Ok! I am officially pissed off! I don’t get what the Indian audience hears! I am sorry but I don’t think Indians who watch and vote for Indian Idol can be called sound judges! In fact I would love to know what in God’s name do they think before voting! I mean how can the best singers go to bottom three, while the worst pack survives?
I was going to report on Indian Idol Performance Night, but then I thought that not many might care to read who sang what! Besides I don’t really know all the songs to make a sound judgement! However, I do know a good rendition when I hear one!
I have decided to launch two ‘Save the Contestant’ drives! I think the net friendly Indians can read this and go in an overdrive to save two great contestants! They deserve to be on top! Honestly!
I will take you to performance night for a quick summary!
The show started with Sandeep Acharya! He sang an overheard song and frankly I think he is an imitator and his voice reminds me of Udit Narayan, one of the playback singers of Hindi movies! Obviously Sandeep chose an Udit Narayan song! I was so under-whelmed that I pressed the mute button after listening to first stanza! Obviously I did not miss much because the judges also did not think much about his performance and on result night he was coined to be a part of Bottom Three contestants by the judges! He survived bottom three though!
After Sandeep, Neha Kakkar took the stage and she sang this peppy number which was unfortunate because it was nothing new and I think most know that she could handle such songs without any problems and as one of the judges Sonu Nigam pointed out she could do much better! Neha has a fantastic voice! She has the voice that would shine in traditional Indian folk genre! Obviously the performance was very simple and I knew that Neha might land in Bottom Three and I was right!
Amey Date is a favourite with most of the net surfing folks! Amey has a fantastic voice and his slow rendition of a ballad was fantastic! My gal went into an overdrive voting for him because he lands in danger zone almost always and I still have not figured out why! I mean he looks good so his looks can’t be the problem! He sounds great so his voice can’t be the problem either! So what is wrong with Indian voters? Amey landed in bottom three and the popular vote was Indians should not vote! Sorry! I am launching a Save Amey Drive and I want people to participate because Amey is a great singer and he is Top Two material!!!
Meenal Jain – I love this gal! Seriously! She has this amazing voice! Her voice shines in songs that need belting out and belting out in tune is a feat! I personally loved her performance of Lambi Judaai, a song made immortal by Pakistani folk diva Reshma! Meenal’s performance was the best in my opinion and frankly when she landed in bottom three I was not just pissed off – I was like I don’t want to see this show! Seriously if less than perfect is Indian Idol Mantra, what’s the point of having such a show? I am launching Save Meenal Drive! Please don’t fail her! She has a bright future!
Ravi Tripathi! You know something – this guy was the one to leave! It was a horrid performance! I mean please he sang one of my favourite songs and I was like Jesus what is he doing? I am sorry the guy is not that great and he needs a lot of practice to remain in this game! I was not impressed with him and I felt rather distraught when he did not even make it to bottom three! Hello! He deserved to go!!! Don’t give sympathy votes! This is a show about finding a true talent and when compared Ravi just is mediocre and that’s the fact! Sorry, I don’t think sympathy should play any part in such shows!
Antara Mitra – Ok, she is a darling of the audiences! I like her as well and I frankly coined her as the idol! However! Her last two performances were nothing to report home about! So she needs to get back on track and sing what she believes otherwise I think she will not be the right choice! Sorry Antara game is on…
Panna Gill – He is a good entertainer and I know why he survives! The teen gals have a crush on him apparently! As long as he can sing in tune I have no qualms! He was not a bottom three material so I am fine with the fact that he survived!
Monali Thakur – Like Antara, this sweet gal is a crowd favourite and after having some voice trouble last week, she came back with a bang and she was wearing a saree and looking darn cute and sweet! Loved her performance! Loved her look and glad that she remained safe but then she always is!
Saving the best for last! NC Karunya! Karunya is a South-Indian bloke who sings brilliantly in Punjabi! His rendition of the popular song from Mira Nair’s Monsoon Wedding – a great film might I add was just awesome! Yes I agree with him that his performance was the best! Way to go! After landing in bottom three in the last gala, this guy came back and conquered them all!
So the result shows nights are always disturbing and as I already mentioned Amey, Meenal and Neha landed in bottom three! Neha was expected and the other two were on wrong list! Thankfully the blow was not as severe because Meenal was sent back first and Amey stated that since Neha was like a younger sister, he would prefer to leave the competition than see Neha go!
However, Amey survived as you all obviously figured it out! But Amey was crying with passion when he was told that Neha is out and he survived! Amey, I love your passion and more so your mom, she is darn sweet lady and frankly my gal and I always are tenser about her than you, if that makes any sense whatsoever!
Neha sweetheart! You are just 17 and the future for you is darn bright! The plus is your elder sister also was a product of Reality Television Contest and she was NOT selected and now she has a fantastic career – so I am very certain that you like your sister Sonu Kakkar would be heard by Indians soon! I wish you all the best!
The greatest highlight of result night was the inclusion of Anuj Sharma who replaced Jolly Das who is still down with Chicken Pox! Sorry Jolly!
Now the great thing about Anuj is he is cute, he sings very well and he is taken, which makes him even hotter! Ok, so that’s my gal’s take but I sincerely like the guy, so I was glad to see him back, although I think Farah Khan was kind of mean when she delivered the news! But as long as he is selected, I will not hold that against Farah!
So now here’s the deal! The net savvy Indians need to wake up and participate in Save Amey campaign and Save Meenal campaign because if we don’t wake up, these great singers just might leave and frankly I would not continue reporting on a talent contest where talent is ignored!
