Indian Idol (season 3)
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| Prashant Tamang Prashant Tamang Prashant Tamang is a Darjeeling-based singer and actor. He was the winner of Indian Idol Season 3 in 2007. He is the first Indian from Nepali community to make it to the final rounds of Indian Idol and win it... |
Winner |
| Amit Paul Amit Paul Amit Paul is an Indian singer from Shillong, Meghalaya. His career started by being runner up in the Indian Idol season 3. He has become a budding Playback Singer in the Hindi Film Industry.-Early years:... |
Runner up |
| Emon Chatterjee | September 8 |
| Ankita Mishra | September 1 |
| Meiyang Chаng Meiyang Chаng Meiyang Chang is an Indian actor, television host, singer and qualified dentist.- Personal life :Meiyang Chang studied in Dhanbad, Dehradun, Mussoorie, and Bangalore. He attended Colonel Brown Cambridge School in Dehradun and Wynberg Allen School in Mussoorie... |
August 25 |
| Puja Chatterjee | August 18 |
| Deepali Kishore Deepali Kishore Deepali Kishore is an Indian singer. She was a finalist of Indian Idol 3. She also appeared along with Bollywood actor John Abraham and performed a group song from film Goal. She has sung a song for movie Don Muthuswami. The song is 'I love you', composed by Anu Malik... |
August 11 |
| Abhishek Kumar | August 4 |
| Parleen Singh Gill | July 28 |
| Charu Semwal | July 21 |
| Smita Adhikari | July 14 |
| Jolly Das | July 7 |
| Richa Aneja | June 30 |
The third season of Indian Idol
Indian Idol
Indian Idol is an adaptation of the Pop Idol format. It started airing in India with the first season in 2004-2005 and followed that with second , third and fourth seasons...
began on 4 May 2007 and concluded on 23 September 2007. It was hosted by Mini Mathur
Mini Mathur
Mini Mathur is an Indian actress and television personality. She was a video jockey on SUN TV India and hosted a couple of shows for the channel. She is also a co-host of the Indian reality singing contest Indian Idol....
and Hussain Kuwajerwala
Hussain Kuwajerwala
Hussain Kuwajerwala is an Indian actor, anchor and dancer. His most prominent roles to date have been Sumit Wadhwa in the soap Kumkum and Chirag Virani in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi...
. Anu Malik
Anu Malik
Anu Malik , born Anwar Sardaar Malik, is a famous music director in the Hindi film industry. Son of veteran music director Sardar Malek, Anu Malik made his debut as a music composer in the year 1977. After a considerable period of struggle, the 90's welcomed Anu with hits like 'Phir Teri Kahani...
, Alisha Chinai
Alisha Chinai
Alisha Chinai in Gujarati family and an Indian pop singer known for her several albums as well as playback singing in Hindi cinema.-Career:...
, Javed Akhtar
Javed Akhtar
Javed Akhtar is a poet, lyricist and scriptwriter from India. Some of his most successful work was done in the late 1970s and 1980s with Salim Khan as half of the script-writing duo credited as Salim-Javed...
and Udit Narayan
Udit Narayan
-Career:King of melody, Udit Narayan Jha was born on 1 December, 1955 in a village called Bhardaha in the Saptari district , Nepal. His father was Hare Krishna Jha and his mother was Bhuwaneshwari Devi.Narayan studied at P.B...
were the judges. Prashant Tamang
Prashant Tamang
Prashant Tamang is a Darjeeling-based singer and actor. He was the winner of Indian Idol Season 3 in 2007. He is the first Indian from Nepali community to make it to the final rounds of Indian Idol and win it...
won the competition.
Auditions
- JodhpurJodhpurJodhpur , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located west from the state capital, Jaipur and from the city of Ajmer. It was formerly the seat of a princely state of the same name, the capital of the kingdom known as Marwar...
& Bhubaneshwar: February 16 - Hyderabad & AmritsarAmritsarAmritsar is a city in the northern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. The 2001 Indian census reported the population of the city to be over 1,500,000, with that of the entire district numbering 3,695,077...
