Arab Idol is an Android app developed by MBC Group (DMC3, Dubai Media City, Dubai, UAE). Others apps created by MBC Group are: MBC FM, Panorama FM, Wanasah, MBC Guide, SHAHID, The X Factor, WIZZO.

Arab Idol first became available on 12 Jan 2012. It is estimated that Arab Idol has been downloaded between 500000 and 1000000 times from the Play Store.

Arab Idol 3.1.1 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows an application to read from external storage.

Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.

Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting. If you don't request this permission, you will not receive the broadcast at that time. Though holding this permission does not have any security implications, it can have a negative impact on the user experience by increasing the amount of time it takes the system to start and allowing applications to have themselves running without the user being aware of them. As such, you must explicitly declare your use of this facility to make that visible to the user.

Allows access to the vibrator.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.

Allows an application to write to external storage.