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About Indian Idol
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
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.
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.
Previous Winners
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. Amit Sana, Rahul Vaidya
and Prajakta Shukre have realesed their solo albums.
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.)
This Year
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:
Jodhpur & Bhubaneshwar - February 16
Hyderabad & Amritsar - February 18
Srinagar & Nagpur - February 21
Baroda - February 27 & February 28
Bhopal - March 7 & March 8
Kanpur - March 12 & March 13
Delhi - March 17, March 18 & March 19
Kolkata - March 24, March 25 & March 26
Birmingham, UK - March 30, March 31 & April 1
Mumbai - March 31, April 1 & April 3
Dubai, UAE - April 6 & April 7
The Top 13 are mentioned below
Amit Paul (Shillong)
Prashant Tamang (West Bengal)
Emon Chatterjee (West Bengal)
Ankita Mishra (Kanpur)- Eliminated on 1st September 2007
Meiyang Chang (Jharkhand) - Eliminated on 25th August 2007
Puja Chatterjee - Eliminated on 18th August 2007
Deepali Kishore (Bihar)- Eliminated on 11th August 2007
Abhishek Kumar (Bangalore)- Eliminated on 4th August 2007
Parleen Singh Gill (Haryana) - Eliminated on 28th July 2007
Charu Semwal (Uttaranchal)- Eliminated on 21st July 2007
Smita Adhikari (West Bengal) - Eliminated on 14th July
Jolly Das (from Season 2) (West Bengal) - Eliminated on 7th July 2007
Richa Aneja (Punjab) - Eliminated on 30th June
Judges
Jury Members
Javed Akhtar: Lyricist and Script writer (Season 3) .
Anu Malik: music director & singer (Season 1, 2 and 3).
Alisha Chinai: playback singer (Season 3).
Udit Narayan : playback singer (Season 3).
Sonu Nigam : playback singer (Season 1, 2)
Farah Khan : choreographer (Season 1, 2).
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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):
(Celebrity judges of Indian idol 3 in chronological order)
Adnan Sami for II3 Gala round on Friday, September 7 2007
Sonu Nigam for II3 Gala round on Friday, August 17 2007
Soniya Mehra for II3 Robaroo on Thursday August 16 2007
Kailash Kher for II3 Result on Saturday August 11, 2007
Anil Kapoor
Ajay Jadeja Guest Appearance on Friday, August 10, 2007
Ganesh Hegde for II3 Robaroo Thursday, August 09 2007
Ila Arun
Dr Seema Hingorani for Indian Idol 3 Robaroo Thursday, August 02 2007
Ritesh Deshmukh for Indian Idol 3 Robaroo Thursday July 26, 2007.
Govinda Ahuja
Shabana Azmi
Zayed Khan
Hosts
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, a famous TV actor.
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