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Indian Idol 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. 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. Amit Sana, Rahul Vaidya and Prajakta Shukre have released their solo albums. 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. 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 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 addition, lyricist Javed Akhtar is also a new judge on the show. Auditions were held on the following dates in 2007: Jodhpur & BhubaneshwarFebruary 16 Hyderabad & AmritsarFebruary 18 Srinagar & NagpurFebruary 21 BarodaFebruary 27 & February 28 BhopalMarch 7 & March 8 KanpurMarch 12 & March 13 DelhiMarch 17, March 18 & March 19 KolkataMarch 24, March 25 & March 26 Birmingham, UKMarch 30, March 31 & April 1 MumbaiMarch 31, April 1 & April 3 Dubai, UAEApril 6 & April 7 The Top 13 are mentioned below Amit Paul (Shillong, Meghalaya) Prashant Tamang (Darjeeling, West Bengal) Emon Chatterjee (West Bengal)Eliminated on 8th September 2007 Ankita Mishra (Kanpur)Eliminated on 1st September 2007 Meiyang Chang (Jharkhand)Eliminated on 25th August 2007 Puja ChatterjeeEliminated 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: Pop and playback singer (Season 3). Udit Narayan : Playback singer (Season 3). Sonu Nigam : Pop and playback singer (Season 1, 2) Farah Khan : Choreographer (Season 1, 2). 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) John Abraham 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 Ajay Jadeja Guest Appearance on Friday, August 10, 2007 Ganesh Hegde for II3 Robaroo Thursday, August 09 2007 Ila Arun [[Dr Idol 3 Robaroo Thursday, August 02 2007 Ritesh Deshmukh for Indian Idol 3 Robaroo Thursday July 26, 2007. Govinda Ahuja Shabana Azmi Zayed Khan (Celebrity judges of Indian idol 1 and 2) Juhi Chawla Priyanka Chopra Karan Johar Kajol for the finals of Season 1 and Season 2. Kareena Kapoor Fardeen Khan Salman Khan Sohail Khan Zayed Khan for season 1 and 3 Kailash Kher : playback singer (Season 3) for Kanpur audition. Diya Mirza Dino Morea Sunidhi Chauhan Vivek Oberoi Amisha Patel Abhijeet Sawant Mallika Sherawatlll Shilpa Shetty Will Smith (Guest Appearance, not judge) Tabu Preity Zinta 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. Season 1 (2004-2005) Abhijeet Sawant Winner Amit Sana Runner -up Rahul Saxena February 18 Rahul Vaidya February 12 Prajakta Shukre February 5 Aditi Paul January 28 Mukesh Kumar Pancholi January 21 Harish Moyal January 14 Ravinder Ravi January 7 Amit Tandon December 31 Vishal Kothari December 24 Priyanka Venkateshwara Dropped out Season 2 (2005-2006) Sandeep Acharya Winner NC Karunya Runner -up 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 (to be in season 3) Yashashree Bhave January 24 Sagar Sawarkar January 17 Season 3 (2007) Amit Paul Finalist Prashant Tamang Finalist Emon Chatterjee September 8 Ankita Mishra September 1 Meiyang Chang August 25 Puja Chatterjee August 18 Deepali Kishore August 11 Abhishek Kumar August 4 Parleen Singh Gill July 28 Charu Semwal July 21 Smita Adhikari July 14 Jolly Das July 7 Richa Aneja June 30 Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Idol |
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