Indian Idol (Hindi TV series)

Indian Idol is an Indian Hindi-language singing reality competition on Sony TV. It is an Indian version of the British show Pop Idol and is part of the Indian Idol series. It has aired on Sony Entertainment Television since 2004. Originally produced by Miditech Studios and its iconic producer-brothers, Niret Alva, Nikhil J Alva and Nivedith Alva, the series was an instant success. The brothers produced the first 5 seasons of the series and were instrumental in laying the foundation for its future success.

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Indian Idol (Hindi TV series)

Indian Idol is an Indian Hindi-language singing reality competition on Sony TV. It is an Indian version of the British show Pop Idol and is part of the Indian Idol series. It has aired on Sony Entertainment Television since 2004. Originally produced by Miditech Studios and its iconic producer-brothers, Niret Alva, Nikhil J Alva and Nivedith Alva, the series was an instant success. The brothers produced the first 5 seasons of the series and were instrumental in laying the foundation for its future success.

Indian Idol's production and taping take place in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It broadcasts on Saturdays and Sundays and digitally airs on SonyLIV application.

Season synopses

Season 1

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Age</th><th>Hometown</th><th>Result</th><th>Place</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Abhijeet Sawant</td><td>23</td><td>Mumbai</td><td>Idol</td><td>1st</td></tr><tr><td>Amit Sana</td><td>21</td><td>Bhilai</td><td>1st Runner-up</td><td>2nd</td></tr><tr><td>Rahul Vaidya</td><td>17</td><td>Nagpur</td><td>2nd Runner-up</td><td>3rd</td></tr><tr><td>Prajakta Shukre</td><td>16</td><td>Jabalpur</td><td>3rd Runner-up</td><td>4th</td></tr><tr><td>Ravinder Ravi</td><td>29</td><td>Ludhiana</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>5th</td></tr><tr><td>Aditi Paul</td><td>25</td><td>Chennai</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>6th</td></tr><tr><td>Mukesh Pancholi</td><td>26</td><td>Faridabad</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>7th</td></tr><tr><td>Harish Moyal</td><td>26</td><td>Itanagar</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>8th</td></tr><tr><td>Rahul Saxena</td><td>22</td><td>Ghaziabad</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>9th</td></tr><tr><td>Amit Tandon</td><td>25</td><td>Kolkata</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>10th</td></tr><tr><td>Vishal Kothari</td><td>21</td><td>Mumbai</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>11th</td></tr><tr><td>Priyanka Venkateswar</td><td>17</td><td>Mumbai</td><td>Quit</td><td>12th</td></tr></tbody></table>

Season 2

Mini Mathur Aman Verma

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Age</th><th>Hometown</th><th>Result</th><th>Place</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Sandeep Acharya</td><td>21</td><td>Bikaner</td><td>Idol</td><td>1st</td></tr><tr><td>N. C. Karunya</td><td>19</td><td>Hyderabad</td><td>1st Runner-up</td><td>2nd</td></tr><tr><td>Anuj Sharma</td><td>29</td><td>Himachal Pradesh</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>3rd</td></tr><tr><td>Ameya Date</td><td>26</td><td>Mumbai</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>4th</td></tr><tr><td>Antara Mitra</td><td>18</td><td>West Bengal</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>5th</td></tr><tr><td>Meenal Jain</td><td>20</td><td>Indore</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>6th</td></tr><tr><td>Ravi K. Tripathi</td><td>29</td><td>Uttar Pradesh</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>7th</td></tr><tr><td>Panna Gill</td><td>24</td><td>Punjab</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>8th</td></tr><tr><td>Monali Thakur</td><td>20</td><td>Kolkata</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>9th</td></tr><tr><td>Neha Kakkar</td><td>17</td><td>Rishikesh</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>10th</td></tr><tr><td>Yashashree Bhave</td><td>24</td><td>Satara</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>11th</td></tr><tr><td>Sagar Sawarkar</td><td>20</td><td>Mumbai</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>12th</td></tr></tbody></table>

