Indian Idol (Hindi TV series)

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

Infobox

Genre

Reality television

Created by

Simon Fuller

Based on

Pop Idol

Directed by

mw- Yule KurupVandyMonisha Jaising VaidPartha ThakurVishal MullNiret AlvaNikhil J AlvaNivedith T AlvaBhavna IsraniIndrajit RaySatish DattUjjwal Anand

Presented by

Mini MathurHussain KuwajerwalaAman VermaMeiyang ChangAbhijeet SawantAsha NegiKaran WahiParitosh TripathiManish PaulJay BhanushaliAditya NarayanUdit NarayanHaarsh Limbachiyaa

Judges

Shreya GhoshalAnu MalikSalim MerchantAsha BhosleFarah KhanSonu NigamAlisha ChinaiUdit NarayanJaved AkhtarSonali BendreKailash KherAlka YagnikShalmali KholgadeSunidhi ChauhanShekhar RavjianiVishal DadlaniNeha KakkarJaved AliHimesh ReshammiyaManoj MuntashirSonu KakkarKumar SanuBadshah

Theme music composer

Julian GingellBarry StoneCathy Dennis Badshah

Country of origin

India

Original language

Hindi

No. of seasons

No. of episodes

317

Executive producers

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

Producers

Namit Sharma (2010–present)Ashok (2008–09)

Cinematography

Surindra Rao

Editor

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

Camera setup

Nitesh Choudhary

Production companies

ARSenic's Business Empire (2010–present)Fremantle Media IndiaMiditech Pvt. Ltd. (2005–2009)Optimystix Entertainment (2004–2005)

Network

Sony Entertainment Television

Release

30 October 2004 (2004-10-30) –present

Tables

· Judges and hosts

1 2004

Cast member

1 2004

Season

2 2005

Season

32007

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4 2008

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5 2010

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6 2012

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7 2013

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8 2015

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9 2016

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10 2018

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11 2019

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12 2020

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13 2022

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14 2023

Season

15 2024

Season

162025

Anu Malik

Cast member

Anu Malik

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Sonu Nigam

Cast member

Sonu Nigam

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Farah Khan

Cast member

Farah Khan

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Alisha Chinai

Cast member

Alisha Chinai

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Udit Narayan

Cast member

Udit Narayan

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Javed Akhtar

Cast member

Javed Akhtar

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Sonali Bendre

Cast member

Sonali Bendre

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Kailash Kher

Cast member

Kailash Kher

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Sunidhi Chauhan

Cast member

Sunidhi Chauhan

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Salim Merchant

Cast member

Salim Merchant

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Asha Bhosle

Cast member

Asha Bhosle

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Vishal Dadlani

Cast member

Vishal Dadlani

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Shekhar Ravjiani

Cast member

Shekhar Ravjiani

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Shreya Ghoshal

Cast member

Shreya Ghoshal

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Javed Ali

Cast member

Javed Ali

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Neha Kakkar

Cast member

Neha Kakkar

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Himesh Reshammiya

Cast member

Himesh Reshammiya

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Sonu Kakkar

Cast member

Sonu Kakkar

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Kumar Sanu

Cast member

Kumar Sanu

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Kavita Krishnamurti

Cast member

Kavita Krishnamurti

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Badshah

Cast member

Badshah

Season

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Neeti Mohan

Cast member

Neeti Mohan

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Aman Verma

Cast member

Aman Verma

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Mini Mathur

Cast member

Mini Mathur

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Hussain Kuwajerwala

Cast member

Hussain Kuwajerwala

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Meiyang Chang

Cast member

Meiyang Chang

Season

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Abhijeet Sawant

Cast member

Abhijeet Sawant

Season

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Karan Wahi

Cast member

Karan Wahi

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Mandira Bedi

Cast member

Mandira Bedi

Season

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Asha Negi

Cast member

Asha Negi

Season

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Paritosh Tripathi

Cast member

Paritosh Tripathi

Season

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Manish Paul

Cast member

Manish Paul

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Aditya Narayan

Cast member

Aditya Narayan

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Bharti Singh

Cast member

Bharti Singh

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Haarsh Limbachiyaa

Cast member

Haarsh Limbachiyaa

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Jay Bhanushali

Cast member

Jay Bhanushali

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Rithvik Dhanjani

Cast member

Rithvik Dhanjani

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Pawandeep Rajan

Cast member

Pawandeep Rajan

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Mohd. Danish

Cast member

Mohd. Danish

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Cast member

Season

1 2004

2 2005

32007

4 2008

5 2010

6 2012

7 2013

8 2015

9 2016

10 2018

11 2019

12 2020

13 2022

14 2023

15 2024

162025

Anu Malik

●

Sonu Nigam

●

Farah Khan

●

Alisha Chinai

●

Udit Narayan

●

Javed Akhtar

●

Sonali Bendre

●

Kailash Kher

●

Sunidhi Chauhan

●

Salim Merchant

●

Asha Bhosle

●

Vishal Dadlani

●

Shekhar Ravjiani

●

Shreya Ghoshal

●

Javed Ali

●

Neha Kakkar

●

Himesh Reshammiya

●

Sonu Kakkar

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Kumar Sanu

●

Kavita Krishnamurti

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Badshah

●

Neeti Mohan

●

Aman Verma

●

Mini Mathur

●

Hussain Kuwajerwala

●

Meiyang Chang

●

Abhijeet Sawant

●

Karan Wahi

●

Mandira Bedi

●

Asha Negi

●

Paritosh Tripathi

●

Manish Paul

●

Aditya Narayan

●

Bharti Singh

●

Haarsh Limbachiyaa

●

Jay Bhanushali

●

Rithvik Dhanjani

●

Pawandeep Rajan

●

Mohd. Danish

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First aired

Season

First aired

Episodes

Last aired

Season

Episodes

Originally aired

30 October 2004

Originally aired

5 March 2005

Judges

Anu Malik

Judges

Farah Khan

Judges

Sonu Nigam

Judges

No of contestants

₹50,00,000

Prize Money

Abhijeet Sawant

Winner

Amit Sana

Season

Episodes

Originally aired

21 November 2005

Originally aired

22 April 2006

Judges

₹1,00,00,000

Judges

Sandeep Acharya

Judges

N. C. Karunya

Season

Episodes

[to be determined]

