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:Indian Idol (Hindi TV series)

{{short description|Indian singing reality show}}

{{more citations needed|date=July 2022}}

{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Indian Idol.png

| image_alt =

| caption =

| genre = Reality television

| creator = Simon Fuller

| based_on = Pop Idol

| developer =

| writer =

| director = {{ubl|Yule Kurup|Vandy|Monisha Jaising Vaid|Partha Thakur|Vishal Mull|Niret Alva| Nikhil J Alva|Nivedith T Alva|Bhavna Israni|Indrajit Ray| Satish Datt| Ujjwal Anand}}

| creative_director =

| presenter = {{ubl|Mini Mathur| Hussain Kuwajerwala|Aman Verma| Meiyang Chang| Abhijeet Sawant| Prajakta Shukre| Asha Negi| Karan Wahi|Paritosh Tripathi| Manish Paul | Jay Bhanushali| Aditya Narayan| Bharti Singh| Haarsh Limbachiyaa| Rithvik Dhanjani}}

| starring =

| judges = {{ubl|Shreya Ghoshal|Anu Malik| Salim Merchant| Asha Bhosle|Farah Khan| Sonu Nigam| Alisha Chinai| Udit Narayan| Javed Akhtar| Sonali Bendre| Kailash Kher| Alka Yagnik | Shalmali Kholgade| Sunidhi Chauhan|Shekhar Ravjiani|Vishal Dadlani| Neha Kakkar| Javed Ali|Himesh Reshammiya| Manoj Muntashir| Sonu Kakkar| Kumar Sanu|Badshah}}

| voices =

| narrated =

| theme_music_composer = Julian Gingell
Barry Stone
Cathy Dennis
Badshah

| composer =

| country = India

| language = Hindi

| num_seasons = 14

| num_episodes = 317

| list_episodes =

| executive_producer = Anupama Mandloi (2010–present)
Niret Alva (2005–2009)
Nikhil J Alva (2005–2009)

| producer = Namit Sharma (2010–present)
Ashok (2008–09)

| cinematography = Surindra Rao

| editor = Umashankar Mishra Kumar Priyadarshi (2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)

| camera = Nitesh Choudhary

| runtime =

| company = ARSenic's Business Empire (2010–present)
Fremantle Media India
Miditech Pvt. Ltd. (2005–2009)
Optimystix Entertainment (2004–2005)

| network = Sony Entertainment Television

| first_aired = {{start date|df=y|2004|10|30}}

| last_aired = present

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Indian Idol is an Indian Hindi-language singing reality competition on Sony TV. It is an Indian version of the British show Pop Idol and is part of the Indian Idol series. It has aired on Sony Entertainment Television since 2004.{{cite web |date=28 February 2005 |title=Making of an Idol |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 |access-date=14 March 2018 |work=India Today}} Originally produced by Miditech Studios and its iconic producer-brothers, Niret Alva, Nikhil J Alva and Nivedith Alva, the series was an instant success. The brothers produced the first 5 seasons of the series and were instrumental in laying the foundation for its future success.{{Cite web |title=Not content yet |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/economy/story/20081208-not-content-yet-738371-2008-11-27 |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=India Today |date=27 November 2008 |language=en}}

Indian Idol's production and taping take place in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It broadcasts on Saturdays and Sundays and digitally airs on SonyLIV application.

