Indian Idol Season 5: Judges, Hosts, Winner, and Contestant List

Who hosted season 5 of Indian Idol?

The 5th season of Indian idol was hosted by Hussain Kuwajerwala and Abhijeet Sawant.

Who were the judges of season 5?

Anu Malik: is a famous Indian singer and composer. He won many notable awards for his works in the industry.
Sunidhi Chauhan: is an Indian playback singer who began performing in local gatherings at the age of 5 and made her career debut at the age of 13, with the film Shastra (1996).
Salim Merchant: is an Indian composer, he works in a duo with his partner known as Sulaiman Merchant. The dup has composed songs in various Bollywood movies.

Who were the contestants of Season 5?

1. Sreerama Chandra Mynampati

He is an Indian playback singer and Actor. He debuted his playback career in the Telugu film industry. In 2013, he made his Telugu cinema acting debut with the film ‘Jagadguru Adi Shankara’. He has also played the lead in Prema Geema Jantha Nai.

2. Bhoomi Trivedi:

She sang many songs in the Bollywood industry such as “Bahne Dey” from the movie Prem Mayee; “Ram Chahe Leela” from Goliyon Ki Raasleela: Ram-Leela; “Udi Udi Jaye” from Raees.

3. Rakesh Maini:

He is an Indian Idol Season 5 Top 3 finalist and Bollywood playback singer. He does many shows within and outside India, with famous like Sunidhi Chauhan.

4. Swaroop Khan

He is an Indian playback folk singer from Rajasthan. He is known for his popular songs “Tharki Chokro” in PK and Ghoomar in Padmaavat.

5. Shivam Pathak

He is an Indian singer and songwriter. He was nominated for the 7th Mirchi Music Awards Upcoming Music Composer of The Year for the “Sukoon Mila” from Mary Kom.

6. Tia Kar

Twinkle Dipan Kar who is also Known as TIYAH KAR (Tia Kar) is a singer, musician, a dynamite performer, and an extremely enigmatic soul with unfathomable love for music. She is half Punjabi half Bengali.

7. Naushad Ali

He is an Indian Sufi singer.

8. Shashi Suman

He is a composer, known for Bajirao Mastani (2015), Mary Kom (2014), and Sarbjit (2016).

9. Arpita Khan

Arpita Khan is a first-year BA Sanskrit Honors Student. She has been learning music since the tender age of 5 years from her guru, Jayanto Sarkar, and Anu Shila Bose.

10. Yashraj Kapil

He is an Indian singer from Faridabad. He is the winner of the reality show Sitaron Ko Choona Hai, and also participated in the music reality shows Sur Kshetra

11. Manisha Karmakar

Manisha had won the Zee Bangla Sa Re Ga Ma in Kolkata in 2008 and had also participated in the 2009 Sa Re Ga Ma Challenge on Zee.

12. Meghna Kumar

Meghna Kumar, the Jhansi girl who very well reflected the never-say-die spirit of Jhansi through her strong sense of self-confidence.

13. Vishwas Rai

Vishwas Rai the most senior and experienced singer among the talented thirteen singers in season 5 looks at his elimination from the show as a positive step, even though he did not expect his ouster so soon.