: February 18 - SrinagarSrinagarSrinagar is the summer seasonal capital of Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated in Kashmir Valley and lies on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus. It is one of the largest cities in India not to have a Hindu majority. The city is famous for its gardens, lakes and houseboats...
& NagpurNagpurNāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...
: February 21 - Baroda: February 27 & February 28
- Bhopal: March 7 & March 8
- Kanpur: March 12 & March 13
- DelhiDelhiDelhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
: March 17, March 18 & March 19 - KolkataKolkataKolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
: March 24, March 25 & March 26 - BirminghamBirminghamBirmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, UK: March 30, March 31 & April 1 - MumbaiMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
: March 31, April 1 & April 3 - DubaiDubaiDubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
, UAE: April 6 & April 7
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| style="background: #C0C0C0"|Charu Semwal (2)
| style="background: #F0F0F0"|Deepali Kishore
|Puja Chatterjee (2)
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|July 28
| style="background: #C0C0C0"|Parleen Singh Gill (3)
| style="background: #F0F0F0"|Deepali Kishore (2)
|Puja Chatterjee (3)
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|August 4
| style="background: #C0C0C0"|Abhishek Kumar
| style="background: #F0F0F0"|Ankita Mishra
|Puja Chatterjee (4)
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|August 11
| style="background: #C0C0C0"|Deepali Kishore(3)
| style="background: #F0F0F0"|Ankita Mishra (2)
|Emon Chatterjee (2)
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| style="background: #C0C0C0"|Puja Chatterjee (5)
| style="background: #F0F0F0"|Ankita Mishra (3)
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Prashant Tamang
He has been singing since childhood, but has never had any formal training. He sings in the police orchestra. He was in the Special Armed Force and has been working with the Kolkata Police since 2002. Prashant's father, who was with Kolkata Police, died when his son was still a teenager. The tragedy forced the teen to leave school and step into his father's shoes to look after his mother and sister.Amit Paul
Known as the lover boy of Idol, he had quit his studies to pursue a career in music. He can sing in six different languages.Emon Chatterjee
He believes that he can make people happy with his music. He is known to listen to music 24 hours a day. He has done several shows for local TV channels and has a Bengali album Cholo Jaai Doore, to his credit. He was famous for emulating the judges on the show. He is greatly inspired by Sonu NigamSonu Nigam
Sonu Nigam is an Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured in numerous Hindi movies, as well as films in Assamese, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi and Kannada language. He has also released numerous Indi-pop albums and acted in a few Hindi feature films...
. He later sang in a duet with Deepali Kishore, also an Indian Idol contestant
Ankita Mishra
She is extremely passionate about singing. She made judges Anu Malik, Alisha Chinai, Javed Akhtar and Udit Narayan dance to her tunes. This talented girl studying in the Mariampur Senior Secondary School, Kanpur, aspires to be a stage performer. She can even sing in a male voice. She was often called "the Powerhouse performer".Meiyang Chang
He is Chinese by birth, born in India. Before Idol, he was a dentist. Never trained in music, he believes that he has inherited his singing genes from his father. He was a particular favourite of Alisha Chinai. Upset, she even left the stage after Chang was declared eliminated.Puja Chatterjee
She has been learning classical music for nine years.During the auditions, Anu Malik applauded her singing. She studies in Emerald Heights International School, IndoreIndore
Indore is one of the major city in India, the largest city and commercial center of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Indore is located 190 km west of the state capital Bhopal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Indore city has a population of 1,960,631...
. She has mastered over Indian and Western Classical instruments. She comes from an artistic Bengali family from Dhanbad
Dhanbad
Dhanbad features climate that is transitional between a humid subtropical climate and a tropical wet and dry climate. Summer starts from last week of March and ends in mid-June. Peak temperature in summer can reach 47oC. Dhanbad also receives heavy rainfall...
.
Deepali Kishore
She has learnt classical music for five years, and is also a good dancer and actor. Extremely hard working, she wants to use her talent and become a singer. She also wants to utilize her talent of spontaneous oration and become a Radio JockeyRadio jockey
A radio jockey is a person who hosts a radio talk show where the RJ selects the music to be played, or topic of discussion, by interacting with the audience; the interaction is often via telephone, but may also be online, or via email....
