Indian Idol 3 Episode 2 (May 5 2007) Video Links

Part 1 http://www.zshare.net/video/ii3-050507-1-wmv.html

Part 2 http://www.zshare.net/video/ii3-050507-2-wmv.html

Part 3 http://www.zshare.net/video/ii3-050507-3-wmv.html

Part 4 http://www.zshare.net/video/ii3-050507-4-wmv.html

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Indian Idol 3 Auditions Episode 2 (May 5 2007)

The Baroda auditions started off with Shikha Jain. Shikha said she hasn’t lost any of the competitions that she went to previously and exuded confidence that she will get through. She sang “Bichde abhi tho hum … “. Udit ko bahut acha laga and Alisha agreed. Anu came up with the argument “Koi bhi sur main gaaya tho usse Mumbai le jaaye kya?! The voice need to rock “ … and said I am not very impressed … however she got the pass to Mumbai … Shikha said she was afraid seeing Anu and said “aisa dekh rahe the”.

Next came Alpesh Soni. He took rumaal from Udit and sang “Zamaane ne kaha toote hue” Pathetic. Got few sarcastic wah wah’s from Anu. Strong comments. Udit said “Circus ke liye bahut ache hai aap”. Alpesh ended his nightmare with how a dog would bark if it were Rajesh Khanna, Dev Anand, Shah Rukh and Sanjeev Kumar.

Vijay Patel sang “Yeh dil aashiquana”. Shook his leg quite a bit while singing. Anu said “Aapne aisa gaaya ki aapne sur ko hara diya”. LOL. The poor guy didn’t even understand the sarcasm and that he was infact master of the sur. Funny. Extra bits from not so mention worthy singers like Aakash Rathod, Jaimim Parekh, Sunil Parikh. That’s it. Anu and team then decided to go out tell all the participants to pull up the socks since all of the people who sang were below standard.  Then came the Teen Deviyan. Anu asked the contestant to wear the goggles she got with herself. Then Anu wore his and so did Alisha and Udit. With the scene set Devika, Usha and her other sister tried their vocal luck. Alisha sang the same Kajra re intro lines and clearly showed how the Sur and Expression was missing. After all this, the sister’s walked off thinking it was an unfair affair. God Bless em.

Sheena Raju is the one to watch. In trendy black dress, Sheena sang “Sajnaa aabhi jaa”. Anu was extremely happy that voice was resonating and Udit thought uski awaaz main kashish hai. Needless to say, welcome to Mumbai. Bhoomi Trivedi, Dhwani, Manali all came and went. The scene then shifted to Rajasthan where Mini get hold of one Dhannu Ram, makes him sing (and he sings it well … sounded like a Rajasthani folk) and gives him a pass. Poor chap. Maybe he didn’t get the way how these shows work. He landed up at the auditions shown later only to be rejected. What a waste of time and money. We always know II wouldn’t encourage such talent. Why call em!? Looks like Mini was roaming around the streets a lot to find talent in Rajasthan, land of Sandeep Acharya. She finally finds a guy singing for a band in what looked like shaadi ka baraat. Another pass to come to auditions. I have seen the auditions happening at Hyderabad. It made me angry how best of the singers were not even given the chance to appear before the final judges. And on the other hand we have bunch of jokers, in the name of entertainment, are out before the judges only to face their sarcasm and dejection. Sigh.
Best scene from the Jodhpur auditions was Mini in local attire and speaking the slang and taking off on an oonth. Reminded me of my Pilani days. Our friendly neighborhood Dhannu Ram landed at auditions and sang “Tum ne na jaana” from Chalte Chalte. Comments. Weak singing … hasne ka andaaz acha hai … Thank you very much. Poor guy. Looked happy anyways that he cud come until there. Kuldeep Ojha, 22. He sang More Saiya. Aalaap that he took sounded very good. Anu said awaaz kisi se milti nahi hai, Udit said Indian culture barkaraar rakh rahe ho, Alisha said unique awaaz, gamak hai awaaz main aur Rajasthan ki khushbu hai. Chalo Mumbai for Kuldeep. Anu was happy that they finished the auditions without a fight. We did notice that Anu. Was it because Javed wast there.

