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'''Fame Gurukul''' was an Indian reality show on [[Sony Entertainment Television]] which premiered on 27 June 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k5/june/june265.htm|title=Sony's 'Fame Gurukul' ready to roll|work=Indiantelevision.com|date=23 June 2005}}</ref> The program was produced by the same production house of ''[[Indian Idol]]''. The concept of the show was to select a pair of India's best singers/performers.<br />
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It is based on the Spanish ''[[Operación Triunfo (Spanish TV series)|Operación Triunfo]]'' and international ''[[Star Academy]]'' format of [[Endemol]], better known in English under the UK title ''[[Fame Academy]]''; in Indian terms, it was essentially a mixture of ''Indian Idol'' and ''[[Big Brother (franchise)|Big Brother]]'' TV shows. ''Fame Gurukul'' started out with 16 contestants living in a musical performance academy (Gurukul). Every week (normally) one contestant was voted out of the show, and so on until two remained in the end.<br />
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==Prizes==<br />
The finalists received a Rs.1 crore music contract from [[Sony Music|Sony]] in addition to a [[Maruti Suzuki|Maruti]] [[Suzuki Alto|Alto]] car each.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}<br />
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==Season one==<br />
{{Unreferenced section|date=October 2021}}<br />
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===Contestants===<br />
* [[Qazi Touqeer]] Winner<br />
* [[Ruprekha Banerjee]] Winner<br />
* [[Rex D'Souza]] Runner Up<br />
* Arpita Mukherjee<br />
* [[Sandeep Batraa]]<br />
* [[Arijit Singh]]<br />
* Monica Gadgil<br />
* Shamit Tyagi<br />
* [[Keerthi Sagathia]]<br />
* Mona Bhatt<br />
* Anubhav Suman<br />
* Gurpreet Kaur<br />
* Deepshikha Sharma<br />
* Amit Jadhav<br />
* Chhavi Sodhani<br />
* Jeewan Chandra Arya<br />
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===Faculty===<br />
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====Head Mistress====<br />
* [[Ila Arun]]<br />
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====Music====<br />
* [[Padma Wadkar]]<br />
* [[Prasant A Samadhar]]<br />
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====Dance====<br />
* [[Caesar Gonsalves]]<br />
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====Fitness====<br />
Deepika Mehta<br />
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===Judges===<br />
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====Jury Members====<br />
* [[Javed Akhtar]] - Lyricist / Screenplay writer / Poet<br />
* [[KK (singer)|KK]] (Krishnakumar Kunnath) - Singer<br />
* [[Shankar Mahadevan]] - Singer / Composer<br />
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====Celebrity Judges====<br />
Occasionally a [[celebrity]] judge was called on the show to comment on the performances and to inspire the [[singers]]. The following was a list of special judges who appeared on ''Fame Gurukul'':<br />
*[[Karan Johar]]<br />
*[[Bipasha Basu]] and [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]]<br />
*[[Diya Mirza]]<br />
*[[Anil Kapoor]]<br />
*[[Alka Yagnik]]<br />
*[[R. Madhavan|Madhavan]]<br />
*[[Shreya Ghoshal]]<br />
*[[Alisha Chinoy]]<br />
*[[Aftab Shivdasani]]<br />
*[[Bhumika Chawla]]<br />
*[[Sarika]]<br />
*[[Neha Dhupia]]<br />
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===Presenters===<br />
* [[Mandira Bedi]]<br />
* [[Manav Gohil]]<br />
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===TV Production===<br />
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* [[Manav Dhanda]] - Creative Director & Project Head<br />
* [[Anupama Mandloi]] - Executive Producer, Sony Entertainment Television India<br />
* [[Paul Coueslant]] - Consultant Executive Producer, Endemol International<br />
* [[Nikhil Alva]] - Series Producer, [[Miditech]]<br />
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===Results===<br />
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On 20 October 2005, the final show of Fame Gurukul was broadcast in which the final three contestants - [[Qazi Touqeer]], [[Rex D'Souza]] and [[Ruprekha Banerjee]] battled it for the top spots.<br />
After much waiting and various shows in between, the results were finally announced. Qazi Touqeer, the favourite was one of the winners, while Ruprekha Banerjee made up the pair with him.<br />
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==''Celebrity Fame Gurukul''==<br />
After the claimed success of Fame Gurukul, Sony Entertainment Television brought what they claimed to be "a bigger, better, more exciting and entertaining" version of ''Fame Gurukul'' named ''Celebrity Fame Gurukul'' where now was the turn of some popular personalities to compete by going "back to school". ''Celebrity Fame Gurukul'' is based on the successful reality show called 'Comic Relief Does Fame Academy' which was a spin-off on 'Fame Academy' produced by the format owner Gestmusic, part of the Endemol Group.<br />
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They were now given various tasks to learn becoming singers and performers, while competing for the grand prize.<br />
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The show promised unlimited drama and excitement while watching the never-before-seen footage of the behind-the-scenes action and drama of the highly diverse group of celebrities, their behaviour, quirks, egos, trials, tribulations, inter-personal relationship, competitive spirit and their struggle to survive at the Gurukul uncensored, unscripted and very candid. And, for the very first time ever, viewers got to watch the celebrities in their new 'avataar' - as singers.<br />
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The proceeds of the show would go to the [[Make a Wish Foundation]], a non-profit organization dedicated to granting the most cherished wishes of children living with life-threatening illnesses.<br />
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===Making of the ''Fame Singer''===<br />
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After receiving close to 50 million votes, ''Celebrity Fame Gurukul'' took the popularity of the show to new heights. The television celebrities who were all non-singers now trained together and competed at the Gurukul - where discipline and their raw talent would be professionally tested by the well-known team of Ila Arun, Prasant Samadar, Padma Wadkar and Bosco-Caesar.<br />
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The format once again allowed votes by the faculty, contestants as well as viewers who would ultimately decide the best singer and performer out of the nine television personalities, spiced up with entertaining musical performances, gripping drama and high emotions entertaining the viewers.<br />
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===Contestants===<br />
* [[Ajay Gehi]]<br />
* [[Amit Sareen]]<br />
* [[Bakhtiyaar Irani]]<br />
* [[Bobby Darling]]<br />
* [[Jayati Bhatia]]<br />
* [[Smita Bansal]]<br />
* [[Utkarsh Sharma]]<br />
* [[Tanaaz Currim]]<br />
* [[Tisca Chopra]]<br />
* [[Vinod Singh (actor)|Vinod Singh]]<br />
* [[Hansika Motwani]]<br />
* [[Ashutosh Jain]]<br />
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Amit Sareen finished winner, with Vinod Singh as 1st runner-up and Tanaaz Currim as 2nd runner-up.<br />
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=== Judges ===<br />
*[[Javed Akhtar]]<br />
*[[Alka Yagnik]]<br />
*[[KK (singer)|Krishna Kumar kunnath]]<br />
*[[Shankar Mahadevan|shankar mahadevan]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[:Category:Fame Gurukul contestants|Fame Gurukul contestants]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://archive.today/20130104161425/http://famegurukul.sify.com/ Official website]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080907140921/http://celebrityfamegurukul.sify.com/ Celebrity Fame Gurukul Official website]<br />
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