Indian Idol

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{{short description|Indian version of the Pop Idol format}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox television
| name = Indian Idol
| image = Indian Idol.png
| image_alt =
| caption = Logo {{as of|2020|lc=y}}
| genre = [[Reality television]]
| creator = [[Simon Fuller]]
| based_on =
| developer =
| writer =
| director = {{ubl|Vandy (2007–present)| Monisha Jaising Vaid (2010–present)| Partha Thakur (2010–present)| Vishal Mull (2005–06)| [[Niret Alva]] (2005–06)| Nikhil J Alva (2005–06)| Nivedith T Alva (2007)| Bhavna Israni (2007–13)| Indrajit Ray (2007)| Satish Datt (2011–12)| Ujjwal Anand (2012–13)}}
| creative_director =
| presenter = {{ubl|[[Mini Mathur]] (2004–07, 2012)| [[Hussain Kuwajerwala]] (2007–2015)| [[Aman Verma (actor)|Aman Verma]] (2004–06)| [[Meiyang Chang]] (2008–09)| [[Abhijeet Sawant]] (2010)| [[Prajakta Shukre]] (2010)| [[Asha Negi]] (2015)| [[Karan Wahi]] (2013, 2017)|Paritosh Tripathi (2017)| [[Manish Paul]] (2018-20) {{efn|replacement for 2 episodes in 2020}}| [[Jay Bhanushali]] (2018){{efn|replacement for 2 episodes in 2018}}| [[Aditya Narayan]] (2019-present)| [[Bharti Singh]] (2021) | [[Haarsh Limbachiyaa]] (2021) | [[Rithvik Dhanjani]] (2021){{efn|replacement for 2 weeks in 2021, due to Narayan being COVID positive}}}}
| starring =
| judges = {{ubl|[[Shreya Ghoshal]] (2013)|[[Anu Malik]] (2004– present)| [[Salim Merchant]] (2010–2012)| [[Asha Bhosle]] (2012)| [[Farah Khan]] (2004–2017)| [[Sonu Nigam]] (2004-2017)| [[Alisha Chinai]] (2007)| [[Udit Narayan]] (2007)| [[Javed Akhtar]] (2007–09)| [[Sonali Bendre]] (2008–09)| [[Kailash Kher]] (2008–09)| [[Sonakshi Sinha]] (2015)| [[Shalmali Kholgade]] (2015)| [[Sunidhi Chauhan]] (2010-2012)|[[Shekhar Ravjiani]] (2013)|[[Vishal Dadlani]] (2013–2021)| [[Neha Kakkar]] (2018–2021)| [[Javed Ali]] (2018)|[[Himesh Reshammiya]] (2020-present)| [[Manoj Muntashir]] (2021)| [[Sonu Kakkar]] (2021-present)}}
| voices =
| narrated =
| theme_music_composer = [[Julian Gingell]] Barry Stone [[Cathy Dennis]]
| opentheme =
| endtheme =
| composer =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| num_seasons = 12
| num_episodes = 317 
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = Anupama Mandloi (2010–present) [[Niret Alva]] (2005–09) Nikhil J Alva (2005–09)
| producer = Namit Sharma (2010–present) Ashok (2008–09)
| editor =
| location = Initial auditions: Various Mumbai auditions: National Centre of Performing Arts, [[Mumbai]]
| cinematography =
| camera =
| runtime = 1–2 hrs
| company = ARSenic's Business Empire(2010–present) Fremantlemedia India [[Miditech Pvt. Ltd.]] (2005–09)
| distributor = [[Fremantle (company)|FremantleMedia Enterprises]]
| network = [[Sony Entertainment Television (India)|SET]]
| picture_format = [[576i]] [[1080i]] (HDTV)
| audio_format = [[Dolby Digital]] [[Surround sound|5.1]]
| first_aired = {{start date|df=y|2004|10|30}}
| last_aired = present
| related =
| website = https://www.sonyliv.com/shows/indian-idol-1700000008
| website_title = Indian Idol
| production_website =
}}
'''''Indian Idol''''' is the Indian version of the ''[[Pop Idol]]'' format that has aired on [[Sony Entertainment Television (India)|Sony Entertainment Television]] since 2004.<ref name=season1>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/media/story/20050228-amit-sana-rahul-vaidya-and-abhijeet-sawant-finalist-of-the-first-indian-idol-788147-2005-02-28|title= Making of an Idol|work=[[India Today]]|access-date=14 March 2018|date=28 February 2005}}</ref> The show has spawned [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] like ''[[Indian Idol Junior]],'' which replaced the show for the seventh and eight seasons. The current winner of Season 11 is [[Sunny Hindustani]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Indian Idol 11 Grand Finale: Sunny Hindustani is the winner |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/reality-tv/story/indian-idol-11-grand-finale-live-updates-1649265-2020-02-23 |access-date=7 April 2020 |work=India Today |date=23 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
== Summary ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" font-size:100%;
!scope|Season
!scope|Year
!scope|Channel
!scope|Host
!scope|Contestants
!scope|Winner
!scope|Runner-up
|-
|'''1'''||2004–05|| rowspan="12" |[[Sony Entertainment Television|Sony TV]]|| rowspan="2" |[[Aman Verma (actor)|Aman Verma]] [[Mini Mathur]]||12||[[Abhijeet Sawant]]||[[Amit Sana]]
|-
|'''2'''||2005–06||12||[[Sandeep Acharya]]||[[N. C. Karunya]]
|-
