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1588:Philippines
1583:New Zealand
956:Just Listen
884:Contestants
831:Nota Fraid
514:Contestants
473:Just Listen
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1578:Kazakhstan
1408:References
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583:Nota Fraid
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203:(Season 2)
152:Production
144:of seasons
75:(Season 2)
55:Created by
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1701:Lithuania
1563:Indonesia
1548:Australia
1389:(Week 1)
1372:(Week 2)
1352:(Week 3)
1334:Peekaboo
1327:(Week 4)
1301:(Week 5)
1268:(Week 6)
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1199:(Week 8)
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233:‹See Tfd›
96:(winners)
1824:Regional
1812:The Band
1767:Slovenia
1762:Slovakia
1747:Faktor A
1726:Portugal
1641:Bulgaria
1593:Thailand
1522:Colombia
1510:Americas
1402:Faktor A
1396:See also
1085:(Final)
1046:(Final)
874:Valeriya
778:8 Marta
682:(Final)
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480:Over 25s
475:Peekaboo
430:Valeriya
395:Over 25s
324:Pop Idol
284:Фактор А
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218:Faktor A
113:Valeriya
80:Starring
1787:Ukraine
1735:Russia
1731:Romania
1686:Iceland
1681:Hungary
1671:Germany
1666:Georgia
1656:Finland
1651:Denmark
1636:Belgium
1624:Belarus
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710:Bottom
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614:Week 5
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1777:Sweden
1721:Poland
1716:Norway
1696:Latvia
1676:Greece
1661:France
1607:Europe
1573:Israel
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1485:Africa
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161:Moscow
128:Russia
101:Judges
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1553:China
1527:Chile
1206:O'Da
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