The fourteenth season of the Hindi-language music competition reality series Indian Idol premiered on 7 October 2023, on the Sony Entertainment Television.
The season was won by Vaibhav Gupta from Kanpur and Subhadeep Das Chowdhury was the runner-up.
Production
The season was hosted by Hussain Kuwajerwala, marking his return to the show after a hiatus of 11 years. The judging panel saw the return of Vishal Dadlani, alongside new judges Shreya Ghoshal and Kumar Sanu, who replaced Neha Kakkar and Himesh Reshammiya. Saahil Chhabria directed the season, with production handled by Fremantle India.
Auditions
Remote auditions took place for several days in 2023, as well as a number of open-call auditions, and from these, the producers selected the contestants who were then invited to audition in front of the judges.
Filming does not take place until the judges' audition round. The year, the auditions were filmed at the Film City in Mumbai.
Golden ticket and golden mic were distributed in the auditions, they both advanced the participants to the theatre round. However, this was the last season of golden mic as it was replaced by the platinum mic the next season.
Top 15 contestants Of the number of contestants, only fifteen made it to the gala round to start competing in the bi-weekly elimination competition. They are: ContestantFromStatusVaibhav GuptaKanpur, Uttar Pradesh WinnerSubhadeep Das Chowdhury Kolkata, West Bengal Runner-upPiyush PanwarRajasthanThird placeAnanya PalKolkata, West BengalFourth placeAnjana PadmanabhanMumbai, Maharashtra Fifth placeAdya MishraFaridabad, Haryana Sixth placeObom TanguArunachal Pradesh EliminatedDipan MitraKolkata, West Bengal EliminatedUtkarsh WankhedeNagpur, Maharashtra EliminatedMenuka PoudelNepal EliminatedMuskan SrivastavaGhaziabad, Uttar Pradesh EliminatedMahima BhattacharjeeKolkata, West Bengal EliminatedSurender KumarRajasthan EliminatedMaithili ShomeMumbai, Maharashtra EliminatedGayathry RajivKochi, Kerala Eliminated
Elimination chart
+Indian Idol season 14 - EliminationsContestantTop 15Top 14Top 13Top 12Top 11Top 10Top 8Semi-FinalGrand Finale28/10–12/1118/11–26/112/12–10/1216/12–7/113/1–21/127/1–4/210/2–18/224/225/2-3/3Vaibhav Gupta1 Safe Safe Saved Safe Safe Safe SafeFinalistWinnerSubhadeep Das Chowdhury2 Safe Safe Safe Saved Safe Safe SafeFinalistRunner-upPiyush Panwar3 Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe SafeFinalistThird placeAnanya Pal4 Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe SafeFinalistFourth placeAnjana Padmanabhan5 Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe SafeFinalistFifth placeAdya Mishra6 Saved Saved Safe Saved Saved Safe SavedFinalist Sixth placeObom Tangu7 Saved Safe Saved Safe Saved Saved Saved EliminatedDipan Mitra8 Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe EliminatedUtkarsh Wankhede9 Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe EliminatedMenuka Poudel Safe Safe Safe Saved SafeMuskan Srivastava11 Safe Safe Safe Safe EliminatedMahima Bhattacharjee12 Safe Safe Safe EliminatedSurender Kumar13 Safe Saved EliminatedMaithili Shome14 Safe EliminatedGayathry Rajiv15 Eliminated
Celebrity guests The season saw a large number of celebrity guests who were present either to promote their films or to celebrate their legacy. The guests, in their order of appearance, include:
Kavita Krishnamurthy Salim Sulaiman Richa Sharma Arshad Warsi Abhijeet Sawant Mahesh Bhatt Mithoon Armaan Malik Shilpa Rao Vicky Kaushal Sanya Malhotra Sana Sheikh Anuradha Paudwal Sadhana Sargam Ranbir Kapoor Rashmika Mandanna Karisma Kapoor Anand Milind Anandji V Shah Raj Babbar Salma Agha Nitin Mukesh Subhash Ghai Mahima Chaudhry Javed Ali Annu Kapoor Udit Narayan Sanjay Dutt Shatrughan Sinha Amit Kumar Zeenat Aman Abhijeet Bhattacharya Mohnish Bahl Moushumi Chatterjee Shahid Kapoor Kriti Sanon Sukhwinder Singh Javed Akhtar Rajat Sharma Urmila Matondkar Sonu Nigam Hrithik Roshan
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