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Template:Infobox television 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.[1] 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.[2]
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
| Cast member | Season | |||||||||||||||
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| 1 2004 |
2 2005 |
3 2007 |
4 2008 |
5 2010 |
6 2012 |
7 2013 |
8 2015 |
9 2016 |
10 2018 |
11 2019 |
12 2020 |
13 2022 |
14 2023 |
15 2024 |
16 2025 | |
| 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 | ● | |||||||||||||||
| Kumar Sanu | ● | |||||||||||||||
| Kavita Krishnamurti | ● | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Judges | No of contestants | Prize Money | Winner | Runner-up | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||||||||
| 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 | 12 | ₹1,00,00,000 | Sandeep Acharya | N. C. Karunya | ||||
| 3 | Template:TBD | 4 May 2007 | 23 September 2007 | Javed Akhtar | Alisha Chinai | Udit Narayan | 13 | Prashant Tamang | Amit Paul | ||
| 4 | Template:TBD | 19 September 2008 | 1 March 2009 | 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 | Salim Merchant | Asha Bhosle | 16 | Vipul Mehta | Amit Kumar / Devender Pal Singh | |||
| 7 (Junior) | Template:TBD | 1 June 2013 | 1 September 2013 | Shreya Ghoshal | Vishal Dadlani | Shekhar Ravjiani | 11 | ₹25,00,000 | Anjana Padmanabhan | Debanjana Karmakar | |
| 8 (Junior) | Template:TBD | 30 May 2015 | 6 September 2015 | Shalmali Kholgade
Sonakshi Sinha |
Salim Merchant | 13 | ₹10,00,000 | Ananya Nanda | Nahid Afrin | ||
| 9 | Template:TBD | 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 |
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 | 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 | 25 | 18 October 2025 | 2026 | 16 | TBA | TBA | TBA | ||||
Season synopses
Season 1
- Judges
- Host
Top 12 Contestants
| Name | Age | Hometown | Result | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abhijeet Sawant | 23 | Mumbai | Template:Won | 1st |
| Amit Sana | 21 | Bhilai | Template:Runner-up | 2nd |
| Rahul Vaidya | 17 | Nagpur | 2nd Runner-up | 3rd |
| Prajakta Shukre | 16 | Jabalpur | 3rd Runner-up | 4th |
| Ravinder Ravi | 29 | Ludhiana | Template:Eliminated | 5th |
| Aditi Paul | 25 | Chennai | Template:Eliminated | 6th |
| Mukesh Pancholi | 26 | Faridabad | Template:Eliminated | 7th |
| Harish Moyal | 26 | Itanagar | Template:Eliminated | 8th |
| Rahul Saxena | 22 | Ghaziabad | Template:Eliminated | 9th |
| Amit Tandon | 25 | Kolkata | Template:Eliminated | 10th |
| Vishal Kothari | 21 | Mumbai | Template:Eliminated | 11th |
| Priyanka Venkateswar | 17 | Mumbai | Template:Quit | 12th |
Season 2
- Judges
- Host
Top 12 Contestants
| Name | Age | Hometown | Result | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandeep Acharya | 21 | Bikaner | Template:Won | 1st |
| N. C. Karunya | 19 | Hyderabad | Template:Runner-up | 2nd |
| Anuj Sharma | 29 | Himachal Pradesh | Template:Eliminated | 3rd |
| Ameya Date | 26 | Mumbai | Template:Eliminated | 4th |
| Antara Mitra | 18 | West Bengal | Template:Eliminated | 5th |
| Meenal Jain | 20 | Indore | Template:Eliminated | 6th |