Judges and hosts

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2004

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2005

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2007

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2008

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2010

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2012

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2013

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2015

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2016

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2018

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2019

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2020

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2022

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2023

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2024

Anu Malik

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Sonu Nigam

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Farah Khan

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Alisha Chinai

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Udit Narayan

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Javed Akhtar

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Sonali Bendre

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Kailash Kher

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Sunidhi Chauhan

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Salim Merchant

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Asha Bhosle

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Vishal Dadlani

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Shekhar Ravjiani

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Shreya Ghoshal

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Javed Ali

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Neha Kakkar

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Himesh Reshammiya

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Sonu Kakkar

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Kumar Sanu

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Kavita Krishnamurti

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Badshah

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Neeti Mohan

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Aman Verma

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Mini Mathur

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Hussain Kuwajerwala

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Meiyang Chang

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Abhijeet Sawant

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Karan Wahi

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Mandira Bedi

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Asha Negi

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Paritosh Tripathi

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Manish Paul

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Aditya Narayan

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Bharti Singh

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Haarsh Limbachiyaa

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Jay Bhanushali

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Rithvik Dhanjani

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Pawandeep Rajan

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Mohd. Danish

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Series overview

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! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Season

! rowspan="2" |Episodes

! colspan="2" |Originally aired

! rowspan="2" |Prize Money

! rowspan="2" |Winner

! rowspan="2" |Runner-up

First aired

!Last aired

1

|27

|30 October 2004

|

|₹50,00,000

|Abhijeet Sawant

|Amit Sana

2

|28

|

|

| rowspan="3" |₹1,00,00,000

|Sandeep Acharya

|N. C. Karunya

3

|{{TBD}}

|

|

|Prashant Tamang

|Amit Paul

4

|{{TBD}}

|19 September 2008

|1 March 2009

|Sourabhee Debbarma

|Kapil Thapa

5

|42

|

|

| rowspan="2" |₹50,00,000

|Sreerama Chandra Mynampati

|Bhoomi Trivedi / Rakesh Maini

6

|30

|1 June 2012

|1 September 2012

|Vipul Mehta

|Amit Kumar / Devender Pal Singh

IIJ 1 (7)

|{{TBD}}

|

|

|₹25,00,000

|Anjana Padmanabhan

|Debanjana Karmakar

IIJ 2 (8)

