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| Rising Star (Indian TV series) season 1 | |
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| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Colors TV |
| Original release | 4 February – 23 April 2017 |
Rising Star is an Indian version of the international franchise series Rising Star, a reality television singing competition.
The program format lets the viewers vote for contestants live via the television channel's mobile app. The show premiered on 4 February 2015 on Colors TV.
Playback singer and music director Shankar Mahadevan, playback singer and actor Monali Thakur and actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh are the experts in the show. This show marks as Diljit Dosanjh's television debut. The show is hosted by singer-actor Meiyang Chang and dancer-choreographer Raghav Juyal.
Bannet Dosanjh became India's first Rising Star, won Rs. 20 lakhs and also an opportunity to sing a song in an upcoming Vishesh Films movie. Maithili Thakur was declared the first runner-up.[1]
Season overview[edit | edit source]
Live auditions[edit | edit source]
The live auditions began on 4 February 2017 and lasted for 8 episodes.
- **An exception was made in the final two audition episodes wherein the wall was raised only if the contestant managed to get at least 90% votes. This modification was made since most of the top contestants who had already qualified for the next round had scored more than 90%. Judges made an exception for two contestants Jidnesh Vaze & Deepesh Bhati and gave them a second chance to participate in the Duels Ki Takkar round.
Duels Ki Takkar[edit | edit source]
The top 30 scorers from the auditions moved on to the second round named 'Duels Ki Takkar' which began on 4 March 2017. The contestants who qualify from this round move on to the quarterfinals.
Episode 9: 4 March 2017
Episode 10: 5 March 2017
Episode 11: 11 March 2017
Episode 12: 12 March 2017
India's Favourite 16[edit | edit source]
The top 16 contestants compete in this round. As the round progresses, the contestant who receives fewer votes at that point of the competition moves to the Red Sofa. At the end of the episode, the contestant who sits on the Red Sofa gets eliminated.
Episode 13: 18 March 2017
Episode 14: 19 March 2017
Duets challenge[edit | edit source]
The top 14 contestants compete in this round. On day one, four teams of two perform in duets. The first two teams perform with the wall up and set the target percentage. The next two teams perform with the wall down and attempt to beat the target score. The duos with the two least scores move to the Red Sofa (unsafe zone). These two teams compete in a face off. The team which loses in the face off gets eliminated.
Episode 15: 25 March 2017
| Order | Contestant | Song | Votes | Experts' choices | Result | ||
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| Shankar Mahadevan | Monali Thakur | Diljit Dosanjh | |||||
| 1 | Bannet Dosanjh | Ainvayi Ainvayi | 89% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Advanced |
| Afsana Khan | |||||||
| 2 | Ameya Date | Badal Ghumad | 94% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Advanced |
| Maithili Thakur | |||||||
| 3 | Humsufi | Mera Piya Ghar Aaya | 75% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Proceeded to Face Off Round |
| Shreyasi Bhattacharjee | |||||||
| 4 | Nikita Boro | Gerua | 86% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Proceeded to Face Off Round |
| Jidnesh Vaze | |||||||
Duets Face Off round
The bottom two teams perform in the face off round. The team to perform first will set a target percentage. The second team has a challenge to perform better, raise the wall and save themselves.
| Order | Contestant | Song | Votes | Experts' choices | Result | ||
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| Shankar Mahadevan | Monali Thakur | Diljit Dosanjh | |||||
| 1 | Humsufi | Chaiyya Chaiyya | 82% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Eliminated |
| Shreyasi Bhattacharjee | |||||||
| 2 | Nikita Boro | Manwa Laage | 89% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Advanced |
| Jidnesh Vaze | |||||||
Episode 16: 26 March 2017
| Order | Contestant | Song | Votes | Experts' choices | Result | ||
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| Shankar Mahadevan | Monali Thakur | Diljit Dosanjh | |||||
| 1 | Ankita Sachdev | O Haseena Zulfowaali | 96% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Advanced |
| Vikram Jeet Singh | |||||||
| 2 | Diljot Qawwali Group | Kajra Re / Jhoom Barabar Jhoom | 93% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Proceeded to Face Off Round |
| Ankita Kundu | |||||||
| 3 | Nitin Nayak | Bol Na Halke Halke | 92% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Proceeded to Face Off Round |
| Chelsi Behura | |||||||
Duets Face Off round
The bottom two teams perform in the face off round. The team to perform first will set a target percentage. The second team has a challenge to perform better, raise the wall and save themselves.
| Order | Contestant | Song | Votes | Experts' choices | Result | ||
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| Shankar Mahadevan | Monali Thakur | Diljit Dosanjh | |||||
| 1 | Diljot Qawwali Group | Paan Khaye Saiyan / Tharki Chokro | 81% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Advanced |
| Ankita Kundu | |||||||
| 2 | Nitin Nayak | Soch Na Sake | 67% | 
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| Chelsi Behura | |||||||
Remix with DJ Chetas[edit | edit source]
The top 10 contestants compete in this round where they sing live to the tunes played by DJ Chetas.
Episode 17: 1 April 2017
Dil Se[edit | edit source]
The top 9 contestants sing a dedication to their loved ones.
