Here is a complete list of final 28 contestants who has been selected for Piano Round (from June 1 to 9)…along with pictures

Delhi

1. Richa Aneja - Delhi
2. Padmanav Bordoloi - Delhi
3. Charu Semwal - Delhi
4. Parleen Singh Gill - Delhi
6. Anish Jain - Delhi

Kanpur -

5. Ankita Mishra - Kanpur
7. Deepali - Kanpur
8. Bharat Bhushan Uniyal - Kanpur
9. Rehaan Khan - Kanpur

Bhopal -

10. Shifa Ansari - Bhopal
11. Vartika Shukla - Bhopal
12. Abhishek Kumar - Bhopal
13. Suhit Gosain - Bhopal

Kolkata -

14. Smita Adhikary - Kolkata
15. Priyanka Mukherjee - Kolkata
16. Meiyang Chang - Kolkata
17. Puja Chatterjee - Kolkata
18. Emon Chatterjee - Kolkata
19. Prashant Tamang - Kolkata

Mumbai -

20. Aisha Sayed - Mumbai
21. Pinky Maidasani - Mumbai
22. Bhavin Dhanak - Mumbai
23. Amit Paul - Mumbai
24. Shantanu Sudame - Mumbai
25. Roshan Singh - Mumbai

London and Dubai -

26. Harshida Madhaparia - London
27. Vanita - Dubai
28. Rashmi Vijayan - Dubai

Indian Idol 3 final 28 contestant - Pictures

Abhishek Kumar - Bhopal

Aisha Sayed - Mumbai

Anish Jain - Delhi

Ankita Mishra - Kanpur

Bhavin Dhanak - Mumbai

Charu Semwal - Delhi

Emon Chatterjee - Kolkata

Harshida Madhaparia - London

Meiyang Chang - Kolkata

Parleen Singh Gill - Delhi

Priyanka Mukherjee - Kolkata

Rashmi Vijayan - Dubai

Richa Aneja - Delhi

Roshan Singh - Mumbai

Shantanu Sudame - Mumbai

Shifa Ansari - Bhopal

Suhit Gosain - Bhopal

Vartika Shukla - Bhopal

Technorati: Indian Idol 3,

Here are videos of Episode 8 (26th May 2007). Finally, The Top 28 managed to make a mark with their voices, their performances and their X-factor. But there are miles to go still. The Piano Round (from June 1 to 9) will see further winnowing.

Part I

Technorati: Indian Idol 3, Episode videos

Here are videos of Episode 7 (25th May 2007) of Indian Idol 3. This is second Theatre Round and in this episode final 46 participants selected…

Part I

Technorati: Indian Idol 3, Episode Videos

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Theatre round 2 i.e. a duet round begins with contestants being shown practicing…!!! This time round the contestants have to sing along with instruments…and the contestants are given some time to rehearse for it..!!!

A contestant shikha is shown really tensed as her partner shehnaz is not able to memorise lyrics and is not working hard on her weakness. On the other hand prashant is still not able to win over richa’s heart and she behaving the same as she was last time….but tis time the ‘tears’ accompany her…!!!

The first couple to come in is Emon and Shifa ….they both sing “Wheres the party tonite”. Good performance and they receive nice comments from the judges. Shifa also praises emon and says he is good singer and the rest of the decision depends on the judges…!!!

The contestants left no place to rehearse for their performance…not even ‘bathroom’…!!! Praleen, Abhishek, Maibam and a few otehrs are shown practising in the bathroom…[]

The 2nd couple/trio is Maibam, Mayank and Nilakshi sing “Tumhe jo maine dekha” from Main hoon na. The judges arent pleased with the performance as the went of the track from rythm many times…!!!

Next couple is Suhit and Charu….they are complimented as one of the most good-looking couple…!!! Thier performance is not shown but suhit comes out really angry and starts abusing and when mini tries to stop him he doesnt listen to hear and walks away….he den abuses charu to in front of the camera.

Again when Mini asks them they tell tht they messed up with the performance and both put the blame on each other…!!!

Then their performance is shown….and they sing “Ek nazar mein bhi pyaar hota hai…’ In between charu forgets sum lines and Suhit also sings a wrong word..!!! The judges are highly disappointed as they very expecting a lot from this couple…!!!
Anu malik says to them, “At the moment we have no clue wht is going to hapen to u both..”.

Next is another trio of Jiniya, Akshana and Abhishek…they sing “Aaj ki raat” from DON..!!! Again the judges aren’t pleased and anu malik asks them after all whts the reason for a good performance NOT cuming out from them…?? Udit jee says i think they got nervous…and says they cud hav been better…

Next couple in line is Saswata and Nandita….they also sing ‘Ek nazar mein bhi pyaar hota hai’…!!! While singing the guy stops and asks the musicians to stop to….he is abt to say sth but anu malik says ‘its over for u and there are no chances here and please dont give us any excuses’…!!! Alisha asks dem to at least finish the song but anu interrupts and says tht the rules dont allow this….so sorry theu cant even finish the song…!!! Javed jee also interrupts and says tht the guy forgot the lines den why shud the gal suffer…??? Suddenly saswata gets unconcious and is abt to fall but his partner holds him…and they leave..!!!

