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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2021}}
{{short description|Indian version of the Pop Idol format}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{short description|Indian version of the Pop Idol format}}
{{Infobox television
{{Infobox television
| name                     = Indian Idol
| name                 = Indian Idol
| image                   = Indian Idol.png
| image               = Indian Idol.png
| image_alt               =  
| image_alt           =  
| caption                 = Logo {{as of|2020|lc=y}}
| caption             = Logo {{as of|2020|lc=y}}
| genre                   = [[Reality television]]
| genre               = [[Reality television]]
| creator                 = [[Simon Fuller]]
| creator             = [[Simon Fuller]]
| based_on                 =  
| based_on             =  
| developer               =  
| developer           =  
| writer                   =  
| 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)}}
| 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       =  
| 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)}}
| 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                 =  
| starring             =  
| judges                   = {{ubl|[[Shreya Ghoshal]] (2013)|[[Anu Malik]] (2004–2018, 2019)| [[Salim Merchant]] (2010–2012)| [[Asha Bhosle]] (2012)| [[Farah Khan]]  (2004–06, 2016–17)| [[Sonu Nigam]]  (2004–06, 2016–17)| [[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-present)| [[Neha Kakkar]] (2018-present)|  
| 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)}}
[[Javed Ali]] (2018)|[[Himesh Reshammiya]] (2020-present)}}
| voices               =  
| voices                   =  
| narrated             =  
| narrated                 =  
| theme_music_composer = [[Julian Gingell]]<br />Barry Stone<br />[[Cathy Dennis]]
| theme_music_composer     = [[Julian Gingell]]<br />Barry Stone<br />[[Cathy Dennis]]
| opentheme           =  
| opentheme               =  
| endtheme             =  
| endtheme                 =  
| composer             =  
| composer                 =  
| country             = India
| country                 = [[India]]
| language             = Hindi
| language                 = English<br />Hindi
| num_seasons         = 12
| num_seasons             = 12
| 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. -->
| num_episodes             = 311 <!-- as of 11 April 2021--><!-- Do not uncomment the preceding text. This field is for a number only and the date should not be visible. -->
| list_episodes       =  
| list_episodes           =  
| executive_producer   = Anupama Mandloi  (2010–present)<br />[[Niret Alva]]  (2005–09)<br />Nikhil J Alva  (2005–09)
| 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)
| producer                 = Namit Sharma  (2010–present)<br />Ashok (2008–09)
| editor               =  
| editor                   =  
| location             = Initial auditions: Various<br />Mumbai auditions: National Centre of Performing Arts, [[Mumbai]]
| location                 = Initial auditions: Various<br />Mumbai auditions: National Centre of Performing Arts, [[Mumbai]]
| cinematography       =  
| cinematography           =  
| camera               =  
| camera                   =  
| runtime             = 1–2 hrs
| runtime                 = 1–2 hrs
| company             = ARSenic's Business Empire(2010–present)<br />Fremantlemedia India<br />[[Miditech Pvt. Ltd.]] (2005–09)
| company                 = ARSenic's Business Empire(2010–present)<br />Fremantlemedia India<br />[[Miditech Pvt. Ltd.]] (2005–09)
| distributor         = [[Fremantle (company)|FremantleMedia Enterprises]]
| distributor             = [[Fremantle (company)|FremantleMedia Enterprises]]
| network             = [[Sony Entertainment Television (India)|SET]]
| network                 = [[Sony Entertainment Television (India)|SET]]
| picture_format       = [[576i]] <br />[[1080i]] (HDTV)
| picture_format           = [[576i]] <br />[[1080i]] (HDTV)
| audio_format         = [[Dolby Digital]] [[Surround sound|5.1]]
| audio_format             = [[Dolby Digital]] [[Surround sound|5.1]]
| first_aired         = {{start date|df=y|2004|10|30}}
| first_aired             = {{start date|df=y|2004|10|30}}
| last_aired           = present
| last_aired               = present
| related             =  
| related                 =  
| website             = https://www.sonyliv.com/shows/indian-idol-1700000008
| website                 = http://www.setindia.com
| website_title        = Indian Idol
| production_website       =  
| production_website   =  
}}
}}


'''''Indian Idol''''' is the [[India]]n 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 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>
'''''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 ==
== Summary ==
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!scope|Runner-up
!scope|Runner-up
|-
|-
|'''1'''||2004–05|| rowspan="12" |[[Sony TV]]|| rowspan="2" |[[Aman Verma (actor)|Aman Verma]] <br /> [[Mini Mathur]]||12||[[Abhijeet Sawant]]||[[Amit Sana]]
|'''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]]
|'''2'''||2005–06||12||[[Sandeep Acharya]]||[[N. C. Karunya]]
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|'''4'''||2008–09||[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]] <br /> [[Meiyang Chang]]||12||[[Sourabhee Debbarma]]||Kapil Thapa
|'''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
|'''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
|'''6'''||2012||[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]]  <br /> [[Mini Mathur]]||16||[[Vipul Mehta]]||Amit Kumar and Devandra Pal Singh
|-
|-
|'''''Indian Idol Junior'' Season 1'''||2013||[[Karan Wahi]]<br />[[Mandira Bedi]]||11||Anjana Padmanabhan||Debanjana Karmakar
|'''IIJ S1'''||2013||[[Karan Wahi]]<br />[[Mandira Bedi]]||11||Anjana Padmanabhan||Debanjana Karmakar
|-
|-
|'''''Indian Idol Junior'' Season 2'''||2015||[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]]<br />[[Asha Negi]]||13||[[Ananya Nanda]]||[[Nahid Afrin]]
|'''IIJ S2'''||2015||[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]]<br />[[Asha Negi]]||13||[[Ananya Nanda]]||[[Nahid Afrin]]
|-
|-
|'''9'''||2016–17||[[Karan Wahi]]<br />Paritosh Tripathi||14||[[LV 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
|'''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]]
|'''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]]
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|-
|-
|'''12'''
|'''12'''
|2020-
|2020-2021
|[[Aditya Narayan]]
|[[Aditya Narayan]]
|15
|15
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=== Top 12 Contestants ===
=== Top 12 Contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%;  line-height:25px; width:auto;"
!Name
! Name
!Hometown
! Hometown
!Elimination
! Result
! Place
|-
|-
| [[Abhijeet Sawant]]||[[Mumbai]]||Winner
| [[Abhijeet Sawant]]
| [[Mumbai]]
| {{won|Winner}}
| 1st
|-
|-
| [[Amit Sana]] ||[[Bhilai]]||1st Runner-up
| [[Amit Sana]]  
| [[Bhilai]]
| {{Runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd
|-
|-
| [[Rahul Vaidya]]
| [[Rahul Vaidya]]
|[[Mumbai]]
| [[Nagpur]]
| 2nd Runner-up
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
|-
| [[Prajakta Shukre]]||[[Maharashtra]]||3rd Runner-up
| [[Prajakta Shukre]]
| [[Maharashtra]]
| style="background:#DDA0DD;" | 3rd Runner-up
| 4th
|-
|-
| Ravinder Ravi||[[Ludhiana]]||Eliminated 8th
| Ravinder Ravi
| [[Ludhiana]]  
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 5th
|-
|-
| [[Aditi Paul]]||[[Chennai]]||Eliminated 7th
| [[Aditi Paul]]
| [[Chennai]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
|-
| Mukesh Pancholi||[[Faridabad]]||Eliminated 6th
| Mukesh Pancholi
| [[Faridabad]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
|-
| Harish Moyal||[[Itanagar]]||Eliminated 5th
| Harish Moyal
| [[Itanagar]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
|-
| Rahul Saxena||[[Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh|Ghaziabad]]||Eliminated 4th
| Rahul Saxena
| [[Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh|Ghaziabad]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
|-
| [[Amit Tandon]]||[[Kolkata]]||Eliminated 3rd
| [[Amit Tandon]]
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
|-
| Vishal Kothari||[[Kolkata]]||Eliminated 2nd
| Vishal Kothari
|-
| [[Mumbai]]
| Priyanka Venkateswar||[[Mumbai]]||Withdrew
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|-
|-
| Priyanka Venkateswar
| [[Mumbai]]
| {{Quit|Withdrew}}
| 13th
|}
|}


