Is 'Indian Idol' Selling An Unrealistic Vision Of A Secured Singing Career? Else, What Are The Previous Winners Doing Now

Reality TV Singing Shows in India have time and again given contestants a dream of a better life, a better income and a better future overall. 바카라˜Indian Idol바카라™, which started in 2004, has been one such show. It has been running successfully for the past 12 years. However, it has not been a smooth sail for the show. There have been numerous ups and downs, lots of controversies, and not much has happened to the contestants after winning the show.

Controversies

바카라˜Indian Idol바카라™ has been shrouded in a few controversies over the years. One of the most prominent controversies has been that of getting contestants from poor and downtrodden backgrounds. People have time and again trolled the show on social media for showing contestants who are either specially-abled or who have come up from really poor family backgrounds. The makers of the show have always claimed that the selection criterion has always been fair and just for everyone who comes for the auditions, but still, somehow every season this controversy pops up, where it seems contestants are getting votes from audiences because of their background and not for their singing talent.

Another controversy that has come to the forefront quite often is when judges continue to praise a contestant even when their singing has not been that good. Many judges have off-the-record said that the makers of the show quite often push them to talk good about the contestants바카라™ performances and not put them down badly. Singer Sonu Nigam, who had been a regular judge from the very first season of the show, after facing this issue, decided to move on and not return as the judge of 바카라˜Indian Idol바카라™.

Selling Dreams

As mentioned at the start of the article, these contestants of the show are given the hope that they will be having a sorted life after the show. However, the reality is quite harsh and not many of the winners, forget the others, have made it big in life. Here바카라™s what the winners of the seasons are up to now:

Abhijeet Sawant (Winner 바카라“ Season 1)

Abhijeet Sawant was the first winner of the singing competition. He was adored for his sweet voice and amassed a large fan base in a short period of time. After winning the competition, Abhijeet Sawant released his own album. The first album was a roaring success. Soon afterwards, he sang a few Bollywood songs. However, he never made any big inroads into the music industry thereafter. A few years later, he competed on Asian Idol, where he finished third. He even tried his hand at acting in a few films but failed miserably.

Sandeep Acharya (Winner 바카라“ Season 2)

Sandeep Acharya, a Bikaner-born middle-class youngster, won the second season of 바카라˜Indian Idol바카라™ in 2006. The event offered him the opportunity to perform several Bollywood songs, but he couldn바카라™t capitalize a lot on that success. The show did make him well-known in the Rajasthani film business. Unfortunately, he was diagnosed with jaundice a few years later and he died in 2013.

Prashant Tamang (Winner 바카라“ Season 3)

Prashant Tamang became popular coming in from Darjeeling and winning the show. After winning the show, he released his own song CDs. He was fluent in both Hindi and Nepalese. He sang in both the languages. However, soon afterwards he went into oblivion.

Sourabhee Debbarma (Winner 바카라“ Season 4)

Sourabhee Debbarma was the first female winner of the famous singing competition. She released her own music CD, 'Meherbaan,' which did well with the audiences. She also set a Guinness World Record for singing upside-down for 4.30 minutes. That바카라™s the last audiences have heard of her as she is nowhere to be seen anymore.

Sreerama Chandra (Winner 바카라“ Season 5)

Sreerama Chandra is probably a rare gem who has been able to benefit a lot from singing reality shows. Hailing from south India he won the fifth season of Indian Idol. The show catapulted him to stardom in the South Indian cinema business. He acted in a few films and has been singing in numerous south movies. In Hindi as well, he keeps singing with popular music composers like Amaal Mallik, Pritam and a few others. His song 바카라˜Subanallah바카라™ from the movie 바카라˜Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani바카라™ is one of the most memorable ones. He claims to be able to sing in seven different languages, and that has been the USP of his journey as he keeps shuffling between music industries and singing songs in different languages.

Vipul Mehta (Winner 바카라“ Season 6)

바카라˜Indian Idol바카라™ made Vipul Mehta famous. After winning the competition, he released his debut album, 바카라˜Hello Namaste Sat Sri Akal바카라™. Sadly, it didn바카라™t do well. Soon he was nowhere to be seen. As per reports, he still continues to do stage shows and live concerts, but he has not had any luck as such in film music.

Anjana Padmanabhan (Winner 바카라“ Indian Idol Junior 1)

Anjana Padmanabhan won the first season of 바카라˜Indian Idol Junior바카라™ which was a spin-off of the main 바카라˜Indian Idol바카라™ show. She was merely 10 years old at the time of winning the trophy. She has been doing stage shows alongside her regular studies and other day-to-day activities.

Ananya Nanda (Winner 바카라“ Indian Idol Junior 2)

Ananya Nanda won Season 2 of Indian Idol Junior. While she was still in the competition, she got a two-year record deal with Universal Music India. After winning she released her debut album 'Mausam Mastana' under the Universal Music label. However, the album received a lukewarm response. Nanda has since sung a few songs in movies here and there, but nothing substantial. She moved back to her hometown Bhubhaneshwar in Odisha, and has been singing quite a few songs in Odia movies. A few years back, she even participated in another reality show 바카라˜Rising Star바카라™. However, she didn바카라™t win this time but ended her journey in the Top 5.

LV Revanth (Winner 바카라“ Season 9)

LV Revanth, the winner of Indian Idol Season 9, after the two 바카라˜Indian Idol Junior바카라™ seasons is another singer from the south who created ripples across the southern music industry. Revanth demonstrated his talent when he performed for 바카라˜Baahubali: The Beginning바카라™. He is one of the prominent singers of today바카라™s times in the Telugu music industry.

Salman Ali (Winner 바카라“ Season 10)

Salman Ali won the tenth season and soon afterwards became a mentor for another show 바카라˜Superstar Singer바카라™. Even though not much has moved in the direction of his personal music career, he keeps content by doing numerous stage shows and live events. However, he is slowly and steadily making a mark in film music. He had done a few singles with composer Himesh Reshammiya, who was one of the judges of 바카라˜Indian Idol바카라™.

Sunny Hindustani (Winner 바카라“ Season 11)

Sunny Hindustani has not been that active in the music industry ever since he won the 바카라˜Indian Idol바카라™ title. He began with his YouTube channel and has taken a full-fledged interest in entertaining his followers digitally at the time.

Pawandeep Rajan (Winner 바카라“ Season 12)

Pawandeep Rajan won the last season that had been plagued a lot because of the pandemic lockdown. While Rajan won the hearts of the filmmakers and music composers who used to come to the show as judges, not many have yet offered him numerous songs in their films. Himesh Reshammiya, one of the judges, has however been helping out Rajan and other contestants from this season and giving them numerous singles to sing. Along with the other finalists of the season, Rajan plans to keep touring places and doing shows.