento was also in the bottom 3 and Paulo Sousa was in the bottom 3 for the first time.

Top 8 - 80's

Mafalda Portela was, once again, eliminated by the viewers, but, this time, there was no possible save. Curiously, she was, once again, in the bottom 3 with both Carolina Bernardo and Miguel Moura dos Santos.

Top 7 - Guilty Pleasures

Miguel Moura dos Santos was eliminated this week, after being in the bottom 3 two times. He was in the bottom 3 with Carolina Bernardo and with Luís Travassos, who had never been in the bottom players until this point.

Top 6 - Viewers' Choice and Judges' Choice

Carolina Bernardo was the seventh finalist to leave the competition. She was in the bottom 3 with Rita Nascimento and Luís Travassos. This was the first time that the contestants sang two songs. It was revealed the Top 3 of the night which included Sara Martins, João Couto and Paulo Sousa (who ended up being the real Top 3 of the game).

Top 5 - Madonna vs Michael Jackson

Rita Nascimento sadly abandons the competition really close to the end, in 5th place. She was in the bottom 2 with Sara Martins, who wasn't in the bottom contestants for five weeks.

Top 4 - Duets / Year They Were Born

Top 3 - Finale (Part 1)

Top 2 - Finale (Part 2)

Elimination chart

• ^Note 1 On June 14, the judges picked the Top 12, however, only 10 were chosen directly to perform on the live shows. Albert and Nelson sang once again and only Albert went through. The same situation happened with Rita and Maria, having Rita been chosen to the Top 12. This were the two Wild Card picks.
• ^Note 2 During the live shows, João Manzarra only revealed the bottom 3 and the eliminated player. It has never been told which contestant had been in the bottom 2 with the eliminated one.
• ^Note 3 On June 28, Mafalda Portela was the contestant with the least amount of votes. However, the judges decided to use their only save on her. That decision meant that two singers would have to be eliminated the following week (Gonçalo and Albert).
• ^Note 4 On August 23, the three finalists all performed two times. After those two performances, the contestant with the lowest number of votes was revealed to be Paulo Sousa, ending in 3rd place. After that, the voting lines were reopened and João and Sara, the Top 2, sang another time. The final results were the combination of the votes received by them until Paulo's elimination and the votes received after that.

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