Originally aired

4 May 2007

Originally aired

23 September 2007

Judges

Javed Akhtar

Judges

Alisha Chinai

Judges

Udit Narayan

Judges

No of contestants

Prashant Tamang

Prize Money

Amit Paul

Season

Episodes

[to be determined]

Originally aired

19 September 2008

Originally aired

1 March 2009

Judges

Sonali Bendre

Judges

Kailash Kher

Judges

Sourabhee Debbarma

No of contestants

Kapil Thapa

Season

Episodes

Originally aired

26 April 2010

Originally aired

15 August 2010

Judges

Sunidhi Chauhan

Judges

Salim Merchant

Judges

₹50,00,000

No of contestants

Sreerama Chandra Mynampati

Prize Money

Bhoomi Trivedi / Rakesh Maini

Season

Episodes

Originally aired

1 June 2012

Originally aired

1 September 2012

Judges

Salim Merchant

Judges

Asha Bhosle

Judges

Vipul Mehta

No of contestants

Amit Kumar / Devender Pal Singh

7 (Junior)

Season

7 (Junior)

Episodes

[to be determined]

Originally aired

1 June 2013

Originally aired

1 September 2013

Judges

Shreya Ghoshal

Judges

Vishal Dadlani

Judges

Shekhar Ravjiani

Judges

No of contestants

₹25,00,000

Prize Money

Anjana Padmanabhan

Winner

Debanjana Karmakar

8 (Junior)

Season

8 (Junior)

Episodes

[to be determined]

Originally aired

30 May 2015

Originally aired

6 September 2015

Judges

Shalmali Kholgade Sonakshi Sinha

Judges

Salim Merchant

Judges

₹10,00,000

No of contestants

Ananya Nanda

Prize Money

Nahid Afrin

Season

Episodes

[to be determined]

Originally aired

18 December 2016

Originally aired

2 April 2017

Judges

Anu Malik

Judges

Farah Khan

Judges

Sonu Nigam

Judges

No of contestants

₹25,00,000

Prize Money

L. V. Revanth

Winner

Khuda Baksh

Season

Episodes

Originally aired

7 July 2018

Originally aired

23 December 2018

Judges

Anu Malik Javed Ali

Judges

Vishal Dadlani

Judges

Neha Kakkar

Judges

No of contestants

Salman Ali

Prize Money

Ankush Bhardwaj

Season

Episodes

Originally aired

12 October 2019

Originally aired

23 February 2020

Judges

Anu Malik Himesh Reshammiya

Judges

Sunny Hindustani

Judges

Rohit Raut

Season

Episodes

Originally aired

28 November 2020

Originally aired

15 August 2021

Judges

Himesh Reshammiya

Judges

Vishal Dadlani Anu Malik

Judges

Neha Kakkar Sonu Kakkar

Judges

No of contestants

Pawandeep Rajan

Prize Money

Arunita Kanjilal

Season

Episodes

Originally aired

10 September 2022

Originally aired

2 April 2023

Judges

Vishal Dadlani

Judges

Neha Kakkar

Judges

Rishi Singh

No of contestants

Deboshmita Roy

Season

Episodes

Originally aired

7 October 2023

Originally aired

3 March 2024

Judges

Shreya Ghoshal

Judges

Kumar Sanu

Judges

Vaibhav Gupta

No of contestants

Subhadeep Das Choudhary

Season

Episodes

Originally aired

26 October 2024

Originally aired

6 April 2025

Judges

Badshah

Judges

Manasi Ghosh

Judges

Subhajit Chakraborty

Season

Episodes

Originally aired

18 October 2025

Originally aired

2026

Judges

TBA

Judges

TBA

Judges

TBA

Season	Episodes	Originally aired		Judges				No of contestants	Prize Money	Winner	Runner-up
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired	Judges				No of contestants	Prize Money	Winner	Runner-up
1	27	30 October 2004	5 March 2005	Anu Malik	Farah Khan	Sonu Nigam		12	₹50,00,000	Abhijeet Sawant	Amit Sana
2	28	21 November 2005	22 April 2006		Farah Khan	Sonu Nigam		12	₹1,00,00,000	Sandeep Acharya	N. C. Karunya
3	[to be determined]	4 May 2007	23 September 2007		Javed Akhtar	Alisha Chinai	Udit Narayan	13		Prashant Tamang	Amit Paul
4	[to be determined]	19 September 2008	1 March 2009		Javed Akhtar	Sonali Bendre	Kailash Kher	14		Sourabhee Debbarma	Kapil Thapa
5	42	26 April 2010	15 August 2010		Sunidhi Chauhan	Salim Merchant		13	₹50,00,000	Sreerama Chandra Mynampati	Bhoomi Trivedi / Rakesh Maini
6	30	1 June 2012	1 September 2012		Sunidhi Chauhan	Salim Merchant	Asha Bhosle	16	₹50,00,000	Vipul Mehta	Amit Kumar / Devender Pal Singh
7 (Junior)	[to be determined]	1 June 2013	1 September 2013	Shreya Ghoshal	Vishal Dadlani	Shekhar Ravjiani		11	₹25,00,000	Anjana Padmanabhan	Debanjana Karmakar
8 (Junior)	[to be determined]	30 May 2015	6 September 2015	Shalmali Kholgade Sonakshi Sinha	Vishal Dadlani	Salim Merchant		13	₹10,00,000	Ananya Nanda	Nahid Afrin
9	[to be determined]	18 December 2016	2 April 2017	Anu Malik	Farah Khan	Sonu Nigam		14	₹25,00,000	L. V. Revanth	Khuda Baksh
10	50	7 July 2018	23 December 2018	Anu Malik Javed Ali	Vishal Dadlani	Neha Kakkar		14		Salman Ali	Ankush Bhardwaj
11	40	12 October 2019	23 February 2020	Anu Malik Himesh Reshammiya	Vishal Dadlani	Neha Kakkar		16		Sunny Hindustani	Rohit Raut
12	75	28 November 2020	15 August 2021	Himesh Reshammiya	Vishal Dadlani Anu Malik	Neha Kakkar Sonu Kakkar		15		Pawandeep Rajan	Arunita Kanjilal
13	60	10 September 2022	2 April 2023	Himesh Reshammiya	Vishal Dadlani	Neha Kakkar		15		Rishi Singh	Deboshmita Roy
14	43	7 October 2023	3 March 2024	Shreya Ghoshal		Kumar Sanu		15		Vaibhav Gupta	Subhadeep Das Choudhary
15	48	26 October 2024	6 April 2025			Badshah		16		Manasi Ghosh	Subhajit Chakraborty
16	10	18 October 2025	2026			Badshah		16	TBA	TBA	TBA

