Indian Idol Season 1: Judges, Hosts, Winner, and Contestant List

Indian Idol is a famous Indian show, where contestants compete for the title of Indian idol. It has a pop idol format.

Who hosted season 1 of Indian Idol?

Season 1 was hosted by Aman Verma and Mini Mathur.

Who were the judges?

Anu Malik: is a famous Indian singer and composer. He won many notable awards for his works in the industry.
Farah Khan: known for direction in the famous films Main Hoon Na and Om Shanti Om. She is a popular choreographer, producer/director.
Sonu Nigam: Is an Indian singer. He is one of the most popular playback singers in the country.

Top 12 contestant List:

Abhijeet Sawant:

After the show, he hosted many shows and acted in a few movies, such as he played a cameo or short role in Tees Maar Khan.

Amit Sana:

He is a playback singer and live performer. He sings songs in many languages such as Telugu, Punjabi, Bengali, Assamese, etc.

Rahul Vaidya:

He joined many reality shows such as Big Boss 14 and Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 11. He also sang a few songs as a playback singer.

Prajakta Shukre:

She is a singer and works in the Bollywood industry, she also joined some reality shows.

Ravinder Ravi:

He belongs to Ludhiana, after the show he released a Punjabi album that consisted of 8 unique songs.

Aditi Paul:

She sang many Bollywood songs, her hit song was Ang Laga De Re from the movie Goliyon ki Raas Leela Ram-Leela.

Mukesh Pancholi

He sang Jeetega Phirse India Mera and Rimjhim Sawan Bare from the movie Bol Bum- Jai Ho.

Harish Moyal:

He holds the Big Star IMA Awards in the year 2011 for the best Sufi song of the year. Also, his radio show namely Mehfil-e -Mausiqui was a great hit and was hugely loved by the public.

Rahul Saxena:

He worked on the song Deewangi Deewangi from the movie Om Shanti Om.

Amit Tandon:

He played the character of Prithvi Bose in Kaisa Ye Pyaar Hai and Abhimanyu Modi in Dill Mill.

Vishal Kothari:

He performed nearly 1000 performances all over the globe. He is also honored by the Canadian Government at International Jazz Festival 2014.

Priyanka Venkateshwar

She entered three television talent hunts. The first two, Star Plus shows Kya Masti Kya Dhoom and Kuchh Kar Dikhaana Hai were a breeze for her. She won easily. The third was for a bigger prize, a prize most people assumed was hers from the start — winning the Indian Idol contest. But she dropped out a few paces behind the finish line, to study for the Higher Secondary Certificate final exam.