Scene Kanpur. Usual routine of some people doing/attempting mimicry. People like Rajendar Tripathi did merciless killing of Dhoom title song (how the hell did he get to that stage). Liked the comment though. Udit said “besurapan sasta ho gaya”. Kailash Kher was dumbfounded and said “pehli baar aisa ajooba dekha hai”. Funny. Time for Ankita mishra, 17. She sang “Koi mil gaya”. She had the energy and the confidence. She also sang “Tu sirf mere mehboob meri mehbooba” and said to Anu she became a big fan of him after hearing this song. Interesting (there was a cut there) … when Udit was speaking she was kinda saying aap point pe aa jaayiye . Restless for the result eh. And she got the Yellow card.
Malik and co is so happy they get into a impromptu jamming session to make an Indian Idol song with lyric that goes like “Ladka banega and Ladki banegi etc “… Apologies. Dont rememeber more than that. Customary Colgate Hasso Tho Khul Ke Haso. Time for Sunil Bhatia, 23 to create some laughs. Shiva Roshan Varma claimed he is classically trained from a Guru Mr. LK Pandit (apologies if the name is wrong) who is close friend of Kailash. He murdered the durbari and claimed on top of it yeh unke (judges) samajh se oopar hai … yeh kya hai hamaare saamne. Concluding part had a mother who is extremely angry that Anu Malik is not fair and spews vengence saying Anu singer bhi nahi hai … kaise judge karengey.

Thats it. Next week for more. Please share your comments. Once again, apologies for any errors and omissions.

Indian Idol 3 First Episode

Wait is finally over and the first episode will be aired this Friday night. The episode will feature the Delhi auditions. True to the tradition of all reality shows, the episode will feature interesting debate between Anu Malik and Javed Akhtar regarding the participant Shubhangi. The episode features a Delhi lad, a huge fan of Alisha, come with abig poster, teddy bear as a gift and breaking into Happy Birthday tune. Enjoy.

Indian Idol 3 will be grander – Rahul Vaidya

Indian Idol 3 will start within a few days. How eagerly are you looking forward to it?

I will be out for my solo performances for a couple of days but whenever I will find the time; I will definitely watch the show. I was a part of the first series of this show and even today I am emotionally attached with this.

There has been a lot of saying about KBC 3 that it is missing the zing and its TRP rating is also falling down. Do you think that the Indian Idol 3 will be as successful as its earlier two series?

Yeah, it is true that KBC 3 did not have the same flavour as its first two seasons had. Though a super star like Shahrukh Khan was hosting KBC 3, but audience found something missing in it. But I don’t think that Indian Idol 3 will meet the same fate. Rather I believe that Indian Idol 3 will be grander and more successful than its first two seasons.

On screen many times we see emotional moments and a lot of friendship among contestants. Are these true reflections of emotions or an act to take the TRP ratings up?

For days, the contestants live under one roof and practice together. In such scenario, it is very natural to get attached with each other emotionally. Though they are competitors, yet during the practice sessions you will find them correcting each other, sharing their opinions and giving suggestions to each other for improvement. So, whatever you see on the screen is not a synthetic picture. In fact they are the expressions of real feelings.

For more:

http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=124935

Mujhe aise show ki koi zaroorat nahin hain – Udit Narayan

Singer Udit Narayan lashed out at legendary lyricist Javed Akhtar on the sets of Indian Idol 3. “Mujhe aise show ki koi zaroorat nahin hain. Lagta hein Sony ko bhi meri zaroorat nahi hain,” The row started when Akhtar made edgy remarks about the poor hosting skills of Aditya Narayan (Udit’s son), the host of Zee’s Sa Re Ga Ma Pa — Challenge 2007, say sources.

Just last month, Aditya was chosen above other contestants for the role due to his sound musical background, training in UK with three distinctions in western music, and his style of managing big crowds, says Tarun Mehra of Zee TV. The five judges confirmed for the Zee show are Ismail Darbar, Bappi Lahiri, Himesh Reshammiya, Vishal and Shekhar.

On the hand, Udit is a jury member of Indian Idol 3 along Alisha Chinai, Anu Malik, and Javed Akhtar. Incidentally, this weekend, as Zee TV launches Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, and Sony Entertainment Television, Asia, will be introducing the third series of its musical talent show Indian Idol 3.