|'''3'''||2007||[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]] [[Mini Mathur]]||13||[[Prashant Tamang]]||[[Amit Paul]]
|-
|'''4'''||2008–09||[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]] [[Meiyang Chang]]||12||[[Sourabhee Debbarma]]||Kapil Thapa
|-
|'''5'''||2010||[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]] [[Abhijeet Sawant]] ||13||[[Sreerama Chandra Mynampati]]||[[Bhoomi Trivedi]] and Rakesh Maini
|-
|'''6'''||2012||[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]] [[Mini Mathur]]||16||[[Vipul Mehta]]||Amit Kumar and Devandra Pal Singh
|-
|'''IIJ S1'''||2013||[[Karan Wahi]] [[Mandira Bedi]]||11||Anjana Padmanabhan||Debanjana Karmakar
|-
|'''IIJ S2'''||2015||[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]] [[Asha Negi]]||13||[[Ananya Nanda]]||[[Nahid Afrin]]
|-
|'''9'''||2016–17||[[Karan Wahi]] Paritosh Tripathi||14||[[L. V. Revanth]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/indian-idol-9-lv-revanth-is-the-winner-of-the-reality-show/articleshow/57978405.cms|title=Indian Idol 9: preetham is the winner of the reality show – Times of India|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref>||Khuda Baksh
|-
|'''10'''||2018||[[Manish Paul]]||14||[[Salman Ali]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/indian-idol-10-haryanas-salman-ali-bags-the-trophy/articleshow/67224250.cms|title=Indian Idol 10 winner's: Haryana's Salman Ali bags the trophy – Times of India|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref>||[[Ankush Bhardwaj]]
|-
|'''11'''
|2019
|[[Aditya Narayan]]
|17
|[[Sunny Hindustani]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mumbailive.com/en/television/indian-idol-11-grand-finale-sunny-hindustani-is-the-winner-rohit-raut-was-the-runner-up-of-sony-tv-show-45730|title=Sunny Hindustani is the winner of Indian Idol 11|website=Mumbai Live|language=en|access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref>
|[[Rohit Raut|Rohit Shyam Raut]]
|-
|'''12'''
|2020-2021
|[[Aditya Narayan]]
|15
|TBC
|TBC
|}
== Season 1 ==
{{unreferenced section|date=January 2020}}
*'''Judges'''
[[Anu Malik]] [[Farah Khan]] [[Sonu Nigam]]
*'''Host'''
[[Aman Verma (actor)|Aman Verma]] [[Mini Mathur]]
=== Top 12 Contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%; line-height:25px; width:auto;"
! Name
! Hometown
! Result
! Place
|-
| Utkarsh Anand
| [[Mumbai]]
| {{won|Winner}}
| 1st
|-
| [[Amit Sana]]
| [[Bhilai]]
| {{Runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd
|-
| [[Rahul Vaidya]]
| [[Nagpur]]
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
| [[Prajakta Shukre]]
| [[Maharashtra]]
| style="background:#DDA0DD;" | 3rd Runner-up
| 4th
|-
| Ravinder Ravi
| [[Ludhiana]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 5th
|-
| [[Aditi Paul]]
| [[Chennai]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
| Mukesh Pancholi
| [[Faridabad]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
| Harish Moyal
| [[Itanagar]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
| Rahul Saxena
| [[Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh|Ghaziabad]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
| [[Amit Tandon]]
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
| Vishal Kothari
| [[Mumbai]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|-
| Priyanka Venkateswar
| [[Mumbai]]
| {{Quit|Withdrew}}
| 13th
|}
== Season 2 ==
{{unreferenced section|date=January 2020}}
*'''Judges'''
[[Anu Malik]] 
[[Farah Khan]] 
[[Sonu Nigam]]
*'''Host'''
[[Mini Mathur]]
=== Top 12 Contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%; line-height:25px; width:auto;"
! Name
! Hometown
! Result
! Place
|-
| Utkarsh Anand
| Bihar
| {{won|Winner}}
| 1st
|-
| [[N. C. Karunya]]
| [[Hyderabad]]
| {{Runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd
|-
| [[Anuj Sharma]]
| [[Himachal Pradesh]]
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
| Amey Date
| [[Mumbai]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 4th
|-
| [[Antara Mitra]]
| [[West Bengal]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 5th
|-
| [[Meenal Jain]]
| [[Indore]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
| [[Ravi K. Tripathi]]
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
| Panna Gill
| [[Punjab]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
| [[Monali Thakur]]
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
| [[Neha Kakkar]]
| [[Rishikesh]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
| [[Yashashree Bhave]]
| [[Satara (city)|Satara]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
| Sagar Sawarkar