Season 3

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Age</th><th>Hometown</th><th>Result</th><th>Place</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Prashant Tamang</td><td>24</td><td>Darjeeling</td><td>Idol</td><td>1st</td></tr><tr><td>Amit Paul</td><td>24</td><td>Shillong</td><td>Runner-up</td><td>2nd</td></tr><tr><td>Emon Chatterjee</td><td>17</td><td>Kolkata</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>3rd</td></tr><tr><td>Ankita Mishra</td><td>17</td><td>Kanpur</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>4th</td></tr><tr><td>Meiyang Chang</td><td>24</td><td>Dhanbad</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>5th</td></tr><tr><td>Pooja Chatterjee</td><td>18</td><td>Dhanbad</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>6th</td></tr><tr><td>Deepali Kishore</td><td>18</td><td>Patna</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>7th</td></tr><tr><td>Abhishek Kumar</td><td>20</td><td>Mumbai</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>8th</td></tr><tr><td>Parleen Singh Gill</td><td>19</td><td>Ambala</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>9th</td></tr><tr><td>Charu Semwal</td><td>19</td><td>Dehradun</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>10th</td></tr><tr><td>Smita Adhikari</td><td>24</td><td>Kolkata</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>11th</td></tr><tr><td>Jolly Das</td><td>25</td><td>Kolkata</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>12th</td></tr><tr><td>Richa Aneja</td><td>17</td><td>Punjab</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>13th</td></tr></tbody></table>

Season 4

The fourth season of Indian Idol was aired on Sony TV from 19 September 2008 to 1 March 2009. For the first time in Indian Idol history, there were two women among the top three finalists. Sourabhee Debbarma who hails from Agartala, Tripura won the competition and became the first female contestant to do so. By doing so, she also won a contract of Rs. 1 crore with Sony Entertainment Television and a TATA Winger. She released an album, Meherbaan, as per a contract with Sony. Kapil Thapa was runner-up while Torsha Sarkar finished third.

One of the contestants, Bhavya Pandit, received an offer to sing the song "Aaja Lehraate" for the film What's Your Raashee, alongside singer Gautam Mrinaal.

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Hometown</th><th>Result</th><th>Place</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Sourabhee Debbarma</td><td>Agartala</td><td>Idol</td><td>1st</td></tr><tr><td>Kapil Thapa</td><td>Dehradun</td><td>1st Runner-up</td><td>2nd</td></tr><tr><td>Torsha Sarkar</td><td>Bhagalpur</td><td>2nd Runner-up</td><td>3rd</td></tr><tr><td>Rajdeep Chatterjee</td><td>Jamshedpur</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>4th</td></tr><tr><td>Remo Ghosh</td><td>Dimapur</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>5th</td></tr><tr><td>Bhavya Pandit</td><td>Pune</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>6th</td></tr><tr><td>Prasenjit Kosambi</td><td>Kolhapur</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>7th</td></tr><tr><td>Bhanu Pratap Singh</td><td>Jaipur</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>8th</td></tr><tr><td>Mohit Lawani</td><td>Delhi</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>9th</td></tr><tr><td>Kuldeep Singh Chauhan</td><td>Banda</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>10th</td></tr><tr><td>Priyanka Negi</td><td>Dehradun</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>11th</td></tr><tr><td>Gautam Mrinal</td><td>Jamui</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>12th</td></tr><tr><td>Tulika Ganguly</td><td>Faridabad</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>13th</td></tr><tr><td>Ananya Mishra</td><td>Lucknow</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>14th</td></tr></tbody></table>

