Indian Idol Junior

Indian reality television singing competition

Season of television series
Indian Idol Junior
Hosted byKaran Wahi
Mandira Bedi
JudgesVishal Dadlani
Shekhar Ravjiani
Shreya Ghoshal
WinnerAnjana Padmanabhan
Runners-upDebanjana Karmakar
Anmol Jaswal
Nirvesh Dave
Release
Original networkSony TV
Original release1 June 2013 (2013-06-01) –
2015 (2015)

Indian Idol Junior is an Indian Hindi-language reality television singing competition and is part of Indian Idol. It began broadcasting on Sony Entertainment Television from 1 June 2013.[1] Karan Wahi and Mandira Bedi were hosts of the show which was judged by music duo Vishal–Shekhar and with playback singer Shreya Ghoshal.[2]

A second season started on 30 May 2015. The new judges were Salim Merchant and Sonakshi Sinha, while Vishal Dadlani reprised his role as the judge. The show was hosted by Hussain Kuwajerwala and co-hosted by Asha Negi. Ananya Sritam Nanda was the winner for the second season.[3]

A third season started on August. The new judges were Anu Malik and Sonakshi Sinha, while Vishal Dadlani reprised his role as the judge. The show was hosted by Manish Paul and co-hosted by Asha Negi.

Summary

Season Year Judges Host Channel Contestants Winner Runner-up
IIJ S1 2013 Vishal Dadlani Shekhar Ravjiani Shreya Ghoshal Karan Wahi
Mandira Bedi
Sony TV 11 Anjana Padmanabhan Debanjana Karmakar
IIJ S2 2015 Shalmali Kholgade Salim Merchant Hussain Kuwajerwala
Asha Negi
13 Ananya Nanda Nahid Afrin
Sonakshi Sinha

Indian Idol Junior Season 1

  • Judges

Vishal Dadlani
Shreya Ghoshal
Shekhar Ravjiani

  • Host

Karan Wahi
Mandira Bedi

Top 11 Contestants

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

Indian Idol Junior Season 2

Indian Idol Junior Season 2 started on30 May 2015 and finished on 6 September 2015.

  • Judges

Salim Merchant
Sonakshi Sinha replaced Shalmali Kholgade
Vishal Dadlani

  • Host

Hussain Kuwajerwala
Asha Negi

Top 13 Contestants

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

References

  1. ^ "Indian Idol Junior - About". setindia.com. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
  2. ^ Tandon, Saloni (26 July 2013). "Indian Idol Junior's judges in Lucknow". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Indian Idol Junior's winner Ananya Nanda meets PM Narendra Modi - Economic Times". The Economic Times. 16 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Ananya Sritam Nanda wins Indian Idol Junior 2". 7 September 2015.

External links

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  1. ^ Malik was replaced by Javed Ali in Season 10 and by Himesh Reshammiya in Season 11
  2. ^ Neha was replaced by Sonu Kakkar in Season 12
  3. ^ Dadlani was replaced by Anu Malik in Season 12
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