So that’s that! Looking forward to great changes next week! Cheers!
hey u all are a good singers but one day someone has to leave this competition sooo buke up guys u r goood and i love amay date, for he is best and minal jain she is great they nice and i watch this show each and everytime .... wish u guys good luck bye take care
Lipi patel from USA
Firstly, I would like to start off by complimenting you on your comments as I am in complete agreement that "Indian audiences need to wake up". I am in Toronto, Canada and don't have much of a choice in voting.
You have obviously scrutinized every aspect of the recent Indian Idol shows. Amey and Meenal are indeed great singers and I hope they always remain in the top threes. I watched Indian Idol last night and as soon as I saw Amey and Meenal appear in the bottom three I felt extremely anxious.
I am not sure what the audience is looking for. But I think I have got it a bit. Amey and Meenal DEFINITELY need to do two things: 1) Choose hip and happening songs, 2) Ensure that the songs they choose will also enable them to express their full singing (vocal) capacity and capability. I just hope someone can get this message out to them.
You are doing a great job of getting through to people (just keep your fingers crossed and pray people LISTEN).
hey i would like to request the people from indian idol team to please not always collect sympathy vote for antara by introducing her as a girl from a small village in every episodes.got pissed off already.and i don't know how a a girl from small village can bunk her class and go for kareena's movies.in no way from the very beginning did she appear to me a girl from a small village.even if she is she must have been educated outside.she is irritating and i feel her voice has nasal tone.
Hi,
I agree with you almost 100%.I am in North Carolina,USA and beleive me I feel frustrated coz I can't vote.A message to all my country mates back home..........please vite for the deserving person.According to me Amey is great singer,best of all an ok performer,Karunya is fabulous too,a good performer as well,Panna Gill is an ok singer but a fabulous performer.........please same Amey as he deserves better.
i want meenal, amey and karunya to be in the final round and frm there it should b amey who gets in coz he has combined qulities of the reamining too with qualities of himself also.........goodluck amey and all else....but think anu mallik is totally wrong on antara..she is not that gr8 singer anuji..u r wrong
i lovee amey n meenal!! but can't vote due to bein oversea's so it does get frustrating wen ur favourites are in the bottom 3 wen they sing better than the rest...not to be a hater, coz they r all good performers to an extent but amey's and meenal's voices are off the hook...dunno wot the indian audience is lookin out for!! need to buckle up and stop sending the best singers to the bottom 3!!!
i'm sure that Karunya deserves to be the indian idol.HE has a nice voice,his choice if song is excellent.I strongly beleive that he only can give a tough competition 2 abhijeet, amit, rahul vaidyaand all others.So i request india to be fair & vote the most deserving candidate
I still cant believe it that my favourite Panna Gill is out. I mean not only he looked good but he was also a good singer! i would say he was a complete package and he was one man that could have stayed as the top three till the end.
What is happening man? Even last week a very talented singer like monali went, why cant people see that it is singers like ravi and Anuj that needs to get out of there and i would even say Antara!!!
I must say people in India are crap are vooting and maybe need to get their eyes and ears checked out seen as they cant see or hear the best singers in the indian idol!!!!!!
neha, monali & now panna! so sad! come on, janata vote for good singers like amey & minal, karunya. We should not lose them. our no. of votes should be more than what ravi, anuj are getting. please vote for amey, minal & karunya. if good singers lose it is our loss. we'll have to listen to besuriley songs. hope you understand.
SAVE AMEY & MINAL.
ASH.
Mumbai
All contestants have talent & are good singers, except Ravi Tripathi & Sandeep.
My personal favorite is 1st- Amey Datte, 2nd- Karunya, 3rd- Antara.
Good luck to all, I am in USA & unfortunately we cannot vote, but the Indian audience needs to wake up, or they will end up with an Idol they themselves will be ashamed of in the future.
First of all i want to thank the first person who started this important talk. Watever ur name is.... may god bless u... cause watever u have done.....it had to be done! i think its bout tiem we got sum sense into the JANTA'S HEAD! i reallyyy feel that Ravi should be out... i mean he cant even sing properly... he forgets his words....he should have been out 3 weeks bck why si he still here??? i mean when saagar got voted out did u see the way he laughed at him! im gona laugh at him soo much wen he goes.. cause afta that day i have truelyy disliked him! so lets get him out Janta and lets just hope that AMEYYY BECOMES THE 2ND INDIAN IDOL.....Because he has the looks, the talent and the beautiful touching voicee and also lets hope that minal cums in the final three as she has bin trying soo hard since she was a child....i really wish her all the luck she needs! but AMEYYYYY WILL WIN... WE WIL MAKE HIM RING!!!! HE IS OUR NXT INDIAN IDOL!!! LETS ALL TOEGTHER PRAY FOR HIM! the song which he sang on Valatines day was fantastic it touched many ppl's heart... and thats wat we need wen it cums to music! sooo lets make our AMEYY DARLINGG WIN... BECAUSE I LOVE HIM SO MUCH....I WISH I CUD MARRY HIM....I REALLY THINK IVE FAALEN IN LOVE WITH HIM....not just his music but him tooo! ohh yeaa not forgetting karunya.. he's good too... wish him all the bestt.... but our indian idol will be AMEYYYY AMEYY AMEYY AMEYY AMEYY AMEYY AMEYYYYYY AND THE ONE AND ONLY AMEYY! Im from the UK im from london.. if i wa sin bombayy i would runn to himm noww....and sayy ameyy darlingg i love u! awww may god bles shim and give him all the happiness in lifee..! Dil ne tumko chunlya hai amey! xxx Sneha
