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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
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{{Infobox television
 
| name                = Indian Idol
{{Infobox media franchise
| image                = Indian Idol.png
| title = Indian Idol
| image_alt            =  
| otherlabel5 = No.of Seasons
| caption              = Logo {{as of|2020|lc=y}}
| years = 2004–present
| genre                = [[Reality television]]
| otherdata7 =  
| creator              = [[Simon Fuller]]
| otherlabel7 =  
| based_on            =
| otherdata6 = [[Culver Max Entertainment]]<br>(Hindi, Marathi)<br/>[[Aha (streaming service)|Aha]]<br/>(Telugu)
| developer            =
| otherlabel6 = Original network
| writer              =
| otherdata5 = 16
| 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)}}
| otherdata4 = 4
| creative_director    =  
| otherlabel4 = No.of Versions
| 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}}}}
| tv = {{plainlist|
| starring            =  
* ''[[Indian Idol (Hindi TV series)|Indian Idol]]''
| 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)}}
* ''[[Indian Idol Marathi]]''
| voices              =  
* ''[[Telugu Indian Idol]]''
| narrated            =
}}
| theme_music_composer = [[Julian Gingell]]<br />Barry Stone<br />[[Cathy Dennis]]
| website =  
| opentheme            =  
| otherdata3 = ''[[Pop Idol]]''
| endtheme            =  
| otherlabel3 = Based on
| composer            =
| otherdata2 = [[Fremantle (company)|Fremantle]]<br>ARSenic's Business Empire (2010–present)<br/>[[Miditech]] (2005–2009)<br/>[[Optimystix Entertainment]] (2004-2005)
| country              = India
| otherlabel2 = Produced by
| language            = Hindi
| otherdata1 = {{hlist|[[Hindi]]|[[Marathi language|Marathi]]|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]}}
| num_seasons          = 12
| otherlabel1 = Languages
| num_episodes        = 317 <!-- as of 2 May 2021--><!-- Do not uncomment the preceding text. This field is for a number only and the date should not be visible. -->
| direct-to-video =  
| list_episodes        =
| executive_producer  = Anupama Mandloi  (2010–present)<br />[[Niret Alva]] (2005–09)<br />Nikhil J Alva  (2005–09)
| producer            = Namit Sharma  (2010–present)<br />Ashok (2008–09)
| editor              =
| location            = Initial auditions: Various<br />Mumbai auditions: National Centre of Performing Arts, [[Mumbai]]
| cinematography      =
| camera              =
| runtime              = 1–2 hrs
| company              = ARSenic's Business Empire(2010–present)<br />Fremantlemedia India<br />[[Miditech Pvt. Ltd.]] (2005–09)
| distributor          = [[Fremantle (company)|FremantleMedia Enterprises]]
| network              = [[Sony Entertainment Television (India)|SET]]
| picture_format      = [[576i]] <br />[[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]] <br /> [[Mini Mathur]]||12||[[Abhijeet Sawant]]||[[Amit Sana]]
|-
|'''2'''||2005–06||12||[[Sandeep Acharya]]||[[N. C. Karunya]]
|-
|'''3'''||2007||[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]] <br /> [[Mini Mathur]]||13||[[Prashant Tamang]]||[[Amit Paul]]
|-
|'''4'''||2008–09||[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]] <br /> [[Meiyang Chang]]||12||[[Sourabhee Debbarma]]||Kapil Thapa
|-
|'''5'''||2010||[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]] <br /> [[Abhijeet Sawant]] ||13||[[Sreerama Chandra Mynampati]]||[[Bhoomi Trivedi]] and Rakesh Maini
|-
|'''6'''||2012||[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]] <br /> [[Mini Mathur]]||16||[[Vipul Mehta]]||Amit Kumar and Devandra Pal Singh
|-
|'''IIJ S1'''||2013||[[Karan Wahi]]<br />[[Mandira Bedi]]||11||Anjana Padmanabhan||Debanjana Karmakar
|-
|'''IIJ S2'''||2015||[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]]<br />[[Asha Negi]]||13||[[Ananya Nanda]]||[[Nahid Afrin]]
|-
|'''9'''||2016–17||[[Karan Wahi]]<br />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]]<br />[[Farah Khan]]<br />[[Sonu Nigam]]
*'''Host'''
[[Aman Verma (actor)|Aman Verma]]<br />[[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]]<br />
[[Farah Khan]]<br />
[[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]]<br />[[Anu Malik]]<br />[[Alisha Chinai]]<br />[[Udit Narayan]]
*'''Host'''
[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]]<br />[[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>
'''''Indian Idol''''' is the Indian [[Reality television|music competetion]] television franchise based on the ''[[Pop Idol]]'' format.
*'''Judges'''
 
