Grand Launch Tonight! Indian Idol Season 9 1st Episode 24th December 2016 Hd Video :- The ninth season of the singing reality TV show Indian Idol Season 9 is all set to have a grand launch from tonight on 24th December and the singing show will be marked the comeback of its original panel judge team including, Farah Khan, Sonu Nigam and Anu Malik after 12 years at the Sony Entertainment Television.
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The judges will mark contestants on three most important factors that define the Indian Idol platform – Riyaaz, Awaaz and Andaaz and these are the popular factors of the show too. The show is all set to host by the popular TV actor Karan Wahi and Paritosh Tripathy and the production of the show is done by the FremantleMedia-produced show.
It will be all set to air on Saturday and Sundays at 8:00 PM and it replaced the popular dancing TV show Super Dancer onto SET’s weekend schedule.
“We have created a dedicated time of 8 pm on weekends that will continue to bring unseen talent to our viewers. Super Dancer saw some amazing dancers and now, with Indian Idol, we intend to take this legacy ahead. The original trio of judges is a wonderful combination in the world of music and their chemistry coupled with outstanding singers will surely create magic on screen,” said Danish Khan, EVP and business head of the Sony Entertainment Television.
Fremantle Media India business head Vidyuth Bhandary said about the singing show Indian Idol comeback, “The global phenomenon of the Idol format – launched in 52 territories worldwide and rated as the No 1 show 48 times – has been watched by half a billion viewers globally, making it one of the world’s most loved shows”.
“We are proud of our strong partnership and collaboration with Sony Pictures Networks India, and happy to announce the launch of the 9th season of Indian Idol. It’s been 12 years since the first season of Indian Idol was launched on SET making it the longest-running reality show in India with unprecedented participation,” he added further.
Khan said after establishing SET as the go-to weekend channel, the company is now focussing on increasing its weekday audience and the show is having a massive response with the recent launch of shows like, “Beyhadh”, and the January debut of historical drama “Peshwa Bajirao” is already giving goose bumps to the fans.
Indian Idol 2016-2017 (Season 9) Singer Contestants Names:
Rohit PVNS – Hyderabad
Bharti Gupta – Ghaziabad
Maalavika Sundar – Chennai (Tamil Singer)
Ehsan Asgar – Jammu & Kashmir
Biswajeet Mohapatra – Bhubaneswar
L V Revanth – Hyderabad (Tollywood Singer)
Govind Gandharv – Indore
Mohit Chopra – Delhi
Khuda Baksh – Punjab
Thupten Tsering – Arunachal Pradesh
Dolly Singh – Jharkhand
Tajinder Singh – Mumbai
Jeli Kayi – Arunachal Pradesh