|{{TBD}}

|30 May 2015

|6 September 2015

|₹10,00,000

|Ananya Nanda

|Nahid Afrin

9

|{{TBD}}

|

|

| rowspan="7" |₹25,00,000

|L. V. Revanth

|Khuda Baksh

10

|50

|

|

|Salman Ali

|Ankush Bhardwaj

11

|40

|12 October 2019

|

|Sunny Hindustani

|Rohit Raut

12

|75

|28 November 2020

|15 August 2021

|Pawandeep Rajan

|Arunita Kanjilal

13

|60

|10 September 2022

|April 2, 2023

|Rishi Singh

|Deboshmita Roy

14

|43

|7 October 2023

|3 March 2024

|Vaibhav Gupta

|Subhadeep Das Choudhary

15

|48

|26 October 2024

|6 April 2025

|Manasi Ghosh

|Subhajit Chakraborty

Season synopses

= Season 1 =

{{unreferenced section|date=January 2020}}

  • Judges

Anu Malik

Farah Khan

Sonu Nigam

  • Host

Aman Verma

Mini Mathur

Top 12 Contestants

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!Name

!Age

!Hometown

!Result

!Place

Abhijeet Sawant

|23

|Mumbai

| {{won|Idol}}

|1st

Amit Sana

|21

|Bhilai

| {{Runner-up|1st Runner-up}}

|2nd

Rahul Vaidya

|17

|Nagpur

| style="background:#7FFFD4;" |2nd Runner-up

|3rd

Prajakta Shukre

|16

|Jabalpur

| style="background:#DDA0DD;" |3rd Runner-up

|4th

Ravinder Ravi

|29

|Ludhiana

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|5th

Aditi Paul

|25

|Chennai

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|6th

Mukesh Pancholi

|26

|Faridabad

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|7th

Harish Moyal

|26

|Itanagar

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|8th

Rahul Saxena

|22

|Ghaziabad

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|9th

Amit Tandon

|25

|Kolkata

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|10th

Vishal Kothari

|21

|Mumbai

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|11th

Priyanka Venkateswar

|17

|Mumbai

| {{Quit|Quit}}

|12th

= Season 2 =

{{unreferenced section|date=January 2020}}

  • Judges

Anu Malik

Farah Khan

Sonu Nigam

  • Host

Mini Mathur

Aman Verma

Top 12 Contestants

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!Name

!Age

!Hometown

!Result

!Place

Sandeep Acharya

|21

|Bikaner

| {{won|Idol}}

|1st

N. C. Karunya

|19

|Hyderabad

| {{Runner-up|1st Runner-up}}

|2nd

Anuj Sharma

|29

|Himachal Pradesh

| style="background:#7FFFD4;" |2nd Runner-up

|3rd

Ameya Date

|26

|Mumbai

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|4th

Antara Mitra

|18

|West Bengal

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|5th

Meenal Jain

|20

|Indore

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|6th

Ravi K. Tripathi

|29

|Uttar Pradesh

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|7th

Panna Gill

|24

|Punjab

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|8th

Monali Thakur

|20

|Kolkata

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|9th

Neha Kakkar

|17

|Rishikesh

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|10th

Yashashree Bhave

|24

|Satara

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|11th

Sagar Sawarkar

|20

|Mumbai

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|12th

= Season 3 =

{{unreferenced section|date=January 2020}}

  • Judges

Javed Akhtar

Anu Malik

Alisha Chinai

Udit Narayan

  • Host

Hussain Kuwajerwala

Mini Mathur

Top 13 Contestants

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!Name

!Age

!Hometown

!Result

!Place

Prashant Tamang

|24

|Darjeeling

| {{won|Idol}}

|1st

Amit Paul

|24

|Shillong

| {{Runner-up|Runner-up}}

|2nd

Emon Chatterjee

|17

|Kolkata

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|3rd

Ankita Mishra

|17

|Kanpur

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|4th

Meiyang Chang

|24

|Dhanbad

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|5th

Pooja Chatterjee

|18

|Dhanbad

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|6th

Deepali Kishore

|18

|Patna

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|7th

Abhishek Kumar

|20

|Mumbai

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|8th

Parleen Singh Gill

|19

|Ambala

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|9th

Charu Semwal

|19

|Dehradun

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|10th

Smita Adhikari

|24

|Kolkata

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|11th

Jolly Das

|25

|Kolkata

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|12th

Richa Aneja

|17

|Punjab

| {{eliminated|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.{{cite news |title=What's Your Raashee |newspaper=The Economic Times |date=26 September 2009 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/movie-review-whats-your-raashee/articleshow/5060688.cms|last1=Ghosh |first1=Avijit }}

  • Judges

Javed Akhtar

Anu Malik

Sonali Bendre

Kailash Kher

  • Host

Hussain Kuwajerwala

Meiyang Chang

Top 14 Contestants

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!Name

!Hometown

!Result

!Place

Sourabhee Debbarma

|Agartala

| {{Won|Idol}}

|1st{{cite web |date=30 December 2017 |title=Indian Idol Season 4 (Contestants Name + Winner + Judges) |url=https://auditionsdekho.com/indian-idol-season-4-contestants-name-winner-judges/ |access-date=7 October 2018 |archive-date=7 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007183623/https://auditionsdekho.com/indian-idol-season-4-contestants-name-winner-judges/ |url-status=dead }}