. She later sang in a duet with Emon Chatterjee.
Parleen Singh Gill
A great singer and a performer, he was often affectionately called the Chocolate Boy. He also tried out for Indian Idol 2Indian Idol 2
The second season of Indian Idol began on November 21, 2005 and concluded on April 22, 2006. It was hosted by Mini Mathur and Aman Verma. Anu Malik, Farah Khan and Sonu Nigam returned to judge. Sandeep Acharya won the competition. It is the first and only season with a male fourth place finalist...
and made it to the top 50. Apart from making it big as a musician, he would like to join the Indian Army
Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...
, like his father.
Abhishek Kumar
Greatly inspired by singer Sonu NigamSonu Nigam
Sonu Nigam is an Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured in numerous Hindi movies, as well as films in Assamese, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi and Kannada language. He has also released numerous Indi-pop albums and acted in a few Hindi feature films...
, he believes he has the X-factor to earn a good name in the music industry. He had also tried for Indian Idol
Indian Idol
Indian Idol is an adaptation of the Pop Idol format. It started airing in India with the first season in 2004-2005 and followed that with second , third and fourth seasons...
seasons 1 and 2. He is a third year engineering student from Sir MVIT Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
and is a good dancer and does good mimicry.
He has completed his engineering now and Currently he is working in a software company called "Polaris Software Lab Ltd" as a software engineer.
Charu Semwal
This girl from DehradunDehradun
- Geography :The Dehradun district has various types of physical geography from Himalayan mountains to Plains. Raiwala is the lowest point at 315 meters above sea level, and the highest points are within the Tiuni hills, rising to 3700 m above sea level...
is doing her BSc from IGNOU, and also doing mountaneering. She has also tried out for Fame Gurukul
Fame Gurukul
Fame Gurukul is an Indian prime-time show on Sony Entertainment Television which premiered on 27 June 2005. The program is produced by the same production house of Indian Idol...
. She takes daily lessons in Taalim.
Smita Adhikari
Coming from a musical family from KolkataKolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
, she has been learning classical music for 20 years. A graduate fron the Calcutta University, she has two Bengali music albums to her credit. She was one of the most versatile contestants on the show.
Jolly Das
She was in Indian Idol 2Indian Idol 2
The second season of Indian Idol began on November 21, 2005 and concluded on April 22, 2006. It was hosted by Mini Mathur and Aman Verma. Anu Malik, Farah Khan and Sonu Nigam returned to judge. Sandeep Acharya won the competition. It is the first and only season with a male fourth place finalist...
, but being affected by chicken pox, she had to quit the show. This gave her the opportunity of being a part of the third season without any auditions. She has done graduation in music from Rabindra Bharati University in Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
. The first-generation singer from her family, she idolizes Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...
.
Richa Aneja
The youngest among all the contestants. She aspires to become a famous vocalist. She has won several competetions at the district and state levels in Punjab.Elimination chart
| Did Not Perform | Top 28 | Top 13 | Winner |
| Safe | Safe First | Safe Second | Eliminated |
| Stage: | Semi-Finals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
| Week: | 6/2 | 6/4 | 6/5 | 6/6 | 6/7 | 6/8 | 6/9 | 6/16 | 6/30 | 7/07 | 7/14 | 7/21 | 7/28 | 8/04 | 8/11 | 8/18 | 8/25 | 9/01 | 9/08 | 9/23 | |
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| 1 | Winner | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Amit Paul | Elim | Adv | Elim | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Emon Chatterjee | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ankita Mishra | Elim | Adv | Bottom 2 | Bottom 2 | Elim | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | Meiyang Chang | Bottom 3 | Elim | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Puja Chatterjee | Bottom 2 | Bottom 3 | Bottom 3 | Bottom 3 | Elim | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Deepali Kishore | Bottom 2 | Bottom 2 | Elim | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Abhishek Kumar | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Parleen Singh Gill | Bottom 3 | Bottom 2 | Elim | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Charu Semwal | Bottom 3 | Elim | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Smita Adhikari | Bottom 2 | Elim | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Jolly Das |
Elim | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Richa Aneja | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wild Card |
Aisha Sayed | Elim | Elim | ||||||||||||||||||
| Suhit Gosain | Elim | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bhavin Dhanak | Elim | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shantanu Sudame | Elim | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Padmanav Bordoloi | Elim | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Semi- Final 6 |
Rehan Khan | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||
| Semi- Final 5 |
Vartika Shukla | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||
| Shifa Ansari | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Semi- Final 4 |
Anish Jain | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||
| Semi- Final 3 |
Priyanka Mukherjee | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vanita | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Semi- Final 2 |
Roshan Singh | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bharat Uniyal | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Semi- Final 1 |
Rashmi Vijayan | Elim | |||||||||||||||||||
| Pinky Maidasani | |||||||||||||||||||||
Celebrity judges
Here is a list of special judges who appeared in Indian Idol 3:
- John AbrahamJohn Abraham (actor)John Abraham is an Indian film actor and former model. After modeling for numerous advertisements and companies, Abraham made his film debut with Jism , which earned him a Filmfare Best Debut Award nomination. This was followed by his first commercial success, Dhoom...
