Amul STAR Voice of India

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Amul Star Voice of India
Amul STAR Voice of India.jpg
The "Star Voice of India" logo.
Created by Gajendra Singh
Directed by Gajendra Singh
Starring Shaan
Jatin Pandit
Lalit Pandit
Aadesh Shrivastava
Abhijeet Bhattacharya
Alka Yagnik
Opening theme "Star Voice of India" by Shaan
Country of origin India
No. of episodes 2 as of 18 May 2007
Production
Running time 52 minutes
Release
Original network STAR Plus
Picture format 576i (SDTV),
Original release 18 May –
24 November 2007
External links
Website

Star Voice of India was an Indian Television singing competition that premiered on 18 May 2007 and ended on 24 November 2007. It was the first Indian singing competition produced by STAR Plus. The show was directed by Gajendra Singh, creator of the famous Sa Re Ga Ma Pa series. It also featured judges that were on the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa series, Aadesh Shrivastava, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Alka Yagnik, Lalit Pandit and Jatin Pandit. Shaan, who had previously been hosting Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. The winner of the show was Ishmeet Singh Sodhi.

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
  • Mumbai: Bhavans College, Munshi Nagar, Dadabhai Road, 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 ("Hutch"). The participant had to call 12399 from their Hutch mobile number and follow the instructions that required the participant to sing a song from their phone and leave personal details that were recorded. If the participant did not follow all the instructions given to them, the participant's entry was rendered null and void. Inaudible and unclear entries were also not accepted.

The participant was only allowed to sing Hindi songs with a duration of up to 60 seconds. Singing for longer than 60 seconds also renderedn 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.

Galas

In the galas, the contestants were distributed among two teams

AGNI TEAM PRITHVI TEAM
Abhas Joshi[1] Abhilasha
Mirande Ishmeet
Harshit Saxena Prantika
Sumitra Prantik
Toshi Sabri Priyani
Arshpreet Irfaan

The Agni team was hosted by Lalit Pandit and Aadesh Shrivastava and the Prithvi team was hosted by Abhijeet Bhattacharya and Alka Yagnik while Jatin Pandit remained neutral.

  • In Gala 1, all the 12 contestants performed on stage. This Gala introduced the viewers to the contestants' voting details.
  • In Gala 2 Anil Kapoor and 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 Kishore Kumar and the girls sang the songs of Asha Bhosle. Amit Kumar and 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 India as they sang regional songs from their respective regions. The guests were 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 Jatin Pandit. Wildcard contestants were judged by renowned personalities of music industry.

The Wildcard Contestants were:

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. Ishmeet Singh Sodhi was the winner and Harshit Saxena was the runner-up. From the South Zone, Harshit received 55% of the votes; in the East Zone, he received 52% of the votes and from the West Zone he received 60% of the votes. However, counting the North Zone votes, Ishmeet won. Also, Abhaas won the Jury Award.

Winner

The winner of the first Star Voice of India was thus officially declared as Ishmeet Singh, who hails from Punjab. After winning the show, he released a religious album called "Satgur Tumre Kwaaj Saware". He supposedly died in a drowning accident, on 29 July 2008. Evidence was found to say that he was murdered.

Chhote Ustaad

The director, Gajendra Singh, then continued the series with a version for juniors called "Amul Star Voice of India Chhote Ustaad," meant for children between the ages of 8 and 14. The series was hosted by Voice of India Jury-Award winner Abhaas Joshi and judges Shreya Ghoshal, Kunal Ganjawala, and Pritam.

Contestants[2]

  • Aishwariya (Winner) Announced by Amitabh Bachan.
  • Anwesha (Active - Runner Up: Second Place)
  • Alpansh (Eliminated)
  • Gitashree (Eliminated)
  • Shailey (Eliminated)
  • Mansi (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 Bachan and Juhi Chawla were the chief guests. Aishwariya was announced as the winner. Both Anwesha and Aishwariya are going to USA for a stage show.

The Grand Finale was hosted by Abhaas Joshi and Shaan.

Chote Ustad Season 2- Do Deshon Ki Ek Awaz

[3] Amul Star Voice Of India Chote Ustad Season 2 is hosted by Chinmayi and Omi Vaidya. The judges are Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Sonu Nigam. There are 20 contestants, 10 from Pakistan and 10 from India. The contestants are divided into ten groups with one contestant from India and one from Pakistan in a group. The following are the contestants:

Contestants from India [4]

  • 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 [5]

  • 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

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ↑ http://starplus.startv.in/index.aspx
  3. ↑ http://starplus.startv.in/show/chhote-ustaad-%E2%80%93-do-deshon-ki-ek-awaaz/home_53.aspx
  4. ↑ http://www.dishtracking.com/blog/star-plus/amul-chhote-ustaad-do-deshon-ki-ek-awaaz-profile-of-kids-from-india/
  5. ↑ http://www.dishtracking.com/blog/star-plus/amul-chhote-ustaad-do-deshon-ki-ek-awaaz-profile-of-kids-from-pakistan
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