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

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|10th

Priyanka Negi

|Dehradun

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|11th

Gautam Mrinal

|Jamui

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|12th

Tulika Ganguly

|Faridabad

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|13th

Ananya Mishra

|Lucknow

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|14th

= Season 5 =

{{unreferenced section|date=January 2020}}

  • Judges

Shreya Ghoshal

Sunidhi Chauhan

Salim Merchant

  • Host

Hussain Kuwajerwala

Abhijeet Sawant

Top 13 Contestants

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!Name

!Hometown

!Result

!Place

Sreerama Chandra

|Hyderabad

| {{won|Idol}}

|1st

Bhoomi Trivedi

|Gujarat

| {{Runner-up| Runner-up}}

| rowspan="2" |2nd

Rakesh Maini

|Mumbai

| {{Runner-up| Runner-up}}

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.{{cite news |author=PTI |date=2 September 2012 |title=Vipul Mehta wins Indian Idol 6 |newspaper=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tv/Vipul-Mehta-wins-Indian-Idol-6/articleshow/16157998.cms |access-date=4 October 2018}}{{cite web |title=Vipul Mehta wins 'Indian Idol 6' |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/Vipul-Mehta-wins-Indian-Idol-6/SP-Article1-923161.aspx |url-status=dead |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 |access-date=7 August 2015 |work=Hindustan Times}}{{cite web |title=Punjabi boy Vipul Mehta wins Indian Idol 6 |date=September 2012 |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/vipul-mehta-wins-indian-idol-6/1/215693.html |access-date=7 August 2015}}

  • Judges

Anu Malik

Sunidhi Chauhan

Salim Merchant

Asha Bhosle

  • Host

Hussain Kuwajerwala

Mini Mathur

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

Contestants

class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; line-height:25px; width:auto;"

!Name

!Hometown

!Result

!Place

Vipul Mehta

|Amritsar

| {{won|Idol}}

|1st

Amit Kumar

|Amritsar

| {{Runner-up| Runner-up}}

| rowspan="2" |2nd

Devender Pal Singh

|Ludhiana

| {{Runner-up| Runner-up}}

Poorvi Kautish

|

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|4th

Sohini Mishra

|Cuttack

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|5th

Amitabh Narayan

|

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|6th

Deeksha Toor

|Delhi

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|7th

Deepak Maher

|

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|8th

Kaushik Deshpande

|Mumbai

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|9th

Kritika Tanwar

|

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|10th

Charith Dixit

|Chandigarh

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|11th

Ravi Kumar Mishra

|

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|12th

Ritika Raj

|Patna

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|13th

Saumya Mishra

|

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|14th

Simran Kaur

|Punjab

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|15th

Amrita Bharati

|Bhubaneswar

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|16th

= Indian Idol Junior Season 1 =

{{unreferenced section|date=January 2020}}

  • Judges

Vishal Dadlani

Shreya Ghoshal

Shekhar Ravjiani

  • Host

Karan Wahi

Mandira Bedi

Top 11 Contestants

class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; line-height:25px; width:auto;"

!Name

!Hometown

!Result

!Place

Anjana Padmanabhan

|Bengaluru

| {{won|Idol}}

|1st

Debanjana Karmakar

|Kolkata

| {{Runner-up|1st Runner-up}}

|2nd

Anmol Jaswal

|Jammu and Kashmir

| style="background:#7FFFD4;" |2nd Runner-up

|3rd

Nirvesh Dave

|Ahmedabad

| style="background:#DDA0DD;" |3rd Runner-up

|4th

Sugandha Date

|Nagpur

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|5th

Sonakshi Kar

|Kolkata

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|6th

|Priyam Borpatragohain

|Assam

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|7th

Akash Sharma

|Haryana

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|8th

Sankalp Yaduwanshi

|Moradabad

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|9th

Eman Chaudhary

|Assam

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|10th

Aryan Das

|Cuttack

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|11th

= Indian Idol Junior Season 2 =

{{unreferenced section|date=January 2020}}Indian Idol Junior Season 2 started on 30 May 2015 and finished on 6 September 2015.

  • Judges

Salim Merchant

Sonakshi Sinha replaced Shalmali Kholgade

Vishal Dadlani

  • Host

Hussain Kuwajerwala

Asha Negi

Top 13 Contestants

class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; line-height:25px; width:auto;"

