Indian Idol

Indian singing competition

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Indian Idol

Created by| Simon Fuller
Years| 2004–present
Films and television
Television series|

* Indian Idol
* Indian Idol Marathi
* Telugu Indian Idol

Miscellaneous
Languages|

* Hindi
* Marathi
* Telugu

Produced by| Fremantle
ARSenic's Business Empire (2010–present)
Miditech (2005–2009)
Optimystix Entertainment (2004-2005)
Based on| Pop Idol
No.of Versions| 4
No.of Seasons| 16
Original network| Culver Max Entertainment
(Hindi, Marathi)
Aha
(Telugu)

Indian Idol is the Indian music competition television franchise based on the Pop Idol format.[1]

Its production takes place in Mumbai, Maharashtra.[citation needed]

## Versions[edit]

Currently airing – 1
Upcoming for airing – 1
Recently concluded – 1
No longer airing – 1
Language | Show | Season | Year | Host | Judges | Network | Premiere | Finale | Episodes | Contestants | Winner | Runner up

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Hindi | Indian Idol | 1 | 2004–05  | Aman Verma

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Mini Mathur | Anu Malik | Farah Khan | Sonu Nigam | None  | SET | 30 October 2004  | 5 March 2005  |  | 12  | Abhijeet Sawant | Amit Sana
2 | 2005–06  |  |  |  | 12  | Sandeep Acharya | N. C. Karunya
3 | 2007  | Hussain Kuwajerwala

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Mini Mathur | Udit Narayan | Alisha Chinai | Javed Akhtar |  |  |  | 13  | Prashant Tamang | Amit Paul
4 | 2008–09  | Hussain Kuwajerwala

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Meiyang Chang | Sonali Bendre | Kailash Kher | 19 September 2008  | 1 March 2009  |  | 12  | Sourabhee Debbarma | Kapil Thapa
5 | 2010  | Hussain Kuwajerwala

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Abhijeet Sawant | Sunidhi Chauhan | Salim Merchant | None  |  |  |  | 13  | Sreerama Chandra | Bhoomi Trivedi
6 | 2012  | Hussain Kuwajerwala

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Mini Mathur | Asha Bhosle | 1 June 2012  | 1 September 2012  |  | 16  | Vipul Mehta | Amit Kumar
Indian Idol Junior | 7 | 2013  | Karan Wahi

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Mandira Bedi | Vishal Dadlani | Shreya Ghoshal | Shekhar Ravjiani | None  | 1 June 2013  |  |  | 11  | Anjana Padmanabhan  | Debanjana Karmakar
8 | 2015  | Hussain Kuwajerwala

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Asha Negi | Salim Merchant | Sonakshi Sinha | 30 May 2015  | 6 September 2015  |  | 13  | Ananya Nanda | Nahid Afrin
Indian Idol | 9 | 2016–17  | Karan Wahi

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Paritosh Tripathi  | Anu Malik | Farah Khan | Sonu Nigam |  |  |  | 14  | L. V. Revanth | Khuda Baksh
10 | 2018  | Manish Paul | Vishal Dadlani | Neha Kakkar | Javed Ali |  |  |  | 14  | Salman Ali | Ankush Bhardwaj
11 | 2019  | Aditya Narayan | Himesh Reshammiya | 12 October 2019  |  |  | 17  | Sunny Hindustani | Rohit Shyam Raut
12 | 2020–21  | None  | 28 November 2020  | 15 August 2021  |  | 15  | Pawandeep Rajan | Arunita Kanjilal
13 | 2022–23  | 10 September 2022  | 2 April 2023  |  | 15  | Rishi Singh  | Deboshmita Roy
14 | 2023  | ~~Hussain Kuwajerwala~~ ~~Aditya Narayan~~ Hussain Kuwajerwala | Shreya Ghoshal | Kumar Sanu |  | 7 October 2023  |  |  |  | TBA  | TBA
Marathi | Indian Idol Marathi | 1 | 2021–22  | Swanandi Tikekar

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Prajakta Mali | Ajay–Atul | None  | Sony Marathi | 22 November 2021  | 20 April 2022  | 56  | 15  | Sagar Mhatre  | Jagdish Chavan
Telugu | Telugu Indian Idol | 1 | 2022  | Sreerama Chandra | Thaman S | Karthik | Nithya Menen | None  | Aha | 25 February 2022  | 17 June 2022  | 31  | 12  | BVK Vagdevi  | Srinivas Darimisetty
2 | 2023  | Hemachandra | Geetha Madhuri | 3 March 2023  | TBA  | TBA  | Soujanya Bhagavatula  | Jayaram

## References[edit]

1. ^ Beaster-Jones, Jayson; Sarrazin, Natalie (4 October 2016). Music in Contemporary Indian Film: Memory, Voice, Identity. Taylor & Francis. pp. 76–90. ISBN 978-1-317-39970-4.

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| Africa|

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Asia-Pacific|

* Australia
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Europe|

* United Kingdom (original)
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* Sweden
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Middle East|

* Arab League
* Future TV
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* Iraq
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Junior franchise|

| Americas|

* United States (original)
* Brazil
* Puerto Rico

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Asia-Pacific|

* India
* Indonesia
* Vietnam

Europe|

* Germany
* Norway
* Portugal
* Spain

Specials|

* Asian Idol
* World Idol

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