Jatin Pandit
Aadesh Shrivastav
Abhijeet Bhattacharya
Alka Yagnik
Lalit Pandit
India| Amul Star Voice of India | |
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| Format | Interactive Reality Musical Game show |
| Created by | Gajendra Singh |
| Directed by | Gajendra Singh |
| Starring | Shaan Jatin Pandit Aadesh Shrivastav Abhijeet Bhattacharya Alka Yagnik Lalit Pandit |
| Opening theme | "Star Voice of India" by Shaan |
| Country of origin | India |
| No. of episodes | 2 as of 18 May 2007 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 52 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | STAR Plus |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV), |
| Original run | 18 May 2007 – 24 November 2007 |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Star Voice of India was an Indian Television singing competition that premiered on 18 May 2007 and ended on 24 November 2007. It was the first Indian singing competition produced by STAR Plus. The show was directed by Gajendra Singh, creator of the famous Sa Re Ga Ma Pa series. It also featured judges that were on the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa series, Aadesh Srivastav, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Alka Yagnik, Lalit Pandit and Jatin Pandit. Shaan, who had previously been hosting Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, hosted the show.
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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 May 1, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. to May 10, 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 didn't 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 renderedn 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 | Abhilasha |
| Mirande | Ishmeet |
| Harshit Saxena | Prantika |
| Sumitra | Prantik |
| Toshi Sabri | Priyani |
| Arshpreet | Irfaan |
The Agni team was hosted by Lalit Pandit and Aadesh Shrivastav and the Prithvi Team was hosted by Abhijeet 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, October 5th, Toshi, 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 lakhs of votes are sent.
The Grand Finale was held on 24 November 2007. Ishmeet Singh 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 died in a drowning accident on July 29, 2008.
The director, Gajendra Singh, 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 Goshal, Kunal Ganjawala, and Pritam.
The grand finale took place on 5 April 2008. Amitabh Bachan and Juhi Chawla were the chief guests. Aishwariya was announced as the winner. Both Anwesha and Aishwariya are going to USA for a stage show.
The Grand Finale was hosted by Abhaas Joshi and Shaan.
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