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=== Top 12 Contestants ===
=== Top 12 Contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%;  line-height:25px; width:auto;"
!Name
! Name
!Hometown
! Hometown
!Elimination
! Result
! Place
|-
|-
| [[Sandeep Acharya]]||[[Rajasthan]]||Winner
| [[Sandeep Acharya]]
| [[Rajasthan]]
| {{won|Winner}}
| 1st
|-
|-
| [[N. C. Karunya]]||[[Hyderabad]]||1st Runner-up
| [[N. C. Karunya]]
| [[Hyderabad]]
| {{Runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd
|-
|-
| [[Anuj Sharma]]||[[Himachal Pradesh]]||2nd Runner-up
| [[Anuj Sharma]]
| [[Himachal Pradesh]]
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
|-
| Amey Date||[[Mumbai]]||Eliminated 9th
| Amey Date
| [[Mumbai]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 4th
|-
|-
| [[Antara Mitra]]||[[West Bengal]]||Eliminated 8th
| [[Antara Mitra]]
| [[West Bengal]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 5th
|-
|-
| [[Meenal Jain]]||[[Indore]]||Eliminated 7th
| [[Meenal Jain]]
| [[Indore]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
|-
| [[Ravi K. Tripathi]]||[[Uttar Pradesh]]||Eliminated 6th
| [[Ravi K. Tripathi]]
| [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
|-
| Panna Gill||[[Punjab]]||Eliminated 5th
| Panna Gill
| [[Punjab]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
|-
| [[Monali Thakur]]||[[Kolkata]]||Eliminated 4th
| [[Monali Thakur]]
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
|-
| [[Neha Kakkar]]||[[Rishikesh]]||Eliminated 3rd
| [[Neha Kakkar]]
| [[Rishikesh]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
|-
| [[Yashashree Bhave]]||[[Satara (city)|Satara]]||Eliminated 2nd
| [[Yashashree Bhave]]
|-
| [[Satara (city)|Satara]]
| Sagar Sawarkar||[[Mumbai]]||Eliminated 1st
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
|-
| Sagar Sawarkar
| [[Mumbai]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|}
|}


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=== Top 13 Contestants ===
=== Top 13 Contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%;  line-height:25px; width:auto;"
!Name
! Name
!Hometown
! Hometown
!Elimination
! Result
! Place
|-
|-
| [[Prashant Tamang]]||[[Darjeeling]]|| Winner  
| [[Prashant Tamang]]
| [[Darjeeling]]
| {{won|Winner}}
| 1st
|-
|-
| [[Amit Paul]]||[[Shillong]]||1st Runner-up  
| [[Amit Paul]]
| [[Shillong]]
| {{Runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd
|-
|-
| Emon Chatterjee||[[Kolkata]]||2nd Runner-up
| Emon Chatterjee
| [[Kolkata]]
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
|-
| Ankita Mishra||[[Kanpur]]||3rd Runner-up
| Ankita Mishra
| [[Kanpur]]
| style="background:#DDA0DD;" | 3rd Runner-up
| 4th
|-
|-
| [[Meiyang Chang]]||[[Dhanbad]]||4th runner-
| [[Meiyang Chang]]
up
| [[Dhanbad]]
| style="background:#FF69B4;" | 4th Runner-up
| 5th
|-
|-
| Pooja Chatterjee||[[Dhanbad]]||Eliminated 8th
| Pooja Chatterjee
| [[Dhanbad]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
|-
| [[Deepali Kishore]]||[[Patna]]||Eliminated 7th
| [[Deepali Kishore]]
| [[Patna]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
|-
| Abhishek Kumar||[[Mumbai]]||Eliminated 6th
| Abhishek Kumar
| [[Mumbai]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
|-
| Parleen Singh Gill||[[Ambala]]||Eliminated 5th
| Parleen Singh Gill
| [[Ambala]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
|-
| Charu Semwal||[[Dehradun]]||Eliminated 4th
| Charu Semwal
| [[Dehradun]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
|-
| Smita Adhikari||[[Kolkata]]||Eliminated 3rd
| Smita Adhikari
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
|-
| Jolly Das||[[Kolkata]]||Eliminated 2nd
| Jolly Das
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|-
|-
| Richa Aneja||[[Punjab]]||Eliminated 1st
| Richa Aneja
| [[Punjab]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 13th
|}
|}


== Season 4 ==
== Season 4 ==
The [[Indian Idol 4|fourth season]] of ''Indian Idol'' was aired on Nepal TV from 19 September 2008 to 1 March 2009.
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.
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.