Season 5

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Hometown</th><th>Result</th><th>Place</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Sreerama Chandra</td><td>Hyderabad</td><td>Idol</td><td>1st</td></tr><tr><td>Bhoomi Trivedi</td><td>Gujarat</td><td>Runner-up</td><td>2nd</td></tr><tr><td>Rakesh Maini</td><td>Mumbai</td><td>Runner-up</td></tr><tr><td>Swaroop Khan</td><td>Rajasthan</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>4th</td></tr><tr><td>Shivam Pathak</td><td>Gujarat</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>5th</td></tr><tr><td>Tia Kar</td><td>Mumbai</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>6th</td></tr><tr><td>Naushad Ali</td><td>Rajasthan</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>7th</td></tr><tr><td>Shashi Suman</td><td>Patna</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>8th</td></tr><tr><td>Arpita Khan</td><td>West Bengal</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>9th</td></tr><tr><td>Yashraj Kapil</td><td>Faridabad</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>10th</td></tr><tr><td>Manisha Karmakar</td><td>Kolkata</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>11th</td></tr><tr><td>Meghna Kumar</td><td>Jhansi</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>12th</td></tr><tr><td>Vishwas Rai</td><td>Allahabad</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>13th</td></tr></tbody></table>

Note: Sreerama, Rakesh, and Bhoomi were the top 3. Sreeram was crowned the winner without announcing the 1st and 2nd runner-ups.

Season 6

The sixth season aired on Sony TV from 1 June 2012 to 1 September 2012. The winner of the sixth season was Vipul Mehta.

On 23 June 2012, the judges selected the top 16 contestants to perform in the Gala Rounds.

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Hometown</th><th>Result</th><th>Place</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Vipul Mehta</td><td>Amritsar</td><td>Idol</td><td>1st</td></tr><tr><td>Amit Kumar</td><td>Amritsar</td><td>Runner-up</td><td>2nd</td></tr><tr><td>Devender Pal Singh</td><td>Ludhiana</td><td>Runner-up</td></tr><tr><td>Poorvi Kautish</td><td>Chandigarh</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>4th</td></tr><tr><td>Sohini Mishra</td><td>Cuttack</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>5th</td></tr><tr><td>Amitabh Narayan</td><td></td><td>Eliminated</td><td>6th</td></tr><tr><td>Deeksha Toor</td><td>Delhi</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>7th</td></tr><tr><td>Deepak Maher</td><td></td><td>Eliminated</td><td>8th</td></tr><tr><td>Kaushik Deshpande</td><td>Mumbai</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>9th</td></tr><tr><td>Kritika Tanwar</td><td></td><td>Eliminated</td><td>10th</td></tr><tr><td>Charith Dixit</td><td>Chandigarh</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>11th</td></tr><tr><td>Ravi Kumar Mishra</td><td></td><td>Eliminated</td><td>12th</td></tr><tr><td>Ritika Raj</td><td>Patna</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>13th</td></tr><tr><td>Saumya Mishra</td><td></td><td>Eliminated</td><td>14th</td></tr><tr><td>Simran Kaur</td><td>Punjab</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>15th</td></tr><tr><td>Amrita Bharati</td><td>Bhubaneswar</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>16th</td></tr></tbody></table>

Indian Idol Junior Season 1

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Hometown</th><th>Result</th><th>Place</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Anjana Padmanabhan</td><td>Bengaluru</td><td>Idol</td><td>1st</td></tr><tr><td>Debanjana Karmakar</td><td>Kolkata</td><td>1st Runner-up</td><td>2nd</td></tr><tr><td>Anmol Jaswal</td><td>Jammu and Kashmir</td><td>2nd Runner-up</td><td>3rd</td></tr><tr><td>Nirvesh Dave</td><td>Ahmedabad</td><td>3rd Runner-up</td><td>4th</td></tr><tr><td>Sugandha Date</td><td>Nagpur</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>5th</td></tr><tr><td>Sonakshi Kar</td><td>Kolkata</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>6th</td></tr><tr><td>Priyam Borpatragohain</td><td>Assam</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>7th</td></tr><tr><td>Akash Sharma</td><td>Haryana</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>8th</td></tr><tr><td>Sankalp Yaduwanshi</td><td>Moradabad</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>9th</td></tr><tr><td>Eman Chaudhary</td><td>Assam</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>10th</td></tr><tr><td>Aryan Das</td><td>Cuttack</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>11th</td></tr></tbody></table>

Indian Idol Junior Season 2

Indian Idol Junior Season 2 started on 30 May 2015 and finished on 6 September 2015.

