''Indian Idol'' is an Indian singing reality show of

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. It is an Indian version of the British show '' Pop Idol'' and is part of ''Indian Idol'' series. It has aired on Sony Entertainment Television since 2004. The show has spawned

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like ''

Indian Idol Junior ''Indian Idol Junior'' is an Indian Hindi-language reality television singing competition and is part of ''Indian Idol''. It began broadcasting on Sony Entertainment Television from 1 June 2013. Karan Wahi and Mandira Bedi were hosts of the sho ...

,'' which replaced the show for the seventh and eight seasons. On 15 August 2021, Pawandeep Rajan won the Indian Idol season 12. Season 13 is ongoing on television, Neha Kakkar, Vishal Dadlani are judges.

Summary

Season 1

* Judges Anu Malik Farah Khan Sonu Nigam * Host

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Mini Mathur

Top 12 Contestants

Season 2

* Judges Anu Malik Farah Khan Sonu Nigam * Host Mini Mathur

Top 12 Contestants

Season 3

* Judges

Javed Akhtar Javed Akhtar (born 17 January 1945) is an Indian poet, lyricist, screenwriter and political activist. Known for his work in Hindi cinema, he has won five National Film Awards, and received the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 200 ...

Anu Malik Alisha Chinai

Udit Narayan Udit is an Indian masculine given name that may refer to: *Udit Narayan, Bollywood playback singer *Udit Narayan (politician) (born 1960), Fijian politician of Indian descent *Udit Narayan Singh (1770–1835), Indian monarch *Udit Patel (born 1984 ...

* Host

Hussain Kuwajerwala Hussain Kuwajerwala is an Indian television actor, host and model. After several modelling campaigns and commercials, Kuwajerwala landed a role in the popular soap opera ''Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'' which was followed by a lead role in ...

Mini Mathur

Top 13 Contestants

Season 4

The fourth season of ''Indian Idol'' was aired on Sony TV from 19 September 2008 to 1 March 2009. For the first time in ''Indian Idol'' history, there were two women among the top three finalists.

Sourabhee Debbarma Sourabhee Debbarma (born 1985) is an Indian singer who was a contestant on the ''Indian Idol 4'', where she became the first female winner.

who hails from

Agartala Agartala () is the capital city of the Indian state of Tripura, and is one of the largest cities in northeast India. The city is governed by the Agartala Municipal Corporation. The city is the seat of the Government of Tripura. It is located on ...

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won the competition and became the first female contestant to do so. By doing so, she also won a contract of Rs. 1 crore with

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and a TATA Winger. She released an album, ''Meherbaan'', as per a contract with Sony. Kapil Thapa was runner-up while Torsha Sarkar finished third. One of the contestants, Bhavya Pandit, received an offer to sing the song "Aaja Lehraate" for the film ''

What's Your Raashee ''What's Your Raashee?'' () is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. It was produced by Ronnie Screwvala and Sunita A. Gowariker. The film stars Harman Baweja and Priyanka Chopra, with Dar ...

'', alongside singer Gautam Mrinaal. * Judges

Anu Malik Sonali Bendre

Kailash Kher Kailash Kher (born 7 July 1973) is an Indian music composer and singer. He sings songs with a music style influenced by Indian folk music and Sufi music. He was inspired by the classical musicians' Pandit Kumar Gandharva, Pandit Hridaynath Ma ...

* Host

Meiyang Chang Meiyang Chang (born 6 October 1982) is an Indian actor, television host, singer and a dentist. He came to prominence as a contestant on the third season of the singing reality show '' Indian Idol''. Following this, he began his acting career ...

Top 14 Contestants

Season 5

* Judges Anu Malik

Sunidhi Chauhan Sunidhi Chauhan (pronounced ; born 14 August 1983) is an Indian playback singer. Born in Delhi, she began performing in local gatherings at the age of 5 and made her career debut at the age of 13, with the film ''Shastra'' (1996). During the ye ...

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* Host

Abhijeet Sawant

Top 13 Contestants

Note: Sreerama, Rakesh, and Bhoomi were the top 3. Sreeram was crowned the winner without announcing the 1st and 2nd runner-ups.

Season 6

The sixth season aired on Sony TV from 1 June 2012 to 1 September 2012. The winner of the sixth season was

Vipul Mehta Vipul Mehta (born 1990) is an Indian playback singer, originating from Amritsar, Punjab, India. He won the title of Indian Idol (Hindi TV series), ''Indian Idol'' in season 6 of the show i.e. on 1 September 2012. Vipul Mehta learned classical sin ...

. * Judges Anu Malik

Asha Bhosle Asha Bhosle (; Mangeshkar; born 8 September 1933) is an Indian playback singer, entrepreneur and occasional actress and television personality who predominantly works in Indian Cinema. Known for her versatility, she has been described in the ...

* Host

Mini Mathur On 23 June 2012, the judges selected the top 16 contestants to perform in the Gala Rounds.

Contestants

Indian Idol Junior Season 1

* Judges Vishal Dadlani Shreya Ghoshal Shekhar Ravjiani * Host

Karan Wahi Karan Wahi (born 9 June 1986) is an Indian actor, model and television host. Wahi has also played for the Delhi under-17 cricket team. He started his television career in 2004 with the television show ''Remix (TV series), Remix'' on Star One. H ...

Mandira Bedi

Top 11 Contestants

Indian Idol Junior Season 2

Indian Idol Junior Season 2 started on30 May 2015 and finished on 6 September 2015. * Judges

Sonakshi Sinha replaced

Shalmali Kholgade Shalmali Kholgade is an Indian playback singer, who predominantly sings for Hindi language films. In addition to Hindi, she has also sung in other Indian languages such as Marathi, Bengali, Telugu and Tamil. Through her singing career, she has re ...

Vishal Dadlani * Host

Asha Negi Asha Negi (born 23 August 1989) is an Indian television actress. She is known for playing Purvi Deshmukh in ''Pavitra Rishta'' and Gauravi Karmarkar in ''Baarish''. In 2010, Negi debuted into television with the role of Madhura in ''Sapnon Se ...

Top 13 Contestants

Season 9

* Judges Anu Malik Farah Khan Sonu Nigam * Host

Paritosh Tripathi

Top 14 Contestants

Season 10

* Judges Javed Ali replaced Anu Malik

Neha Kakkar Neha Kakkar Singh (; née Kakkar; born 6 June 1988), is an Indian playback singer. She is the younger sister of playback singer Sonu Kakkar. She began performing at a very early age at religious events. In 2005, she participated in the second s ...

Vishal Dadlani * Host

Manish Paul Maniesh Paul (born 3 August 1981) is an Indian television presenter, anchor, model, singer, actor and comedian in Bollywood. Starting his career as an RJ and VJ, he moved to acting before taking up stand-up comedy and hosting. Early life and ...

Top 14 Contestants

Season 11

The 11th season started to air on 12 October 2019 on Sony TV. It was being hosted by singer Aditya Narayan.

has returned as one of the judges on popular demand along with Vishal Dadlani and Anu Malik, who came back to the show as a judge after his suspension from the judging panel for Me Too allegations. He was then been replaced by

Himesh Reshammiya Himesh Reshammiya (born 23 July 1973) is an Indian playback singer, music director, songwriter, film & music producer and actor in Hindi cinema. He started his career as music director in the film '' Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya'' in 1998 and made ...

. * Judges Himesh Reshammiya replaced Anu Malik Neha Kakkar Vishal Dadlani * Host Aditya Narayan

Top 16 contestants

Season 12

The 12th season started on 28 November 2020 on Sony TV. The grand finale aired from 12 noon to 12 midnight on 15 August 2021. Pawandeep Rajan was declared the winner of the season and Arunita Kanjilal became the 1st Runner-up. This was the longest running season of Indian Idol. * Judges Anu Malik Sonu Kakkar

* Former judges Vishal Dadlani

Although Vishal Dadlani, Neha Kakkar and Himesh Reshammiya were the original judges, when the shoot shifted out of Mumbai, then Vishal Dadlani, and Neha Kakkar couldn't join and makers replaced them by Anu Malik and Sonu Kakkar. * Host Aditya Narayan * Former Hosts Bharti Singh

Haarsh Limbachiyaa Haarsh Limbachiya (born 30 January 1987) is an Indian screenwriter, producer and television host. He has written for the shows '' Comedy Circus Ke Tansen'', ''Comedy Nights Bachao'' and ''Comedy Nights Live''. He also wrote dialogues for the fi ...

Rithvik Dhanjani Jay Bhanushali Aditya Narayan was the original host but Bharti & Harsh, Rithvik and Jay replaced him when he came out to be COVID +ve. Bharti and Harsh replaced him on February 28.

Top 15 contestants

Season 13

The Ground Auditions started in July 2022. The show started on 10 September 2022. * Judges

Vishal Dadlani * Host Aditya Narayan Former Judge Neha Kakkar * Former Host

Top 15 Contestants

References

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