Indian Idol Junior is an Indian Hindi-language reality television singing competition and is a spin-off of Indian Idol. It began broadcasting on Sony Entertainment Television from 1 June 2013. Karan Wahi and Mandira Bedi hosted the show, which was judged by music duo Vishal–Shekhar along with playback singer Shreya Ghoshal. Anjana Padmanabhan won the first edition of Indian Idol Junior.
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.
A third season started in August. The judges of this season 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 SeasonYearJudgesHostChannelContestants WinnerRunner-up IIJ S12013Vishal DadlaniShekhar Ravjiani Shreya GhoshalKaran WahiMandira BediSET11 Anjana Padmanabhan Debanjana KarmakarIIJ S22015Shalmali Kholgade Salim MerchantHussain KuwajerwalaAsha Negi13 Ananya Nanda Nahid AfrinSonakshi Sinha
Season 1
Judges Vishal DadlaniShreya GhoshalShekhar Ravjiani
Host Karan WahiMandira Bedi
Top 11 Contestants Name Hometown Result Place Anjana Padmanabhan Bengaluru 1st Debanjana Karmakar Kolkata 2nd Anmol Jaswal Jammu and Kashmir 2nd Runner-up 3rd Nirvesh Dave Ahmedabad 3rd Runner-up 4th Sugandha Date Nagpur 5th Sonakshi Kar Cuttack 6th Priyam Borpatragohain Assam 7th Akash Sharma Haryana 8th Eman Chaudhary Assam 9th Sankalp Yaduwanshi Moradabad 10th Aryan Das Moradabad 11th
Season 2
Indian Idol Junior Season 2 started on30 May 2015 and finished on 6 September 2015. Judges Salim MerchantSonakshi Sinha replaced Shalmali Kholgade Vishal Dadlani
Host Hussain KuwajerwalaAsha Negi
Top 13 Contestants Name Hometown Result Place Ananya Sritam Nanda Bhubaneswar 1st Nahid Afrin Assam 2nd Nithyashree Venkataramanan Chennai 2nd Runner-up 3rd Vaishnav Girish Thrissur 4th Niharika Nath Agartala 5th Moti Khan Rajasthan 6th Ranita Banerjee Kolkata 7th Sreelakshmi Belmannu Bangalore 8th Ajay Brijwasi Mathura 9th Yumna Ajin Vengara 10th Surendra Singh Panwar Rajasthan 11th Vidhi Jaswal Jammu and Kashmir 12th Shubhankar Kolkata 13th
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