!Name

!Hometown

!Result

!Place

Ananya Nanda

|Bhubaneswar

| {{won|Idol}}

|1st

Nahid Afrin

|Assam

| {{runner-up|1st Runner-up}}

|2nd

Nithyashree Venkataramanan

|Chennai

| style="background:#7FFFD4;" |2nd Runner-up

|3rd

Vaishnav Girish

|Thrissur

| {{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

|Vengara

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|10th

Surendra Singh Panwar

|Rajasthan

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|11th

Vidhi Jaswal

|Jammu and Kashmir

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|12th

Shubhankar

|Kolkata

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|13th

= Season 9 =

  • Judges

Anu Malik

Farah Khan

Sonu Nigam

  • Host

Karan Wahi

Paritosh Tripathi

Top 14 Contestants

class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; line-height:25px; width:auto;"

!Name

!Hometown

!Result

!Place

L. V. Revanth

|Visakhapatnam

| {{won|Idol}}

|1st{{Cite web |date=2017-04-01 |title=LV Revanth is the winner of Indian Idol 9. See poll |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/lv-revanth-is-the-winner-of-indian-idol-9-see-poll-4595256/ |access-date=2019-08-27 |website=The Indian Express |language=en-IN}}

Khuda Baksh

|Punjab

| {{runner-up|1st Runner-up}}

|2nd{{Cite news |title=Indian Idol Season 9: Finalist Khuda Baksh's journey on the show – Times of |url=https://rdskendra.co.in/jeli-kayi-tamin-wiki-biography/ |access-date=2019-08-27 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}

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{{Cite news |title=Indian Idol Season 9: Jeli Kayi Tamin Wiki Biography – RDS Kendra |url=https://rdskendra.co.in/jeli-kayi-tamin-wiki-biography/ |access-date=2024-02-27 |website=RDS Kendra Technology |language=en}}

Bharti Gupta

|Ghaziabad

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|11th

Mansi Bhardwaj

|Delhi

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|12th

Stuti Tiwari

|Delhi

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|13th

Saumya Mishra

|Renukut

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|14th

= Season 10 =

  • Judges

Javed Ali replaced Anu Malik{{Cite news |title=Anu Malik confirms stepping down as 'Indian Idol' judge – Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/anu-malik-confirms-stepping-down-as-indian-idol-judge/articleshow/66302739.cms |access-date=2019-08-27 |website=The Times of India |language=en|last1=Trivedi |first1=Tanvi }}

Neha Kakkar

Vishal Dadlani

  • Host

Manish Paul

Top 14 Contestants

class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; line-height:25px; width:auto;"

!Name

!Hometown

!Result

!Place

Salman Ali

|Mewat

| {{won|Idol}}

|1st{{Cite web |date=2018-12-24 |title=Indian Idol 10 winner Salman Ali says he will fix his house's broken roof with Rs 25 lakh prize money |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 |access-date=2019-08-27 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}

Ankush Bhardwaj

|Kotgarh

| {{runner-up|1st Runner-up}}

|2nd

Neelanjana Ray

|Alipurduar

| style="background:#7FFFD4;" |2nd Runner-up

|3rd

Nitin Kumar

|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

| {{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.{{Cite web |title=Singer Aditya Narayan to host 'Indian Idol 11' |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2019/aug/17/singer-aditya-narayan-to-host-indian-idol-11-2020254.html |access-date=2019-08-27 |website=The New Indian Express|date=17 August 2019 }} 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 replaced by Himesh Reshammiya.{{Cite news |title=Indian Idol: On popular demand, singer Neha Kakkar returns as a judge – Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/indian-idol-on-popular-demand-singer-neha-kakkar-returns-as-a-judge/articleshow/70754296.cms |access-date=2019-08-27 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}{{Cite web |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 |url=https://www.turbot.in/Indian-idol-season-11-started-at-today-8-pm-Indian-idol-11-first-look/ |access-date=2019-10-12 |website=Turbo Tv |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

  • Judges

Himesh Reshammiya replaced Anu Malik

Neha Kakkar

Vishal Dadlani

  • Host

Aditya Narayan

Top 16 contestants

class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; line-height:25px; width:auto;"