, Mika Singh, Abhijeet SawantAbhijeet SawantAbhijeet Sawant is an Indian singer. He is the winner of Indian Idol , a show that follows the extremely popular Idol series format, which began with Pop Idol in the UK...
, Sandeep AcharyaSandeep AcharyaSandeep Acharya is an Indian singer.Sandeep Acharya - Indian Idol Season 2 hails from Bikaner, Rajasthan and was crowned the winner of Indian Idol on 22 April 2006. Acharya is the winner of the second season of Indian Idol while the first was won by Abhijeet Sawant. Acharya beat judges favorite,...
, Sukhwinder SinghSukhwinder SinghSukhwinder Singh, Born as Sukhi Singh Lubana is an Indian singer best known for working as Bollywood playback artist. Singh is famous for singing "Chaiyya Chaiyya" for which he won the Best Male Playback Award at the 1999 Filmfare Awards. The song, from Mani Ratnam's 1998 film Dil Se, was composed...
-- Grand Finals on Sunday, September 23, 2007 - Usha UthupUsha UthupUsha Uthup is a popular Indian pop, jazz and playback singer. She is well known for popular hits in the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.She started her Bollywood playback career, when she sang an English verse in hit song, "Dum maro dum"" in Hare Rama Hare Krishna, and went on work with music...
, Zubeen GargZubeen GargZubeen Garg is a singer and composer from Assam, India, in the Bollywood and Assamese music scene. He plays dhols, guitar, dotora, mandolin, keyboard and various percussion instruments.-Background:...
and Mona SinghMona SinghMona Singh is an Indian model and television actress, known for playing the leading role in Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin and winning many celebrity reality shows. She also appeared in a key role in 3 Idiots.-Early life:...
-- Friday, September 21, 2007 - John AbrahamJohn Abraham (actor)John Abraham is an Indian film actor and former model. After modeling for numerous advertisements and companies, Abraham made his film debut with Jism , which earned him a Filmfare Best Debut Award nomination. This was followed by his first commercial success, Dhoom...
and Bipasha BasuBipasha BasuBipasha Basu is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Bollywood films. A former model, she was the winner of the Ford's Godrej Cinthol Supermodel contest in 1996.-Early life:...
-- Gala on Saturday, September 15, 2007 - Sanjay DuttSanjay DuttSanjay Dutt is an Indian Hindi film actor and politician. Dutt, son of Hindi film actors Sunil and Nargis Dutt, made his acting debut in 1981.-Personal life:...
, Karishma TannaKarishma TannaKarishma Tanna is an Indian television and theatre actress. She is well known for her role in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Indira 'Indu' Gandhi...
, Ritesh Deshmukh and Chak De IndiaChak De IndiaChak De! India is a 2007 Indian sports films about field hockey in India. It is directed by Shimit Amin, produced by Yash Raj Films, written by Jaideep Sahni, sports action by ReelSports, and stars Shahrukh Khan as Kabir Khan, the former captain of the Indian hockey team. After a disastrous loss...
girls—Friday, September 14, 2007 - Sajid KhanSajid KhanSajid Khan is a former Indian actor. He is the adopted son of Indian film producer Mehboob Khan, founder of Mehboob Studios, in India.-Career:...
and Wajid Kahn -- Robaroo on Thursday, September 13, 2007 - Adnan SamiAdnan SamiAdnan Sami is a British-born Pakistani-Indian- Canadian singer, musician, pianist, actor and composer of Pakistani origin. He currently holds Canadian citizenship and works and lives in Mumbai, India...
