Indian Idol
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| Indian Idol | |
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| Indian Idol Finalists (with dates of elimination) |
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| Season 1 (2004-2005) | |
| Abhijeet Sawant | Winner |
| Amit Sana | March 4 |
| Rahul Vaidya | February 18 |
| Prajakta Shukre | February 12 |
| Ravinder Ravi | February 4 |
| Aditi Paul | January 28 |
| Mukesh Kumar Pancholi | January 21 |
| Harish Moyal | January 14 |
| Rahul Saxena | January 7 |
| Amit Tandon | December 31 |
| Vishal Kothari | December 24 |
| Priyanka Venkateshwara | Dropped out |
| Season 2 (2005-2006) | |
| Indian Idol Season 2 Finalists (with dates of elimination) |
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| Sandeep Acharya | Winner |
| NC Karunya | April 22 |
| Anuj Sharma | April 4 |
| Amey Date | March 14 |
| Antara Mitra | March 7 |
| Meenal Jain | February 28 |
| Ravi Tripathi | February 21 |
| Panna Gill | February 14 |
| Monali Thakur | February 7 |
| Neha Kakkar | January 31 |
| Jolly Das | Dropped out |
| Yashashree Bhave | January 24 |
| Sagar Sawarkar | January 17 |
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.
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[edit] Structure
The show is segmented into four rounds:
[edit] Theatre round
Held in Mumbai, contestants perform one song to the panel of judges. The deliberations must limit the contender pool to 28 hopefuls.
[edit] Piano round
The 28 semifinalists are split up into four groups of seven each; two girl groups, two boy groups. From each group three finalists are chosen by the public who go on to form the final 12.
[edit] Gala round
One contestant is eliminated each week by viewer votes.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Season Two
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. Eliminated 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.)
[edit] Season Three
Season three marks the arrival of two new judges. Anu Malik will be joined by singer Alisha Chinoy who will be replacing Farah Khan, and Udit Narayan who replaces Sonu Nigam. Auditions are set for the following dates:
Jodhpur & Bhubaneshwar (Feb 15th),
Hyderabad & Amritsar (Feb 18th),
Srinagar & Nagpur (Feb 21st),
Baroda (Feb 27th & 28th),
Bhopal (March 7th & 8th),
Kanpur (March 12th & 13th),
Delhi (March 17th, 18th & 19th),
Kolkata (March 24th, 25th & 26th),
Mumbai (March 31st , 1st & 2nd April)
[edit] Judges
[edit] Jury Members
- Sonu Nigam: playback singer & actor (Season 1 and 2).
- Farah Khan: choreographer/director (Season 1 and 2).
- Anu Malik: an established music director. (Season 1, 2 and 3).
- Alisha Chinoy: playback singer (Season 3).
- Udit Narayan: playback singer (Season 3).
[edit] 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:
- Juhi Chawla
- Priyanka Chopra
- Karan Johar
- Kajol for the finals of Season 1 and Season 2.
- Kareena Kapoor
- Arbaaz Khan
- Fardeen Khan
- Salman Khan
- Sohail Khan
- Zayed Khan
- Diya Mirza
- Dino Morea
- Vivek Oberoi
- Amisha Patel
- Abhijeet Sawant
- Mallika Sherawat
- Shilpa Shetty
- Will Smith
- Tabu
- Preity Zinta
[edit] Presenters
Mini Mathur, a music TV VJ and Aman Verma, an established TV anchor and actor, presented the first season, and are hosting the second season as well. In third season, Mini Mathur and Hussain Kuwajaerwala are going to host.
[edit] External links
- Indian Idol Official site
- Critic in media
- Anu Malik's Interview
- Indian Idol Season 3 announcement
- Indian Idol Season 3 announcement (Judges)
- Indian Idol Discussion Forum on India Forums
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