The first season of Pakistan Idol premiered on Geo on 6 December 2013 (under the full title Pakistan Idol: Jo Hai Dil Ki Awaz) and continued until 24 April 2014 created by Simon Fuller. It was won by Zamad Baig. The first season was hosted by Mohib Mirza, while Anoushey Ashraf joined in semi-finals and also hosted the spin-off show Pakistan Idol-Sur Ka Safar.

The show follows the same Idols format comprising fourteen-weeks from auditions to semi-finals and grand finale. The show aired two weekly episodes at the 21:00 PST prime-time slot. The judges panel for the first season included Ali Azmat, Hadiqa Kiani and Bushra Ansari.

The first season set a record for gathering 1 million votes for finale. On 27 April 2014, Zamad Baig won the first season of Pakistan Idol, Muhammad Shoaib was the runner-up.

Regional Auditions

Audition took Place at following places, listing is in order of episode airing date: Episode Air DateAudition CityDateAudition VenuesReferencesGolden Tickets 6 December 2013 8 December 2013Lahore, Punjab28–30 September 2013Shalimar Tower Hotel,Avenues Marquees, DHA Phase 5 16 13 December 2013Multan, Punjab5–7 October 2013UCL-TILS University 09 15 December 2013Faisalabad, Punjab24 September 2013Royalton Hotel 1120 December 2013Peshawar, KPK26 September 2013Galaxy Complex 13Sukkur, Sindh9 October 2013Red Carpet Hotel 0122 December 2013 Islamabad, ICT19–20 September 2013The Centaurus,Pak-China Friendship Centre 1827 December 2013 29 December 2013Karachi, Sindh19–21 October 2013Beach Luxury Hotel 13CLEAR Last chance audition winners Online Registration Process05Total number of tickets to Karachi 86

In addition, Pakistan Idol auditions held at Hunza, Swat and Gwadar. The response of the people at auditions was hugely positive, around 20,000 plus people went out for audition, In Lahore due to the large number of auditionees the audition days extended two more days, the enthusiasm of people in Faisalabad and Multan was exceptionally extravagant. At Hunza, Swat and Gwadar auditions took place where a majority of girls appears for audition, In Sukhur, Hyderabad and Karachi auditions took place for three days.

Clear Last Chance Auditions Pakistan Idol shows extravagant and sterling attainments, the Presenter and major sponsor of the series CLEAR offers another last chance for online auditions on its official Facebook page for the people who missed the chance to get auditioned. A port block was set open from 26 October 2013 to 8 November 2013 on page to post a five minutes video and audio clips of the singing of desired auditionees. Previous auditionees were also able to take part once again. Online selected contestants names were posted on a Facebook page after selection and CLEAR called them to Karachi for final selection. Through this procedure a total of 12 contestants was selected from which a total of five was finalized by the series judges.

Audition Structure

There are usually three stages in the audition process in every season, the first round being the open call audition advertised. Desired auditionees register themselves via SMS, and then called for audition at the venue, each person registered sings briefly in front of the judges, with those who gain at least two yeses from the three judges then receiving a Golden Ticket to Karachi. In the second round all the selected participants are brought to Karachi, for final auditions, where they first sing in a group of four or five in front of judges. Most of those who attended are eliminated at this stage with only a limited number of auditionees selected to proceed further. In the Third round selected participants have to sing in duos and trios. Here further selection occurs and more participants drop out. Only the final 30 made their way to the semi-finals round with the last final 12 or 13 selected for the game race and then this will be the only phase of the game where the audience select the fate of final contestants.

In the first season, the second and third stage of the audition took place within a single day, but in the following seasons each stage of the audition may take place on separate days. The initial audition venue need not necessarily be the final audition venue in front of the judges, and in later seasons, up to three separate venues may be used for the auditions in each city. The venues and dates of the second audition in front of the producers are not specifically listed in these pages.

Theater Round

Groups Performance After the regional auditions, 86 contestants were selected to perform in Karachi in a series of rounds designed to eliminate further singers and narrow the pool. The first theatre round involved group performances where a selected group of four to five contestants was asked to sing in front of the judges, albeit individually and not as a group. From amongst these contestants, the pool of contenders was narrowed down to 35 contestants. The selected contestants were asked to perform the next day in the second theatre round – the duets and trios.

Duo's and Trio's The rest of the best 35 advanced singers sung duos and trios in front of judges, in order to check their coordination and ability to sing with partners. A series of auditions occur, where fewer contestants made their way to the last and final round of theater.

Solo performance with Music Track The selected contestants from previous rounds enter into the third and final phase, where they have to perform as a solo performer with a music track. A series of performances occur and judges selected the final top 24 contestants for the piano round.

Top 24 Contestants

The following 24-Top Semi-finalist were selected from a total of 86. These contestants enter into Semi-final stage where the top 24-finalists will compete to reach a place of the final 12-Contestants, and from them the winner of the show will declared. One of the Top 24 contestants Nazish walks out due to her father's deteriorating health condition therefore eliminated contestant, Ghazal Ali, was selected to replace Nazish in the top 24.

