Indian Idol 4
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Registration for season 4 began on April 1, 2008. The winner of the show for this season was announced on 1 March 2009. The fourth season have Anu Malik and Javed Akhtar on the hot seats as they take judges' chair once again for the show. New to this season are singer Kailash Kher and Indian actress Sonali Bendre.
Like the previous season, the first four finalists to be eliminated were female, and the judges believe that some of these girls were better singers than some of the remaining boys. All the previous years' top 3 finalists have also been male, leading to speculation of sexism against women among the Indian voting public. Girls closest to the coveted title have been Prajakta Shukre [Season I] and Ankita Mishra [Season III] who were in the Top 4. Indian Idol 4 is the first time that two girls have reached the final Top 3. They are Torsha Sarkar and Sourabhee Debbarma. Kapil Thapa is the last boy standing in this season. However after all votes were tabulated, Sourabhee was announced as Winner, with Kapil in second, and Torsha in third.
Like the previous season, the first four finalists to be eliminated were female, and the judges believe that some of these girls were better singers than some of the remaining boys. All the previous years' top 3 finalists have also been male, leading to speculation of sexism against women among the Indian voting public. Girls closest to the coveted title have been Prajakta Shukre [Season I] and Ankita Mishra [Season III] who were in the Top 4. Indian Idol 4 is the first time that two girls have reached the final Top 3. They are Torsha Sarkar and Sourabhee Debbarma. Kapil Thapa is the last boy standing in this season. However after all votes were tabulated, Sourabhee was announced as Winner, with Kapil in second, and Torsha in third.
Entry procedure for Indian Idol
The Contestants registered to participate in the Regional Auditions of the Competition via a phone registration process and completing an application form available at the audition venues at the Regional Auditions. The Competition is open to individuals aged between 16 and 30 on April 1, 2008 and citizens of India.Regional Auditions
- Mumbai: May 5 & 6th
- Ahmedabad: May 7 & 8th
- Amritsar: May 9 & 10th
- Bangalore: May 12 & 13th
- Guwahati: May 13 & 14th
- Kolkata: May 20
- Banaras: May 16 & 17th
- Delhi: 23 May
The Theatre Audition Round
The Final 100 were be invited to participate in the next round of the Competition to be held in Mumbai in June/July 2008. As soon as reasonably practicable following completion of the Theatre Audition Round, the Contestants were notified who has been selected by the Judges to be one of the Final 30 going through to the Piano Shows of the Competition.The Piano Shows
The Final 30 were be divided into 3 groups of 10 (ten) Contestants. Piano round of Indian Idol will ran between June 2008 to October 2008. From Piano round 11 contestant were be selected for Spectacular round by public voting. Those who are not selected in Piano round entered into ‘Wild Card Round’ and one contestant were by public voting to participate in spectacular round.The Spectacular
Final 14 competed with each other in Spectacular round which ran over the course of 12 weeks from November 2008 to February 2009. At the end of every week, one contestant will got eliminated by public votes until only 3 Contestants – the Finalists – remain in the Competition.The Finale of Indian Idol 4
The final took place on March 1, 2009. The winner was Sourabhee, the first girl Indian Idol in the history, chosen by public voting.Danger Zone Statistics
| Date | Bottom Three | |||
| December 6 | Ananya Mishra | Mohit Lalwani | Shini Kalvint | |
| December 13 | Tulika Ganguly | Prasenjit Kosambi | Shini Kalvint (2) | |
| Bottom Four | ||||
| December 20 | Shini Kalvint (3) | Bhavya Pandit | Prasenjit Kosambi (2) | Rajdeep Chaterjee |
| Bottom Three | ||||
| December 27 | Priyanka Negi | Bhavya Pandit (2) | Mohit Lalwani (2) | |
| January 3 | Kuldeep Singh | Rajdeep Chaterjee (2) | Torsha Sarkar | |
| January 10 | Mohit Lalwani (3) | Bhavya Pandit (3) | Bhanu Pratap | |
| January 17 | Bhanu Pratap (2) | Prasenjit Kosambi (3) | Rajdeep Chaterjee (3) | |
| January 24 | Bhanu Pratap (3) | Prasenjit Kosambi (4) | Rajdeep Chaterjee (4) | |
| January 31 | Prasenjit Kosambi (5) | Rajdeep Chaterjee (5) | Bhavya Pandit (4) | |
| February 7 | Remo Ghosh | Torsha Sarkar (2) | Rajdeep Chaterjee (6) | |
| February 14 | Rajdeep Chaterjee (7) | Torsha Sarkar (3) | Sourabhee Debbarma | |
| Final Three | ||||
| March 1 | Torsha Sarkar (4) | Kapil Thapa | Sourabhee Debbarma (2) | |
Elimination chart
| Legend | |||
| Did Not Perform | Top 30 | Top 12 | Winner |
| Safe | Safe First | Safe Second | Eliminated |
| Stage: | Semi-Finals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| Week: | 10/18 | 10/24 | 11/01 | 11/07 | 11/08 | 12/06 | 12/13 | 12/20 | 12/27 | 01/03 | 01/10 | 01/17 | 01/24 | 01/31 | 02/07 | 02/14 | 03/01 | |
| Place | Contestant | Result | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Top 4 | Winner | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Kapil Thapa | Top 4 | Elim | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Torsha Sarkar | Top 4 | Elim | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Elim | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Remo Ghosh | Top 4 | Elim | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | Bhavya Pandit | Elim | Adv | Elim | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Prasenjit Kosambi | Elim | Adv | Elim | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Bhanu Pratap | Elim | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Mohit Lalwani | Elim | Adv | Elim | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Kuldeep Singh | Elim | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Priyanka Negi | Elim | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Shini Kalvint | Elim | Adv | Elim | ||||||||||||||
| 13 | Tulika Ganguly | Elim | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Ananya Mishra | Elim | ||||||||||||||||
| Wild Card |
Charit Dixit | Elim | Elim | |||||||||||||||
| Semi- Final 5 |
Nirali | Elim | ||||||||||||||||
| Semi- Final 4 |
Elim | |||||||||||||||||
| Keshav Prasad | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sandeep Ubale | ||||||||||||||||||
| Semi- Final 3 |
Megha Sharma | Elim | ||||||||||||||||
| Sreejita Kar | ||||||||||||||||||
| Semi- Final 2 |
Parashar Joshi | Elim | ||||||||||||||||
| Ali Hussian | ||||||||||||||||||
| Saurabh Mehta | ||||||||||||||||||
| Semi- Final 1 |
Sunakshi | Elim | ||||||||||||||||
| Raina | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pooja Ghosh | ||||||||||||||||||
Celebrity judges
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