Ravinder Ravi

Indian Idol
Indian Idol logo as of 2012
Genre	Reality television
Created by	Simon Fuller
Directed by	Priya Bhave Sharma (2007–) Monisha Jaising Vaid (2010–) Partha Thakur (2010–) Vishal Mull (2005–06) Niret Alva (2005–06) Nikhil J Alva (2005–06) Nivedith T Alva (2007) Bhavna Israni (2007–13) Indrajit Ray (2007) Satish Datt (2011–12) Ujjwal Anand (2012-13)
Presented by	Mini Mathur (2004–07, 2012) Hussain Kuwajerwala (2007–2015) Aman Verma (2004–06) Meiyang Chаng (2008–09) Abhijeet Sawant (2010) Prajakta Shukre (2010) Asha Negi (2015) Karan Wahi (2013, 2017)
Judges	Anu Malik (2004-) Sunidhi Chauhan (2010–2012) Salim Merchant (2010–2012) Asha Bhosle (2012) Farah Khan (2004–06,2016-17) Sonu Nigam (2004–06, 2016-17) Alisha Chinai (2007) Udit Narayan (2007) Javed Akhtar (2007–09) Sonali Bendre (2008–09) Kailash Kher (2008–09) Sonakshi Sinha (2015) Vishal Dadlani (2013-2015) Shekhar Ravjiani (2013) Shreya Ghoshal (2013)
Theme music composer	Julian Gingell Barry Stone Cathy Dennis
Country of origin	India
No. of seasons	9
Production
Executive producer(s)	Anupama Mandloi (2010–) Niret Alva (2005–09) Nikhil J Alva (2005–09)
Producer(s)	Namit Sharma (2010–) Ashok (2008–09)
Location(s)	Initial auditions: Various Mumbai auditions: National Centre of Performing Arts, Mumbai
Running time	Varies between 1 hour to 2 hours
Production company(s)	Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (2010–) Fremantlemedia India Miditech Pvt. Ltd. (2005–09)
Distributor	FremantleMedia Enterprises
Release
Original network	SET
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release	October 28, 2004 – present
Chronology
Related shows	The X Factor India India's Got Talent
External links
Website

Indian Idol is the Indian version of the Pop Idol format. It started airing in India with the first season in 2004–2005 and was followed by second (2005–2006), third (2007) and fourth (2008–2009) seasons. The fifth season of Indian aired on Sony TV in 2010. It was launched by the programming team at SET of Tarun Katial and Anupawinner modi

The winner of the first season of Indian Idol was Abhijeet Sawant from Mumbai. The season was aired from October 2004 to March 2005 on Sony TV. Amit Sana from Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, was declared the first runner-up, while Rahul Vaidya from Nagpur and Prajakta Shukre from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, placed third and fourth respectively.

The judges for the first season were Anu Malik, Sonu Nigam, and Farah Khan. They retained the same spot for the second season. The first season was hosted by Aman Verma and Mini Mathur.

The winner, Abhijeet Sawant, went on to release his first album Aap Ka Abhijeet. He placed third in Asian Idol, representing India. He also released a successful second album, Junoon, and contributed to the film Ashiq Banaya Apne. He also did some commercials for Spraymint. He started acting with his debut film Lottery, which was released in March 2009 but did not do well at the box office.