Star Voice of India
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"Star Voice of India" is an Indian television singing competition that premiered on May 18, 2007 and ended on 24 November 2007 on
Star Voice of India
Prizes
The prizes offered to the winner were:-
- A contract for a personal album with Big Music
- A Chevrolet Car
Standard auditions
Auditions for the show were held in the Indian cities shown below. The judges chose 17 contestants out of the thousands that had auditioned and the 17 contestants performed on the first two episodes of the show.
The Auditions were held in the following cities in India each between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. :
- Kolkata: Swabhumi 89 C, Maulana Abdul Kalam Avenue (700054) - 29 April
- Andheri West- 4 May
- Indore: Hotel Fortune Land Mark, Vijaynagar, Indore - 5 May
- Delhi: Shankarlal Hall Delhi University Main Campus - 11 May
- Jaipur: Jai Club, Mahavir Marg, C Scheme, Jaipur - 12 May
- Lucknow: Ravindralaya Auditorium, Charbagh, Lucknow - 18 May
Shortcut to auditions
In addition, there was another way to audition from 1 May 2007 at 9:00 a.m. to 10 May 2007 at 11:59 p.m. that required the participant to be a subscriber and registered user of Hutchison Essar Telecom Limited ("
The participant was only allowed to sing Hindi songs with a duration of up to 60 seconds. Singing for longer than 60 seconds also rendered one's entry null and void.
Of all the participants that entered, the producers and representatives listened to a hundred randomly selected entries that were received during the contest and selected 5 winning participants that were believed to have the best voice among those who entered.
After five contestants were chosen, they were finally eligible to directly participate in the official auditions of the show held in Lucknow without having to wait in the queue for the auditions.
Top contestants
Contestants are noted here in reverse chronological order of elimination.
- (Winner) (Deceased 29 July 2008)
- Harshit Saxena - Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (Runner-up)
- Abhilasha Venkatachalam - Pune, Maharashtra (Jury's Choice-Female)*
- Sumitra Iyer - Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Abhas Joshi - Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh(Jury's Choice) (Wildcard entry)
- Toshi Sabri - Jaipur, Rajasthan (Wildcard entry)
- Hyderabad
- Priyani Vani - Indore, Madhya Pradesh (Wildcard entry)
- Mirande Shah - Ahmedabad, Gujarat
- Arshpreet Kaur - Ludhiana, Punjab
- Prantik Sur - Kolkata, West Bengal
- Prantika Mukherjee - Kolkata, West Bengal
Galas
In the galas, the contestants were distributed among two teams
AGNI TEAM | PRITHVI TEAM |
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Abhas Joshi | Abhilasha |
Mirande | Ishmeet
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Harshit Saxena | Prantika |
Sumitra | Prantik |
Toshi Sabri | Priyani |
Arshpreet | Irfan
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The Agni team was hosted by
- In Gala 1, all the 12 contestants performed on stage. This Gala introduced the viewers to the contestants' voting details.
- In Gala 2 Akshay Khanna were the guest judges and every contestant sang song from Anil Kapoor's films.
- In Gala 3, the boys sang the songs of Amit Kumarand his brother were the guest judges of the day. It was elimination day. Abhas, Prantika, Arshpreet and Prantik were in the danger zone but no one was eliminated.
- In Gala 4, the theme was love and all the contestants sang romantic songs.
- In Gala 5, everyone sang songs of their choice. It was elimination day. Prantika, Prantik and Abhilasha were in the bottom three and Prantika was eliminated.
- In Gala 6, everyone sang the songs of the music director Pritam Chakravarthy as he was the guest judge.
- In Gala 7, singer Sonu Nigam was the celebrity judge and all the contestants sang his songs. It was elimination day. Prantik, Irrfaan, Priyani and Toshi Sabri were in the danger zone and Prantik was eliminated.
- In Gala 8, Mahesh Bhatt, Pooja Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt were the celebrity judges and all the contestants sang songs from their films or from films under the Vishesh Films' banner.