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=== Top 14 Contestants ===
=== Top 14 Contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%;  line-height:25px; width:auto;"
!Name
! Name
!Hometown
! Hometown
!Elimination
! Result
! Place
|-
|-
|| [[Sourabhee Debbarma]]|| [[Agartala]] || Winner<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>||
| [[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]]||1st Runner-up ||
| Kapil Thapa  
| [[Dehradun]]
| {{Runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd
|-
|-
|| Torsha Sarkar ||[[Bhagalpur]]||2nd Runner-up ||
| Torsha Sarkar  
| [[Bhagalpur]]
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
|-
||[[Rajdeep Chatterjee]]||[[Jamshedpur]]|| Eliminated 11th ||
| [[Rajdeep Chatterjee]]
| [[Jamshedpur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 4th
|-
|-
|| Remo Ghosh ||[[Dimapur]]|| Eliminated 10th ||
| Remo Ghosh  
| [[Dimapur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 5th
|-
|-
|| Bhavya Pandit ||[[Pune]]|| Eliminated 9th ||
| Bhavya Pandit  
| [[Pune]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
|-
|| Prasenjit Kosambi ||[[Kolhapur]]|| Eliminated 8th ||
| Prasenjit Kosambi  
| [[Kolhapur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
|-
|| Bhanu Pratap Singh ||[[Jaipur]]|| Eliminated 7th ||
| Bhanu Pratap Singh  
| [[Jaipur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
|-
|| Mohit Lawani||[[Delhi]]|| Eliminated 6th ||
| Mohit Lawani
| [[Delhi]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
|-
|| Kuldeep Singh Chauhan ||[[Banda district (India)|Banda]]|| Eliminated 5th ||
| Kuldeep Singh Chauhan  
| [[Banda district (India)|Banda]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
|-
|| Priyanka Negi ||[[Dehradun]]|| Eliminated 4th ||
| Priyanka Negi  
| [[Dehradun]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
|-
|| Shini Kalvint ||[[Gwalior]]|| Eliminated 3rd ||
| Shini Kalvint  
| [[Gwalior]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|-
|-
|| [[Tulika Ganguly]] ||[[Faridabad]]|| Eliminated 2nd ||
| [[Tulika Ganguly]]  
|-
| [[Faridabad]]
|| Ananya Mishra ||[[Lucknow]]|| Eliminated 1st ||
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 13th
|-
|-
| Ananya Mishra
| [[Lucknow]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 14th
|}
|}


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=== Top 13 Contestants ===
=== Top 13 Contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%;  line-height:25px; width:auto;"
!Name
! Name
!Hometown
! Hometown
!Elimination
! Result
! Place
|-
|-
| [[Sreerama Chandra Mynampati]]||[[Hyderabad]]||Winner
| [[Sreerama Chandra ]]
| [[Hyderabad]]
| {{won|Winner}}
| 1st
|-
|-
| [[Bhoomi Trivedi]]||[[Gujarat]]||1st Runner-up
| [[Bhoomi Trivedi]]
| [[Gujarat]]
| {{Runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd
|-
|-
| Rakesh Maini||[[Mumbai]]||1st Runner-up
| Rakesh Maini
| [[Mumbai]]
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
|-
| [[Swaroop Khan]]||[[Rajasthan]]||Eliminated 10th
| [[Swaroop Khan]]
| [[Rajasthan]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 4th
|-
|-
| [[Shivam Pathak]]||[[Gujarat]]||Eliminated 9th
| [[Shivam Pathak]]
| [[Gujarat]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 5th
|-
|-
| Tia Kar||[[Mumbai]]||Eliminated 8th
| Tia Kar
| [[Mumbai]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
|-
| Naushad Ali||[[Rajasthan]]||Eliminated 7th
| Naushad Ali
| [[Rajasthan]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
|-
| Shashi Suman||[[Patna]]||Eliminated 6th
| Shashi Suman
| [[Patna]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
|-
| Arpita Khan||[[West Bengal]]||Eliminated 5th
| Arpita Khan
| [[West Bengal]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
|-
| [[Yashraj Kapil]]||[[Faridabad]]||Eliminated 4th
| [[Yashraj Kapil]]
| [[Faridabad]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
|-
| Manisha Karmakar||[[Kolkata]]||Eliminated 3rd
| Manisha Karmakar
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
|-
| Meghna Kumar||[[Jhansi]]||Eliminated 2nd
| Meghna Kumar
|-
| [[Jhansi]]
| Vishwas Rai||[[Allahabad]]||Eliminated 1st
| {{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.
Note: Sreerama, Rakesh, and Bhoomi were the top 3. Sreeram was crowned the winner without announcing the 1st and 2nd runner-ups.


== Season 6 ==
== 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>
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'''
*'''Judges'''
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[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]]<br />[[Mini Mathur]]
[[Hussain Kuwajerwala]]<br />[[Mini Mathur]]


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


=== These contestants were ===
=== Contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%;  line-height:25px; width:auto;"
!Name
! Name
!Hometown
! Hometown
!Elimination
! Result
! Place
|-
|-
|[[Vipul Mehta]]
| [[Vipul Mehta]]
|[[Amritsar]]
| [[Amritsar]]
|Winner
| {{won|Winner}}
| 1st
|-
|-
|Amit Kumar
| Amit Kumar
|
| {{n/a}}
|Runner-up
| {{Runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd
|-
|-
|[[Devender Pal Singh]]
| [[Devender Pal Singh]]
|
| Ludhiana
|Runner-up
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
|-
|Amitabh Narayan
| Amitabh Narayan
|
|
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 4th
|-
|-
|Amrita Panda
| Amrita Panda
|
|
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 5th
|-
|-
|Charit Dixit
| Charit Dixit
|
|
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
|-
|Deeksha Piyush
| Deeksha Toor
|
|Delhi
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
|-
|Deepak Maher
| Deepak Maher
|
|
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
|-
|Kaushik Deshpande
| Kaushik Deshpande
|
|Mumbai
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
|-
|Kritika Tanwar
| Kritika Tanwar
|
|  
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
|-
|[[Poorvi Koutish]]
| [[Poorvi Koutish]]
|[[Chandigarh]]
| [[Chandigarh]]
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
|-
|Ravi Kumar Mishra
| Ravi Kumar Mishra
|
|
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|-
|-
|Ritika Raj
| Ritika Raj
|
|
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 13th
|-
|-
|Saumya Mishra
| Saumya Mishra
|
|
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 14th
|-
|-
|Simran Kaur
| Simran Kaur
|
| Punjab
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 15th
|-
|-
|[[Sohini Mishra]]
| [[Sohini Mishra]]
|
| Mumbai
|
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 16th
|}
|}


