The title of (Arab Idol) returned in its first season, which was presented for weeks by MBC 1 to the Egyptian participant Carmen Suleiman, after a fierce competition in the finals, in which the promising Moroccan artist, Donia Batma, starred.
The jury announced that Carmen Suleiman had obtained a higher percentage of the audience's votes than the percentage obtained by Donia Batma in a vote that began on Friday evening and concluded yesterday evening, Saturday, when the final episode of the program was launched.
And Donia Batma excelled, with clear brilliance, igniting the palms of applause in the performance of the songs (More than what I dream of), (Ya from Ali Hassan Zad) and (I honestly love you) by Emirati artist Ahlam, a member of the jury, who did not hide her admiration for the talent of the emerging Moroccan artist.
Members of the Moroccan community in Lebanon were on time. They attended a large number of studio (Heat MBC) in East Beirut, and voted for Donia, who came from an artistic family in Casablanca that gave birth in particular to the late Arab Batma. Moroccan flags fluttered and cheers resounded in the studio.
In a statement to MAP, Amal Hajji, Morocco's deputy ambassador to Lebanon, said that the Moroccan embassy in Beirut “has transformed for days into a continuous work cell to organize the arrival of the Moroccan community members and secure their arrival, including the Balghith husband who came from Benslimane specifically. To follow this artistic event.
The hope was Dounia's mother and her father, the artist Hamid Batma, who attended on Friday and Saturday, that she would win the deserved title, and the same hope was led by large numbers of fans of Dounia's talent from Moroccans and others. There were tears of sadness and angry voices.
Fans of Arab nationalities sympathetic to the Moroccan candidate commented, "The important thing is that Arab art won a real, talented and ready artist of the caliber of Donia Batma, and the title is only one battle. As for the war of steadfastness in the arena of artistic tender, it is open on a wide horizon."