· Season synopses › Season 1

Abhijeet Sawant

Name

Abhijeet Sawant

Age

Hometown

Mumbai

Result

Idol

Place

1st

Amit Sana

Name

Amit Sana

Age

Hometown

Bhilai

Result

1st Runner-up

Place

2nd

Rahul Vaidya

Name

Rahul Vaidya

Age

Hometown

Nagpur

Result

2nd Runner-up

Place

3rd

Prajakta Shukre

Name

Prajakta Shukre

Age

Hometown

Jabalpur

Result

3rd Runner-up

Place

4th

Ravinder Ravi

Name

Ravinder Ravi

Age

Hometown

Ludhiana

Result

Eliminated

Place

5th

Aditi Paul

Name

Aditi Paul

Age

Hometown

Chennai

Result

Eliminated

Place

6th

Mukesh Pancholi

Name

Mukesh Pancholi

Age

Hometown

Faridabad

Result

Eliminated

Place

7th

Harish Moyal

Name

Harish Moyal

Age

Hometown

Itanagar

Result

Eliminated

Place

8th

Rahul Saxena

Name

Rahul Saxena

Age

Hometown

Ghaziabad

Result

Eliminated

Place

9th

Amit Tandon

Name

Amit Tandon

Age

Hometown

Kolkata

Result

Eliminated

Place

10th

Vishal Kothari

Name

Vishal Kothari

Age

Hometown

Mumbai

Result

Eliminated

Place

11th

Priyanka Venkateswar

Name

Priyanka Venkateswar

Age

Hometown

Mumbai

Result

Quit

Place

12th

Name	Age	Hometown	Result	Place
Abhijeet Sawant	23	Mumbai	Idol	1st
Amit Sana	21	Bhilai	1st Runner-up	2nd
Rahul Vaidya	17	Nagpur	2nd Runner-up	3rd
Prajakta Shukre	16	Jabalpur	3rd Runner-up	4th
Ravinder Ravi	29	Ludhiana	Eliminated	5th
Aditi Paul	25	Chennai	Eliminated	6th
Mukesh Pancholi	26	Faridabad	Eliminated	7th
Harish Moyal	26	Itanagar	Eliminated	8th
Rahul Saxena	22	Ghaziabad	Eliminated	9th
Amit Tandon	25	Kolkata	Eliminated	10th
Vishal Kothari	21	Mumbai	Eliminated	11th
Priyanka Venkateswar	17	Mumbai	Quit	12th

· Season synopses › Season 2

Sandeep Acharya

Name

Sandeep Acharya

Age

Hometown

Bikaner

Result

Idol

Place

1st

N. C. Karunya

Name

N. C. Karunya

Age

Hometown

Hyderabad

Result

1st Runner-up

Place

2nd

Anuj Sharma

Name

Anuj Sharma

Age

Hometown

Himachal Pradesh

Result

Eliminated

Place

3rd

Ameya Date

Name

Ameya Date

Age

Hometown

Mumbai

Result

Eliminated

Place

4th

Antara Mitra

Name

Antara Mitra

Age

Hometown

West Bengal

Result

Eliminated

Place

5th

Meenal Jain

Name

Meenal Jain

Age

Hometown

Indore

Result

Eliminated

Place

6th

Ravi K. Tripathi

Name

Ravi K. Tripathi

Age

Hometown

Uttar Pradesh

Result

Eliminated

Place

7th

Panna Gill

Name

Panna Gill

Age

Hometown

Punjab

Result

Eliminated

Place

8th

Monali Thakur

Name

Monali Thakur

Age

Hometown

Kolkata

Result

Eliminated

Place

9th

Neha Kakkar

Name

Neha Kakkar

Age

Hometown

Rishikesh

Result

Eliminated

Place

10th

Yashashree Bhave

Name

Yashashree Bhave

Age

Hometown

Satara

Result

Eliminated

Place

11th

Sagar Sawarkar

Name

Sagar Sawarkar

Age

Hometown

Mumbai

Result

Eliminated

Place

12th

Name	Age	Hometown	Result	Place
Sandeep Acharya	21	Bikaner	Idol	1st
N. C. Karunya	19	Hyderabad	1st Runner-up	2nd
Anuj Sharma	29	Himachal Pradesh	Eliminated	3rd
Ameya Date	26	Mumbai	Eliminated	4th
Antara Mitra	18	West Bengal	Eliminated	5th
Meenal Jain	20	Indore	Eliminated	6th
Ravi K. Tripathi	29	Uttar Pradesh	Eliminated	7th
Panna Gill	24	Punjab	Eliminated	8th
Monali Thakur	20	Kolkata	Eliminated	9th
Neha Kakkar	17	Rishikesh	Eliminated	10th
Yashashree Bhave	24	Satara	Eliminated	11th
Sagar Sawarkar	20	Mumbai	Eliminated	12th