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=== Top 11 Contestants ===
=== Top 11 Contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%;  line-height:25px; width:auto;"
!Name
! Name
!Hometown
! Hometown
!Elimination
! Result
! Place
|-
|-
| Anjana Padmanabhan||[[Bengaluru]]|| Winner  
| [[Anjana Padmanabhan]]
| [[Bengaluru]]
| {{won|Winner}}
| 1st
|-
|-
| Debanjana Karmakar||[[Kolkata]]||1st Runner-up  
| [[Debanjana Karmakar]]
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{Runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd
|-
|-
| Anmol Jaswal||[[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]||2nd Runner-up
| Anmol Jaswal
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
|-
| Nirvesh Dave||[[Ahmedabad]]||3rd Runner-up
| Nirvesh Dave
| [[Ahmedabad]]
| style="background:#DDA0DD;" | 3rd Runner-up
| 4th
|-
|-
| Akash Sharma||[[Harayana]]||Eliminated 7th
| Akash Sharma
| [[Harayana]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 5th
|-
|-
| Aryan Das||[[Cuttack]]||Eliminated 6th
| Aryan Das
| [[Cuttack]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
|-
| Sonakshi Kar||[[Kolkata]]||Eliminated 5th
| Sonakshi Kar
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
|-
| Priyam Borpatragohain||[[Assam]]||Eliminated 4th
| Priyam Borpatragohain
| [[Assam]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
|-
| Eman Chaudhary||[[Assam]]||Eliminated 3rd
| Eman Chaudhary
| [[Assam]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
|-
| Sugandha Date||[[Nagpur]]||Eliminated 2nd
| Sugandha Date
| [[Nagpur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
|-
| Sankalp Yaduwanshi||[[Moradabad]]||Eliminated 1st
| Sankalp Yaduwanshi
| [[Moradabad]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|}
|}


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Indian Idol Junior Season 2 Started 30 May 2015, And the Last Episode Was 6 September 2015.
Indian Idol Junior Season 2 Started 30 May 2015, And the Last Episode Was 6 September 2015.
*'''Judges'''
*'''Judges'''
[[Salim Merchant]]<br />[[Sonakshi Sinha]]<br />[[Vishal Dadlani]]
[[Salim Merchant]]<br />[[Sonakshi Sinha]] replaced [[Shalmali Kholgade]] <br />[[Vishal Dadlani]]


*'''Host'''
*'''Host'''
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=== Top 13 Contestants ===
=== Top 13 Contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%;  line-height:25px; width:auto;"
!Name
! Name
!Hometown
! Hometown
!Elimination
! Result
! Place
|-
|-
| [[Ananya Nanda]]||[[Bhubaneswar]]|| Winner  
| [[Ananya Nanda]]
| [[Bhubaneswar]]
| {{won|Winner}}
| 1st
|-
|-
| [[Nahid Afrin]]||[[Assam]]|| 1st Runner-up  
| [[Nahid Afrin]]
| [[Assam]]
| {{runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd
|-
|-
| Nithyashree Venkataramanan||[[Chennai]]||2nd Runner-up
| Nithyashree Venkataramanan
| [[Chennai]]
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
|-
| [[Vaishnav Girish]]||[[Kerala]]|| Eliminated 10th
| [[Vaishnav Girish]]
| [[Kerala]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 4th
|-
|-
| Moti Khan||[[Rajasthan]]||Eliminated 9th
| Moti Khan
| [[Rajasthan]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 5th
|-
|-
| Niharika Nath||[[Agartala]]||Eliminated 8th
| Niharika Nath
| [[Agartala]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
|-
| Ranita Banerjee||[[Kolkata]]||Eliminated 7th
| Ranita Banerjee
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
|-
| Sreelakshmi Belmannu||[[Bangalore]]||Eliminated 6th
| Sreelakshmi Belmannu
| [[Bangalore]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
|-
| Ajay Brijwasi||[[Mathura]]||Eliminated 5th
| Ajay Brijwasi
| [[Mathura]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
|-
| Yumna Ajin||[[Kerala]]||Eliminated 4th
| Yumna Ajin
| [[Kerala]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
|-
| Surendra Singh Panwar||[[Rajasthan]]||Eliminated 3rd
| Surendra Singh Panwar
| [[Rajasthan]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
|-
| Vidhi Jaswal||[[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]||Eliminated 2nd
| Vidhi Jaswal
|-
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| Shubhankar||[[Kolkata]]||Eliminated 1st
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|-
|-
| Shubhankar
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 13th
|}
|}


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=== Top 14 Contestants ===
=== Top 14 Contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%;  line-height:25px; width:auto;"
!Name
! Name
!Hometown
! Hometown
!Elimination
! Result
|-
! Place
| [[L. V. Revanth]]||[[Hyderabad]]|| Winner<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]]||1st Runner-up<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>
| [[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>
|-
|-
| PVNS Rohit||[[Hyderabad]]||2nd Runner-up
| 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>
|-
|-
| Maalavika Sunder||[[Chennai]]||Eliminated 11th
| PVNS Rohit
| [[Hyderabad]]
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
|-
| Mohit Chopra||[[New Delhi]]||Eliminated 10th
| Maalavika Sunder
| [[Chennai]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 4th
|-
|-
| Manya Narang||[[New Delhi]]||Eliminated 9th
| Mohit Chopra
| [[New Delhi]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 5th
|-
|-
| Hardeep Singh||[[Ludhiana]]||Eliminated 8th
| Tajinder Singh  
| [[Faridabad]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
|-
| R P Shravan||[[Chennai]]||Eliminated 7th
| R P Shravan
| [[Chennai]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
|-
| Tajinder Singh||[[Faridabad]]||Eliminated 6th
| Manya Narang
| [[New Delhi]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
|-
| Jeli Kayi||[[Itanagar]]||Eliminated 5th
| Hardeep Singh
| [[Ludhiana]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
|-
| Bharti Gupta||[[Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh|Ghaziabad]]||Eliminated 4th
| Jeli Kayi
| [[Itanagar]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
|-
| Mansi Bhardwaj||[[Kolkata|New Delhi]] ||Eliminated 3rd
| Bharti Gupta
| [[Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh|Ghaziabad]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
|-
| Stuti Tiwari||[[Kolkata]]||Eliminated 2nd
| Mansi Bhardwaj
| [[Kolkata]]  
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|-
|-
| Saumya Mishra||[[Renukut]]||Eliminated 1st
| Stuti Tiwari
| [[Delhi]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 13th
|-
|-
| Rahul Deb||[[Kolkata]]|| Eliminated
| Saumya Mishra
| [[Renukut]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 14th
|-
|-
| Rahul Deb
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 15th
|}
|}