Episode 18: 2 April 2017
Regional / devotional[edit | edit source]
The top 8 contestants sing a devotional song or a song in their regional language.
Episode 19: 8 April 2017
Retro Night[edit | edit source]
The top 7 contestants sang Hindi songs from the 1970s popularly known as the Retro era.
Episode 20: 9 April 2017
Ticket To Finale[edit | edit source]
The contestants compete to earn a direct entry to the finale week.
Episode 21: 15 April 2017
| Order | Contestant | Song | Votes | Experts' choices | Result | ||
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| Shankar Mahadevan | Monali Thakur | Diljit Dosanjh | |||||
| 1 | Bannet Dosanjh | Lagan Lagan | 84.90% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Advanced |
| 2 | Ameya Date | Aayat | 58% |
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| 3 | Nikita Boro | Pyaar Ki Yeh Kahani | 83% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Advanced |
| 4 | Ankita Kundu | Piya Baawri | 84.16% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Advanced |
| 5 | Maithili Thakur | Saanware Tore Bin Jiya | 86% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Advanced |
| 6 | Vikram Jeet Singh | Layi Vi Na Gayi | 89% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Advanced |
Episode 22: 16 April 2017
| Order | Contestant | Song | Votes | Experts' choices | Result | ||
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| Shankar Mahadevan | Monali Thakur | Diljit Dosanjh | |||||
| 1 | Ankita Kundu | Aaj Ki Raat / Raat Baaki | 80% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Advanced |
| 2 | Nikita Boro | Zoobi Doobi / Eena Meen Deeka | 63% |
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| 3 | Bannet Dosanjh | Kadi Te Has Bol / Jee Karda | 87% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Advanced |
| 4 | Maithili Thakur | Saawan Jeeto Jaaye / Jiya Lage Naa | 88% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Advanced |
Face-off for the Ticket to Finale
The two top scorers of Saturday and Sunday episode participate in a face-off round. In this round, the judges score of 21% will be given in whole to only one contestant who, according to them, performed better.
| Order | Contestant | Song | Votes | Experts' choices | Result | ||
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| Shankar Mahadevan | Monali Thakur | Diljit Dosanjh | |||||
| 1 | Vikram Jeet Singh | Mera Yaar | 61% |
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| 2 | Maithili Thakur | Om Namah Shivaya | 81% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Won the Ticket To Finale |
Finale Week[edit | edit source]
Episode 23: 22 April 2017
The top 4 contestants sing duets along with playback singers Master Saleem, Neha Bhasin, Akriti Kakar and Jubin Nautiyal.
| Order | Contestant | Celebrity Singer | Song | Votes | Experts' choices | Result | ||
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| Shankar Mahadevan | Monali Thakur | Diljit Dosanjh | ||||||
| 1 | Bannet Dosanjh | Master Saleem | Mast Kalandar | 89% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Finalist |
| 2 | Ankita Kundu | Neha Bhasin | Kuch Khaas | 80% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Proceeded to Takkar Round |
| 3 | Vikram Jeet Singh | Akriti Kakar | Marjaani | 85% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Proceeded to Takkar Round |
Finalist Maithili Thakur gave a guest performance along with Jubin Nautiyal and sang the song Bawra Mann.
Takkar
The two bottom scorers of the episode participate in a face-off round. In this round, the collective judges score of 21% will be given to only one contestant who, according to them, performed better.
| Order | Contestant | Song | Votes | Experts' choices | Result | ||
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| Shankar Mahadevan | Monali Thakur | Diljit Dosanjh | |||||
| 1 | Ankita Kundu | Tere Bina Jiya Jaaye Na | 76% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Advanced |
| 2 | Vikram Jeet Singh | Sultan | 61% |
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Episode 24: 23 April 2017
The top 3 finalists Maithili Thakur, Bannet Dosanjh and Ankita Kundu compete in the first round. Each expert has 1% vote each as opposed to 7%. The top 2 contestants proceed to the Face-off round.
| Order | Contestant | Song | Votes | Experts' choices | Result | ||
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| Shankar Mahadevan | Monali Thakur | Diljit Dosanjh | |||||
| 1 | Ankita Kundu | Kahin Aag Lage | 69% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | 2nd Runner-up |
| 2 | Maithili Thakur | Morey Saiyan Toh / Soona Soona | 82% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Advanced to top 2 |
| 3 | Bannet Dosanjh | Tashan Mein | 82% | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Error creating thumbnail: File missing | Advanced to top 2 |
Face-off
The top 2 scorers of the episode participate in a face-off round. In this round, the experts have no voting power and the votes accumulated are only from the audience.
| Order | Contestant | Song | Votes | Result |
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| 1 | Maithili Thakur | Yaad Piya Ki Aaye | 76% | 1st
runner-up |
| 2 | Bannet Dosanjh | Main Jahaan Rahoon | 77% | Winner[2] |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "5 things you must know about the winner of Rising Star, Bannet Dosanjh". India Today.
- ↑ "Bannet Dosanjh emerges as the winner of "Rising Star"". Business Standard.