Indian Idol Junior

Indian Idol Junior
Hosted by	Karan Wahi Mandira Bedi
Judges	Vishal Dadlani Shekhar Ravjiani Shreya Ghoshal
Winner	Anjana Padmanabhan
Runners-up	Debanjana Karmakar Anmol Jaswal Nirvesh Dave
Release
Original network	Sony TV
Original release	1 June 2013 (2013-06-01) – 2015 (2015)

Indian Idol Junior is an Indian Hindi-language reality television singing competition and is a spin-off of Indian Idol . It began broadcasting on Sony Entertainment Television from 1 June 2013. ^[1] Karan Wahi and Mandira Bedi hosted the show, which was judged by music duo Vishal–Shekhar along with playback singer Shreya Ghoshal. ^[2] Anjana Padmanabhan won the first edition of Indian Idol Junior.

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 in August. The judges of this season 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	SET	11	Anjana Padmanabhan	Debanjana Karmakar
IIJ S2	2015		Shalmali Kholgade	Salim Merchant	Hussain Kuwajerwala Asha Negi		13	Ananya Nanda	Nahid Afrin
			Sonakshi Sinha

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
Sugandha Date	Nagpur	Eliminated	5th
Sonakshi Kar	Cuttack	Eliminated	6th
Priyam Borpatragohain	Assam	Eliminated	7th
Akash Sharma	Haryana	Eliminated	8th
Eman Chaudhary	Assam	Eliminated	9th
Sankalp Yaduwanshi	Moradabad	Eliminated	10th
Aryan Das	Moradabad	Eliminated	11th

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

• Official website