Sonakshi Sinha replaced Shalmali Kholgade

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Hometown</th><th>Result</th><th>Place</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Ananya Nanda</td><td>Bhubaneswar</td><td>Idol</td><td>1st</td></tr><tr><td>Nahid Afrin</td><td>Assam</td><td>1st Runner-up</td><td>2nd</td></tr><tr><td>Nithyashree Venkataramanan</td><td>Chennai</td><td>2nd Runner-up</td><td>3rd</td></tr><tr><td>Vaishnav Girish</td><td>Thrissur</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>4th</td></tr><tr><td>Moti Khan</td><td>Rajasthan</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>5th</td></tr><tr><td>Niharika Nath</td><td>Agartala</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>6th</td></tr><tr><td>Ranita Banerjee</td><td>Kolkata</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>7th</td></tr><tr><td>Sreelakshmi Belmannu</td><td>Bangalore</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>8th</td></tr><tr><td>Ajay Brijwasi</td><td>Mathura</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>9th</td></tr><tr><td>Yumna Ajin</td><td>Vengara</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>10th</td></tr><tr><td>Surendra Singh Panwar</td><td>Rajasthan</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>11th</td></tr><tr><td>Vidhi Jaswal</td><td>Jammu and Kashmir</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>12th</td></tr><tr><td>Shubhankar</td><td>Kolkata</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>13th</td></tr></tbody></table>

Season 9

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Hometown</th><th>Result</th><th>Place</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>L. V. Revanth</td><td>Visakhapatnam</td><td>Idol</td><td>1st</td></tr><tr><td>Khuda Baksh</td><td>Punjab</td><td>1st Runner-up</td><td>2nd</td></tr><tr><td>P V N S Rohit</td><td>Hyderabad</td><td>2nd Runner-up</td><td>3rd</td></tr><tr><td>Maalavika Sunder</td><td>Chennai</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>4th</td></tr><tr><td>Mohit Chopra</td><td>New Delhi</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>5th</td></tr><tr><td>Tajinder Singh</td><td>Faridabad</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>6th</td></tr><tr><td>R P Shravan</td><td>Chennai</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>7th</td></tr><tr><td>Manya Narang</td><td>New Delhi</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>8th</td></tr><tr><td>Hardeep Singh</td><td>Ludhiana</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>9th</td></tr><tr><td>Jeli Kayi</td><td>Itanagar</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>10th</td></tr><tr><td>Bharti Gupta</td><td>Ghaziabad</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>11th</td></tr><tr><td>Mansi Bhardwaj</td><td>Delhi</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>12th</td></tr><tr><td>Stuti Tiwari</td><td>Delhi</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>13th</td></tr><tr><td>Saumya Mishra</td><td>Renukut</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>14th</td></tr></tbody></table>

Season 10

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Hometown</th><th>Result</th><th>Place</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Salman Ali</td><td>Mewat</td><td>Idol</td><td>1st</td></tr><tr><td>Ankush Bhardwaj</td><td>Kotgarh</td><td>1st Runner-up</td><td>2nd</td></tr><tr><td>Neelanjana Ray</td><td>Alipurduar</td><td>2nd Runner-up</td><td>3rd</td></tr><tr><td>Nitin Kumar</td><td>Una</td><td>3rd Runner-up</td><td>4th</td></tr><tr><td>Vibhor Parashar</td><td>New Delhi</td><td>4th Runner-up</td><td>5th</td></tr><tr><td>Kunal Pandit</td><td>Mumbai</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>6th</td></tr><tr><td>Renu Nagar</td><td>Alwar</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>7th</td></tr><tr><td>Soumya Chakraborty</td><td>Kolkata</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>8th</td></tr><tr><td>Avanti Patel</td><td>Mumbai</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>9th</td></tr><tr><td>Saurabh Valmiki</td><td>Lakhimpur Kheri</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>10th</td></tr><tr><td>Biswajit Mohapatra</td><td>Bhawanipatna</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>11th</td></tr><tr><td>Krishnakali Saha</td><td>Tripura</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>12th</td></tr><tr><td>Indira Das</td><td>Kolkata</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>13th</td></tr><tr><td>Sonia Gazmer</td><td>Kolkata</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>14th</td></tr></tbody></table>