While the two shows fight for audiences’ attention on launch day May 4, it seems that seniors of the musical fraternity will be on guard lest they cross Udit Narayan the wrong way.

As reported by Time of India:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/City_Supplements/Pune_Times/Udit_takes_on_Javed_over_son/articleshow/1986271.cms

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Indian Idol 3 : Start Date

Its confirmed. Indian Idol 3 would start on Sony from 4th May. It will be aired every Friday and Saturday at 9PM.

Sony Indian Idol 3 Schedule Plan Until Finals. The Countdown Begins for Telecast.

So what will happen now  and when will the competition start, whend oes it air and what will be the format this year? These are the common questions that I receive. Here are a few answers, as promised earlier. The countdown begins. Please comment on what do you think of this years Idol.  

The UK Final Audition

30 people will be invited to London for the final selection audition, for 2 UK Contestants to gain entry to the Theatre Audition Round in Mumbai. The 2 successful Contestants will be required to attend further shows in Mumbai.

The Theatre Audition Round

The Final 100 – 120 will be invited to participate in the next round of the Competition to be held in [Mumbai] between [April 10 to April 15th , 2007 ] The Contestants will be invited to perform a pre-selected song in Hindi chosen at the Producer’s discretion and may be required to perform either individually or in a group. The make-up of each group shall be in the Producer’s discretion. The Producer may also ask the Contestants to perform individually the whole or part of a song in Hindi of the Contestant’s own choice. As soon as reasonably practicable following completion of the Theatre Audition Round, the Contestants will be notified who has been selected by the Judges to be one of the Final 24 going through to the Piano Shows of the Competition.

The Piano Shows

The Final 24 will be divided at the Producer’s discretion into 2 (two) groups of 12 (twelve) Contestants. It is anticipated that each group for the purposes of training and recording the programme “Live” will be required to participate for one of the following Designated Weeks during [2007] between [28th May to 30th June 2007]. The Judges shall at their sole and absolute discretion select any 6 Contestants (the “Wildcard Contestant”) who have participated in the Piano Shows to perform at the Wildcard Show and it is anticipated that the Wildcard Contestant will be required to participate in the Spectacular round. At the end of each Designated Week the relevant Contestants will be required to perform in a programme recorded as “Live”. Following the broadcast of each recorded programme, a total of 12 (twelve) Contestants from the Piano Shows (comprising 10 (ten) from each Designated Week and 2 (two) from the Wildcard Show). In the wild card show one contestant will be selected by public vote and one will be selected by judge’s consensus to go through to the Spectaculars.

The Spectaculars

The Final 12 will go through to the Spectaculars. It is anticipated that the Spectaculars will run over the course of [Eleven (11)] weeks from [1st July to 15th September 2007]. Each Spectacular will culminate in the recording of a “Live” recorded programme, following which one Contestant (per Spectacular each week) will be eliminated by public vote until only 2 (two) Contestants – the Finalists – remain in the Competition. At the end of the last Spectacular, the Producer will notify each Finalist of the song they will be required to perform in the Final. The Finalists may be required to keep the choice of song confidential.

The Finals

It is anticipated that recording of the Finals will take place on or about [ 29th September 2007]. The selection of the winning Indian Idol will be made by public vote following a “Live” recorded performance.

Indian Idol auditions take Dubai by storm

Dubai The Indian Idol auditions that recently took place in the city attracted talent from all walks of life in Dubai thus leading one to wonder – could the next Idol be from the emirate? The judges are optimistic and the contestants feel sure that they’d prove stiff competition for the others back home.
The auditions that took place in Knowledge Village on April 6 and 7 saw housewives, teachers and students among others gather to exercise their vocal chords in the hope of recording a album and scoring a contract worth Rs one crore.
The contest that is going global this year will also hold auditions in London to filter out the finest talent that India has to offer.

Please share you comments if you have been there and done that.

For more: http://www.wadi.ae/test.php?pag=1&id=3331

Karunya Tracker

Surprise ! Karunya will be hosting a Talent Hunt Show – Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Little Champs for Zee Telugu. He participated in teh finals of SGML Challenge Finals announcing Little CHamps Series. Promos are already on air. The first episode will be aired this Thursday at 9PM. The show is on every Thursday and Friday. Catch him.