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=== Top 14 Contestants ===
=== Top 14 Contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%;  line-height:25px; width:auto;"
!Name
! Name
!Hometown
! Hometown
!Elimination
! Result
! Place
|-
|-
| [[Salman Ali]]||[[Mewat district|Mewat]]|| Winner<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>
| [[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]]||1st Runner-up
| [[Ankush Bhardwaj]]
| [[Kotgarh]]
| {{runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd
|-
|-
| Neelanjana Ray||[[Kolkata]]||2nd Runner-up
| Neelanjana Ray
| [[Kolkata]]
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" | 2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
|-
| Nitin Kumar||[[Una, Himachal Pradesh|Una]]||3rd Runner-up
| Nitin Kumar
| [[Una, Himachal Pradesh|Una]]
| style="background:#DDA0DD;" | 3rd Runner-up
| 4th
|-
|-
| Vibhor Parashar||[[New Delhi]]||4th Runner-up
| Vibhor Parashar
| [[New Delhi]]
| style="background:#FF69B4;" | 4th Runner-up
| 5th
|-
|-
| Kunal Pandit||[[Mumbai]]||Eliminated 9th
| Kunal Pandit
| [[Mumbai]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
|-
| Renu Nagar||[[Alwar]]||Eliminated 8th
| Renu Nagar
| [[Alwar]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
|-
| Soumya Chakraborty||[[Kolkata]]||Eliminated 7th
| Soumya Chakraborty
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
|-
| Avanti Patel||[[Mumbai]]||Eliminated 6th
| Avanti Patel
| [[Mumbai]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
|-
| Saurabh Valmiki||[[Lakhimpur Kheri district|Lakhimpur]]||Eliminated 5th
| Saurabh Valmiki
| [[Lakhimpur Kheri district|Lakhimpur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
|-
| [[Biswajit Mohapatra]]||[[Odisha]]||Eliminated 4th
| [[Biswajit Mohapatra]]
| [[Odisha]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
|-
| Krishnakali Saha||[[Tripura]]||Eliminated 3rd
| Krishnakali Saha
| [[Tripura]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|-
|-
| Indira Das||[[Kolkata]]||Eliminated 2nd
| Indira Das
|-
| [[Kolkata]]
| Sonia Gazmer||[[Kolkata]]||Eliminated 1st
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 13th
|-
|-
| Sonia Gazmer
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 14th
|}
|}


== Season 11 ==
== Season 11 ==
The 11th season started to air on 12 October 2019 on Sony TV. It is 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 judge panel for [[Me Too movement (India)#Indian Idol|Me Too]] allegations. He has 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.turbotv.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>
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'''
*'''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 />[[Vishal Dadlani]]<br />[[Neha Kakkar]]
[[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 '''
*'''Host '''
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=== Top 15 contestants + 2 wild card entries are:- ===
=== Top 15 contestants + 2 wild card entries are:- ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%;  line-height:25px; width:auto;"
!Name
!Name
!Hometown
!Hometown
!Elimination
!Elimination
!Place
|-
|-
| [[Sunny Hindustani]] || [[Bathinda district|Bathinda]]||{{won|Winner}}<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=Salmam Ali is the winner of Indian Idol 11|website=Mumbai Live|language=en|access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref>  
| [[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]]||1st Runner-up
| [[Rohit Raut|Rohit Shyam Raut]]
| [[Latur district|Latur]]
| {{runner-up|1st Runner-up}}
| 2nd
|-
|-
| Ankona Mukherjee|| [[Bankura]]||2nd Runner-up
| Ankona Mukherjee
| [[Bankura]]
| style="background:#7FFFD4;" |2nd Runner-up
| 3rd
|-
|-
| Ridham Kalyan || [[Amritsar district|Amritsar]]||3rd Runner-up
| Ridham Kalyan  
| [[Amritsar district|Amritsar]]
| style="background:#DDA0DD;" | 3rd Runner-up
| 4th
|-
|-
| Adriz Ghosh|| [[Murshidabad]]||4th Runner-up
| Adriz Ghosh
| [[Murshidabad]]
| style="background:#FF69B4;" | 4th Runner-up
| 5th
|-
|-
| Shahzaan Mujeeb || [[Aligarh district|Aligarh]]||Eliminated 12th
| Shahzaan Mujeeb  
| [[Aligarh district|Aligarh]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 6th
|-
|-
| Rishabh Chaturvedi || [[Amritsar district|Amritsar]]||Eliminated 11th
| Rishabh Chaturvedi  
 
| [[Amritsar district|Amritsar]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 7th
|-
|-
|Stuti Tiwari||[[New Delhi]]||Eliminated 10th
| Stuti Tiwari
| [[New Delhi]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
|-
|Jannabi Das ||[[New Delhi]]||Eliminated 9th
| Jannabi Das  
| [[New Delhi]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
|-
|Azmat Hussain||[[Jaipur]]||Eliminated 8th
| Azmat Hussain
| [[Jaipur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
|-
| Chetna Bharadwaj ||[[Ghaziabad district|Ghaziabad]]||Eliminated 7th
| Chetna Bharadwaj  
| [[Ghaziabad district|Ghaziabad]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
|-
| Kaivalya Kejkar ||[[Nagpur]]||Eliminated 6th
| Kaivalya Kejkar  
| [[Nagpur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|-
|-
| Shubhadeep Das ||[[Kolkata]]||Eliminated 5th
| Shubhadeep Das  
| [[Kolkata]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 13th
|-
|-
| Stuti Tiwari || [[New Delhi]]|| Eliminated 4th
| Nidhi Kumari
| [[Jamshedpur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 14th
|-
|-
| Nidhi Kumari ||[[Jamshedpur]]||Eliminated 3rd
| Chelsi Behura  
|-
| [[Orissa]]
| Chelsi Behura ||[[Orissa]]||Eliminated 2nd
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
|-
| 15th
| Pallav Singh ||[[Ballia]]||Eliminated 1st
|-
|-
| Pallav Singh
| [[Ballia]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 16th
|}
|}


== Season 12 ==
== Season 12 ==
 
The 12th season started on 28 November 2020 on Sony TV.  
The 12th season started on 28 November 2020.  