- In Gala 9, all the contestants sang singer Sunidhi Chauhan's songs. It was elimination day and the four contestants who came in bottom 4 were Mirande, Abhilasha, Sumitra and Arshpreet. The latter was eliminated.
- In Gala 10, everyone went to their roots in Jimmy Shergill, Preeti Jhangiani and Sonia Mehra, who all came to promote their movie Victoria No. 203.
Wild Card Entry
Eliminated contestants on the show were given another chance to prove their talent through a wildcard entry episode which was started on request of judge
The Wildcard Contestants were:
- Abhaas
- Priyani
- Toshi Sabri
- Arshpreet
- Prantik
On Friday, 5 October, Toshi Sabri, Abhas and Priyani made it to the top three among the wildcard contestants. Originally, the hosts had intended to select only two of these three, and Toshi Sabri and Abhas had scored the highest votes. Abhas had scored only 16 votes more than Priyani, hence all the judges revised their decision and pressed for Priyani to be brought back into the show, citing that a difference of 16 votes is negligible in a contest where hundreds of thousands of votes are sent.
Grand finale
The Grand Finale was held on 24 November 2007.
Winner
The winner of the first Star Voice of India was thus officially declared as
Chhote Ustaad
The director,
Contestants
- Aishwarya (Winner) Announced by Amitabh Bachchan.
- Anwesha (Active - Runner Up: Second Place)
- Alpansh (Eliminated)
- Gitashree Shil (Amika Shail) (Eliminated)
- Shailey (Eliminated)
- Mansi Bhardwaj (Eliminated)
- Abeer (Eliminated)
- Areeb (Eliminated)
- Jayant (Eliminated)
- Vyom (Eliminated)
- Prakriti (Eliminated) (Wild Card Entrant)
- Sonia (Eliminated) (jury's choice award winner)
- Rigved (Eliminated) (Challenger)
Grand finale
The grand finale took place on 5 April 2008. Amitabh Bachchan and Juhi Chawla were the chief guests. Aishwarya was announced as the winner. Both Anwesha and Aishwarya are going to United States for a stage show.
The Grand Finale was hosted by Abhaas Joshi and Shaan.
Season 2
Star Voice of India 2 premiered on 18 July 2008. It Stands for Second Season of Gajendra Singh and Urban Brew's previous Show Star Voice of India. This season replaces all old judges with three new judges. The two finalists on the show were Ravi Shukla and Saptaparna Chakraborty.
A three-hour grand finale was held at the Andheri Sport's Complex in Mumbai on 21 December, in the presence of prominent singers like Jagjit Singh, Ila Arun and Sonu Nigam. During the course of the finale, the finalists conducted several performances and were often joined by their former rivals, in a spirit of co-operation and unity. A special remembrance video was assembled to remember the late Ishmeet Singh, who was the first winner of Star Voice of India series. In order to sustain his memory, the show presented the first Ishmeet Singh Singing Award to Ronit Sonar of Assam, a contestant on the show.
At the end of the show, Ravi Shukla of Delhi was crowned the winner by guest Sonu Nigam. As part of the winner's package, Ravi was awarded a brand new Chevrolet car along with a cheque for Rs. 2.5 million. In addition to the bonus gift, Ravi was awarded an exclusive contract with T-Series to launch his first album. Both Ravi and Saptaparna were awarded trophies by their "gurus", Monty Sharma and Ismail Darbar respectively.