· Season synopses › Season 3

Prashant Tamang

Name

Prashant Tamang

Age

Hometown

Darjeeling

Result

Idol

Place

1st

Amit Paul

Name

Amit Paul

Age

Hometown

Shillong

Result

Runner-up

Place

2nd

Emon Chatterjee

Name

Emon Chatterjee

Age

Hometown

Kolkata

Result

Eliminated

Place

3rd

Ankita Mishra

Name

Ankita Mishra

Age

Hometown

Kanpur

Result

Eliminated

Place

4th

Meiyang Chang

Name

Meiyang Chang

Age

Hometown

Dhanbad

Result

Eliminated

Place

5th

Pooja Chatterjee

Name

Pooja Chatterjee

Age

Hometown

Dhanbad

Result

Eliminated

Place

6th

Deepali Kishore

Name

Deepali Kishore

Age

Hometown

Patna

Result

Eliminated

Place

7th

Abhishek Kumar

Name

Abhishek Kumar

Age

Hometown

Mumbai

Result

Eliminated

Place

8th

Parleen Singh Gill

Name

Parleen Singh Gill

Age

Hometown

Ambala

Result

Eliminated

Place

9th

Charu Semwal

Name

Charu Semwal

Age

Hometown

Dehradun

Result

Eliminated

Place

10th

Smita Adhikari

Name

Smita Adhikari

Age

Hometown

Kolkata

Result

Eliminated

Place

11th

Jolly Das

Name

Jolly Das

Age

Hometown

Kolkata

Result

Eliminated

Place

12th

Richa Aneja

Name

Richa Aneja

Age

Hometown

Punjab

Result

Eliminated

Place

13th

Name	Age	Hometown	Result	Place
Prashant Tamang	24	Darjeeling	Idol	1st
Amit Paul	24	Shillong	Runner-up	2nd
Emon Chatterjee	17	Kolkata	Eliminated	3rd
Ankita Mishra	17	Kanpur	Eliminated	4th
Meiyang Chang	24	Dhanbad	Eliminated	5th
Pooja Chatterjee	18	Dhanbad	Eliminated	6th
Deepali Kishore	18	Patna	Eliminated	7th
Abhishek Kumar	20	Mumbai	Eliminated	8th
Parleen Singh Gill	19	Ambala	Eliminated	9th
Charu Semwal	19	Dehradun	Eliminated	10th
Smita Adhikari	24	Kolkata	Eliminated	11th
Jolly Das	25	Kolkata	Eliminated	12th
Richa Aneja	17	Punjab	Eliminated	13th

· Season synopses › Season 4

Sourabhee Debbarma

Name

Sourabhee Debbarma

Hometown

Agartala

Result

Idol

Place

1st

Kapil Thapa

Name

Kapil Thapa

Hometown

Dehradun

Result

1st Runner-up

Place

2nd

Torsha Sarkar

Name

Torsha Sarkar

Hometown

Bhagalpur

Result

2nd Runner-up

Place

3rd

Rajdeep Chatterjee

Name

Rajdeep Chatterjee

Hometown

Jamshedpur

Result

Eliminated

Place

4th

Remo Ghosh

Name

Remo Ghosh

Hometown

Dimapur

Result

Eliminated

Place

5th

Bhavya Pandit

Name

Bhavya Pandit

Hometown

Pune

Result

Eliminated

Place

6th

Prasenjit Kosambi

Name

Prasenjit Kosambi

Hometown

Kolhapur

Result

Eliminated

Place

7th

Bhanu Pratap Singh

Name

Bhanu Pratap Singh

Hometown

Jaipur

Result

Eliminated

Place

8th

Mohit Lawani

Name

Mohit Lawani

Hometown

Delhi

Result

Eliminated

Place

9th

Kuldeep Singh Chauhan

Name

Kuldeep Singh Chauhan

Hometown

Banda

Result

Eliminated

Place

10th

Priyanka Negi

Name

Priyanka Negi

Hometown

Dehradun

Result

Eliminated

Place

11th

Gautam Mrinal

Name

Gautam Mrinal

Hometown

Jamui

Result

Eliminated

Place

12th

Tulika Ganguly

Name

Tulika Ganguly

Hometown

Faridabad

Result

Eliminated

Place

13th

Ananya Mishra

Name

Ananya Mishra

Hometown

Lucknow

Result

Eliminated

Place

14th

Name	Hometown	Result	Place
Sourabhee Debbarma	Agartala	Idol	1st
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
Gautam Mrinal	Jamui	Eliminated	12th
Tulika Ganguly	Faridabad	Eliminated	13th
Ananya Mishra	Lucknow	Eliminated	14th