[[Javed Akhtar]]<br />[[Anu Malik]]<br />[[Sonali Bendre]]<br />[[Kailash Kher]]
== Versions ==
*'''Host'''
 
[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]]<br />[[Meiyang Chang]]
: {{color box|#90EE90}} Currently airing – 0
=== Top 14 Contestants ===
: {{color box|#E0B0FF}} Upcoming for airing – 0
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%;  line-height:25px; width:auto;"
: {{color box|#fff2a5}} Recently concluded – 3
! Name
: {{color box|#FFA500}} No longer airing – 1
! 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]]<br />[[Sunidhi Chauhan]]<br />[[Salim Merchant]]
*'''Host'''
[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]]<br />[[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]]<br />[[Sunidhi Chauhan]]<br />[[Salim Merchant]]<br />[[Asha Bhosle]]
*'''Host'''
[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]]<br />[[Mini Mathur]]


On 23 June 2012, the judges selected the top 16 contestants to perform in the Gala Rounds.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;font-size: 85%;  line-height:20px; width:80%;"
=== Contestants ===
! rowspan="2" |Language
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%;  line-height:25px; width:auto;"
! rowspan="2" |Show
! Name
! rowspan="2" |Season
! Hometown
! rowspan="2" |Year
! Result
! rowspan="2" |Host
! Place
! colspan="4" |Judges
! rowspan="2" |Network
! rowspan="2" |Premiere
! rowspan="2" |Finale
! rowspan="2" |Episodes
! rowspan="2" |Contestants
! rowspan="2" |Winner
! rowspan="2" |Runner up
|-
|-
| [[Vipul Mehta]]
!1
| [[Amritsar]]
!2
| {{won|Winner}}
!3
| 1st
!4
|-
|-
| Amit Kumar
| rowspan="12" style="background: #fff2a5;" |'''[[Hindi]]'''<br/>'''(हिन्दी)'''
| {{n/a}}
| rowspan="12" |[[Indian Idol (Hindi TV series)|'''Indian Idol''']]
| {{Runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
|1
| 2nd
|2004–05
| rowspan="2" |[[Aman Verma (actor)|Aman Verma]]
----[[Mini Mathur]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Anu Malik]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Farah Khan]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Sonu Nigam]]
| rowspan="2" |None
| rowspan="6" |[[Sony Entertainment Television|SET]]
|30 October 2004
|
|
| 12
|[[Abhijeet Sawant]]
|[[Amit Sana]]
|-
|-
| [[Devender Pal Singh]]
|2
| Ludhiana
|2005–06
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
|
| 3rd
|
|
|12
|[[Sandeep Acharya]]
|[[N. C. Karunya]]
|-
|-
| Amitabh Narayan
|3
|2007
|[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]]
----[[Mini Mathur]]
|[[Udit Narayan]]
|[[Alisha Chinai]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Javed Akhtar]]
|
|
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 4th
|-
| Amrita Panda
|
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
|13
| 5th
|[[Prashant Tamang]]
|[[Amit Paul]]
|-
|-
| Charit Dixit
|4
|2008–09
|[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]]
----[[Meiyang Chang]]
|[[Sonali Bendre]]
|[[Kailash Kher]]
|19 September 2008
|1 March 2009
|
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
|12
| 6th
|[[Sourabhee Debbarma]]
|-
|Kapil Thapa
| Deeksha Toor
|Delhi
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
|-
| Deepak Maher
|5
|2010
|[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]]
----[[Abhijeet Sawant]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Salim Merchant]]
|None
|
|
| {{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}}
|13
| 13th
|[[Sreerama Chandra]]
|[[Bhoomi Trivedi]]
|-
|-
| Saumya Mishra
|6
|2012
|[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]]
----[[Mini Mathur]]
|[[Asha Bhosle]]
|1 June 2012
|1 September 2012
|
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
|16
| 14th
|[[Vipul Mehta]]
|Amit Kumar
|-
|-
| Simran Kaur
|7
| Punjab
| colspan="13" |Indian Idol Junior 1
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 15th
|-
|-
| [[Sohini Mishra]]
|8
| Mumbai
| colspan="13" |Indian Idol Junior 2
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 16th
|}
==Indian Idol Junior Season 1==
{{unreferenced section|date=January 2020}}
*'''Judges'''
[[Vishal Dadlani]]<br />[[Shreya Ghoshal]]<br />[[Shekhar Ravjiani]]
*'''Host'''
[[Karan Wahi]]<br />[[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]]
|9
| [[Bengaluru]]
|2016–17
| {{won|Winner}}
|[[Karan Wahi]]
| 1st
----Paritosh Tripathi
