Idle indians or Indian idols?

Our Indian Idols are now idling their time away. Since not many of them have been able to retain the image that they had created, all they gained was screen space for a span of a year or till the moolah lasted, says HARSHA BHAT

http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=inbombay&xfile=April2007_inbombay_standard12612

I knew I’d have fame – Karunya

‘People have told me that I am over-confident. The funny thing is I used to be very shy. ‘To be in this business, singing before hundreds and thousands of people, you can’t afford to be shy,’

For more:http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/show/story/0,4136,128118,00.html

Other News:
Yet another song. The movie Abbo aadavaallu has started off with the songs recording. The song rendered by Karunya and Sumangali was recorded as Muhurat for the film.

All Tamilians. You can now hear Karunya sing in Tamil. He sang two songs in Telugu movie Something Special and the movie is being dubbed into Tamil now.

Hemachandra Tracker

Hemachandra is going places. The second runner up of last years Zee Sa Re Ga Ma Pa is gaining popularity and singing songs both in Bollywood and Tollywood. Gundechaatuga song sung by him in the recently released movie “Classmates” has caught on well with the music lovers and is up for repeated braodcasts on Radio Mirchi (I dont listen to other stations). He was fantastic and especially the mukhda is worth a special mention. Visit Raaga.com or Andhravilas.com and find the songs of Classmates and hear him once. Does not matter if you do not know Telugu. Just hear and let me know what you feel.

Also heard he has sung three songs in the Telugu version of Yashraj’s Tara Rum Pum … Way to go Hemachandra. Make us proud.

Make money from your mobile. Only for mobile users in India. mGinger Rules.

A little off the topic. However I want to share this with you. While I make some money you can make some too.

I have come across this wonderful site. You need to register here and set your preferences on the ads that you will want to recieve (like travel promotions, dining offers etc) and also specify the number of ads that you want to receive per day and the time that you want to receive them. The carrot is you will receive 20 paise per every message that you will receive. More carrots. IF you refer your friends and IF they join and IF they also receive ads, you will receive 10 paise per every message that they receive and if the friends of your friends join and for messages that they receive you will be paid 5 paise per message. Isnt that cool. I was doubtful before. Sounded like another Amway. However I found out there is no catch. We need not pay anything whatsoever. And can discontinue the service whenever we want (read all the fine print).

A fantastic startup idea of some birght people in India (I hope these are Indians LOL) …

Here is the link if you want to sign up … Click Here

Dont take my word … Read whats on offer and then only register … Make money !!!

Update: Hurray ! mGinger sent out its first ad from Travelmart India regarding a hliday offer. I made 90 paise (20 paise from the ad that I received … 40 paise from 1st Referral and 30 paise from the referrals of my referrals) … Register. You too can make money.

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.

Calling People To Contribute

We are nearing the Go Live of this season of Indian Idol 3. Iam looking for people, who are as excited about the show as I am, who can contribute to this blog. So what is that you can contribute:

1. Publish/send any news items on Indian Idol 3
2. Send reviews of the Episodes
3. Capture screenshots of the show
4. Share gossips/snippets
5. Share your views / opinions in general
6. Write any articles surrounding Indian Idol / Singing Competitions etc. Anything !!!
7. If not for anything, just moral support

If you are interested please leave a comment here and put your email ID (will not be visible to all if you put in the email field when leaving a comment). I am hopeful we all together can make this Blog a one stop destination for anything and everything on Indian Idol.

Thanks,
Admin

 Note: This is not a commerical blog. You can see there are no ads whatsoever. No do not worry about somebody asking you to contribute for making his won profit

“I have to tell you he really, really impressed me,” Jennifer Lopez on Sanjaya

Indian American teenage singer Sanjaya Malakar took another step towards the coveted ‘American Idol’ title as he made to the top five, to not too great a surprise of his growing legion of fans and critics alike. Malakar, who in the words of The Washington Post’s TV columnist has completely taken over the ‘American Idol’ singing competition, was among the five declared ’safe’ in Wednesday night’s results round that left seven in the fray. Even before he sang one note Tuesday night, Malakar, the focus of YouTube parodies and the site Votefortheworst.com, got a rave review from megastar Jennifer Lopez and then a rare if reluctant compliment from judge Simon Cowell. Sprouting Marc Anthonyesque facial hair in honour of J Lo’s appearance as guest ‘mentor’, he left her utterly smitten. “He chose a beautiful Spanish song and I have to tell you, he really impressed me!” J Lo gushed to the camera after rehearsing ‘Besame Mucho’ with Sanjaya. “I love Sanjaya!” she giggled, adding, “I think Simon might be impressed.” “I have to tell you he really, really impressed me,” said Lopez as his ballad, sung in Spanish, hushed the excited crowd.  “I couldn’t understand a word of it, you sang like a 14-year-old and – I’m going to hate myself for this – it wasn’t horrible,” judge Cowell, usually very harsh on Sanjaya’s singing aspirations, confessed. “You are one of the smartest contestants we’ve ever had,” a mesmerised Randy Jackson told Sanjaya. “Smooth. It was nice – very, very nice,” said Paula Abdul. As America watched transfixed by his singing and his hair in yet another news-making week, Malakar’s pastor and choir director in his Seattle hometown said, “I hope people know I’m so proud of this young man.” “He’s a perfect example of what our young people are made of these days,” added Pat Wright with a piece of advice for him, “My thing to Sanjaya is to take it all with a grain of salt and laugh all the way to the bank.” Malakar’s folks said they’re not surprised at how far he’s gone with cousin Camila Recchi saying, “He was comfortable, really outgoing, always a performer, bouncing off the walls, singing and dancing.” His aunt Christi Recchi said all the attention had not changed her nephew, and she had a message for the critics.”There are better ways to spend your time and energy [besides] bashing some 17-year-old kid who has been swept up in this whole thing.” Describing Malakar as “The one and only Sanjaya!” MTV’s Jim Cantiello said, “Oh, Sanjaya. Not since Culture Club’s prominence has an androgynous singer captured the hearts of young girls – and Jennifer Lopez – which is why I consider Sanjaya to be the Boy George of American Idol’,”

For more: http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1090369

Karunya Tracker

Audio of Telugu Movie Gundamma Gaari Manavadu, starring Ali was recently released by Superstar Krishna. Music is by Vandemataram Srinivas. Listen and enjoy the song sung by Karunya.

For more: www.andhravilas.com

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.

Sanjaya & Simon This Week

Sanjaya Malakar, under the tutelage of Jennifer Lopez, warbled his way to his best performance in weeks. Judge Simon Cowell, back in sharp form, declared that he couldn’t understand a bit of Malakar’s performance of “Besame Mucho” and that the singer sounded like a 14-year-old. But Cowell grudgingly added, “It wasn’t horrible.” This is progress. We salute you, Sanjaya. You’re safe for another week.

For more:

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2007/04/simon_says_sanj.html

My Ratings for the night:

1. Blake Lewis
2. Chris Richardson
3. Melinda Doolittle
4. Jordin Sparks
5. Phil Stacey
6. Sanjaya Malakar
7. Lakisha Jones
8. Haley Scarnaton (Sorry … You have to go)