· Season synopses › Season 5

Sreerama Chandra

Name

Sreerama Chandra

Hometown

Hyderabad

Result

Idol

Place

1st

Bhoomi Trivedi

Name

Bhoomi Trivedi

Hometown

Gujarat

Result

Runner-up

Place

2nd

Rakesh Maini

Name

Rakesh Maini

Hometown

Mumbai

Result

Runner-up

Swaroop Khan

Name

Swaroop Khan

Hometown

Rajasthan

Result

Eliminated

Place

4th

Shivam Pathak

Name

Shivam Pathak

Hometown

Gujarat

Result

Eliminated

Place

5th

Tia Kar

Name

Tia Kar

Hometown

Mumbai

Result

Eliminated

Place

6th

Naushad Ali

Name

Naushad Ali

Hometown

Rajasthan

Result

Eliminated

Place

7th

Shashi Suman

Name

Shashi Suman

Hometown

Patna

Result

Eliminated

Place

8th

Arpita Khan

Name

Arpita Khan

Hometown

West Bengal

Result

Eliminated

Place

9th

Yashraj Kapil

Name

Yashraj Kapil

Hometown

Faridabad

Result

Eliminated

Place

10th

Manisha Karmakar

Name

Manisha Karmakar

Hometown

Kolkata

Result

Eliminated

Place

11th

Meghna Kumar

Name

Meghna Kumar

Hometown

Jhansi

Result

Eliminated

Place

12th

Vishwas Rai

Name

Vishwas Rai

Hometown

Allahabad

Result

Eliminated

Place

13th

Name	Hometown	Result	Place
Sreerama Chandra	Hyderabad	Idol	1st
Bhoomi Trivedi	Gujarat	Runner-up	2nd
Rakesh Maini	Mumbai	Runner-up	2nd
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

· Season synopses › Season 6

Vipul Mehta

Name

Vipul Mehta

Hometown

Amritsar

Result

Idol

Place

1st

Amit Kumar

Name

Amit Kumar

Hometown

Amritsar

Result

Runner-up

Place

2nd

Devender Pal Singh

Name

Devender Pal Singh

Hometown

Ludhiana

Result

Runner-up

Poorvi Kautish

Name

Poorvi Kautish

Hometown

Chandigarh

Result

Eliminated

Place

4th

Sohini Mishra

Name

Sohini Mishra

Hometown

Cuttack

Result

Eliminated

Place

5th

Amitabh Narayan

Name

Amitabh Narayan

Result

Eliminated

Place

6th

Deeksha Toor

Name

Deeksha Toor

Hometown

Delhi

Result

Eliminated

Place

7th

Deepak Maher

Name

Deepak Maher

Result

Eliminated

Place

8th

Kaushik Deshpande

Name

Kaushik Deshpande

Hometown

Mumbai

Result

Eliminated

Place

9th

Kritika Tanwar

Name

Kritika Tanwar

Result

Eliminated

Place

10th

Charith Dixit

Name

Charith Dixit

Hometown

Chandigarh

Result

Eliminated

Place

11th

Ravi Kumar Mishra

Name

Ravi Kumar Mishra

Result

Eliminated

Place

12th

Ritika Raj

Name

Ritika Raj

Hometown

Patna

Result

Eliminated

Place

13th

Saumya Mishra

Name

Saumya Mishra

Result

Eliminated

Place

14th

Simran Kaur

Name

Simran Kaur

Hometown

Punjab

Result

Eliminated

Place

15th

Amrita Bharati

Name

Amrita Bharati

Hometown

Bhubaneswar

Result

Eliminated

Place

16th

Name	Hometown	Result	Place
Vipul Mehta	Amritsar	Idol	1st
Amit Kumar	Amritsar	Runner-up	2nd
Devender Pal Singh	Ludhiana	Runner-up	2nd
Poorvi Kautish	Chandigarh	Eliminated	4th
Sohini Mishra	Cuttack	Eliminated	5th
Amitabh Narayan		Eliminated	6th
Deeksha Toor	Delhi	Eliminated	7th
Deepak Maher		Eliminated	8th
Kaushik Deshpande	Mumbai	Eliminated	9th
Kritika Tanwar		Eliminated	10th
Charith Dixit	Chandigarh	Eliminated	11th
Ravi Kumar Mishra		Eliminated	12th
Ritika Raj	Patna	Eliminated	13th
Saumya Mishra		Eliminated	14th
Simran Kaur	Punjab	Eliminated	15th
Amrita Bharati	Bhubaneswar	Eliminated	16th