| [[Mumbai]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|}
==Season 3==
{{unreferenced section|date=January 2020}}
*'''Judges'''
[[Javed Akhtar]] [[Anu Malik]] [[Alisha Chinai]] [[Udit Narayan]]
*'''Host'''
[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]] [[Mini Mathur]]
=== Top 13 Contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%; line-height:25px; width:auto;"
! Name
! Hometown
! Result
! Place
|-
| [[Prashant Tamang]]
| [[Darjeeling]]
| {{won|Winner}}
| 1st
|-
| [[Amit Paul]]
| [[Shillong]]
| {{Runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd
|-
| Emon Chatterjee
| [[Kolkata]]
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
| Ankita Mishra
| [[Kanpur]]
| style="background:#DDA0DD;" | 3rd Runner-up
| 4th
|-
| [[Meiyang Chang]]
| [[Dhanbad]]
| style="background:#FF69B4;" | 4th Runner-up
| 5th
|-
| Pooja Chatterjee
| [[Dhanbad]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
| [[Deepali Kishore]]
| [[Patna]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
| Abhishek Kumar
| [[Mumbai]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
| Parleen Singh Gill
| [[Ambala]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
| Charu Semwal
| [[Dehradun]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
| Smita Adhikari
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
| Jolly Das
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|-
| Richa Aneja
| [[Punjab]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 13th
|}
== Season 4 ==
The [[Indian Idol 4|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]] who hails from [[Agartala]], [[Tripura]] 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 [[Sony Entertainment Television (India)|Sony Entertainment Television]] 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]]'', alongside singer Gautam Mrinaal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/movie-review-whats-your-raashee/articleshow/5060688.cms|title=What's Your Raashee}}</ref>
*'''Judges'''
[[Javed Akhtar]] [[Anu Malik]] [[Sonali Bendre]] [[Kailash Kher]]
*'''Host'''
[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]] [[Meiyang Chang]]
=== Top 14 Contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%; line-height:25px; width:auto;"
! Name
! Hometown
! Result
! Place
|-
| [[Sourabhee Debbarma]]
| [[Agartala]]
| {{Won|Winner}}
| 1st<ref>{{cite web|url=https://auditionsdekho.com/indian-idol-season-4-contestants-name-winner-judges/|title=Indian Idol Season 4 (Contestants Name + Winner + Judges)|date=30 December 2017|access-date=7 October 2018}}</ref>
|-
| Kapil Thapa
| [[Dehradun]]
| {{Runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd
|-
| Torsha Sarkar
| [[Bhagalpur]]
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
| [[Rajdeep Chatterjee]]
| [[Jamshedpur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 4th
|-
| Remo Ghosh
| [[Dimapur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 5th
|-
| Bhavya Pandit
| [[Pune]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
| Prasenjit Kosambi
| [[Kolhapur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
| Bhanu Pratap Singh
| [[Jaipur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
| Mohit Lawani
| [[Delhi]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
| Kuldeep Singh Chauhan
| [[Banda district (India)|Banda]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
| Priyanka Negi
| [[Dehradun]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
| Shini Kalvint
| [[Gwalior]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|-
| [[Tulika Ganguly]]
| [[Faridabad]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 13th
|-
| Ananya Mishra
| [[Lucknow]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 14th
|}
== Season 5 ==
{{unreferenced section|date=January 2020}}
*'''Judges'''
[[Anu Malik]] [[Sunidhi Chauhan]] [[Salim Merchant]]
*'''Host'''
[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]] [[Abhijeet Sawant]]
=== Top 13 Contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%; line-height:25px; width:auto;"
! Name
! Hometown
! Result
! Place
|-
| [[Sreerama Chandra ]]
| [[Hyderabad]]
| {{won|Winner}}
| 1st
|-
| [[Bhoomi Trivedi]]
| [[Gujarat]]
| {{Runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd
|-
| Rakesh Maini
| [[Mumbai]]
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
| [[Swaroop Khan]]
| [[Rajasthan]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 4th
|-
| [[Shivam Pathak]]
| [[Gujarat]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 5th
|-
| Tia Kar
| [[Mumbai]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
