Maria Cielito "Pops" Lukban Fernandez is a Filipina singer, entertainer, entrepreneur, TV host and actress.
Shantanu Mukherjee, better known as Shaan, is an Indian playback singer, live performer, composer, actor and television host. He has recorded numerous songs for films and albums in various Indian languages and has established himself as one of the best and highest paid playback singers of Indian Cinema.
Antara Mitra is an Indian playback singer. Mitra came to limelight when she became a contestant in the popular singing reality show Indian Idol 2 in 2006. Mitra become more well-known and got recognition after the release of her duets Gerua and Janam Janam with Arijit Singh. She also received significant amount of Indian media coverage for her singing of the Dilwale songs. Her Baby Jaan song from Bhaijaan Elo Re received an overwhelming response on YouTube, and created a record of becoming the fastest Bengali language video track to reach 1 million views on YouTube.
N. C. Karunya is an Indian playback singer, stage performer, YouTuber, songwriter, and TV show host known for his works primarily in Telugu cinema, and bollywood. He participated in the reality show Indian Idol on Sony Entertainment Television. After Indian Idol, he became a recording artist by singing for more than 200 projects in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Bengali, with the majority of recordings in Telugu. He has also hosted musical reality shows. In 2017, he launched his own YouTube channel, and since then, has released several singles composed, written, and arranged by himself.
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa is an Indian Hindi-language reality singing television show. It started airing on Zee TV in 1995 as Sa Re Ga Ma. It is the oldest running game show in India as well as the oldest show on private television in India. The name of the show is derived from the first five notes in the octave of classical Indian music.
"Star Voice of India" is an Indian television singing competition that premiered on May 18, 2007 and ended on 24 November 2007 on StarPlus. The show was directed by Gajendra Singh, creator of the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa series, and produced by Urban Brew Studios. It also featured judges from the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa series, Aadesh Shrivastava, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Alka Yagnik, Lalit Pandit and Jatin Pandit. Shaan, who had previously been hosting Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. The winner of the show was Ishmeet Singh Sodhi.
Javed Ali is an Indian playback singer who predominantly sings in Hindi. He has also sung in various Indian languages including Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
X Factor India is the Indian version of The X Factor, a show originating from the United Kingdom. It is a television music talent show contested by aspiring singers of all genres drawn from public auditions from all across India. The show in its inaugural year was broadcast on Sony Entertainment Television Channel. The 2011 competition was open to all Indian citizens born before 15 January 1995. There were 3 categories for registrants: Solo performances for those between 16 and 24 years of age as of 15 January 2011 and for those equal to and above 25 years of age as of 15 January 2011 and Group performance for a group of 2 or more people, all of which should be above the age of 16 years as of 15 January 2011. Reservation draws were to be divided one third to each category. Each week, live concerts were held in Mumbai where the 12 finalists performed for the judges and a live studio audience
Voice – Danmarks største stemme is a Danish reality singing competition, based on the original Dutch television program The Voice of Holland. It started on November 26, 2011, and is currently airing on TV2. One of the important premises of the show is the quality of the singing talent. Four coaches, themselves popular performing artists, train the talents in their group and occasionally perform with them. Talents are selected in blind auditions, where the coaches cannot see, but only hear the auditioner. The show was canceled after two seasons in order to make way for a kids' version, known as Voice Junior.
La Voz Colombia is a reality television singing competition, originating from the dutch version, which has become a worldwide phenomenon. Over 50 countries now have their own version of The Voice. In this show, Colombians with outstanding singing talent are sought, and will be coached by four great music superstars who will be in charge of finding and training the next "voice" of Colombia.
Ath Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian content production company specialising in film, television and advertising headed by writer and entrepreneur Pankaj Narayan and Apoorva Bajaj. Ath Entertainment has made its mark in television production with its first non-fiction show Om Shanti Om – a spiritual singing reality show being broadcast on Star Bharat from 28 August 2017 at Sat-Sun 9:00 pm. Show's concept is brainchild of Pankaj Narayan and produced by Apoorva Bajaj along with him and Colosceum Media Pvt Ltd. Esteemed Panel of Judges on the show includes Sonakshi Sinha, Shekhar Rajviani, Kanika Kapoor along with Swami Ramdev who is Mahaguru to judge the spiritual quotient in the renditions on the show. Show is hosted by Aparshakti Khurana. Bollywood Superstar Ranveer Singh, Sukhwinder Singh And Rapper Baadshah had graced the occasion and performed on its launch episode and lauded the trendsetting concept of the show where Tradition meets Trendy. Ath has made debut in film production with Chal Guru Ho Jaa Shuru released in 2015 and has also produced award-winning documentary, Kitnashak along with various other, ad films and holds portfolio of several companies and NGOs of India, such as Patanjali Yogpeeth. Company has also managed and designed various award shows and known to bring famous Pakistani singer Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi, remembered for his songs 'Acha Sila Diya' and 'Bedardi Se Pyar' to Delhi, for his only concert in India at his peak in the career.
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2014 was the fifth season of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs, a singing competition television series, which premiered on 27 December 2014 on Zee TV. The series aired on every Saturday and Sunday nights for one hour. The grand finale was held on 21 March 2015 for three hours, and the winner was Gagan Gaonkar.
The Voice is an Indian Hindi-language singing reality talent show, based on the original Dutch version of the program created by John de Mol and is part of a wider international franchise. The series employs a panel of four coaches who critique the artists' performances. Each coach guides their team of selected artists through the remainder of the season. They also compete to ensure that their act wins the competition, thus making them the winning coach.
The Voice India Kids is an Indian singing reality competition television series that airs on &TV or StarPlus. The series is produced by Endemol India.
Sabse Bada Kalakar is an auditioning Reality show on Sony TV Channel. This is the first time Sony TV comes up with such show to hunt the entertaining and acting qualities of kid contestants. The judges of the show are Boman Irani., Raveena Tandon and Arshad Warsi. This show is written by Dinesh Brigedier This show was rumoured to replace Indian Idol. After the Super Dancer, this show will again create a huge buzz. The title track was sung by LV Revanth, the winner of Indian Idol.
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Keralam is an Indian Malayalam language musical reality TV show which launched on 6 April 2019 on Zee Keralam channel. The show is produced by Essel Vision Productions. The show is the Malayalam language version of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, the oldest running singing reality show in India.
Superstar Singer is an Indian Hindi-language singing reality show that is broadcast on Sony Entertainment Television. It is aimed at kids between the ages of 7 and 15. Auditions for the second season began in January 2022.
Taare Zameen Par is an Indian kids singing reality show on StarPlus. It premiered on 2 November 2020 and ended on 30 January 2021. The series was hosted by the child actress Aakriti Sharma and singer Sugandha Mishra with Shankar Mahadevan, Jonita Gandhi and Tony Kakkar as the mentors.
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Bangla is a Bengali language singing reality show which airs on Zee Bangla. At very beginning it was hosted by actor Jisshu Sengupta from 2012 to 2019. The show is currently hosted by Abir Chatterjee from 2020 to present.
Indian Idol is an Indian Hindi-language singing reality show of Sony TV. It is an Indian version of the British show Pop Idol and is part of Indian Idol series. It has aired on Sony Entertainment Television since 2004. Originally produced by Miditech Studios and its iconic producer-brothers, Niret Alva, Nikhil J Alva and Nivedith Alva, the series was an instant success when it launched. The brothers produced the first 5 seasons of the series and were instrumental in laying the foundation for its future success.