-- Gala on Friday, September 7, 2007 - Tushar Kapoor, Sharman JoshiSharman JoshiSharman Joshi is an Indian film and theatre actor. He has worked on various stage productions in English, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati languages. However, he is mostly known for his work in Hindi films.-Personal life :...
and Kunal Khemu -- Gala on Friday, August 31, 2007 - Leslie LewisLeslie LewisLeslie Lewis is an Indian composer, perhaps best known for his work in Colonial Cousins, a duo composed of Lewis and Hariharan.In 2003 Lewis stated that he felt the public associated him too much with remixes and for that reason he had begun to avoid remixes and instead concentrate on his original...
-- Robaroo on Thursday, August 30, 2007 - Sonu NigamSonu NigamSonu Nigam is an Indian playback singer whose songs have been featured in numerous Hindi movies, as well as films in Assamese, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi and Kannada language. He has also released numerous Indi-pop albums and acted in a few Hindi feature films...
-- Gala on Friday, August 17, 2007 - Soniya MehraSoniya Mehra-Personal life:She is the daughter of the late actor Vinod Mehra from his third and last wife Kiran. She was less than two years old when her father died in October 1990. Since then she was brought up in Kenya with her brother Rohan by her maternal grandparents Soniya went to school at The Mombasa...
-- Robaroo on Thursday, August 16, 2007 - Anil KapoorAnil KapoorAnil Kapoor is an Indian actor and producer who mainly appears in Bollywood films. He won a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in Yash Chopra's film Mashaal ....
and Ajay JadejaAjay JadejaAjaysinhji Daulatsinhji Jadeja was born on 1 February 1971 in royal rajput family of Jamnagar, Gujarat. He was a regular in the Indian cricket team between 1992 and 2000, playing in 15 Test matches and 196 One Day Internationals. His cricketing achievements were overshadowed by a 5 year ban for...
(Guest Appearance on Friday) -- Gala on Friday, August 10, 2007 - Ganesh HegdeGanesh HegdeGanesh Hegde , is an Indian singer, performer, video director and Bollywood choreographer.-Choreography:Born in a Bunt family in Mumbai.His parents are Harish Subbaya Hegde and Vidya Hegde, Hegde is best known for his work in the Oscar-nominated film Lagaan and for his musical numbers in Company...
-- Robaroo on Thursday, August 9, 2007 - Ila ArunIla ArunIla Arun is a popular Indian actress, TV personality and a Rajasthani folk/folk-pop singer with a unique, husky voice and a penchant for folk-pop fusion. Her daughter is Ishita Arun.-Early life:She was born and brought up in the state capital of Jaipur...
-- Gala on Friday, August 3, 2007 - Dr.Seema Hingorani -- Robaroo on Thursday, August 2, 2007
- Ritesh Deshmukh -- Robaroo on Thursday July 26, 2007.
- Govinda Ahuja -- Gala on Friday July 20, 2007
- Shabana AzmiShabana AzmiShabana Azmi is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. An alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India of Pune, she made her film debut in 1974 and soon became one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema, an Indian New Wave movement known for its serious content and...
-- Gala on Friday July 13, 2007 - Sunidhi ChauhanSunidhi ChauhanSunidhi Chauhan is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi film songs in Bollywood. She has also recorded songs for Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Assamese and Gujarati films and is credited with over 2000 songs....
-- Saturday June 23, 2007 - Zayed KhanZayed Khan-Early life:Khan's parents are former Bollywood actor Sanjay Khan and interior designer Zarine Khan. Khan is the youngest of four children. His older sisters are Simone Khan , Sussanne Roshan , and Farah Khan Ali...
-- Friday June 22, 2007 - Kailash Kher -- Auditions
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