| Ravi K. Tripathi | 29 | Uttar Pradesh | Template:Eliminated | 7th |
| Panna Gill | 24 | Punjab | Template:Eliminated | 8th |
| Monali Thakur | 20 | Kolkata | Template:Eliminated | 9th |
| Neha Kakkar | 17 | Rishikesh | Template:Eliminated | 10th |
| Yashashree Bhave | 24 | Satara | Template:Eliminated | 11th |
| Sagar Sawarkar | 20 | Mumbai | Template:Eliminated | 12th |
Season 3
- Judges
- Host
Top 13 Contestants
| Name | Age | Hometown | Result | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prashant Tamang | 24 | Darjeeling | Template:Won | 1st |
| Amit Paul | 24 | Shillong | Template:Runner-up | 2nd |
| Emon Chatterjee | 17 | Kolkata | Template:Eliminated | 3rd |
| Ankita Mishra | 17 | Kanpur | Template:Eliminated | 4th |
| Meiyang Chang | 24 | Dhanbad | Template:Eliminated | 5th |
| Pooja Chatterjee | 18 | Dhanbad | Template:Eliminated | 6th |
| Deepali Kishore | 18 | Patna | Template:Eliminated | 7th |
| Abhishek Kumar | 20 | Mumbai | Template:Eliminated | 8th |
| Parleen Singh Gill | 19 | Ambala | Template:Eliminated | 9th |
| Charu Semwal | 19 | Dehradun | Template:Eliminated | 10th |
| Smita Adhikari | 24 | Kolkata | Template:Eliminated | 11th |
| Jolly Das | 25 | Kolkata | Template:Eliminated | 12th |
| Richa Aneja | 17 | Punjab | Template: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.[3]
- Judges
- Host
Top 14 Contestants
| Name | Hometown | Result | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sourabhee Debbarma | Agartala | Template:Won | 1st[4] |
| Kapil Thapa | Dehradun | Template:Runner-up | 2nd |
| Torsha Sarkar | Bhagalpur | 2nd Runner-up | 3rd |
| Rajdeep Chatterjee | Jamshedpur | Template:Eliminated | 4th |
| Remo Ghosh | Dimapur | Template:Eliminated | 5th |
| Bhavya Pandit | Pune | Template:Eliminated | 6th |
| Prasenjit Kosambi | Kolhapur | Template:Eliminated | 7th |
| Bhanu Pratap Singh | Jaipur | Template:Eliminated | 8th |
| Mohit Lawani | Delhi | Template:Eliminated | 9th |
| Kuldeep Singh Chauhan | Banda | Template:Eliminated | 10th |
| Priyanka Negi | Dehradun | Template:Eliminated | 11th |
| Gautam Mrinal | Jamui | Template:Eliminated | 12th |
| Tulika Ganguly | Faridabad | Template:Eliminated | 13th |
| Ananya Mishra | Lucknow | Template:Eliminated | 14th |
Season 5
- Judges
- Host
Top 13 Contestants
| Name | Hometown | Result | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sreerama Chandra | Hyderabad | Template:Won | 1st |
| Bhoomi Trivedi | Gujarat | Template:Runner-up | 2nd |
| Rakesh Maini | Mumbai | Template:Runner-up | |
| Swaroop Khan | Rajasthan | Template:Eliminated | 4th |
| Shivam Pathak | Gujarat | Template:Eliminated | 5th |
| Tia Kar | Mumbai | Template:Eliminated | 6th |
| Naushad Ali | Rajasthan | Template:Eliminated | 7th |
| Shashi Suman | Patna | Template:Eliminated | 8th |
| Arpita Khan | West Bengal | Template:Eliminated | 9th |
| Yashraj Kapil | Faridabad | Template:Eliminated | 10th |
| Manisha Karmakar | Kolkata | Template:Eliminated | 11th |
| Meghna Kumar | Jhansi | Template:Eliminated | 12th |
| Vishwas Rai | Allahabad | Template: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.[5][6][7]
- Judges
- Host
On 23 June 2012, the judges selected the top 16 contestants to perform in the Gala Rounds.
