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Star Voice of India | |
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Also known as | Amul Star Voice of India |
Directed by | Gajendra Singh |
Starring | Shaan Jatin Pandit Lalit Pandit Aadesh Shrivastava Abhijeet Bhattacharya Alka Yagnik Neha Kakkar Armaan Malik Ash King |
Opening theme | "Star Voice of India" by Shaan |
Country of origin | India |
Production | |
Running time | 52 minutes |
Production company | Urban Brew Studios |
Original release | |
Network | STAR Plus |
Release | 18 May 2007 – 2021 |
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.
The prizes offered to the winner were:-
Auditions for the show were held in the Indian cities shown below. The judges chose 17 contestants out of the thousands that had auditioned and the 17 contestants performed on the first two episodes of the show.
The Auditions were held in the following cities in India each between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. :
In addition, there was another way to audition from 1 May 2007 at 9:00 a.m. to 10 May 2007 at 11:59 p.m. that required the participant to be a subscriber and registered user of Hutchison Essar Telecom Limited ("Hutch"). The participant had to call 12399 from their Hutch mobile number and follow the instructions that required the participant to sing a song from their phone and leave personal details that were recorded. If the participant did not follow all the instructions given to them, the participant's entry was rendered null and void. Inaudible and unclear entries were also not accepted.
The participant was only allowed to sing Hindi songs with a duration of up to 60 seconds. Singing for longer than 60 seconds also rendered one's entry null and void.
Of all the participants that entered, the producers and representatives listened to a hundred randomly selected entries that were received during the contest and selected 5 winning participants that were believed to have the best voice among those who entered.
After five contestants were chosen, they were finally eligible to directly participate in the official auditions of the show held in Lucknow without having to wait in the queue for the auditions.
Contestants are noted here in reverse chronological order of elimination.
In the galas, the contestants were distributed among two teams
AGNI TEAM | PRITHVI TEAM |
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Abhas Joshi | Abhilasha |
Mirande | Ishmeet |
Harshit Saxena | Prantika |
Sumitra | Prantik |
Toshi Sabri | Priyani |
Arshpreet | Irfan |
The Agni team was hosted by Lalit Pandit and Aadesh Shrivastava and the Prithvi team was hosted by Abhijeet Bhattacharya and Alka Yagnik while Jatin Pandit remained neutral.
Eliminated contestants on the show were given another chance to prove their talent through a wildcard entry episode which was started on request of judge Jatin Pandit. Wildcard contestants were judged by renowned personalities of music industry.
The Wildcard Contestants were:
On Friday, 5 October, Toshi Sabri, Abhas and Priyani made it to the top three among the wildcard contestants. Originally, the hosts had intended to select only two of these three, and Toshi Sabri and Abhas had scored the highest votes. Abhas had scored only 16 votes more than Priyani, hence all the judges revised their decision and pressed for Priyani to be brought back into the show, citing that a difference of 16 votes is negligible in a contest where hundreds of thousands of votes are sent.
The Grand Finale was held on 24 November 2007. Ishmeet Singh Sodhi was the winner and Harshit Saxena was the runner-up. From the South Zone, Harshit received 55% of the votes; in the East Zone, he received 52% of the votes and from the West Zone he received 60% of the votes. However, counting the North Zone votes, Ishmeet won. Also, Abhaas won the Jury Award.
The winner of the first Star Voice of India was thus officially declared as Ishmeet Singh, who hails from Punjab. After winning the show, he released a religious album called "Satgur Tumre Kwaaj Saware". He supposedly died in a drowning accident, on 29 July 2008. Evidence was found to say that he was murdered.
The director, Gajendra Singh and production house, Urban Brew Studios, then continued the series with a version for juniors called "Amul Star Voice of India Chhote Ustaad," meant for children between the ages of 8 and 14. The series was hosted by Voice of India Jury-Award winner Abhaas Joshi and judges Shreya Ghoshal, Kunal Ganjawala, and Pritam.
The grand finale took place on 5 April 2008. Amitabh Bachchan and Juhi Chawla were the chief guests. Aishwarya was announced as the winner. Both Anwesha and Aishwarya are going to United States for a stage show.
The Grand Finale was hosted by Abhaas Joshi and Shaan.
Star Voice of India 2 premiered on 18 July 2008. It Stands for Second Season of Gajendra Singh and Urban Brew's previous Show Star Voice of India. This season replaces all old judges with three new judges. The two finalists on the show were Ravi Shukla and Saptaparna Chakraborty.
A three-hour grand finale was held at the Andheri Sport's Complex in Mumbai on 21 December, in the presence of prominent singers like Jagjit Singh, Ila Arun and Sonu Nigam. During the course of the finale, the finalists conducted several performances and were often joined by their former rivals, in a spirit of co-operation and unity. A special remembrance video was assembled to remember the late Ishmeet Singh, who was the first winner of Star Voice of India series. In order to sustain his memory, the show presented the first Ishmeet Singh Singing Award to Ronit Sonar of Assam, a contestant on the show.
At the end of the show, Ravi Shukla of Delhi was crowned the winner by guest Sonu Nigam. As part of the winner's package, Ravi was awarded a brand new Chevrolet car along with a cheque for Rs. 2.5 million. In addition to the bonus gift, Ravi was awarded an exclusive contract with T-Series to launch his first album. Both Ravi and Saptaparna were awarded trophies by their "gurus", Monty Sharma and Ismail Darbar respectively.
Contest Number | Contestant Name | Place | Status (Running/Eliminated) |
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1 | Apapbidya Chakraborty | Kerala | Eliminated |
2 | Amitabh Narayan | Bihar | Eliminated |
3 | Argha Dutta | Tamil Nadu | Eliminated |
4 | Arvind Dhandwaal | Himachal Pradesh | Eliminated |
5 | Debarati Bhattacharjee | Tripura | Eliminated |
6 | Kanika Joshi | Uttaranchal | Eliminated |
7 | Mahipal Singh Rathore | Rajasthan | Eliminated |
8 | Mallar Karmakar | West Bengal | Eliminated |
9 | Mangesh Boregaonkar | Goa | Eliminated |
10 | Mukul Soni | Madhya Pradesh | Eliminated |
11 | Rahul Mukharjee | Maharashtra | Eliminated |
12 | Ravi Shukla | Delhi | Winner |
13 | Rithisha Padmanabh | Karnataka | Eliminated |
14 | Rohit Sonar | Assam | Eliminated |
15 | Ruchi Sharma (singer) | Haryana | Eliminated |
16 | Ryan Dias | Andhra Pradesh | Eliminated |
17 | Saptaparna Chakraborty | Assam | Runner-Up |
18 | Sayantani Das | Orissa | Eliminated |
19 | Shikha Jain | Gujarat | Eliminated |
20 | Shraddha Das | Jharkhand | Eliminated |
21 | Sonali Dogra | Jammu & Kashmir | Eliminated |
22 | Vinti Singh | Uttar Pradesh | Eliminated |
23 | Vipul Mehta | Punjab | Eliminated |
24 | Zakir Hussain | Chhattisgarh | Eliminated |
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