Host
Judges
Contestants
Contest Number | Contestant Name | Place | Status (Running/Eliminated) |
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1 | Apapbidya Chakraborty | Kerala | Eliminated |
2 | Amitabh Narayan | Bihar | Eliminated |
3 | Argha Dutta | Tamil Nadu | Eliminated |
4 | Arvind Dhandwaal | Himachal Pradesh | Eliminated |
5 | Debarati Bhattacharjee | Tripura | Eliminated |
6 | Kanika Joshi | Uttaranchal | Eliminated |
7 | Mahipal Singh Rathore | Rajasthan | Eliminated |
8 | Mallar Karmakar | West Bengal | Eliminated |
9 | Mangesh Boregaonkar | Goa | Eliminated |
10 | Mukul Soni | Madhya Pradesh | Eliminated |
11 | Rahul Mukharjee | Maharashtra | Eliminated |
12 | Ravi Shukla | Delhi | Winner |
13 | Rithisha Padmanabh | Karnataka | Eliminated |
14 | Rohit Sonar | Assam | Eliminated |
15 | Ruchi Sharma (singer) | Haryana | Eliminated |
16 | Ryan Dias | Andhra Pradesh | Eliminated |
17 | Saptaparna Chakraborty | Assam | Runner-Up |
18 | Sayantani Das | Orissa | Eliminated |
19 | Shikha Jain | Gujarat | Eliminated |
20 | Shraddha Das | Jharkhand | Eliminated |
21 | Sonali Dogra | Jammu & Kashmir | Eliminated |
22 | Vinti Singh | Uttar Pradesh | Eliminated |
23 | Vipul Mehta | Punjab | Eliminated |
24 | Zakir Hussain | Chhattisgarh | Eliminated |
Chote Ustad Season 2
[1] Amul Star Voice Of India Chote Ustad Season 2 is hosted by
Contestants from India [2]
- Ansh Pandey (Eliminated)
- Rishabh Chaturvedi
- Sayantan Paul (Eliminated) (Wild Card Entrant)
- Mayuri Dey (Eliminated)
- Satinder Shanu (Eliminated)
- Akanksha Sharma
- Bhanu Pratap Agnihotri (Eliminated)
- Dipan Mitra (Eliminated)
- Debanjana Karmakar (Eliminated)
- Shyamantan Das (Eliminated)
Contestants from Pakistan [3]
- Wania Jibran(Eliminated)
- Shahid Ali (Eliminated)
- Sayyed Mair Hasan (Eliminated)
- Rosemary Mushtaq (Eliminated)
- Fariha Akram (Eliminated)
- Rouhan Abbas
- Ahsan Ali (Eliminated) (Wild Card Entrant)
- MOHD. Fahad (Eliminated)
- Farrukh Moon
- Faisal (Eliminated)
The Pairings:
- Ansh Pandey and Wania Jibran(Eliminated)
- Satinder Shanu and Shahid Ali (Eliminated)
- Mayuri Dey and Sayyed Mair Hasan (Eliminated)
- Bhanu Pratap Aghnihotri and Ahsan Ali (Eliminated)
- Rishabh Chaturvedi and Farrukh Moon
- Debanjana Karmakar and Faisal (Eliminated)
- Dipan Mitra and Fariha Akram (Eliminated)
- Rosemary Mushtaq and Shyamantan Das (Eliminated)
- Sayantan Paul and Mohammad Fahad (Eliminated)
- Akanksha Sharma and Rouhan Abbas
Wild Card Pairing:
- Sayantan Paul and Ahsan Ali
Grand Finale
The Grand Finale was held on 10 October 2010. In third place was the Wild Card entry pair of Sayantan Paul and Ahsan Ali. In second place was the pair of Rishabh Chaturvedi and Farrukh Moon. The winner of Chote Ustaad 2010 was the pair of Akanksha Sharma and Rouhan Abbas. Shyamantan Das received a special Jury's Award because of his outstanding performance throughout the show.
External links
References
- ^ "Chhote Ustaad – do Deshon Ki Ek Awaaz Shows, Story, Recap, Characters, Discussion forums & more on StarPlus.in - Official website". Archived from the original on 24 July 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2010.
- ^ "Amul Chhote Ustaad – Do Deshon Ki ek Awaaz – Profile of kids from India - Indian Television News". www.dishtracking.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2010.
- ^ "Amul Chhote Ustaad – Do Deshon Ki ek Awaaz – Profile of kids from Pakistan - Indian Television News". www.dishtracking.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2010.