Contestants
| Name | Hometown | Result | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vipul Mehta | Amritsar | Template:Won | 1st |
| Amit Kumar | Amritsar | Template:Runner-up | 2nd |
| Devender Pal Singh | Ludhiana | Template:Runner-up | |
| Poorvi Kautish | Chandigarh | Template:Eliminated | 4th |
| Sohini Mishra | Cuttack | Template:Eliminated | 5th |
| Amitabh Narayan | Template:Eliminated | 6th | |
| Deeksha Toor | Delhi | Template:Eliminated | 7th |
| Deepak Maher | Template:Eliminated | 8th | |
| Kaushik Deshpande | Mumbai | Template:Eliminated | 9th |
| Kritika Tanwar | Template:Eliminated | 10th | |
| Charith Dixit | Chandigarh | Template:Eliminated | 11th |
| Ravi Kumar Mishra | Template:Eliminated | 12th | |
| Ritika Raj | Patna | Template:Eliminated | 13th |
| Saumya Mishra | Template:Eliminated | 14th | |
| Simran Kaur | Punjab | Template:Eliminated | 15th |
| Amrita Bharati | Bhubaneswar | Template:Eliminated | 16th |
Indian Idol Junior Season 1
- Judges
- Host
Top 11 Contestants
| Name | Hometown | Result | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anjana Padmanabhan | Bengaluru | Template:Won | 1st |
| Debanjana Karmakar | Kolkata | Template:Runner-up | 2nd |
| Anmol Jaswal | Jammu and Kashmir | 2nd Runner-up | 3rd |
| Nirvesh Dave | Ahmedabad | 3rd Runner-up | 4th |
| Sugandha Date | Nagpur | Template:Eliminated | 5th |
| Sonakshi Kar | Kolkata | Template:Eliminated | 6th |
| Priyam Borpatragohain | Assam | Template:Eliminated | 7th |
| Akash Sharma | Haryana | Template:Eliminated | 8th |
| Sankalp Yaduwanshi | Moradabad | Template:Eliminated | 9th |
| Eman Chaudhary | Assam | Template:Eliminated | 10th |
| Aryan Das | Cuttack | Template:Eliminated | 11th |
Indian Idol Junior Season 2
Template:Unreferenced sectionIndian Idol Junior Season 2 started on 30 May 2015 and finished on 6 September 2015.
- Judges
Sonakshi Sinha replaced Shalmali Kholgade
- Host
Top 13 Contestants
| Name | Hometown | Result | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ananya Nanda | Bhubaneswar | Template:Won | 1st |
| Nahid Afrin | Assam | Template:Runner-up | 2nd |
| Nithyashree Venkataramanan | Chennai | 2nd Runner-up | 3rd |
| Vaishnav Girish | Thrissur | Template:Eliminated | 4th |
| Moti Khan | Rajasthan | Template:Eliminated | 5th |
| Niharika Nath | Agartala | Template:Eliminated | 6th |
| Ranita Banerjee | Kolkata | Template:Eliminated | 7th |
| Sreelakshmi Belmannu | Bangalore | Template:Eliminated | 8th |
| Ajay Brijwasi | Mathura | Template:Eliminated | 9th |
| Yumna Ajin | Vengara | Template:Eliminated | 10th |
| Surendra Singh Panwar | Rajasthan | Template:Eliminated | 11th |
| Vidhi Jaswal | Jammu and Kashmir | Template:Eliminated | 12th |
| Shubhankar | Kolkata | Template:Eliminated | 13th |
Season 9
- Judges
- Host
Paritosh Tripathi
Top 14 Contestants
| Name | Hometown | Result | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| L. V. Revanth | Visakhapatnam | Template:Won | 1st[8] |
| Khuda Baksh | Punjab | Template:Runner-up | 2nd[9] |
| P V N S Rohit | Hyderabad | 2nd Runner-up | 3rd |
| Maalavika Sunder | Chennai | Template:Eliminated | 4th |
| Mohit Chopra | New Delhi | Template:Eliminated | 5th |
| Tajinder Singh | Faridabad | Template:Eliminated | 6th |
| R P Shravan | Chennai | Template:Eliminated | 7th |
| Manya Narang | New Delhi | Template:Eliminated | 8th |
| Hardeep Singh | Ludhiana | Template:Eliminated | 9th |