· Season synopses › Indian Idol Junior Season 1

Anjana Padmanabhan

Name

Anjana Padmanabhan

Hometown

Bengaluru

Result

Idol

Place

1st

Debanjana Karmakar

Name

Debanjana Karmakar

Hometown

Kolkata

Result

1st Runner-up

Place

2nd

Anmol Jaswal

Name

Anmol Jaswal

Hometown

Jammu and Kashmir

Result

2nd Runner-up

Place

3rd

Nirvesh Dave

Name

Nirvesh Dave

Hometown

Ahmedabad

Result

3rd Runner-up

Place

4th

Sugandha Date

Name

Sugandha Date

Hometown

Nagpur

Result

Eliminated

Place

5th

Sonakshi Kar

Name

Sonakshi Kar

Hometown

Kolkata

Result

Eliminated

Place

6th

Priyam Borpatragohain

Name

Priyam Borpatragohain

Hometown

Assam

Result

Eliminated

Place

7th

Akash Sharma

Name

Akash Sharma

Hometown

Haryana

Result

Eliminated

Place

8th

Sankalp Yaduwanshi

Name

Sankalp Yaduwanshi

Hometown

Moradabad

Result

Eliminated

Place

9th

Eman Chaudhary

Name

Eman Chaudhary

Hometown

Assam

Result

Eliminated

Place

10th

Aryan Das

Name

Aryan Das

Hometown

Cuttack

Result

Eliminated

Place

11th

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

· Season synopses › Indian Idol Junior Season 2

Ananya Nanda

Name

Ananya Nanda

Hometown

Bhubaneswar

Result

Idol

Place

1st

Nahid Afrin

Name

Nahid Afrin

Hometown

Assam

Result

1st Runner-up

Place

2nd

Nithyashree Venkataramanan

Name

Nithyashree Venkataramanan

Hometown

Chennai

Result

2nd Runner-up

Place

3rd

Vaishnav Girish

Name

Vaishnav Girish

Hometown

Thrissur

Result

Eliminated

Place

4th

Moti Khan

Name

Moti Khan

Hometown

Rajasthan

Result

Eliminated

Place

5th

Niharika Nath

Name

Niharika Nath

Hometown

Agartala

Result

Eliminated

Place

6th

Ranita Banerjee

Name

Ranita Banerjee

Hometown

Kolkata

Result

Eliminated

Place

7th

Sreelakshmi Belmannu

Name

Sreelakshmi Belmannu

Hometown

Bangalore

Result

Eliminated

Place

8th

Ajay Brijwasi

Name

Ajay Brijwasi

Hometown

Mathura

Result

Eliminated

Place

9th

Yumna Ajin

Name

Yumna Ajin

Hometown

Vengara

Result

Eliminated

Place

10th

Surendra Singh Panwar

Name

Surendra Singh Panwar

Hometown

Rajasthan

Result

Eliminated

Place

11th

Vidhi Jaswal

Name

Vidhi Jaswal

Hometown

Jammu and Kashmir

Result

Eliminated

Place

12th

Shubhankar

Name

Shubhankar

Hometown

Kolkata

Result

Eliminated

Place

13th

Name	Hometown	Result	Place
Ananya Nanda	Bhubaneswar	Idol	1st
Nahid Afrin	Assam	1st Runner-up	2nd
Nithyashree Venkataramanan	Chennai	2nd Runner-up	3rd
Vaishnav Girish	Thrissur	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	Vengara	Eliminated	10th
Surendra Singh Panwar	Rajasthan	Eliminated	11th
Vidhi Jaswal	Jammu and Kashmir	Eliminated	12th
Shubhankar	Kolkata	Eliminated	13th

· Season synopses › Season 7

L. V. Revanth

Name

L. V. Revanth

Hometown

Visakhapatnam

Result

Idol

Place

1st

Khuda Baksh

Name

Khuda Baksh

Hometown

Punjab

Result

1st Runner-up

Place

2nd

P V N S Rohit

Name

P V N S Rohit

Hometown

Hyderabad

Result

2nd Runner-up

Place

3rd

Maalavika Sunder

Name

Maalavika Sunder

Hometown

Chennai

Result

Eliminated

Place

4th

Mohit Chopra

Name

Mohit Chopra

Hometown

New Delhi

Result

Eliminated

Place

5th

Tajinder Singh

Name

Tajinder Singh

Hometown

Faridabad

Result

Eliminated

Place

6th

R P Shravan

Name

R P Shravan

Hometown

Chennai

Result

Eliminated

Place

7th

Manya Narang

Name

Manya Narang

Hometown

New Delhi

Result

Eliminated

Place

8th

Hardeep Singh

Name

Hardeep Singh

Hometown

Ludhiana

Result

Eliminated

Place

9th

Jeli Kayi

Name

Jeli Kayi

Hometown

Itanagar

Result

Eliminated

Place

10th

Bharti Gupta

Name

Bharti Gupta

Hometown

Ghaziabad

Result

Eliminated

Place

11th

Mansi Bhardwaj

Name

Mansi Bhardwaj

Hometown

Delhi

Result

Eliminated

Place

12th

Stuti Tiwari

Name

Stuti Tiwari

Hometown

Delhi

Result

Eliminated

Place

13th

Saumya Mishra

Name

Saumya Mishra

Hometown

Renukut

Result

Eliminated

Place

14th

Name	Hometown	Result	Place
L. V. Revanth	Visakhapatnam	Idol	1st
Khuda Baksh	Punjab	1st Runner-up	2nd
P V N S 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	Delhi	Eliminated	12th
Stuti Tiwari	Delhi	Eliminated	13th
Saumya Mishra	Renukut	Eliminated	14th

· Season synopses › Season 10

Salman Ali

Name

Salman Ali

Hometown

Mewat

Result

Idol

Place

1st

Ankush Bhardwaj

Name

Ankush Bhardwaj

Hometown

Kotgarh

Result

1st Runner-up

Place

2nd

Neelanjana Ray

Name

Neelanjana Ray

Hometown

Alipurduar

Result

2nd Runner-up

Place

3rd

Nitin Kumar

Name

Nitin Kumar

Hometown

Una

Result

3rd Runner-up

Place

4th

Vibhor Parashar

Name

Vibhor Parashar

Hometown

New Delhi

Result

4th Runner-up

Place

5th

Kunal Pandit

Name

Kunal Pandit

Hometown

Mumbai

Result

Eliminated

Place

6th

Renu Nagar

Name

Renu Nagar

Hometown

Alwar

Result

Eliminated

Place

7th

Soumya Chakraborty

Name

Soumya Chakraborty

Hometown

Kolkata

Result

Eliminated

Place

8th

Avanti Patel

Name

Avanti Patel

Hometown

Mumbai

Result

Eliminated

Place

9th

Saurabh Valmiki

Name

Saurabh Valmiki

Hometown

Lakhimpur Kheri

Result

Eliminated

Place

10th

Biswajit Mohapatra

Name

Biswajit Mohapatra

Hometown

Bhawanipatna

Result

Eliminated

Place

11th

Krishnakali Saha

Name

Krishnakali Saha

Hometown

Tripura

Result

Eliminated

Place

12th

Indira Das

Name

Indira Das

Hometown

Kolkata

Result

Eliminated

Place

13th

Sonia Gazmer

Name

Sonia Gazmer

Hometown

Kolkata

Result

Eliminated

Place

14th

Name	Hometown	Result	Place
Salman Ali	Mewat	Idol	1st
Ankush Bhardwaj	Kotgarh	1st Runner-up	2nd
Neelanjana Ray	Alipurduar	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 Kheri	Eliminated	10th
Biswajit Mohapatra	Bhawanipatna	Eliminated	11th
Krishnakali Saha	Tripura	Eliminated	12th
Indira Das	Kolkata	Eliminated	13th
Sonia Gazmer	Kolkata	Eliminated	14th

· Season synopses › Season 11

Sunny Hindustani

Name

Sunny Hindustani

Hometown

Bathinda

Elimination

Idol

Place

1st

Rohit Shyam Raut

Name

Rohit Shyam Raut

Hometown

Latur

Elimination

1st Runner-up

Place

2nd

Ankona Mukherjee

Name

Ankona Mukherjee

Hometown

Bankura

Elimination

2nd Runner-up

Place

3rd

Ridham Kalyan

Name

Ridham Kalyan

Hometown

Amritsar

Elimination

3rd Runner-up

Place

4th

Adriz Ghosh

Name

Adriz Ghosh

Hometown

Murshidabad

Elimination

4th Runner-up

Place

5th

Shahzaan Mujeeb

Name

Shahzaan Mujeeb

Hometown

Aligarh

Elimination

Eliminated

Place

6th

Rishabh Chaturvedi

Name

Rishabh Chaturvedi

Hometown

Amritsar

Elimination

Eliminated

Place

7th

Stuti Tiwari

Name

Stuti Tiwari

Hometown

New Delhi

Elimination

Eliminated

Place

8th

Jannabi Das

Name

Jannabi Das

Hometown

New Delhi

Elimination

Eliminated

Place

9th

Azmat Hussain

Name

Azmat Hussain

Hometown

Jaipur

Elimination

Eliminated

Place

10th

Chetna Bharadwaj

Name

Chetna Bharadwaj

Hometown

Ghaziabad

Elimination

Eliminated

Place

11th

Kaivalya Kejkar

Name

Kaivalya Kejkar

Hometown

Nagpur

Elimination

Eliminated

Place

12th

Subhadeep Das Chowdhury

Name

Subhadeep Das Chowdhury

Hometown

Kolkata

Elimination

Eliminated

Place

13th

Pallav Singh

Name

Pallav Singh

Hometown

Ballia

Elimination

Eliminated

Place

14th

Nidhi Kumari

Name

Nidhi Kumari

Hometown

Jamshedpur

Elimination

Eliminated

Place

15th

Chelsi Behura

Name

Chelsi Behura

Hometown

Cuttack

Elimination

Eliminated

Place

16th

Name	Hometown	Elimination	Place
Sunny Hindustani	Bathinda	Idol	1st
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
Subhadeep Das Chowdhury	Kolkata	Eliminated	13th
Pallav Singh	Ballia	Eliminated	14th
Nidhi Kumari	Jamshedpur	Eliminated	15th
Chelsi Behura	Cuttack	Eliminated	16th

· Season synopses › Season 12

Pawandeep Rajan

Name

Pawandeep Rajan

Hometown

Uttarkhand

Result

Idol

Standing

1st

Arunita Kanjilal

Name

Arunita Kanjilal

Hometown

Kolkata

Result

1st Runner-up

Standing

2nd

Sayli Kamble Patil

Name

Sayli Kamble Patil

Hometown

Mumbai

Result

2nd Runner-up

Standing

3rd

Mohd Danish

Name

Mohd Danish

Hometown

Muzaffarnagar

Result

3rd Runner-up

Standing

4th

Nihal Tauro

Name

Nihal Tauro

Hometown

Mangalore

Result

4th Runner-up

Standing

5th

Shanmukha Priya

Name

Shanmukha Priya

Hometown

Visakhapatnam

Result

5th Runner-up

Standing

6th

Ashish Kulkarni

Name

Ashish Kulkarni

Hometown

Pune

Result

Eliminated

Standing

7th

Sawai Bhatt

Name

Sawai Bhatt

Hometown

Nagaur

Result

Eliminated

Standing

8th

Anjali Gaikwad

Name

Anjali Gaikwad

Hometown

Ahmednagar

Result

Eliminated

Standing

9th

Nachiket Lele

Name

Nachiket Lele

Hometown

Kalyan

Result

Eliminated

Standing

10th

Sireesha Bhagavatula

Name

Sireesha Bhagavatula

Hometown

Visakhapatnam

Result

Eliminated

Standing

11th

Anushka Banerjee

Name

Anushka Banerjee

Hometown

Chandigarh

Result

Eliminated

Standing

12th

Vaishnav Girish

Name

Vaishnav Girish

Hometown

Thrissur

Result

Eliminated

Standing

13th

Samyak Prasana

Name

Samyak Prasana

Hometown

Delhi

Result

Eliminated

Standing

14th

Sahil Solanki

Name

Sahil Solanki

Hometown

Hisar

Result

Eliminated

Standing

15th

Name	Hometown	Result	Standing
Pawandeep Rajan	Uttarkhand	Idol	1st
Arunita Kanjilal	Kolkata	1st Runner-up	2nd
Sayli Kamble Patil	Mumbai	2nd Runner-up	3rd
Mohd Danish	Muzaffarnagar	3rd Runner-up	4th
Nihal Tauro	Mangalore	4th Runner-up	5th
Shanmukha Priya	Visakhapatnam	5th Runner-up	6th
Ashish Kulkarni	Pune	Eliminated	7th
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