| Naushad Ali
| [[Rajasthan]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
| Shashi Suman
| [[Patna]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
| Arpita Khan
| [[West Bengal]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
| [[Yashraj Kapil]]
| [[Faridabad]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
| Manisha Karmakar
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
| Meghna Kumar
| [[Jhansi]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|-
| Vishwas Rai
| [[Allahabad]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 13th
|}
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]] who received the highest number of votes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv/Vipul-Mehta-wins-Indian-Idol-6/articleshow/16157998.cms|title=Vipul Mehta wins Indian Idol 6|date=2 September 2012|author=PTI|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=4 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/Vipul-Mehta-wins-Indian-Idol-6/SP-Article1-923161.aspx|title=Vipul Mehta wins 'Indian Idol 6'|work=Hindustan Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028220612/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/Vipul-Mehta-wins-Indian-Idol-6/SP-Article1-923161.aspx|archive-date=28 October 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=7 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/vipul-mehta-wins-indian-idol-6/1/215693.html|title=Punjabi boy Vipul Mehta wins Indian Idol 6|access-date=7 August 2015}}</ref>
*'''Judges'''
[[Anu Malik]] [[Sunidhi Chauhan]] [[Salim Merchant]] [[Asha Bhosle]]
*'''Host'''
[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]] [[Mini Mathur]]

On 23 June 2012, the judges selected the top 16 contestants to perform in the Gala Rounds.
=== Contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%; line-height:25px; width:auto;"
! Name
! Hometown
! Result
! Place
|-
| [[Vipul Mehta]]
| [[Amritsar]]
| {{won|Winner}}
| 1st
|-
| Amit Kumar
| {{n/a}}
| {{Runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd
|-
| [[Devender Pal Singh]]
| Ludhiana
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
| Amitabh Narayan
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 4th
|-
| Amrita Panda
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 5th
|-
| Charit Dixit
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
| Deeksha Toor
|Delhi
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
| Deepak Maher
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
| Kaushik Deshpande
|Mumbai
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
| Kritika Tanwar
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
| [[Poorvi Koutish]]
| [[Chandigarh]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
| Ravi Kumar Mishra
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|-
| Ritika Raj
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 13th
|-
| Saumya Mishra
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 14th
|-
| Simran Kaur
| Punjab
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 15th
|-
| [[Sohini Mishra]]
| Mumbai
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 16th
|}
==Indian Idol Junior Season 1==
{{unreferenced section|date=January 2020}}
*'''Judges'''
[[Vishal Dadlani]] [[Shreya Ghoshal]] [[Shekhar Ravjiani]]
*'''Host'''
[[Karan Wahi]] [[Mandira Bedi]]
=== Top 11 Contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%; line-height:25px; width:auto;"
! Name
! Hometown
! Result
! Place
|-
| [[Anjana Padmanabhan]]
| [[Bengaluru]]
| {{won|Winner}}
| 1st
|-
| [[Debanjana Karmakar]]
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{Runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd
|-
| Anmol Jaswal
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
| Nirvesh Dave
| [[Ahmedabad]]
| style="background:#DDA0DD;" | 3rd Runner-up
| 4th
|-
| Akash Sharma
| [[Harayana]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 5th
|-
| Aryan Das
| [[Cuttack]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
| Sonakshi Kar
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
| Priyam Borpatragohain
| [[Assam]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
| Eman Chaudhary
| [[Assam]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
| Sugandha Date
| [[Nagpur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
| Sankalp Yaduwanshi
| [[Moradabad]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|}
==Indian Idol Junior Season 2==
{{unreferenced section|date=January 2020}}
Indian Idol Junior Season 2 Started 30 May 2015, And the Last Episode Was 6 September 2015.