Season 11

The 11th season started to air on 12 October 2019 on Sony TV. It was being hosted by singer Aditya Narayan. Neha Kakkar has returned as one of the judges on popular demand along with Vishal Dadlani and Anu Malik, who came back to the show as a judge after his suspension from the judging panel for Me Too allegations. He was then replaced by Himesh Reshammiya.

Himesh Reshammiya replaced Anu Malik

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Hometown</th><th>Elimination</th><th>Place</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Sunny Hindustani</td><td>Bathinda</td><td>Idol</td><td>1st</td></tr><tr><td>Rohit Shyam Raut</td><td>Latur</td><td>1st Runner-up</td><td>2nd</td></tr><tr><td>Ankona Mukherjee</td><td>Bankura</td><td>2nd Runner-up</td><td>3rd</td></tr><tr><td>Ridham Kalyan</td><td>Amritsar</td><td>3rd Runner-up</td><td>4th</td></tr><tr><td>Adriz Ghosh</td><td>Murshidabad</td><td>4th Runner-up</td><td>5th</td></tr><tr><td>Shahzaan Mujeeb</td><td>Aligarh</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>6th</td></tr><tr><td>Rishabh Chaturvedi</td><td>Amritsar</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>7th</td></tr><tr><td>Stuti Tiwari</td><td>New Delhi</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>8th</td></tr><tr><td>Jannabi Das</td><td>New Delhi</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>9th</td></tr><tr><td>Azmat Hussain</td><td>Jaipur</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>10th</td></tr><tr><td>Chetna Bharadwaj</td><td>Ghaziabad</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>11th</td></tr><tr><td>Kaivalya Kejkar</td><td>Nagpur</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>12th</td></tr><tr><td>Subhadeep Das Chowdhury</td><td>Kolkata</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>13th</td></tr><tr><td>Pallav Singh</td><td>Ballia</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>14th</td></tr><tr><td>Nidhi Kumari</td><td>Jamshedpur</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>15th</td></tr><tr><td>Chelsi Behura</td><td>Cuttack</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>16th</td></tr></tbody></table>

Season 12

The 12th season started on 28 November 2020 on Sony TV. The grand finale aired from 12 noon to 12 midnight on 15 August 2021. Pawandeep Rajan was declared the winner of the season and Arunita Kanjilal became the 1st Runner-up. This was the longest running season of Indian Idol.

Although Vishal Dadlani, Neha Kakkar and Himesh Reshammiya were the original judges, when the shoot shifted out of Mumbai, then Vishal Dadlani, and Neha Kakkar couldn't join and makers replaced them by Anu Malik and Sonu Kakkar.

Aditya Narayan was the original host but Bharti & Harsh, Rithvik and Jay replaced him when he came out to be COVID +ve. Bharti and Harsh replaced him on February 28.

The judges have decided to do a power play for 9 weeks and let the audience decide who they want to see in the Top 8. Elimination will happen after the 9 weeks of power play. This season was extended because the contestants have given so much love and entertainment to the audience in the COVID pandemic. The 9 weeks of power play were completed and Anjali Gaikwad got eliminated.

