Indian Idol

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Indian Idol
Indian Idol Finalists (with dates of elimination)
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)
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 (the makers of American Idol), which is owned by the German media corporation Bertelsmann.

Contents 1 Structure 1.1 Audition round 1.2 Theatre round 1.3 Piano round 1.4 Gala round 2 Prizes 3 Season One 4 Season Two 4.1 Judges 4.1.1 Jury Members 4.1.2 Celebrity Judges 4.2 Presenters 5 External links

[edit] Structure

The show is segmented into four rounds:

[edit] Audition round

In order to get an audition, potential contestants are told to receive a registration number by using either an Airtel or landline telephone. With those registration numbers, contestants meet with the "Indian Idol crew" to confirm eligibility and schedule an audition with the show's producers.

Auditions are then conducted in Delhi, Kolkata, Lucknow and Mumbai. From a potential pool of thousands, the show's producers shortlist contestants who then audition for a panel of judges. The judges must then choose approximately 120 contestants to consider further.

[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 & 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 - Happy New Year and Amit Tandon got work in a new serial from Ekta Kapoor and Balaji Telefilms

[edit] 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. 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] Judges

[edit] Jury Members

• Sonu Nigam - playback singer.
• Farah Khan - choreographer/director.
• Anu Malik - an established music director.

[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:

• Vivek Oberoi
• Priyanka Chopra
• Karan Johar
• Kajol for the finals of Season 1 and Season 2.
• Preity Zinta
• Tabu
• Will Smith
• Juhi Chawla
• Abhijeet Sawant
• Sohail Khan
• Dino Morea
• Kareena Kapoor
• Amisha Patel
• Diya Mirza
• Fardeen Khan
• Zayed Khan
• Shilpa Shetty
• Salman Khan
• Mallika Sherawat
• Arbaaz Khan

[edit] Presenters

Mini Mathur, a music TV VJ and Aman Yatan Verma, an established TV anchor and actor, presented the first season, and are hosting the second season as well.

[edit] External links

• Indian Idol Official site
• Critic in media
• Anu Malik's Interview