*'''Judges'''
[[Salim Merchant]] [[Sonakshi Sinha]] replaced [[Shalmali Kholgade]] [[Vishal Dadlani]]
*'''Host'''
[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]] [[Asha Negi]]
=== Top 13 Contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%; line-height:25px; width:auto;"
! Name
! Hometown
! Result
! Place
|-
| [[Ananya Nanda]]
| [[Bhubaneswar]]
| {{won|Winner}}
| 1st
|-
| [[Nahid Afrin]]
| [[Assam]]
| {{runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd
|-
| Nithyashree Venkataramanan
| [[Chennai]]
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
| [[Vaishnav Girish]]
| [[Kerala]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 4th
|-
| Moti Khan
| [[Rajasthan]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 5th
|-
| Niharika Nath
| [[Agartala]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
| Ranita Banerjee
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
| Sreelakshmi Belmannu
| [[Bangalore]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
| Ajay Brijwasi
| [[Mathura]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
| Yumna Ajin
| [[Kerala]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
| Surendra Singh Panwar
| [[Rajasthan]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
| Vidhi Jaswal
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|-
| Shubhankar
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 13th
|}
==Season 9==
*'''Judges'''
[[Anu Malik]] [[Farah Khan]] [[Sonu Nigam]]
*'''Host'''
[[Karan Wahi]] Paritosh Tripathi
=== Top 14 Contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%; line-height:25px; width:auto;"
! Name
! Hometown
! Result
! Place
|-
| [[L. V. Revanth]]
| [[Hyderabad]]
| {{won|Winner}}
| 1st<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/lv-revanth-is-the-winner-of-indian-idol-9-see-poll-4595256/|title=LV Revanth is the winner of Indian Idol 9. See poll|date=2017-04-01|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref>
|-
| Khuda Baksh
| [[Punjab]]
| {{runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/indian-idol-season-9-finalist-khuda-bakshs-journey-on-the-show/articleshow/57889419.cms|title=Indian Idol Season 9: Finalist Khuda Baksh's journey on the show – Times of India|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref>
|-
| PVNS Rohit
| [[Hyderabad]]
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
| Maalavika Sunder
| [[Chennai]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 4th
|-
| Mohit Chopra
| [[New Delhi]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 5th
|-
| Tajinder Singh
| [[Faridabad]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
| R P Shravan
| [[Chennai]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
| Manya Narang
| [[New Delhi]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
| Hardeep Singh
| [[Ludhiana]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
| Jeli Kayi
| [[Itanagar]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
| Bharti Gupta
| [[Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh|Ghaziabad]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
| Mansi Bhardwaj
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|-
| Stuti Tiwari
| [[Delhi]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 13th
|-
| Saumya Mishra
| [[Renukut]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 14th
|-
| Rahul Deb
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 15th
|}
==Season 10==
*'''Judges'''
[[Javed Ali]] replaced [[Anu Malik]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/anu-malik-confirms-stepping-down-as-indian-idol-judge/articleshow/66302739.cms|title=Anu Malik confirms stepping down as 'Indian Idol' judge – Times of India|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref> [[Neha Kakkar]] [[Vishal Dadlani]]
*'''Host'''
[[Manish Paul]]
=== Top 14 Contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%; line-height:25px; width:auto;"
! Name
! Hometown
! Result
! Place
|-
| [[Salman Ali]]
| [[Mewat district|Mewat]]
| {{won|Winner}}
| 1st<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/indian-idol-10-winner-salman-ali-says-he-will-fix-his-house-s-broken-roof-with-rs-25-lakh-prize-money/story-IkO2t5lU3HmNVt0hMFjTaM.html|title=Indian Idol 10 winner Salman Ali says he will fix his house's broken roof with Rs 25 lakh prize money|date=2018-12-24|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref>
|-
| [[Ankush Bhardwaj]]
| [[Kotgarh]]
| {{runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd
|-
| Neelanjana Ray
| [[Kolkata]]
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