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Anu Malik]]
| [[Debanjana Karmakar]]
|[[Farah Khan]]
| [[Kolkata]]
|[[Sonu Nigam]]
| {{Runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
|None
| 2nd
| rowspan="4" |[[Sony Entertainment Television|SET]]
|-
|
| 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]]<br />[[Sonakshi Sinha]] replaced [[Shalmali Kholgade]] <br />[[Vishal Dadlani]]
*'''Host'''
[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]]<br />[[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]]<br />[[Farah Khan]]<br />[[Sonu Nigam]]
*'''Host'''
[[Karan Wahi]]<br />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><br />[[Neha Kakkar]]<br />[[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><br />[[Neha Kakkar]]<br />[[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]]<br/>[[Sonu Kakkar]]<br />[[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]]<br />[[Manoj Muntashir]]<br />[[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]]<br />[[Haarsh Limbachiyaa]]<br /> [[Rithvik Dhanjani]]<br />
[[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]]
|
|
|
|
|14
|[[L. V. Revanth]]
|Khuda Baksh
|-
|-
| [[Shanmukha Priya]]
|10
| [[Visakhapatnam]]
|2018
|[[Manish Paul]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Vishal Dadlani]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Neha Kakkar]]
|[[Javed Ali]]
|
|
|
|
|
|14
|[[Salman Ali]]
|Ankush Bhardwaj
|-
|-
| Sayli Kamble
|11
| [[Mumbai]]
|2019
| rowspan="2" |[[Aditya Narayan]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Himesh Reshammiya]]
|12 October 2019
|
|
|
|
|17
|[[Sunny Hindustani]]
|[[Rohit Raut|Rohit Shyam Raut]]
|-
|-
| Mohd. Danish
|12
| [[Muzaffarnagar]]
|2020–21
|
|None
|28 November 2020
|15 August 2021
|
|
|15
|[[Pawandeep Rajan]]
|Arunita Kanjilal
|-
|-
| Nihal Tauro
! colspan="16" |
| [[Mangalore]]
|
|
|-
|-
| Arunita Kanjilal
| rowspan="2" style="background: #FFA500;" |'''[[Hindi]]'''<br/>'''(हिन्दी)'''
| [[Kolkata]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian Idol Junior|'''Indian Idol Junior''']]
|1
|2013
|[[Karan Wahi]]
----[[Mandira Bedi]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Vishal Dadlani]]
|[[Shreya Ghoshal]]
|[[Shekhar Ravjiani]]
| rowspan="2" |None
| rowspan="2" |[[Sony Entertainment Television|SET]]
|1 June 2013
|
|
|
|
|11
|Anjana Padmanabhan
|Debanjana Karmakar
|-
|-
| Ashish Kulkarni
|2
| [[Pune]]
|2015
| {{eleminated|Eliminated}}
|[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]]
----[[Mandira Bedi|Asha Negi]]
|[[Salim Merchant]]
|[[Sonakshi Sinha]]
|30 May 2015
|6 September 2015
|
|
|13
|[[Ananya Nanda]]
|[[Nahid Afrin]]
|-
|-
| Sawai Bhatt
! colspan="16" |
| [[Nagaur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
|-
| Anjali Gaikwad
| style="background: #fff2a5;" |[[Marathi language|'''Marathi''']]'''''<br/>''(मराठी)'''
| [[Ahmednagar]]
|'''[[Indian Idol Marathi]]'''
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
|1
| 9th
|2021–22
|-
|[[Swanandi Tikekar]]
| Nachiket Lele
----[[Prajakta Mali]]
| [[Kalyan]]
|[[Ajay-Atul]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| colspan="3" |None
| 10th
| rowspan="1" |[[Sony Marathi]]
|-
|22 November 2021
| Sireesha Bhagavatula
|20 April 2022
| [[Visakhapatnam]]
|56
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
|15
| 11th
|Sagar Mhatre
|-
|Jagdish Chavan
| Anushka Banerjee
| [[Chandigarh]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|-
|-
| [[Vaishnav Girish]]
! colspan="16" |
| [[Thrissur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 13th
|-
|-
| Samyak Prasana
| style="background:#fff2a5;" |'''[[Telugu language|Telugu]]'''<br/>'''(తెలుగు)'''
| [[Delhi]]
|'''[[Telugu Indian Idol]]'''
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
|1
| 14th
|2022
|-
|[[Sreerama Chandra]]
| Sahil Solanki
|[[Thaman S]]
| [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]]
|[[Nithya Menen]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
|None
| 15th
|[[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]]
|[[Aha (streaming service)|Aha]]
|25 February 2022
|17 June 2022
|31
|12
|BVK Vagdevi
|Srinivas Darimisetty
|}
|}
==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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[[Category:Indian television series based on British television series]]