| Jeli Kayi | Itanagar | Template:Eliminated | 10th[10] |
| Bharti Gupta | Ghaziabad | Template:Eliminated | 11th |
| Mansi Bhardwaj | Delhi | Template:Eliminated | 12th |
| Stuti Tiwari | Delhi | Template:Eliminated | 13th |
| Saumya Mishra | Renukut | Template:Eliminated | 14th |
Season 10
- Judges
- Former Judge
- Host
Top 14 Contestants
| Name | Hometown | Result | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salman Ali | Mewat | Template:Won | 1st[11] |
| Ankush Bhardwaj | Kotgarh | Template: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 | Template:Eliminated | 6th |
| Renu Nagar | Alwar | Template:Eliminated | 7th |
| Soumya Chakraborty | Kolkata | Template:Eliminated | 8th |
| Avanti Patel | Mumbai | Template:Eliminated | 9th |
| Saurabh Valmiki | Lakhimpur Kheri | Template:Eliminated | 10th |
| Biswajit Mohapatra | Bhawanipatna | Template:Eliminated | 11th |
| Krishnakali Saha | Tripura | Template:Eliminated | 12th |
| Indira Das | Kolkata | Template:Eliminated | 13th |
| Sonia Gazmer | Kolkata | Template: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.[12] 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.[13][14]
- Judges
Himesh Reshammiya replaced Anu Malik [15]
- Host
Top 16 contestants
| Name | Hometown | Elimination | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny Hindustani | Bathinda | Template:Won | 1st[16] |
| Rohit Shyam Raut | Latur | Template: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 | Template:Eliminated | 6th |
| Rishabh Chaturvedi | Amritsar | Template:Eliminated | 7th |
| Stuti Tiwari | New Delhi | Template:Eliminated | 8th |
| Jannabi Das | New Delhi | Template:Eliminated | 9th |
| Azmat Hussain | Jaipur | Template:Eliminated | 10th |
| Chetna Bharadwaj | Ghaziabad | Template:Eliminated | 11th |
| Kaivalya Kejkar | Nagpur | Template:Eliminated | 12th |
| Subhadeep Das Chowdhury | Kolkata | Template:Eliminated | 13th |
| Pallav Singh | Ballia | Template:Eliminated | 14th |
| Nidhi Kumari | Jamshedpur | Template:Eliminated | 15th |
| Chelsi Behura | Cuttack | Template: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.[17] Pawandeep Rajan was declared the winner of the season and Arunita Kanjilal became the 1st Runner-up.[18] This was the longest running season of Indian Idol.
- Judges
- Guest judges
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
- Guest Hosts
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
| Name | Hometown | Result | Standing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pawandeep Rajan | Uttarkhand | Template:Won | 1st |
| Arunita Kanjilal | Kolkata | Template: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 | Template:Eliminated | 7th |
| Sawai Bhatt | Nagaur | Template:Eliminated | 8th |
| Anjali Gaikwad | Ahmednagar | Template:Eliminated | 9th |
| Nachiket Lele | Kalyan | Template:Eliminated | 10th |
| Sireesha Bhagavatula | Visakhapatnam | Template:Eliminated | 11th |
| Anushka Banerjee | Chandigarh | Template:Eliminated | 12th |
| Vaishnav Girish | Thrissur | Template:Eliminated | 13th |
| Samyak Prasana | Delhi | Template:Eliminated | 14th |
| Sahil Solanki | Hisar | Template:Eliminated | 15th |
Season 13
The Ground Auditions started in July 2022. The show started on 10 September 2022.[21] 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.[22]
- Judges
- Host
- Former Judge
- Guest Hosts
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[23] to compete for the Indian Idol trophy.
