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Indian Idol
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| Indian Idol | |
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 Indian Idol Title Card |
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| Format | Interactive reality game show |
| Created by |  Simon Fuller |
| Presented by |  Mini Mathur (2005-2007) Aman Verma (2005-2006) Hussain Kuwajerwala |
| Judges | Farah Khan (2005-2006) Annu Malik (2005-present) Sonu Nigam (2005-2006) Alisha Chinai (2007) Udit Narayan (2007) Javed Akhtar (2007) |
| Country of origin | India |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
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| Location(s) | Delhi |
| Running time | Varies |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | SET |
| Original run | 2004 – Present |
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| IMDb profile | |
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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Several celebrity judges have been on the show to comment on the performances and to inspire and suggest constructive criticism for the singers.
They include Juhi Chawla, Priyanka Chopra, Karan Johar, Kareena Kapoor, Fardeen Khan, Salman Khan, Sohail Khan, Zayed Khan, Diya Mirza, Dino Morea, , Vivek Oberoi, Amisha Patel, Mallika Sherawat, Shilpa Shetty, Tabu and Preity Zinta. Kajol was invited to the finale of both season one and two. Hollywood actor Will Smith made a special appearance to offer his advice to the finalists of season two. Contestant N. C. Karunya aided Will to sing a verse of Eh, kya bolte tu? from Ghulam. In addition to actors, playback singers Sunidhi Chauhan, Kailash Kher, and season one winner Abhijeet Sawant were all invited to judge.
The list of celebrity judges that appeared for season three included many more individuals that were involved in the music industry. However there were still appearances of actors as well. Season three also introduced Indian Idol Roobaroo, a thirty minute "talk show" format program that allowed the remaining contestants of that week to sit down and chat with host Mini Mathur. On several occasions they were joined by celebrity guests.
The celebrity guests of Indian Idol 3 are:
- Usha Uthup
- John Abraham and Bipasha Basu for II3 Gala round on Saturday, September 15, 2007
- 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 (date unknown)
- Ajay Jadeja Guest Appearance on Friday, August 10, 2007
- Ganesh Hegde for II3 Robaroo Thursday, August 09, 2007
- Ila Arun (date unknown)
- Ritesh Deshmukh for Indian Idol 3 Robaroo Thursday, July 26, 2007
- Govinda Ahuja(date unknown)
- Shabana Azmi (date unknown)
- Zayed Khan (date unknown)
- Zubeen Garg (date unknown)
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 released 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 and has just released a solo album. 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.Antara also sung a duet with Sonu Nigam in Speed. 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, N. C. Karunya, Antara Mitra, Anuj Sharma, and Amey Date.)
Official website of Sandeep Acharya - Winner Season 2
The winner of the Third season was Prashant Tamang, who hails from Darjeeling in West Bengal. The runner-up, Amit Paul was from Shillong, Meghalaya.
Voting count of Indian Idol 3 Finale has broken many records, around 7 crore (70 million) votes were received[1].
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