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Indian Idol
Years2004–present
Films and television
Television series
Miscellaneous
Languages
Produced byFremantle
ARSenic's Business Empire (2010–present)
Miditech (2005–2009)
Optimystix Entertainment (2004-2005)
Based onPop Idol
No.of Versions4
No.of Seasons16
Original networkCulver Max Entertainment
(Hindi, Marathi)
Aha
(Telugu)

Indian Idol is the Indian music competetion television franchise based on the Pop Idol format.

Versions[edit | edit source]

  Currently airing – 0
  Upcoming for airing – 0
  Recently concluded – 3
  No longer airing – 1
Language Show Season Year Host Judges Network Premiere Finale Episodes Contestants Winner Runner up
1 2 3 4
Hindi
(हिन्दी) 		Indian Idol 1 2004–05 Aman Verma
Mini Mathur 		Anu Malik Farah Khan Sonu Nigam None SET 30 October 2004 12 Abhijeet Sawant Amit Sana
2 2005–06 12 Sandeep Acharya N. C. Karunya
3 2007 Hussain Kuwajerwala
Mini Mathur 		Udit Narayan Alisha Chinai Javed Akhtar 13 Prashant Tamang Amit Paul
4 2008–09 Hussain Kuwajerwala
Meiyang Chang 		Sonali Bendre Kailash Kher 19 September 2008 1 March 2009 12 Sourabhee Debbarma Kapil Thapa
5 2010 Hussain Kuwajerwala
Abhijeet Sawant 		Sunidhi Chauhan Salim Merchant None 13 Sreerama Chandra Bhoomi Trivedi
6 2012 Hussain Kuwajerwala
Mini Mathur 		Asha Bhosle 1 June 2012 1 September 2012 16 Vipul Mehta Amit Kumar
7 Indian Idol Junior 1
8 Indian Idol Junior 2
9 2016–17 Karan Wahi
Paritosh Tripathi 		Anu Malik Farah Khan Sonu Nigam None SET 14 L. V. Revanth Khuda Baksh
10 2018 Manish Paul Vishal Dadlani Neha Kakkar Javed Ali 14 Salman Ali Ankush Bhardwaj
11 2019 Aditya Narayan Himesh Reshammiya 12 October 2019 17 Sunny Hindustani Rohit Shyam Raut
12 2020–21 None 28 November 2020 15 August 2021 15 Pawandeep Rajan Arunita Kanjilal
Hindi
(हिन्दी) 		Indian Idol Junior 1 2013 Karan Wahi
Mandira Bedi 		Vishal Dadlani Shreya Ghoshal Shekhar Ravjiani None SET 1 June 2013 11 Anjana Padmanabhan Debanjana Karmakar
2 2015 Hussain Kuwajerwala
Asha Negi 		Salim Merchant Sonakshi Sinha 30 May 2015 6 September 2015 13 Ananya Nanda Nahid Afrin
Marathi
(मराठी) 		Indian Idol Marathi 1 2021–22 Swanandi Tikekar
Prajakta Mali 		Ajay-Atul None Sony Marathi 22 November 2021 20 April 2022 56 15 Sagar Mhatre Jagdish Chavan
Telugu
(తెలుగు) 		Telugu Indian Idol 1 2022 Sreerama Chandra Thaman S Nithya Menen None Karthik Aha 25 February 2022 17 June 2022 31 12 BVK Vagdevi Srinivas Darimisetty

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