| Name | Hometown | Result | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rishi Singh | Ayodhya | Template:Won | 1st |
| Deboshmita Roy | Kolkata | Template: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 | Template:No | 7th |
| Navdeep Wadali | Amritsar | Template:Eliminated | 8th |
| Kavya Limaye | Vadodara | Template:Eliminated | 9thTemplate:Efn |
| Vineet Singh | Lucknow | Template:Eliminated | 10thTemplate:Efn |
| Anushka Patra | Kolkata | Template:Eliminated | 11th |
| Rupam Bharnarhia | Amritsar | Template:Eliminated | 12th |
| Sanchari Sengupta | Kolkata | Template:Eliminated | 13th |
| Pritam Roy | Kolkata | Template:Eliminated | 14th |
| Shagun Pathak | Jharkhand | Template:Eliminated | 15th |
Season 14
Template:Main The fourteenth season premiered on 7 October 2023, with the theme Ek Awaz Lakhon Ehsaas (lit. One Voice, Million Emotion). On 3 March 2024, the season concluded, with Vaibhav Gupta crowned as the winner, with Subhadeep Das Choudhary finishing as the runner-up.[24]
- Judges
- Host
- Guest Hosts
Top 15 Contestants
| Name | Hometown | Result | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vaibhav Gupta | Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh | Template:Won | 1st |
| Subhadeep Das Chowdhury | Kolkata, West Bengal | Template:Runner-up | 2nd |
| Piyush Panwar | Rajasthan | 2nd Runner-up | 3rd |
| Ananya Pal | Kolkata, West Bengal | 3rd Runner-up | 4th |
| Anjana Padmanabhan | Mumbai, Maharashtra | 4th Runner-up | 5th |
| Adya Mishra | Faridabad, Haryana | 5th Runner-up | 6th |
| Obom Tangu | Arunachal Pradesh | Template:No | 7th |
| Dipan Mitra | Kolkata, West Bengal | Template:Eliminated | 8th |
| Utkarsh Wankhede | Nagpur, Maharashtra | Template:Eliminated | 9th |
| Menuka Poudel | Nepal | Template:Eliminated | 10th |
| Muskan Srivastava | Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh | Template:Eliminated | 11th |
| Mahima Bhattacharjee | Kolkata, West Bengal | Template:Eliminated | 12th |
| Surender Kumar | Rajasthan | Template:Eliminated | 13th |
| Maithili Shome | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Template:Eliminated | 14th |
| Gayathry Rajiv | Kochi, Kerala | Template:Eliminated | 15th |
Season 15
Template:Main The fifteenth season premiered in October 2024, with the theme Jo Gayega, Wo Nazar Aayega (lit. Good Singers will get noticed). On 6 April 2025, the season concluded, with Manasi Ghosh crowned as the winner, with Subhajit Chakraborty finishing as the runner-up.[25]
- Judges
- Host
Top 16 Contestants
| Name | Result | Place |
|---|---|---|
| Manasi Ghosh | Template:Won | 1st |
| Subhajit Chakraborty | Template:Runner-up | 2nd |
| Sneha Shankar | 2nd Runner-up | 3rd |
| Chaitanya Devadhe (Mauli) | 3rd Runner-up | 4th |
| Priyangshu Dutta | 4th Runner-up | 5th |
| Anirudh Suswaram | 5th Runner-up | 6th |
| Myscmme Bosu | Template:No | 7th |
| Ragini Shinde | Template:Eliminated | 8th |
| Biswarup Banerjee | Template:Eliminated | 9th |
| Ritika Raj | Template:Eliminated | 10th |
| Mayuri Saha | Template:Eliminated | 11th |
| Ranjini Sen Gupta | Template:Eliminated | 12th |
| Srijan Porail | Template:Eliminated | 13th |
| Jyotiprakash Ojha | Template:Eliminated | 14th |
| Vastav Kumar | Template:Eliminated | 15th |
| Ipsit Pati | Template:Eliminated | 16th |
Season 16
The sixteenth season premiered on 18 October 2025, with the theme Yaadon Ki Playlist.