| Nitin Kumar
| [[Una, Himachal Pradesh|Una]]
| style="background:#DDA0DD;" | 3rd Runner-up
| 4th
|-
| Vibhor Parashar
| [[New Delhi]]
| style="background:#FF69B4;" | 4th Runner-up
| 5th
|-
| Kunal Pandit
| [[Mumbai]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
| Renu Nagar
| [[Alwar]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
| Soumya Chakraborty
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
| Avanti Patel
| [[Mumbai]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
| Saurabh Valmiki
| [[Lakhimpur Kheri district|Lakhimpur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
| [[Biswajit Mohapatra]]
| [[Odisha]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
| Krishnakali Saha
| [[Tripura]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|-
| Indira Das
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 13th
|-
| Sonia Gazmer
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 14th
|}
== Season 11 ==
The 11th season started to air on 12 October 2019 on Sony TV. It was being hosted by singer [[Aditya Narayan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2019/aug/17/singer-aditya-narayan-to-host-indian-idol-11-2020254.html|title=Singer Aditya Narayan to host 'Indian Idol 11'|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref> [[Neha Kakkar]] 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 movement (India)#Indian Idol|Me Too]] allegations. He was then been replaced by [[Himesh Reshammiya]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/indian-idol-on-popular-demand-singer-neha-kakkar-returns-as-a-judge/articleshow/70754296.cms|title=Indian Idol: On popular demand, singer Neha Kakkar returns as a judge – Times of India|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.turbot.in/Indian-idol-season-11-started-at-today-8-pm-Indian-idol-11-first-look/|title=Indian Idol Season 11: This season competition is very tough judges had a lot of difficulty in choosing the contestant this season. The winner of this season was Sunny. – Turbo Tv|website=Turbo Tv|language=en|access-date=2019-10-12}}</ref>
*'''Judges'''
[[Himesh Reshammiya]] replaced [[Anu Malik]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/anu-malik-confirms-stepping-down-as-indian-idol-judge/articleshow/66302739.cms|title=Anu Malik confirms stepping down as 'Indian Idol' judge – Times of India|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref> [[Neha Kakkar]] [[Vishal Dadlani]]
*'''Host '''
[[Aditya Narayan]]
=== Top 15 contestants + 2 wild card entries are:- ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%; line-height:25px; width:auto;"
!Name
!Hometown
!Elimination
!Place
|-
| [[Sunny Hindustani]]
| [[Bathinda district|Bathinda]]
| {{won|Winner}}
| 1st<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mumbailive.com/en/television/indian-idol-11-grand-finale-sunny-hindustani-is-the-winner-rohit-raut-was-the-runner-up-of-sony-tv-show-45730|title=Sunny Hindustani is the winner of Indian Idol 11|website=Mumbai Live|language=en|access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref>
|-
| [[Rohit Raut|Rohit Shyam Raut]]
| [[Latur district|Latur]]
| {{runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd
|-
| Ankona Mukherjee
| [[Bankura]]
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" |2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
| Ridham Kalyan
| [[Amritsar district|Amritsar]]
| style="background:#DDA0DD;" | 3rd Runner-up
| 4th
|-
| Adriz Ghosh
| [[Murshidabad]]
| style="background:#FF69B4;" | 4th Runner-up
| 5th
|-
| Shahzaan Mujeeb
| [[Aligarh district|Aligarh]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
| Rishabh Chaturvedi
| [[Amritsar district|Amritsar]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
| Stuti Tiwari
| [[New Delhi]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
| Jannabi Das
| [[New Delhi]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
| Azmat Hussain
| [[Jaipur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
| Chetna Bharadwaj
| [[Ghaziabad district|Ghaziabad]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
| Kaivalya Kejkar
| [[Nagpur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|-
| Shubhadeep Das
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 13th
|-
| Nidhi Kumari
| [[Jamshedpur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 14th
|-
| Chelsi Behura
| [[Orissa]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 15th
|-
| Pallav Singh
| [[Ballia]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 16th
|}
== Season 12 ==
The 12th season started on 28 November 2020 on Sony TV.
