Indian Idol Junior Explained

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Winner:Anjana Padmanabhan
Runner Up:Debanjana Karmakar
Anmol Jaswal
Nirvesh Dave
Judges:Vishal Dadlani
Shekhar Ravjiani
Shreya Ghoshal
Host:Karan Wahi
Mandira Bedi
Network:Sony TV

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

scopeSeasonscopeYearJudgesHostChannelContestants WinnerRunner-up
IIJ S12013Vishal DadlaniShekhar RavjianiShreya GhoshalKaran Wahi
Mandira Bedi
Sony TV11Anjana PadmanabhanDebanjana Karmakar
IIJ S22015Shalmali KholgadeSalim MerchantHussain Kuwajerwala
Asha Negi
13Ananya NandaNahid Afrin
Sonakshi Sinha

Indian Idol Junior Season 1

Vishal Dadlani
Shreya Ghoshal
Shekhar Ravjiani

Karan Wahi
Mandira Bedi

Top 11 Contestants

NameHometownResultPlace
Anjana PadmanabhanBengaluru1st
Debanjana KarmakarKolkata2nd
Anmol JaswalJammu and Kashmir2nd Runner-up3rd
Nirvesh DaveAhmedabad3rd Runner-up4th
Akash SharmaHaryana5th
Aryan DasCuttack6th
Sonakshi KarKolkata7th
Priyam BorpatragohainAssam8th
Eman ChaudharyAssam9th
Sugandha DateNagpur10th
Sankalp YaduwanshiMoradabad11th

Indian Idol Junior Season 2

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

Salim Merchant
Sonakshi Sinha replaced Shalmali Kholgade
Vishal Dadlani

Hussain Kuwajerwala
Asha Negi

Top 13 Contestants

NameHometownResultPlace
Ananya Sritam Nanda[4] Bhubaneswar1st
Nahid AfrinAssam2nd
Nithyashree VenkataramananChennai2nd Runner-up3rd
Vaishnav GirishThrissur4th
Niharika NathAgartala5th
Moti KhanRajasthan6th
Ranita BanerjeeKolkata7th
Sreelakshmi BelmannuBangalore8th
Ajay BrijwasiMathura9th
Yumna AjinVengara10th
Surendra Singh PanwarRajasthan11th
Vidhi JaswalJammu and Kashmir12th
ShubhankarKolkata13th

Notes and References

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