· Season synopses › Season 13

Rishi Singh

Name

Rishi Singh

Hometown

Ayodhya

Result

Idol

Place

1st

Deboshmita Roy

Name

Deboshmita Roy

Hometown

Kolkata

Result

1st Runner-up

Place

2nd

Chirag Kotwal

Name

Chirag Kotwal

Hometown

Bhaderwah

Result

2nd Runner-up

Place

3rd

Bidipta Chakraborty

Name

Bidipta Chakraborty

Hometown

Kolkata

Result

3rd Runner-up

Place

4th

Shivam Singh

Name

Shivam Singh

Hometown

Vadodara

Result

4th Runner-up

Place

5th

Sonakshi Kar

Name

Sonakshi Kar

Hometown

Kolkata

Result

5th Runner-up

Place

6th

Senjuti Das

Name

Senjuti Das

Hometown

Kolkata

Result

Eliminated

Place

7th

Navdeep Wadali

Name

Navdeep Wadali

Hometown

Amritsar

Result

Eliminated

Place

8th

Kavya Limaye

Name

Kavya Limaye

Hometown

Vadodara

Result

Eliminated

Place

9th

Vineet Singh

Name

Vineet Singh

Hometown

Lucknow

Result

Eliminated

Place

10th

Anushka Patra

Name

Anushka Patra

Hometown

Kolkata

Result

Eliminated

Place

11th

Rupam Bharnarhia

Name

Rupam Bharnarhia

Hometown

Amritsar

Result

Eliminated

Place

12th

Sanchari Sengupta

Name

Sanchari Sengupta

Hometown

Kolkata

Result

Eliminated

Place

13th

Pritam Roy

Name

Pritam Roy

Hometown

Kolkata

Result

Eliminated

Place

14th

Shagun Pathak

Name

Shagun Pathak

Hometown

Jharkhand

Result

Eliminated

Place

15th

Name	Hometown	Result	Place
Rishi Singh	Ayodhya	Idol	1st
Deboshmita Roy	Kolkata	1st Runner-up	2nd
Chirag Kotwal	Bhaderwah	2nd Runner-up	3rd
Bidipta Chakraborty	Kolkata	3rd Runner-up	4th
Shivam Singh	Vadodara	4th Runner-up	5th
Sonakshi Kar	Kolkata	5th Runner-up	6th
Senjuti Das	Kolkata	Eliminated	7th
Navdeep Wadali	Amritsar	Eliminated	8th
Kavya Limaye	Vadodara	Eliminated	9th
Vineet Singh	Lucknow	Eliminated	10th
Anushka Patra	Kolkata	Eliminated	11th
Rupam Bharnarhia	Amritsar	Eliminated	12th
Sanchari Sengupta	Kolkata	Eliminated	13th
Pritam Roy	Kolkata	Eliminated	14th
Shagun Pathak	Jharkhand	Eliminated	15th

References

India Today
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
India Today
https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/economy/story/20081208-not-content-yet-738371-2008-11-27
The Economic Times
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/movie-review-whats-your-raashee/articleshow/5060688.cms
"Indian Idol Season 4 (Contestants Name + Winner + Judges)"
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The Times of India
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Hindustan Times
https://web.archive.org/web/20121028220612/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Punjab/Chandigarh/Vipul-Mehta-wins-Indian-Idol-6/SP-Article1-923161.aspx
"Punjabi boy Vipul Mehta wins Indian Idol 6"
https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/vipul-mehta-wins-indian-idol-6-114970-2012-08-31
The Indian Express
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/lv-revanth-is-the-winner-of-indian-idol-9-see-poll-4595256/
The Times of India
https://rdskendra.co.in/jeli-kayi-tamin-wiki-biography/
RDS Kendra Technology
https://rdskendra.co.in/jeli-kayi-tamin-wiki-biography/
Hindustan Times
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
The New Indian Express
https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/hindi/2019/aug/17/singer-aditya-narayan-to-host-indian-idol-11-2020254.html
The Times of India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/indian-idol-on-popular-demand-singer-neha-kakkar-returns-as-a-judge/articleshow/70754296.cms
Turbo Tv
https://www.turbot.in/Indian-idol-season-11-started-at-today-8-pm-Indian-idol-11-first-look/
The Times of India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/anu-malik-confirms-stepping-down-as-indian-idol-judge/articleshow/66302739.cms
Mumbai Live
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
The Times of India
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
Hindustan Times
https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/tv/indian-idol-12-here-s-what-arunita-kanjilal-told-pawandeep-rajan-after-he-won-101629105772376.html
Indian Idol 12: Neha Kakkar Finally Shoots For The Show in Daman Amid COVID Scare, Read on
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Himesh Reshammiya and Neha Kakkar resume shoot of Indian Idol 12, shoot two episodes in Daman
https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/himesh-reshammiya-neha-kakkar-resume-shoot-indian-idol-12-shoot-two-episodes-daman/
"The Kapil Sharma Show's return to Indian Idol 13's premiere: What to watch on TV this weekend"
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"Indian Idol 13 Promo: Rishi Singh, Chirag Kotwal and more to compete in grand finale episode on THIS date"
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ReadersFusion
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"Indian Idol Double Elimination Today (8 Jan 2023): Vineet and Kavya Eliminated from Season 13 – Meet the Top 8 Contestants"
https://www.readersfusion.com/entertainment/indian-idol-2023-double-elimination-today-vineet-kavya-eliminated-from-season-13-meet-the-top-8-contestants/
Hindustan Times
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YouTube
https://youtu.com/IqOoOX_zqSI
"Former Indian Idol participant reveals the ugly side of the singing reality show"
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"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"
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"Indian Idol 12 Mercilessly Trolled Again – Sob Stories to Neha Kakkar, Himesh Reshammiya Being Termed Overdramatic, See Tweets"
https://www.koimoi.com/television/indian-idol-12-mercilessly-trolled-again-sob-stories-to-neha-kakkar-himesh-reshammiya-being-termed-overdramatic-see-tweets/
Vineet Singh and Kavya Limaye were eliminated in a double elimination.
Vineet Singh and Kavya Limaye were eliminated in a double elimination.
Malik was replaced by Javed Ali in Season 10 and by Himesh Reshammiya in Season 11
Shalmali was replaced by Sonakshi Sinha in Junior Season 2
Neha was replaced by Sonu Kakkar in Season 12
Dadlani was replaced by Anu Malik in Season 12