Next…meiyaannnnggggg… and ayesha….they also sing…’Ek nazar mein bhi pyaar hota hai’…!!! They are first shown practicing then meiyang is being interviwed and says sum poetic lines i.e. “Fanoos bankar jiski hifazat hawa kare…Woh shama kya bujhe jise roshan khuda kare”…
Udit jee is impressed and says this is the ebst performance so far….Javed jee is also pleased….and anu asks meiyang tht is he from china? Meiyang says tht his forfathers had cum from dere but he is an indian now…!!! Anus says, “this shows music has no language…its universal and u hav proved it”

Contestants chosen are…..

* Abhisehk and Akshana…..IN ….Xiniya OUT…!!!
* Emon and Shifa both are IN…!!!
* Suhit and Charu both are IN…!!!
* Nandita and Saswata both are IN…!!!
* Richa and Prashant both are IN…!!!
* Shehnaz and Shikha both are OUT…!!!
* Mayank and Nilakshi are IN and Maibam OUT…!!!

Tonight: Last round of theater from which top 24 will be chosen..

Technorati: Indian Idol 3, Episode Review

Here are videos of 6th Episode (19th May 2007) of Indian Idol 3. From this episode Theatre Round started. In this episode out of 123 contestant selected from auditions only 60 are selected by judges….

Part I

Technorati: Indian Idol 3, Episode Videos

The episode starts off with showing all the different cities that were auditioned. Clips of a few chosen contestants were shown, some dancing, some drama, some tears. 123 contestants have been selected for the theatre round.

The 123 contestants come to Mumbai and make their way into the hotel. The contestants are given a Cruise party. Some contestants decide to stay back and reherse instead because they didnt want to regret later.

Jaaved Saab and Anuji are shown talking to eachother about the next round, and how it will be very difficult to say no.Hussain is shown talking to the contestants on the bus, saying out of 123, 77 are girls. He wishes everyone all the best

The theatre rounds will be held at the National Centre for Performing Art. Contestants wait for the theatre rounds to start. Some rehersing, some worried, some sleepy, some applying makeup. Anuji, Jaaved Saab, and Uditji are shown talking about how Alisha still has not arrived.

Hussain and Mini welcome all the contestants and open the doors for the Theatre Hall. All contestants walk in and are mesmerized by it.

Theatre rounds finally begin!

Each batch is of 10 contestants.

The first batch of girls go on stage to sing. Richa leading. Richa sings “Ek Radha, Ek Meera”. Other girls are shown singing. Jaaved Saab tells Richa Aneja, Rajasi Vaidya, Rani Hazarika to step forward. These 3 have been selected. The other 7 have to leave.

Next batch is of boys. Rehan Khan leading. He sings “Vada Raha Pyar Se Pyar Ka” and is selected. Sreeju is also selected. He celebrates with his mother

Next batch of girls, and a girl named Tia is out.

Next batch of girls agains. This batch only has 9 girls. Uma is missing, the latecomer. Anuji says shes already missing now, so shes not taking it seriously, that’s really sad! The other girls sing. Jiniya, Harshida, and a third girl are selected from this batch. Jiniya is surprised to see her husband there .

Next batch are boys. Suhit leading. He sings “Teri Yaadon Mein”. Shantanu sings “Omkara”. Shantanu is selected. Alisha asks Suhit to entertainer her once again. He starts his rock style and Alisha and Anuji join in . He is selected and does some acrobats stuff.

Some contestants who were not selected are shown in tears. Then, Uma and Maya are called back in for their results. Both are selected.

Next batch of boys. Emon sings “Tanhayee”. Parleen sings “Tu Aasiqui Hai”. Meiyang sings “Tumse Yun Milenge”. All 3 are selected and go shouting outside. Emon gives his mother a big hug

Top 60 have been chosen. The judges tell them now they will have to sing duets. Male-Female, Male-Male, and Female-Female pairs are decided by the judges. Everyone gets together with the partner and reherse. Choice of song will be from judges.

All contestants are happy with their partners except Richa, who does not want Prashant as her partner. But Jaaved Saab and Alisha make her understand and she agrees. Many problems still occus between the 2, as they have no place to reherse, and Richa does not want to go to Prashant’s room. On the other side, another girl is having problems with her partner Amit Paul because he is sleeping when he should be rehersing. Richa and Prashant finally find a place to reherse. Jatin is going around everywhere looking for his partner, whoes name he does not remember.

Richa makes her way to Amit Sharma to reherse her song, leaving Prashant alone. Prashant tells Richa to reherse with him instead because they will be performing, but Richa says I’m only making Amit listen to my song because he is trained and he can help me. Prashant gives up on Richa and goes back to his bed.

Technorati: Indian Idol 3

Here are videos of Episode 5 (18th May 2007) of Indian Idol 3. This time auditions were held in Kolkata…
Part I

Here are videos of 4th Episode (12th May 2007) of Indian Idol 3. This time auditions were held in Bhopal…

Part I

Technorati: Indian Idol 3

Here are videos of Episode 3 (11th May 2007) of Indian Idol 3 - Auditions in Mumbai. Mumbai Auditions were unique, because one saw participation of Idol wannabes from all over India and not just Mumbai. The fact is Mumbai is known for its migratory birds, so why should Indian Idol Auditions be any different?

Technorati: Indian Idol 3

Here are some promo pictures of Indian Idol 3 citing Javed Akthar sab, Annu Malik, Alisha Chinai and Udit Narayan.