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Hometown</th><th>Result</th><th>Standing</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Pawandeep Rajan</td><td>Uttarkhand</td><td>Idol</td><td>1st</td></tr><tr><td>Arunita Kanjilal</td><td>Kolkata</td><td>1st Runner-up</td><td>2nd</td></tr><tr><td>Sayli Kamble Patil</td><td>Mumbai</td><td>2nd Runner-up</td><td>3rd</td></tr><tr><td>Mohd Danish</td><td>Muzaffarnagar</td><td>3rd Runner-up</td><td>4th</td></tr><tr><td>Nihal Tauro</td><td>Mangalore</td><td>4th Runner-up</td><td>5th</td></tr><tr><td>Shanmukha Priya</td><td>Visakhapatnam</td><td>5th Runner-up</td><td>6th</td></tr><tr><td>Ashish Kulkarni</td><td>Pune</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>7th</td></tr><tr><td>Sawai Bhatt</td><td>Nagaur</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>8th</td></tr><tr><td>Anjali Gaikwad</td><td>Ahmednagar</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>9th</td></tr><tr><td>Nachiket Lele</td><td>Kalyan</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>10th</td></tr><tr><td>Sireesha Bhagavatula</td><td>Visakhapatnam</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>11th</td></tr><tr><td>Anushka Banerjee</td><td>Chandigarh</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>12th</td></tr><tr><td>Vaishnav Girish</td><td>Thrissur</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>13th</td></tr><tr><td>Samyak Prasana</td><td>Delhi</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>14th</td></tr><tr><td>Sahil Solanki</td><td>Hisar</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>15th</td></tr></tbody></table>

Season 13

The Ground Auditions started in July 2022. The show started on 10 September 2022. The finale was held on April 2, 2023, with Rishi Singh being declared as the winner of the season along with Deboshmita Roy as the 1st runner up.

The judges have decided to do a power play for 4 weeks and let the audience decide who they want to see in the Top 7. Elimination will happen after the 4 weeks of power play. The 4 weeks of power play were completed and Navdeep Wadali got eliminated on February 26, 2023. The last contestant who got eliminated from the show was Senjuti Das on March 25, 2023, leaving the top 6 finalists to compete for the Indian Idol trophy.

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Hometown</th><th>Result</th><th>Place</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Rishi Singh</td><td>Ayodhya</td><td>Idol</td><td>1st</td></tr><tr><td>Deboshmita Roy</td><td>Kolkata</td><td>1st Runner-up</td><td>2nd</td></tr><tr><td>Chirag Kotwal</td><td>Bhaderwah</td><td>2nd Runner-up</td><td>3rd</td></tr><tr><td>Bidipta Chakraborty</td><td>Kolkata</td><td>3rd Runner-up</td><td>4th</td></tr><tr><td>Shivam Singh</td><td>Vadodara</td><td>4th Runner-up</td><td>5th</td></tr><tr><td>Sonakshi Kar</td><td>Kolkata</td><td>5th Runner-up</td><td>6th</td></tr><tr><td>Senjuti Das</td><td>Kolkata</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>7th</td></tr><tr><td>Navdeep Wadali</td><td>Amritsar</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>8th</td></tr><tr><td>Kavya Limaye</td><td>Vadodara</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>9th</td></tr><tr><td>Vineet Singh</td><td>Lucknow</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>10th</td></tr><tr><td>Anushka Patra</td><td>Kolkata</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>11th</td></tr><tr><td>Rupam Bharnarhia</td><td>Amritsar</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>12th</td></tr><tr><td>Sanchari Sengupta</td><td>Kolkata</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>13th</td></tr><tr><td>Pritam Roy</td><td>Kolkata</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>14th</td></tr><tr><td>Shagun Pathak</td><td>Jharkhand</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>15th</td></tr></tbody></table>

Season 14

The fourteenth season premiered on 7 October 2023, with the theme Ek Awaz Lakhon Ehsaas (lit. One Voice, Million Emotion). On 3 March 2024, the season concluded, with Vaibhav Gupta crowned as the winner, with Subhadeep Das Choudhary finishing as the runner-up.

