Pepsi Battle of the Bands
| Pepsi Battle of the Bands | |
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| Also known as | Pepsi BoB |
| Genre | Reality |
| Created by | PepsiCo Pakistan |
| Directed by | Andrew Bramley (S2) |
| Presented by | Ayesha Omer (S2) |
| Judges |
Rohail Hyatt (S1) Fifi Haroon (S1) Shahi Hasan (S1,2) Fawad Khan (S2) Meesha Shafi (S2) Atif Aslam (S2) Farooq Ahmed (S2) |
| Theme music composer | Faisal Baig |
| Country of origin | Pakistan |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (S2) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
PepsiCo: Salman Butt, Saad Munawar, Natasha Hyder, Ali Zaidi, Misbah Ghani, Shehryar Ahmed ' |
| Producer(s) | Shiny Floor & The Cion Collective: Saad Mujeeb, Faisal Rafi |
| Cinematography | Nick Collier |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 1 hour |
| Production company(s) | PepsiCo Pakistan |
| Distributor | PepsiCo Pakistan |
| Release | |
| Original network |
PTV Home (2002) Broadcast syndication (2017–) |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | July 2002 – September 2017 |
| External links | |
| Official website | pepsibattleofthebands |
Pepsi Battle of the Bands is a Pakistani television series, originally based on the concept of Battle of the Bands, first aired in 2002 on PTV Home. The show was revived in 2017.
Pepsi Battle of the Bands: Season 1 aired in July of 2002 on PTV Home. The inaugural season was won by Aaroh, who beat runners up Entity Paradigm by a narrow margin. It also launched the success of many other bands who took part in the show, particularly Mekaal Hasan Band (which came in third) and Mizmaar. 170 applications were sent to the show's website out of which 70 were registered. The top 20 were selected on the basis of vocals, music and arrangements which was then narrowed down to the top 10.
The following 10 bands were selected for season 1.
The following bands failed to make the top 10 for season 1.
The judges for season 1 included former members of the band Vital Signs and music producers Shahi Hasan and Rohail Hyatt as well as Pakistani fashion and music critic Fifi Haroon.
Episodes of Pepsi Battle of the Bands: Season 2 are available in broadcast syndication on television as well as put up online on Pepsi Pakistan's YouTube channel. Shortly after, the episode airs the full video performances are then put up online on Pepsi Pakistan's Facebook and YouTube while the full audios are put up on the website as well as on Patari.pk.
The return of the show and subsequent second season was revealed in early 2017. It also marked the return of season 1 winners Aaroh to the music scene after 8 years - although they had released "Mera Pyar" in 2014 with vocalist Rizwan Anwar, it received little attention. Season 2 also marks the return of Fawad Khan to music.
The promo video song was released on 22 July 2017. It featured Atif Aslam, Meesha Shafi and Fawad Khan performing a tribute-mashup of Vital Signs' "Do Pal Ka Jeevan" and Alamgir's "Dekha Na Tha"; as well as Shahi Hasan on guitars with the trio. The video also showed many young people performing which is the show's main target audience.
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