Indian Idol is an Indian music competition television franchise based on the Pop Idol format. Several iterations of the series have been produced by different companies. The first series premiered in 2004 and there has been 18 seasons to date.
Versions Currently airing – 1 Upcoming for airing – 0 Recently concluded – 1 No longer airing – 1
LanguageShowSeasonYearHostJudgesNetworkPremiereFinaleContestantsWinnerRunner upHindiIndian Idol12004–05Aman Verma Mini MathurAnu MalikFarah KhanSonu NigamSET30 October 20045 March 2005 12Abhijeet SawantAmit Sana22005–0621 November 200522 April 200612Sandeep AcharyaN. C. Karunya32007Hussain Kuwajerwala Mini MathurUdit NarayanAlisha ChinaiJaved Akhtar4 May 200723 September 200713Prashant TamangAmit Paul42008–09Hussain Kuwajerwala Meiyang ChangSonali BendreKailash Kher19 September 20081 March 200912Sourabhee DebbarmaKapil Thapa52010Hussain Kuwajerwala Abhijeet SawantSunidhi ChauhanSalim Merchant26 April 201015 August 201013Sreerama ChandraBhoomi Trivedi62012Hussain Kuwajerwala Mini MathurSalim MerchantAsha Bhosle1 June 20121 September 201216Vipul MehtaAmit KumarIndian Idol Junior72013Karan Wahi Mandira BediVishal DadlaniShreya GhoshalShekhar Ravjiani1 June 20131 September 201311Anjana PadmanabhanDebanjana Karmakar82015Hussain Kuwajerwala Asha NegiSalim MerchantSonakshi Sinha30 May 20156 September 201513Ananya NandaNahid AfrinIndian Idol92016–17Karan Wahi Paritosh TripathiAnu MalikFarah KhanSonu Nigam18 December 20162 April 201714L. V. RevanthKhuda Baksh102018Manish PaulVishal DadlaniNeha KakkarJaved Ali7 July 201823 December 201814Salman AliAnkush Bhardwaj112019Aditya NarayanHimesh Reshammiya12 October 201923 February 202016Sunny HindustaniRohit Shyam Raut122020–21Vishal DadlaniNeha Kakkar28 November 202015 August 202115Pawandeep RajanArunita Kanjilal132022–2310 September 20222 April 202315Rishi SinghDeboshmita Roy142023–24Hussain KuwajerwalaShreya GhoshalKumar Sanu7 October 20233 March 202415Vaibhav GuptaSubhadeep Das Chowdhury152024–25 Aditya Narayan Badshah26 October 20246 April 202516Manasi GhoshSubhajit Chakraborty16 2025-26 Udit Narayan Aditya Narayan 18 October 2025 26 July 202616Jyotirmayee NayakTanishk ShuklaMarathiIndian Idol Marathi12021–22Swanandi Tikekar Prajakta MaliAjay–AtulNoneSony Marathi22 November 202120 April 202215Sagar MhatreJagdish ChavanTeluguTelugu Indian Idol12022Sreerama ChandraThaman SKarthikNithya MenenAha25 February 202217 June 202212BVK VagdeviSrinivas Darimisetty22023HemachandraGeetha Madhuri3 March 20234 June 202313Soujanya BhagavatulaJayaram32024Sreerama Chandra14 June 202421 September 2024Nazeeruddin ShaikAniruddh Suswaram42025Sreerama Chandra Sameera Baradwaj29 August 20251 November 202512BrindaPavan Kalyan
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