*'''Judges'''
*'''Judges'''
[[Himesh Reshammiya]]<br />[[Vishal Dadlani]]<br />[[Neha Kakkar]]
[[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>


*'''Host '''
*'''Former judges'''
Due To Covid Positive
[[Vishal Dadlani]]<br />[[Manoj Muntashir]]<br />[[Neha Kakkar]]


[[Aditya Narayan]]
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.


Replaced By
Speculations are that these replacements are temporary and Dadlani and Kakkar would rejoin the show as and when show shifts to Mumbai.


[[Rithvik Dhanjani|Ritvik Dhanjani]]
*'''Host '''
For two weeks 
[[Aditya Narayan]]


<br />  
*'''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 ===
=== Top 15 contestants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; font-size:85%;  line-height:25px; width:auto;"
!Name
! Name
!Hometown
! Hometown  
!Elimination
! Result
! Place
|-
|-
| Pawandeep Rajan || [[Uttarakhand]]||-
| Pawandeep Rajan  
| [[Champawat]]
|
|
|-
|-
| Shanmukha Priya ||[[Visakhapatnam]]||-
| [[Shanmukha Priya]]
| [[Visakhapatnam]]
|
|
|-
|-
| Sawai Bhatt||[[Nagaur]]||-
| Ashish Kulkarni
| [[Pune]]
|
|
|-
|-
| Ashish Kulkarni||[[Pune]]||-
| Mohd. Danish
| [[Muzaffarnagar]]
|
|
|-
|-
| Anjali Gaikwad||[[Ahmednagar]]||-
| Nihal Tauro
| [[Mangalore]]
|
|
|-
|-
| Mohd. Danish ||[[Muzaffarnagar]]||-
| Arunita Kanjilal
| [[Kolkata]]
|
|
|-
|-
| Nihal Tauro||[[Mangalore]]||-
| Sayli Kamble
| [[Mumbai]]
|
|
|-
|-
| Arunita Kanjilal||[[Kolkata]]||-
| Sawai Bhatt
| [[Nagaur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 8th
|-
|-
| Sayli Kamble||[[Pune]]||-
| Anjali Gaikwad
| [[Ahmednagar]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 9th
|-
|-
| Nachiket Lele||[[Kalyan]]|| Eliminated 6th
| Nachiket Lele  
| [[Kalyan]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 10th
|-
|-
| Sireesha Bhagavatula||[[Visakhapatnam]]|| Eliminated 5th
| Sireesha Bhagavatula  
| [[Visakhapatnam]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 11th
|-
|-
| Anushka Banerjee||[[Chandigarh]]|| Eliminated 4th
| Anushka Banerjee  
| [[Chandigarh]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 12th
|-
|-
| [[Vaishnav Girish]]||[[Thrissur]]|| Eliminated 3rd
| [[Vaishnav Girish]]  
| [[Thrissur]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 13th
|-
|-
| Samyak Prasana Das||[[Delhi]]|| Eliminated 2nd
| Samyak Prasana  
|-
| [[Delhi]]
| Sahil Solanki||[[Hisar (city)|Hisar]]|| Eliminated 1st
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 14th
|-
|-
| Sahil Solanki
| [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]]
| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}
| 15th
|}
|}


==Controversy and credibility==
==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>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/</ref> The show is just a means of earning money and playing with the lives of talented contestants.<ref>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</ref>
''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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== References ==
== References ==
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Indian Idol
Logo as of 2020
GenreReality television
Created bySimon Fuller
Directed by
  • 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)
Presented by
Judges
Theme music composerJulian Gingell
Barry Stone
Cathy Dennis
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons12
No. of episodes317
Production
Executive producersAnupama Mandloi (2010–present)
Niret Alva (2005–09)
Nikhil J Alva (2005–09)
ProducersNamit Sharma (2010–present)
Ashok (2008–09)
Production locationsInitial auditions: Various
Mumbai auditions: National Centre of Performing Arts, Mumbai
Running time1–2 hrs
Production companiesARSenic's Business Empire(2010–present)
Fremantlemedia India
Miditech Pvt. Ltd. (2005–09)
DistributorFremantleMedia Enterprises
Release
Original networkSET
Picture format576i
1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatDolby Digital 5.1
Original release30 October 2004 (2004-10-30) –
present
External links
Indian Idol

Indian Idol is the Indian version of the Pop Idol format that has aired on Sony Entertainment Television since 2004.[1] The show has spawned 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.[2]

Summary

Season Year Channel Host Contestants Winner Runner-up
1 2004–05 Sony TV 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[3] Khuda Baksh
10 2018 Manish Paul 14 Salman Ali[4] Ankush Bhardwaj
11 2019 Aditya Narayan 17 Sunny Hindustani[5] Rohit Shyam Raut
12 2020-2021 Aditya Narayan 15 TBC TBC

Season 1

  • Judges

Anu Malik
Farah Khan
Sonu Nigam

  • Host

Aman Verma
Mini Mathur

Top 12 Contestants

Name Hometown Result Place
Abhijeet Sawant Mumbai Winner 1st
Amit Sana Bhilai 1st Runner-up 2nd
Rahul Vaidya Nagpur 2nd Runner-up 3rd
Prajakta Shukre Maharashtra 3rd Runner-up 4th
Ravinder Ravi Ludhiana Eliminated 5th
Aditi Paul Chennai Eliminated 6th
Mukesh Pancholi Faridabad Eliminated 8th
Harish Moyal Itanagar Eliminated 9th
Rahul Saxena Ghaziabad Eliminated 10th
Amit Tandon Kolkata Eliminated 11th
Vishal Kothari Mumbai Eliminated 12th
Priyanka Venkateswar Mumbai Withdrew 13th

Season 2

  • Judges

Anu Malik
Farah Khan
Sonu Nigam

  • Host

Mini Mathur

Top 12 Contestants

Name Hometown Result Place
Sandeep Acharya Rajasthan Winner 1st
N. C. Karunya Hyderabad 1st Runner-up 2nd
Anuj Sharma Himachal Pradesh 2nd Runner-up 3rd
Amey Date Mumbai Eliminated 4th
Antara Mitra West Bengal Eliminated 5th
Meenal Jain Indore Eliminated 6th
Ravi K. Tripathi Uttar Pradesh Eliminated 7th
Panna Gill Punjab Eliminated 8th
Monali Thakur Kolkata Eliminated 9th
Neha Kakkar Rishikesh Eliminated 10th
Yashashree Bhave Satara Eliminated 11th
Sagar Sawarkar Mumbai Eliminated 12th

Season 3

  • Judges

Javed Akhtar
Anu Malik
Alisha Chinai
Udit Narayan

  • Host

Hussain Kuwajerwala
Mini Mathur

Top 13 Contestants

Name Hometown Result Place
Prashant Tamang Darjeeling Winner 1st
Amit Paul Shillong 1st Runner-up 2nd
Emon Chatterjee Kolkata 2nd Runner-up 3rd
Ankita Mishra Kanpur 3rd Runner-up 4th
Meiyang Chang Dhanbad 4th Runner-up 5th
Pooja Chatterjee Dhanbad Eliminated 6th
Deepali Kishore Patna Eliminated 7th
Abhishek Kumar Mumbai Eliminated 8th
Parleen Singh Gill Ambala Eliminated 9th
Charu Semwal Dehradun Eliminated 10th
Smita Adhikari Kolkata Eliminated 11th
Jolly Das Kolkata Eliminated 12th
Richa Aneja Punjab Eliminated 13th

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 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 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.[6]

  • Judges

Javed Akhtar
Anu Malik
Sonali Bendre
Kailash Kher

  • Host

Hussain Kuwajerwala
Meiyang Chang

Top 14 Contestants

Name Hometown Result Place
Sourabhee Debbarma Agartala Winner 1st[7]
Kapil Thapa Dehradun 1st Runner-up 2nd
Torsha Sarkar Bhagalpur 2nd Runner-up 3rd
Rajdeep Chatterjee Jamshedpur Eliminated 4th
Remo Ghosh Dimapur Eliminated 5th
Bhavya Pandit Pune Eliminated 6th
Prasenjit Kosambi Kolhapur Eliminated 7th
Bhanu Pratap Singh Jaipur Eliminated 8th
Mohit Lawani Delhi Eliminated 9th
Kuldeep Singh Chauhan Banda Eliminated 10th
Priyanka Negi Dehradun Eliminated 11th
Shini Kalvint Gwalior Eliminated 12th
Tulika Ganguly Faridabad Eliminated 13th
Ananya Mishra Lucknow Eliminated 14th

Season 5

  • Judges

Anu Malik
Sunidhi Chauhan
Salim Merchant

  • Host

Hussain Kuwajerwala
Abhijeet Sawant

Top 13 Contestants

Name Hometown Result Place
Sreerama Chandra Hyderabad Winner 1st
Bhoomi Trivedi Gujarat 1st Runner-up 2nd
Rakesh Maini Mumbai 2nd Runner-up 3rd
Swaroop Khan Rajasthan Eliminated 4th
Shivam Pathak Gujarat Eliminated 5th
Tia Kar Mumbai Eliminated 6th
Naushad Ali Rajasthan Eliminated 7th
Shashi Suman Patna Eliminated 8th
Arpita Khan West Bengal Eliminated 9th
Yashraj Kapil Faridabad Eliminated 10th
Manisha Karmakar Kolkata Eliminated 11th
Meghna Kumar Jhansi Eliminated 12th
Vishwas Rai Allahabad 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.[8][9][10]

  • 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

Name Hometown Result Place
Vipul Mehta Amritsar Winner 1st
Amit Kumar N/A 1st Runner-up 2nd
Devender Pal Singh Ludhiana 2nd Runner-up 3rd
Amitabh Narayan Eliminated 4th
Amrita Panda Eliminated 5th
Charit Dixit Eliminated 6th
Deeksha Toor Delhi Eliminated 7th
Deepak Maher Eliminated 8th
Kaushik Deshpande Mumbai Eliminated 9th
Kritika Tanwar Eliminated 10th
Poorvi Koutish Chandigarh Eliminated 11th
Ravi Kumar Mishra Eliminated 12th
Ritika Raj Eliminated 13th
Saumya Mishra Eliminated 14th
Simran Kaur Punjab Eliminated 15th
Sohini Mishra Mumbai Eliminated 16th

Indian Idol Junior Season 1

  • Judges

Vishal Dadlani
Shreya Ghoshal
Shekhar Ravjiani

  • Host

Karan Wahi
Mandira Bedi

Top 11 Contestants

Name Hometown Result Place
Anjana Padmanabhan Bengaluru Winner 1st
Debanjana Karmakar Kolkata 1st Runner-up 2nd
Anmol Jaswal Jammu and Kashmir 2nd Runner-up 3rd
Nirvesh Dave Ahmedabad 3rd Runner-up 4th
Akash Sharma Harayana Eliminated 5th
Aryan Das Cuttack Eliminated 6th
Sonakshi Kar Kolkata Eliminated 7th
Priyam Borpatragohain Assam Eliminated 8th
Eman Chaudhary Assam Eliminated 9th
Sugandha Date Nagpur Eliminated 10th
Sankalp Yaduwanshi Moradabad Eliminated 11th

Indian Idol Junior Season 2

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

Name Hometown Result Place
Ananya Nanda Bhubaneswar Winner 1st
Nahid Afrin Assam 1st Runner-up 2nd
Nithyashree Venkataramanan Chennai 2nd Runner-up 3rd
Vaishnav Girish Kerala Eliminated 4th
Moti Khan Rajasthan Eliminated 5th
Niharika Nath Agartala Eliminated 6th
Ranita Banerjee Kolkata Eliminated 7th
Sreelakshmi Belmannu Bangalore Eliminated 8th
Ajay Brijwasi Mathura Eliminated 9th
Yumna Ajin Kerala Eliminated 10th
Surendra Singh Panwar Rajasthan Eliminated 11th
Vidhi Jaswal Jammu and Kashmir Eliminated 12th
Shubhankar Kolkata Eliminated 13th

Season 9

  • Judges

Anu Malik
Farah Khan
Sonu Nigam

  • Host

Karan Wahi
Paritosh Tripathi

Top 14 Contestants

Name Hometown Result Place
L. V. Revanth Hyderabad Winner 1st[11]
Khuda Baksh Punjab 1st Runner-up 2nd[12]
PVNS Rohit Hyderabad 2nd Runner-up 3rd
Maalavika Sunder Chennai Eliminated 4th
Mohit Chopra New Delhi Eliminated 5th
Tajinder Singh Faridabad Eliminated 6th
R P Shravan Chennai Eliminated 7th
Manya Narang New Delhi Eliminated 8th
Hardeep Singh Ludhiana Eliminated 9th
Jeli Kayi Itanagar Eliminated 10th
Bharti Gupta Ghaziabad Eliminated 11th
Mansi Bhardwaj Kolkata Eliminated 12th
Stuti Tiwari Delhi Eliminated 13th
Saumya Mishra Renukut Eliminated 14th
Rahul Deb Kolkata Eliminated 15th

Season 10

  • Judges

Javed Ali replaced Anu Malik[13]
Neha Kakkar
Vishal Dadlani

  • Host

Manish Paul

Top 14 Contestants

Name Hometown Result Place
Salman Ali Mewat Winner 1st[14]
Ankush Bhardwaj Kotgarh 1st Runner-up 2nd
Neelanjana Ray Kolkata 2nd Runner-up 3rd
Nitin Kumar Una 3rd Runner-up 4th
Vibhor Parashar New Delhi 4th Runner-up 5th
Kunal Pandit Mumbai Eliminated 6th
Renu Nagar Alwar Eliminated 7th
Soumya Chakraborty Kolkata Eliminated 8th
Avanti Patel Mumbai Eliminated 9th
Saurabh Valmiki Lakhimpur Eliminated 10th
Biswajit Mohapatra Odisha Eliminated 11th
Krishnakali Saha Tripura Eliminated 12th
Indira Das Kolkata Eliminated 13th
Sonia Gazmer Kolkata 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.[15] 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 allegations. He was then been replaced by Himesh Reshammiya.[16][17]

  • Judges

Himesh Reshammiya replaced Anu Malik[18]
Neha Kakkar
Vishal Dadlani

  • Host

Aditya Narayan

Top 15 contestants + 2 wild card entries are:-

Name Hometown Elimination Place
Sunny Hindustani Bathinda Winner 1st[19]
Rohit Shyam Raut Latur 1st Runner-up 2nd
Ankona Mukherjee Bankura 2nd Runner-up 3rd
Ridham Kalyan Amritsar 3rd Runner-up 4th
Adriz Ghosh Murshidabad 4th Runner-up 5th
Shahzaan Mujeeb Aligarh Eliminated 6th
Rishabh Chaturvedi Amritsar Eliminated 7th
Stuti Tiwari New Delhi Eliminated 8th
Jannabi Das New Delhi Eliminated 9th
Azmat Hussain Jaipur Eliminated 10th
Chetna Bharadwaj Ghaziabad Eliminated 11th
Kaivalya Kejkar Nagpur Eliminated 12th
Shubhadeep Das Kolkata Eliminated 13th
Nidhi Kumari Jamshedpur Eliminated 14th
Chelsi Behura Orissa Eliminated 15th
Pallav Singh Ballia Eliminated 16th

Season 12

The 12th season started on 28 November 2020 on Sony TV.

  • Judges

Anu Malik
Sonu Kakkar
Himesh Reshammiya[20][21]

  • 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

Name Hometown Result Place
Pawandeep Rajan Champawat
Shanmukha Priya Visakhapatnam
Ashish Kulkarni Pune
Mohd. Danish Muzaffarnagar
Nihal Tauro Mangalore
Arunita Kanjilal Kolkata
Sayli Kamble Mumbai
Sawai Bhatt Nagaur Eliminated 8th
Anjali Gaikwad Ahmednagar Eliminated 9th
Nachiket Lele Kalyan Eliminated 10th
Sireesha Bhagavatula Visakhapatnam Eliminated 11th
Anushka Banerjee Chandigarh Eliminated 12th
Vaishnav Girish Thrissur Eliminated 13th
Samyak Prasana Delhi Eliminated 14th
Sahil Solanki Hisar 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.[22] The show is rumoured to be just a means of earning money and playing with the lives of talented contestants.[23] Playback singer and ex-judge of Indian Idol Sunidhi Chauhan and Kishore Kumar's son 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.[24] 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.[25]

Notes

  1. ↑ replacement for 2 episodes in 2020
  2. ↑ replacement for 2 episodes in 2018
  3. ↑ replacement for 2 weeks in 2021, due to Narayan being COVID positive

References

  1. ↑ "Making of an Idol". India Today. 28 February 2005. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Indian Idol 11 Grand Finale: Sunny Hindustani is the winner". India Today. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Indian Idol 9: preetham is the winner of the reality show – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Indian Idol 10 winner's: Haryana's Salman Ali bags the trophy – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Sunny Hindustani is the winner of Indian Idol 11". Mumbai Live. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "What's Your Raashee".
  7. ↑ "Indian Idol Season 4 (Contestants Name + Winner + Judges)". 30 December 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  8. ↑ PTI (2 September 2012). "Vipul Mehta wins Indian Idol 6". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "Vipul Mehta wins 'Indian Idol 6'". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Punjabi boy Vipul Mehta wins Indian Idol 6". Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "LV Revanth is the winner of Indian Idol 9. See poll". The Indian Express. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  12. ↑ "Indian Idol Season 9: Finalist Khuda Baksh's journey on the show – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  13. ↑ "Anu Malik confirms stepping down as 'Indian Idol' judge – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  14. ↑ "Indian Idol 10 winner Salman Ali says he will fix his house's broken roof with Rs 25 lakh prize money". Hindustan Times. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  15. ↑ "Singer Aditya Narayan to host 'Indian Idol 11'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  16. ↑ "Indian Idol: On popular demand, singer Neha Kakkar returns as a judge – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  17. ↑ "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". Turbo Tv. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  18. ↑ "Anu Malik confirms stepping down as 'Indian Idol' judge – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  19. ↑ "Sunny Hindustani is the winner of Indian Idol 11". Mumbai Live. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  20. ↑ Indian Idol 12: Neha Kakkar Finally Shoots For The Show in Daman Amid COVID Scare, Read on
  21. ↑ Himesh Reshammiya and Neha Kakkar resume shoot of Indian Idol 12, shoot two episodes in Daman
  22. ↑ "The ugly side of reality tv: Participant of Indian Idol reveals what goes on behind the scenes". The Indian Express. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ↑ "Former Indian Idol participant reveals the ugly side of the singing reality show". India Today. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  24. ↑ "After Amit Kumar, Sunidhi Chauhan reveals she was told to praise Indian Idol contestants". India Today. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  25. ↑ "Indian Idol 1 winner Abhijeet Sawant shreds show, says poverty and fake love stories are shown instead of talent". The Indian Express. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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