Order Contestant age at time of show Occupation Hometown audition location About the Contestant 1 Ghazal Ali 21 Teacher Karachi Karachi, Sindh Ghazal is a school teacher, born and brought up in Karachi. She is a trained singer and has already taken part in various singing competitions and even reached the quarter-finals of a national singing competition. 2 Fayeza Rashid 24 Make-up Artist Lahore Lahore, Punjab By profession Fayeza is a Make-up artist, she has been passionate about singing since she was a child and has received a lot of support for this from her mother and elder sister, who is a trained singer. 3 Mahwish Maqsood 26 Stage-Singer Lahore Lahore, Punjab Mehwish is a trained classical singer, She has already performed on PTV's show Virsa Heritage and she has great interest in Sufi music. 4 Sana Zulfiqar 19 Television Playback-singer Lahore Lahore, Punjab Sana Zulfiqar has been singing professionally for three years. 19-year-old singer has sung as a playback singer for many famous drama serials for various TV channels and has performed on several morning shows, including Geo's Utha Jago Geo. 5 Rose Marie 15 Student Karachi Karachi, Sindh Hails from Karachi, Rose is a trained classical singer and being training from the age of 7, she won many singing competitions. She was in the Top 5 of the Indo-Pak famous singing reality competition Chhote Ustaad. 6 Fiza Javed Abbasi 24 Music Teacher Karachi Karachi, Sindh An undergrad of CBM, Karachi, Fiza Javed Abbasi has been singing since she was four. She has not received any training but has evolved over the years as a singer. 7 Midhat Hidayat 15 Matriculation Student Karachi Karachi, Sindh Midhat is a matriculation student and has never received training in music, though her passion and zeal about singing took her to the idol journey. 8 Muhammad Shoaib 23 Journalist Qissa Khawani,Peshawar Peshawar, KPK Hails from Qissa Khawani and lives in Peshawar, Shoaib is a journalist and has worked as a producer on the radio as well as TV. He has also worked for the print media. He has no training in music. 9 Ali Rizwan 29 University Student Faisalabad Faisalabad, Punjab Rizwan is currently doing a masters in Islamiyat Studies, his interest in music and sheer voice make him a singer. 10 Waqas Ali Vicky 22 journalist Mian Channu,Khanewal, Punjab Islamabad, ICT Coming from a tiny small area of Punjab, Waqas is a journalist, though Vicky has not received any formal training he has set his base being the lead vocalist of his own band Sargam which performs at local events. 11 Zamad Baig 21 Film-Maker Mandi Bahauddin Lahore, Punjab Zammad is currently studying film making and wanted to become a play-back singer, he trained himself in a Sufi-rock genre without supervision of music mentors and maestros. 12 Seemab Arshad 19 Student Lahore Lahore, Pumjab Seemab hails from Lahore and is a student of ACC and wanted to become a chartered accountant, at the same time his extravagant interest in music urged him to become a singer. 13 Kashif Ali 21 Singer Lahore Lahore, Punjab Kashif started his singing career at the age of 5, till then he had no professional training in music, wanting to become a cricketer, but his zenith in music took him into another world. 14 M. Yasir Khan 20 Student Lahore Lahore, Punjab A student of accountancy and an only child of his Pathani descent family, Yasir is passionate about singing without having any training. He is a melodious singer. 15 Umer Aftab 23 Student Lahore Lahore, Punjab Hails from the family of politics and media, Umer is a B.com student and has not trained in music. His grandfather was a director. He wanted to join politics after achieving fame from the show. 16 Asad Raza Sonu 26 Marketing Executive officer Islamabad Islamabad, ICT Asad is a Marketing Executive officer in a firm of ISB, he holds a job with a strict schedule of 12-hours, despite that his passion of singing never dampened his zeal to become a singer. With the support of family and his firm CEO he took time off to participate in the race. 17 Muhammad Zeeshan Ali 26 Singer/Composer Islamabad Islamabad, ICT Zeeshan has never received any formal training in singing, though he has competed in singing competitions before coming to Pakistan Idol. He stood runner-up in one of these competitions. 18 Shamir Aziz Quidwai 23 Engineer Islamabad Islamabad, ICT By profession Shamir is an electrical engineer, without training in singing he has been participating in singing shows throughout his life. 19 Waqas Ali 25 Music Teacher Rawalpindi Punjab Islamabad, ICT Waqas hails from Rawalpindi, is a Music teacher and owns a small music studio. He started his singing career with play-back in PTV drama serial Suraq. 20 Waqar Ehsin 29 Student Islamabad Islamabad, ICT Currently Waqar is a student of economics, his passion for music has made him take time off from studies to compete for the Pakistan Idol. 21 Abd-ul-Ahad Khan 26 Singer/Actor Karachi Karachi, Sindh Ahad is an MBA, but his interest in singing put him on a path to a singing career. He has won several music competitions at regional level. He is also an actor. 22 Syed Ali Asad Zaidi 25 Commerce Student Karachi Karachi, Sindh Ali is a commerce student and has no training in music. He has won two singing competitions at national level of Pakistan. 23 Syed Sajid Abbas 20 Copywriter Karachi Karachi, Sindh Sajid is a professional copywriter and currently studying media. He is trained in semi-classical by Ustad Urooj Khan. In 2010 Sajid competed in LG Awaaz Banaye Star in which he was a runner-up. 24 Abdul Rafay Khan 16 Music Student Karachi Karachi, Sindh Rafay is being training as a singer from Karachi's National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) and is currently a third year student there.

Semi-finalists

Following is the list of semi-finalists who failed to reach the finals: