Indian Idol 2005
Show Time: Mon - Tue, 8.30pm
About the Show
Indian Idol – A show so entertaining you’ll forget everything else. When ‘Idols’, the hugely popular worldwide phenomenon, was brought to India last year as ‘Indian Idol’, Sony Entertainment Television promised the nation that it would forget everything else and it surely did! In a span of merely nine months, ‘Indian Idol’ took millions of Indians to towering heights of sheer frenzy, propelling them to live their dreams and becoming ‘water cooler conversation’ across the nation. ‘Indian Idol’ experienced viewer engagement as never before, truly cutting across all boundaries of caste, creed, social status and geographies to witness people from every walk of life turn up in full strength, not only to participate and make their dreams come true but also religiously vote to choose their ‘Indian Idol’. In keeping with its philosophy of offering innovative and distinct content, Sony Entertainment Television, is now all set to launch the second series of its groundbreaking phenomenon, ‘Indian Idol’.
Watch Indian Idol, Every Monday & Tuesday at 8.30pm on Sony Entertainment Television.
Lets get set to choose our Idol…Agla Kaun?
And, how does one become an ‘Indian Idol’? It’s simple…
1. This September, young aspirants across India can register themselves by dialing 646 from their Airtel phone or register via their landlines. The ‘Indian Idol’ crew will travel to 13 cities including Jaipur, Ajmer, Jodhpur, Baroda, Ahmedabad, Indore, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Karnal, Mumbai, Delhi, Lucknow and Kolkata, inviting registrations and those eligible will receive registration numbers for the auditions.
2. In October 2005, auditions will be held in Mumbai, Delhi, Lucknow and Kolkata where the show producers will first shortlist contestants. These contestants will then be auditioned by the panel of judges who will undertake the challenging task of choosing 150 ‘ Indian Idol’ aspirants from the thousands who may have registered.
3. In November 2005, the judges will further trim them down to 28 contestants. Hereon, the nation aids the process by voting for the 12 finalists. The entire nation will follow the journey of these 12 finalists and finally vote and choose their second ‘Indian Idol’.
The winning team of Indian Idol’s popular judges - Farah Khan, Sonu Nigam and Anu Malik, who made waves with their valuable insights, constructive criticism, mutual disagreements and funny anecdotes, will once again create magic on screen together. While the judges, take on the challenging task of whittling down thousands of aspirants to the deserving few, the popular hosts of ‘Indian Idol’ - dashing actor Aman Yatan Verma and viviacious Mini Mathur will take on their roles as presenters and also close confidantes of the contestants.
So get ready to chase your dreams and watch ‘Indian Idol’ yet again change lives forever!!!