*'''Judges'''
[[Anu Malik]] [[Sonu Kakkar]] [[Himesh Reshammiya]]<ref>{{url|https://www.india.com/entertainment/tv-news-indian-idol-12-neha-kakkar-finally-returns-shoots-in-daman-covid-scare-neha-kakkar-news-indian-idol-news-4641278/|Indian Idol 12: Neha Kakkar Finally Shoots For The Show in Daman Amid COVID Scare, Read on}}</ref><ref>{{url|https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/himesh-reshammiya-neha-kakkar-resume-shoot-indian-idol-12-shoot-two-episodes-daman/|Himesh Reshammiya and Neha Kakkar resume shoot of Indian Idol 12, shoot two episodes in Daman}}</ref>
*'''Former judges'''
[[Vishal Dadlani]] [[Manoj Muntashir]] [[Neha Kakkar]]

Although Dadlani, Neha Kakkar and Himesh Reshamiya were the original judges, when the shoot shifted out of Mumbai, then Dadlani, and Neha couldn't join and makers replaced them by Anu Malik and Sonu Kakkar.

Speculations are that these replacements are temporary and Dadlani and Kakkar would rejoin the show as and when show shifts to Mumbai.
*'''Host '''
[[Aditya Narayan]]
*'''Former Hosts '''
[[Bharti Singh]] [[Haarsh Limbachiyaa]] [[Rithvik Dhanjani]] 
[[Jay Bhanushali]]

Aditya Narayan was the original hosts but Bharti & Harsh, Rithvik and Jay replaced him when he came out to be COVID +ve.
=== Top 15 contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%; line-height:25px; width:auto;"
! Name
! Hometown
! Result
! Place
|-
| Pawandeep Rajan
| [[Champawat]]
|
|
|-
| [[Shanmukha Priya]]
| [[Visakhapatnam]]
|
|
|-
| Sayli Kamble
| [[Mumbai]]
|
|
|-
| Mohd. Danish
| [[Muzaffarnagar]]
|
|
|-
| Nihal Tauro
| [[Mangalore]]
|
|
|-
| Arunita Kanjilal
| [[Kolkata]]
|
|
|-
| Ashish Kulkarni
| [[Pune]]
| {{eleminated|Eliminated}}
|
|-
| Sawai Bhatt
| [[Nagaur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
| Anjali Gaikwad
| [[Ahmednagar]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
| Nachiket Lele
| [[Kalyan]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
| Sireesha Bhagavatula
| [[Visakhapatnam]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
| Anushka Banerjee
| [[Chandigarh]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|-
| [[Vaishnav Girish]]
| [[Thrissur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 13th
|-
| Samyak Prasana
| [[Delhi]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 14th
|-
| Sahil Solanki
| [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 15th
|}
==Controversy and credibility==
''Indian Idol'' show has been in the news for controversies. The contestants say that the work of increasing the TRP of the show is done by showing them the poor householder on [[TV]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 27, 2018|title=The ugly side of reality tv: Participant of Indian Idol reveals what goes on behind the scenes|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-in-india/ugly-side-of-reality-shows-ex-indian-idol-contestant-reveals-what-goes-on-behind-the-scenes-5320461/|url-status=live|access-date=May 31, 2021|website=[[The Indian Express]] }}</ref> The show is rumoured to be just a means of earning money and playing with the lives of talented contestants.<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 25, 2018|title=Former Indian Idol participant reveals the ugly side of the singing reality show|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/reality-tv/story/former-indian-idol-participant-reveals-the-ugly-side-of-the-singing-reality-show-1322890-2018-08-25|url-status=live|access-date=May 31, 2021|website=India Today }}</ref> Playback singer and ex-judge of ''Indian Idol'' [[Sunidhi Chauhan]] and [[Kishore Kumar]]'s son [[Amit Kumar (singer)|Amit Kumar]] revealed that they were asked to praise all the contestants irrespective of their opinions. They were told to not criticize any contestant even if they don't like his/her performance.<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 31, 2021|title=After Amit Kumar, Sunidhi Chauhan reveals she was told to praise Indian Idol contestants|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/reality-tv/story/after-amit-kumar-sunidhi-chauhan-reveals-she-was-told-to-praise-indian-idol-contestants-1808939-2021-05-31|url-status=live|access-date=May 31, 2021|website=India Today }}</ref> Playback singer and winner of the first season of ''Indian Idol'' [[Abhijeet Sawant]] criticised the show for focussing on fake love stories and poverty instead of singing talent of its contestants.<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 22, 2021|title=Indian Idol 1 winner Abhijeet Sawant shreds show, says poverty and fake love stories are shown instead of talent|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/indian-idol-winner-abhijeet-sawant-shreds-show-says-poverty-and-fake-love-stories-are-shown-instead-of-talent-7323969/|url-status=live|access-date=May 31, 2021|website=[[The Indian Express]] }}</ref>
==Notes==
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