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Indian Idol
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Indian Idol Finalists
(with dates of elimination)
Season 1 (2004-2005)
Abhijeet SawantWinner
Amit SanaMarch 4
Rahul VaidyaFebruary 18
Prajakta ShukreFebruary 12
Ravinder RaviFebruary 4
Aditi PaulJanuary 28
Mukesh Kumar PancholiJanuary 21
Harish MoyalJanuary 14
Rahul SaxenaJanuary 7
Amit TandonDecember 31
Vishal KothariDecember 24
Priyanka VenkateshwaraDropped out
Season 2 (2005-2006)
Sandeep AcharyaWinner
NC KarunyaApril 22
Anuj SharmaApril 4
Amey DateMarch 14
Antara MitraMarch 7
Meenal JainFebruary 28
Ravi TripathiFebruary 21
Panna GillFebruary 14
Monali ThakurFebruary 7
Neha KakkarJanuary 31
Jolly DasDropped out
(to be in season 3)
Yashashree BhaveJanuary 24
Sagar SawarkarJanuary 17
Season 3 (2007)
Abhishek Kumar
Amit Paul
Ankita Mishra
Deepali Kishore
Emon Chaterjee
Meiyang Chang
Prashant Tamang
Puja Chatterjee
Parleen Singh GillJuly 28
Charu Semwal July 21
Smita AdhikariJuly 14
Jolly DasJuly 7
Richa Aneja June 30

Indian Idol is a popular television show on Indian television, a singing talent contest to determine the best undiscovered young singer in the country. It is based on the international Idol series format, launched by UK show Pop Idol.

The program airs two back-to-back prime-time shows a week: the first night features an hour of performances while the second night features an elimination. The show is produced and broadcasted on Sony TV, India and is coproduced with FremantleMedia (makers of the Idol series), which is owned by the German media corporation Bertelsmann.

Structure

The show is segmented into four rounds:

Theater round

Held in contestants perform one song to the panel of judges. The deliberations must limit the contender pool to 28 hopefuls.

Piano round

The 28 semifinalists sing in groups of males and females separately. On first day 2 female singers go out and second day 2 male singers. After that 3 singers each for 2 rounds to make it top 12.

Gala round

One contestant is eliminated each week by viewer votes.

Prizes

The winner signs a contract worth ten million rupees with Sony Entertainment Television (India) along with a chance to record an album. The winner also receives a car and in the second season Sandeep Acharya also got a guitar signed by Abhijeet Sawant.

Season One

The winner of the first season of Indian Idol was Abhijeet Sawant.

The last 12 finalists are thought to have a good chance of finding a place in the Indian music industry and films. For example, Rahul Saxena, who failed to make it to the top 6, has been offered a song by Indian Idol judge and director, Farah Khan, in her new film Om Shanti Om and Amit Tandon got work in a new serial from Ekta Kapoor and Balaji Telefilms.

Season Two

Main article: Indian Idol (season 2)

The winner of the second season of Indian Idol was Sandeep Acharya.

Many of the top 10 contestants have commenced their singing careers. Neha Kakkar has rendered a song for a pop album where she sings "Chandani Raatein". Yashashree Bhave has tied the knot and settled down, teaching students music at her home. Panna Gill is doing stage shows. Sixth place contestant Meenal Jain has done stage shows with Sonu Nigam and also received an offer from Anu Malik. In addition, Antara Mitra, a regular favorite of Anu Malik, has also been presented an offer from many music directors and also is recording her solo album. Antara also gets to sing a duet with the Indian Idol in his album for being the top female contestant. Monali Thakur, has sung for Preity Zinta in the movie Jaaneman(2006), as promised by Anu Malik. There is also an album being made with the top five (which consists of Sandeep Acharya, NC Karunya, Antara Mitra, Anuj Sharma, and Amey Date.)

Season Three

Main article: Indian Idol (season 3) Episodes

Season three marked the arrival of two new judges on 4 May, 2007. Anu Malik was joined by singer Alisha Chinai who replaced Farah Khan, and Udit Narayan also joined the judges, replacing Sonu Nigam. In additon, lyricist Javed Akhtar is also a new judge on the show. Auditions were held on the following dates in 2007:

The Top 13 are:

Wild Card Episode

On June 15th-18th the Indian Idol Wild Card Challenge took place. 18 of the previously eliminated contestants competed once again for a place in the finals. The judges selected 7 contestants who they thought should have had a place in the finals. After performing on June 15, 3 of them were voted out. On June 18th, 2 out of the remaining 4 contestants will be admitted into the Indian Idol Gala Round. One contestant out of the two will be selected by public vote and the second will be selected by the judges.

  • (As of June 23) The Wild Card Contestants are :
  • Ankita Mishra(Kanpur)Selected by Judges
  • Amit Paul(Shillong) Selected by public vote
  • Suhit Gosain(Gurgaon)Eliminated June 23
  • Bhavin Dhanak(Mumbai)Eliminated June 16
  • Aisha Sayed(Mumbai)Eliminated June 16
  • Shantanu Sudame(Gwalior)Eliminated June 16
  • Padmanov Bordoloi(Guwahati)Eliminated June 23

Bottom three statistics

Date Bottom Four
June 30 Richa Aneja Puja Chatterjee Parleen Singh Gill Charu Semwal
July 7 Jolly Das Smita Adhikari Emon Chatterjee Deepali
July 14 Smita Adhikari (2) Parleen Singh Gill (2) Charu Semwal (2)
July 21 Charu Semwal (3) Deepali (2) Puja Chatterjee (2) Abhishek Kumar
July 28 Parleen (3) Puja Chatterjee (3) Deepali (3)

Judges

Jury Members

Celebrity judges

Every week a celebrity judge is called on the show to comment on the performances and to inspire the singers. Here is a list of special judges who appeared in Indian Idol (In alphabetical order):

Presenters

Mini Mathur, a music TV VJ and Aman Verma, an established TV anchor and actor, presented the first season and second season as a pair. In third season, Mini Mathur was joined by Hussain Kuwajerwala. 

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