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Hometown</th><th>Result</th><th>Place</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Vaibhav Gupta</td><td>Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh</td><td>Idol</td><td>1st</td></tr><tr><td>Subhadeep Das Chowdhury</td><td>Kolkata, West Bengal</td><td>1st Runner-up</td><td>2nd</td></tr><tr><td>Piyush Panwar</td><td>Rajasthan</td><td>2nd Runner-up</td><td>3rd</td></tr><tr><td>Ananya Pal</td><td>Kolkata, West Bengal</td><td>3rd Runner-up</td><td>4th</td></tr><tr><td>Anjana Padmanabhan</td><td>Mumbai, Maharashtra</td><td>4th Runner-up</td><td>5th</td></tr><tr><td>Adya Mishra</td><td>Faridabad, Haryana</td><td>5th Runner-up</td><td>6th</td></tr><tr><td>Obom Tangu</td><td>Arunachal Pradesh</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>7th</td></tr><tr><td>Dipan Mitra</td><td>Kolkata, West Bengal</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>8th</td></tr><tr><td>Utkarsh Wankhede</td><td>Nagpur, Maharashtra</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>9th</td></tr><tr><td>Menuka Poudel</td><td>Nepal</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>10th</td></tr><tr><td>Muskan Srivastava</td><td>Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>11th</td></tr><tr><td>Mahima Bhattacharjee</td><td>Kolkata, West Bengal</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>12th</td></tr><tr><td>Surender Kumar</td><td>Rajasthan</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>13th</td></tr><tr><td>Maithili Shome</td><td>Mumbai, Maharashtra</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>14th</td></tr><tr><td>Gayathry Rajiv</td><td>Kochi, Kerala</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>15th</td></tr></tbody></table>

Season 15

The fifteenth season premiered in October 2024, with the theme Jo Gayega, Wo Nazar Aayega (lit. Good Singers will get noticed). On 6 April 2025, the season concluded, with Manasi Ghosh crowned as the winner, with Subhajit Chakraborty finishing as the runner-up.

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Result</th><th>Place</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Manasi Ghosh</td><td>Idol</td><td>1st</td></tr><tr><td>Subhajit Chakraborty</td><td>1st Runner-up</td><td>2nd</td></tr><tr><td>Sneha Shankar</td><td>2nd Runner-up</td><td>3rd</td></tr><tr><td>Chaitanya Devadhe (Mauli)</td><td>3rd Runner-up</td><td>4th</td></tr><tr><td>Priyangshu Dutta</td><td>4th Runner-up</td><td>5th</td></tr><tr><td>Anirudh Suswaram</td><td>5th Runner-up</td><td>6th</td></tr><tr><td>Myscmme Bosu</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>7th</td></tr><tr><td>Ragini Shinde</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>8th</td></tr><tr><td>Biswarup Banerjee</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>9th</td></tr><tr><td>Ritika Raj</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>10th</td></tr><tr><td>Mayuri Saha</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>11th</td></tr><tr><td>Ranjini Sen Gupta</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>12th</td></tr><tr><td>Srijan Porail</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>13th</td></tr><tr><td>Jyotiprakash Ojha</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>14th</td></tr><tr><td>Vastav Kumar</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>15th</td></tr><tr><td>Ipsit Pati</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>16th</td></tr></tbody></table>

Season 16

The sixteenth season premiered on 18 October 2025, with the theme Yaadon Ki Playlist.

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Result</th><th>Place</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Idol</td><td>1st</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>1st Runner-up</td><td>2nd</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>2nd Runner-up</td><td>3rd</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>3rd Runner-up</td><td>4th</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>4th Runner-up</td><td>5th</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>5th Runner-up</td><td>6th</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Eliminated</td><td>7th</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Eliminated</td><td>8th</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Eliminated</td><td>9th</td></tr><tr><td>Shreenidhi Shastry</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>10th</td></tr><tr><td>Sugandha Date</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>11th</td></tr><tr><td>Shreya Verma</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>12th</td></tr><tr><td>Abhijeet Sharma</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>13th</td></tr><tr><td>Banashree Biswas</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>14th</td></tr><tr><td>Manav</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>15th</td></tr><tr><td>Arfin Rana</td><td>Eliminated</td><td>16th</td></tr></tbody></table>