- Judges
- Host
| Name | Result | Place |
|---|---|---|
| Template:Won | 1st | |
| Template:Runner-up | 2nd | |
| 2nd Runner-up | 3rd | |
| 3rd Runner-up | 4th | |
| 4th Runner-up | 5th | |
| 5th Runner-up | 6th | |
| Template:Eliminated | 7th | |
| Template:Eliminated | 8th | |
| Template:Eliminated | 9th | |
| Template:Eliminated | 10th | |
| Amritha Rajan | Template:Eliminated | 11th |
| Shreenidhi Shastry | Template:Eliminated | 12th |
| Sugandha Date | Template:Eliminated | 13th |
| Shreya Verma | Template:Eliminated | 14th |
| Abhijeet Sharma | Template:Eliminated | 15th |
| Banashree Biswas | Template:Eliminated | 16th |
| Manav | Template:Eliminated | 17th |
| Arfin Rana | Template:Eliminated | 18th |
Notes
References
- ↑ Making of an Idol(28 February 2005). Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ↑ Not content yet. India Today(27 November 2008). Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ↑ What's Your Raashee. The Economic Times(26 September 2009).
- ↑ Indian Idol Season 4 (Contestants Name + Winner + Judges)(30 December 2017). Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ↑ Vipul Mehta wins Indian Idol 6. The Times of India(2 September 2012). Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ↑ Vipul Mehta wins 'Indian Idol 6'. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ Punjabi boy Vipul Mehta wins Indian Idol 6(September 2012). Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ↑ LV Revanth is the winner of Indian Idol 9. See poll. The Indian Express(2017-04-01). Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ↑ Indian Idol Season 9: Finalist Khuda Baksh's journey on the show – Times of. The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ↑ Indian Idol Season 9: Jeli Kayi Tamin Wiki Biography – RDS Kendra. RDS Kendra Technology. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
- ↑ Indian Idol 10 winner Salman Ali says he will fix his house's broken roof with Rs 25 lakh prize money. Hindustan Times(2018-12-24). Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ↑ Singer Aditya Narayan to host 'Indian Idol 11'. The New Indian Express(17 August 2019). Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ↑ Indian Idol: On popular demand, singer Neha Kakkar returns as a judge – Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ↑ 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. Turbo Tv. Retrieved 2019-10-12.Template:Dead link
- ↑ Anu Malik confirms stepping down as 'Indian Idol' judge – Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
- ↑ Sunny Hindustani is the winner of Indian Idol 11. Mumbai Live(23 February 2020). Retrieved 2020-02-23.
- ↑ Indian Idol 12: 12-hour long grand finale on August 15(11 August 2021). Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ↑ Indian Idol 12: Here's what Arunita Kanjilal told Pawandeep Rajan after he won. Hindustan Times(16 August 2021). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
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- ↑ The Kapil Sharma Show's return to Indian Idol 13's premiere: What to watch on TV this weekend(9 September 2022).
- ↑ Indian Idol 13 Promo: Rishi Singh, Chirag Kotwal and more to compete in grand finale episode on THIS date(29 March 2023). Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ↑ Indian Idol 13: Fan Favorite Senjuti Das gets Eliminated – Meet the Top 6 Finalist, Himanshu. ReadersFusion(2023-03-25). Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ↑ Indian Idol Season 14 Winner: How Rich is Indian Idol Winner Vaibhav Gupta Now? - TereMereStatus.com. TereMereStatus(4 March 2024). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ↑ Manasi Ghosh wins Indian Idol 15, says she has already recorded her first Bollywood song: ‘It's a duet song with Lalit Pandit and Shaan’. Indian Express(6 April 2025). Retrieved 7 April 2025.
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