Pakistan Idol (season 1)
| Broadcast from | 6 December 2013 – 27 April 2014 |
|---|---|
| Judges | |
| Host(s) | Mohib Mirza |
| Co-host(s) |
Anoushey Ashraf (Joined the show in Piano) |
| Broadcaster | Geo TV |
| Finals venue | Karachi |
| Zamad Baig | |
| Origin | Mandi Bahauddin |
| Muhammad Shoaib | |
The first season of Pakistan Idol premièred on Geo on 6 December 2013, and aired finale episode on 27 April 2014, under the banner of Pakistan Idol: Jo Hai Dil Ki Awaz. The show aired two episodes every week – one on Friday and one on Sunday at the 21:00 PST prime-time slot. The judges′ panel for the first season includes Ali Azmat, Hadiqa Kiani and Bushra Ansari, while for the first time show is hosted by Mohib Mirza and co-hosted by Anoushey Ashraf only in Semi-finals, she also hosted Pakistan Idol spin-off show Pakistan Idol-Sur Ka Safar. Show follows the same Idols format comprising 14 weeks from auditions to semifinals till grand finale.
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.
Audition took Place at following places, listing is in order of episode airing date:
In addition, Pakistan Idol auditions held at Hunza, Swat and Gwadar. The response of the people at auditions were hugely positive, around 20,000 plus people went out for audition, In Lahore due to the large number of auditionees the audition days extended to two more days, the enthusiasm of people in Faisalabad and Multan were exceptionally extravagant. At Hunza, Swat and Gwadar audition took place where majority s of girls appears for audition, In Sukhur, Hyderabad and Karachi audition took place for three days.
Pakistan Idol shows extravagant and sterling attainments, the Presenter and major sponsor of 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 desired auditionees of their singing. Previous auditionees were also able to take part once again. Online selected contestants names were posted on a Facebook page after selection and CLEAR call them to Karachi for final selection, through this procedure total of 12 contestants were selected and from which total of five was finalized by series judges.
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