!Name

!Hometown

!Elimination

!Place

Sunny Hindustani

|Bathinda

| {{won|Idol}}

|1st{{Cite web |title=Sunny Hindustani is the winner of Indian Idol 11 |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 |access-date=2020-02-23 |website=Mumbai Live |date=23 February 2020 |language=en}}

Rohit Shyam Raut

|Latur

| {{runner-up|1st Runner-up}}

|2nd

Ankona Mukherjee

|Bankura

| style="background:#7FFFD4;" |2nd Runner-up

|3rd

Ridham Kalyan

|Amritsar

| style="background:#DDA0DD;" |3rd Runner-up

|4th

Adriz Ghosh

|Murshidabad

| style="background:#FF69B4;" |4th Runner-up

|5th

Shahzaan Mujeeb

|Aligarh

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|6th

Rishabh Chaturvedi

|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

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|11th

Kaivalya Kejkar

|Nagpur

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|12th

Subhadeep Das Chowdhury

|Kolkata

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|13th

Pallav Singh

|Ballia

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|14th

Nidhi Kumari

|Jamshedpur

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|15th

Chelsi Behura

|Orissa

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|16th

= Season 12 =

The 12th season started on 28 November 2020 on Sony TV. The grand finale aired from 12 noon to 12 midnight on 15 August 2021.{{cite web |date=11 August 2021 |title=Indian Idol 12: 12-hour long grand finale on August 15 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/indian-idol-12-heres-all-that-you-need-to-know-about-the-12-hour-long-grand-finale-on-august-15/articleshow/85231542.cms |access-date=12 August 2021 |newspaper=The Times of India}} Pawandeep Rajan was declared the winner of the season and Arunita Kanjilal became the 1st Runner-up.{{cite news |date=16 August 2021 |title=Indian Idol 12: Here's what Arunita Kanjilal told Pawandeep Rajan after he won |language=en |work=Hindustan Times |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/tv/indian-idol-12-here-s-what-arunita-kanjilal-told-pawandeep-rajan-after-he-won-101629105772376.html |access-date=16 August 2021}} This was the longest running season of Indian Idol.

  • Judges

Anu Malik

Sonu Kakkar

Himesh Reshammiya{{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}}{{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}}

  • Former judges

Vishal Dadlani

Neha Kakkar

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

  • Host

Aditya Narayan

  • Former Hosts

Bharti Singh

Haarsh Limbachiyaa

Rithvik Dhanjani

Jay Bhanushali

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

The judges have decided to do a power play for 9 weeks and let the audience decide who they want to see in the Top 8. Elimination will happen after the 9 weeks of power play. This season was extended because the contestants have given so much love and entertainment to the audience in the COVID pandemic. The 9 weeks of power play were completed and Anjali Gaikwad got eliminated.

Top 15 contestants

class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; line-height:25px; width:auto;"

!Name

!Hometown

!Result

!Standing

Pawandeep Rajan

|Uttarkhand

|{{Won|Idol}}

|1st

Arunita Kanjilal

|Kolkata

|{{Runner-up|1st Runner-up}}

|2nd

Sayli Kamble Patil

|Mumbai

| style="background:#7FFFD4;" |2nd Runner-up

|3rd

Mohd Danish

|Muzaffarnagar

| style="background:#DDA0DD;" |3rd Runner-up

|4th

Nihal Tauro

|Mangalore

| style="background:#FF69B4;" |4th Runner-up

|5th

Shanmukha Priya

|Visakhapatnam

| style="background:#E65ABD;" |5th Runner-up

|6th

Ashish Kulkarni

|Pune

|{{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|7th

Sawai Bhatt

|Nagaur

|{{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|8th

Anjali Gaikwad

|Ahmednagar

|{{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|9th

Nachiket Lele

|Kalyan

|{{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|10th

Sireesha Bhagavatula

|Visakhapatnam

|{{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|11th

Anushka Banerjee

|Chandigarh

|{{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|12th

Vaishnav Girish

|Thrissur

|{{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|13th

Samyak Prasana

|Delhi

|{{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|14th

Sahil Solanki

|Hisar

|{{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|15th

= Season 13 =

The Ground Auditions started in July 2022. The show started on 10 September 2022.{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/top-stories/story/the-kapil-sharma-show-s-return-to-indian-idol-13-s-premiere-what-to-watch-on-tv-this-weekend-1998410-2022-09-09 | title=The Kapil Sharma Show's return to Indian Idol 13's premiere: What to watch on TV this weekend | date=9 September 2022 }} The finale was held on April 2, 2023, with Rishi Singh being declared as the winner of the season along with Deboshmita Roy as the 1st runner up.{{cite web | url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/tv/news/indian-idol-13-promo-rishi-singh-chirag-kotwal-and-more-to-compete-in-grand-finale-episode-on-this-date-1214602?amp | title=Indian Idol 13 Promo: Rishi Singh, Chirag Kotwal and more to compete in grand finale episode on THIS date | date=29 March 2023 }}

  • Judges

Himesh Reshammiya

Vishal Dadlani

  • Host

Aditya Narayan

  • Former Judge

Neha Kakkar

  • Guest Hosts

Haarsh Limbachiyaa

Bharti Singh

Top 15 Contestants

The judges have decided to do a power play for 4 weeks and let the audience decide who they want to see in the Top 7. Elimination will happen after the 4 weeks of power play. The 4 weeks of power play were completed and Navdeep Wadali got eliminated on February 26, 2023. The last contestant who got eliminated from the show was Senjuti Das on March 25, 2023, leaving the top 6 finalists{{Cite web |last=Himanshu |date=2023-03-25 |title=Indian Idol 13: Fan Favorite Senjuti Das gets Eliminated – Meet the Top 6 Finalist |url=https://www.readersfusion.com/entertainment/indian-idol-13-fan-favorite-senjuti-das-gets-eliminated-meet-the-top-6-finalist/ |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=ReadersFusion |language=en-us}} to compete for the Indian Idol trophy.

class="wikitable sortable" style=" text-align:center; line-height:25px; width:auto;"

!Name

!Hometown

!Result

!Place

Rishi Singh

|Ayodhya

|{{Won|Idol}}

|1st

Deboshmita Roy

|Kolkata

|{{Runner-up|1st Runner-up}}

|2nd

Chirag Kotwal

|Bhaderwah

| style="background:#7FFFD4;" |2nd Runner-up

|3rd

Bidipta Chakraborty

|Kolkata

| style="background:#DDA0DD;" |3rd Runner-up

|4th

Shivam Singh

|Vadodara

| style="background:#FF69B4;" |4th Runner-up

5th
Sonakshi Kar

|Kolkata

| style="background:#E65ABD;" |5th Runner-up

|6th

Senjuti Das

|Kolkata

|{{No|Eliminated}}

|7th

Navdeep Wadali

|Amritsar

|{{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|8th

Kavya Limaye

|Vadodara

|{{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|9th{{efn|Vineet Singh and Kavya Limaye were eliminated in a double elimination.{{cite web | url=https://www.readersfusion.com/entertainment/indian-idol-2023-double-elimination-today-vineet-kavya-eliminated-from-season-13-meet-the-top-8-contestants/ | title=Indian Idol Double Elimination Today (8 Jan 2023): Vineet and Kavya Eliminated from Season 13 – Meet the Top 8 Contestants | date=8 January 2023 }}}}

Vineet Singh

|Lucknow

|{{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|10th{{efn|Vineet Singh and Kavya Limaye were eliminated in a double elimination.}}

Anushka Patra

|Kolkata

|{{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|11th

Rupam Bharnarhia

|Amritsar

| {{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|12th

Sanchari Sengupta

|Kolkata

|{{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|13th

Pritam Roy

|Kolkata

|{{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|14th

Shagun Pathak

|Jharkhand

|{{eliminated|Eliminated}}

|15th

= Season 14 =

{{main|Indian Idol (Hindi TV series) season 14}}

The fourteenth season premiered on 7 October 2023, with the theme Ek Awaz Lakhon Ehsaas (lit. One Voice, Million Emotion). The season was hosted by Hussain Kuwajerwala. Aditya Narayan hosted the show for a week, in the absence of Kuwajerwala. Kumar Sanu, Shreya Ghoshal and Vishal Dadlani were the judges. On 3 March 2024, the season concluded, with Vaibhav Gupta crowned as the winner, with Subhadeep Das Choudhary finishing as the runner-up.

= Season 15 =

{{main|Indian Idol (Hindi TV series) season 15}}

The fifteenth season premiered in October 2024, with the theme Jo Gayega, Wo Nazar Aayega (lit. --). The season was hosted by Aditya Narayan. Badshah, Shreya Ghoshal, and Vishal Dadlani are the judges. The grand finale aired on 5th and 6th April 2025, with Manasi Ghosh crowned as the winner, with Subhajit Chakraborty finishing as the runner-up.

Criticism

Shreya Ghoshal who judged this show's seasons 7,14 and 15, in her interview with Baibhav Dutta of The Economic Times YouTube channel revealed that this show's makers asked her and other judges to praise every contestant. According to Dutta since 2022, judges of Indian Idol do not give critical comments or point out flaws in singing after a contestant performed, and they praise everyone, and the audience also gets confused. In 2021, Amit Kumar also expressed the same thing after he appeared as a guest judge, he said that the makers of Indian Idol specifically told him while filming that you have to praise every contestant and not criticize.{{Cite web |title=A... |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music/amit-kumar-returns-to-indian-idol-13-one-year-after-criticising-show-s-talent-101666884503015-amp.html&ved=2ahUKEwjyvcCy_JT9AhVd3DgGHTHpBc0QFnoECA0QAQ&usg=AOvVaw0y2yulYsindiOQmI_ao5BF |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Hindustan Times}}{{Cite web |title=Sunidhi Chauhan on Indian Idol 12... |url=https://youtu.com/IqOoOX_zqSI |access-date=14 February 2023 |website=YouTube}}

In 2018, a participant Nishant Kaushik revealed on Twitter the suffering and ill-treatment of the people who come for the auditions of this show. He expressed his experience with his Indian Idol audition. He elaborated that, he participated in the 2012 Indian Idol audition, people of this show do not give any service to the participants, and contestants kept standing with no access to food, drinking water, or toilet. Former host of Indian idol Mini Mathur in response to this tweet thread wrote these kinds of things happened in Indian reality shows, that is why she quit doing work in them.{{cite web | 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 | title=Former Indian Idol participant reveals the ugly side of the singing reality show | date=25 August 2018 }}

In 2021 many fans alleged the show for showing scripted stories to gain TRP. In the season fans expressed on social media that the love angle of Pawandeep Rajan and Arunita Kanjilal was fake, and makers are deliberately trying to show the love angle.{{cite web | url=https://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/entertainment-news-indian-idol-12-from-sawai-bhatts-poverty-story-to-pawandeep-rajans-fake-love-angle-with-arunita-kanjilal-times-when-the-makers-played-with-everyones-emotions-1796003/ | title=Indian Idol 12: From Sawai Bhatt's poverty story to Pawandeep Rajan, Arunita Kanjilal's fake love angle; here are the instances when the makers played with everyone's emotions | date=19 March 2021 }} The show frequently alleged of showing fake emotional, drama and sob stories of the contestants. Amid the 12th season viewers slammed makers for altering the performance of Pawandeep Rajan.{{cite web | url=https://www.koimoi.com/television/indian-idol-12-mercilessly-trolled-again-sob-stories-to-neha-kakkar-himesh-reshammiya-being-termed-overdramatic-see-tweets/ | title=Indian Idol 12 Mercilessly Trolled Again – Sob Stories to Neha Kakkar, Himesh Reshammiya Being Termed Overdramatic, See Tweets | date=15 June 2021 }}

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