Here are videos of 29th June Episode of Indian Idol 3. From this friday, Indian Idol Gala Round has started. In this first episode of Gala Round, all 13 participants performed. The voting line is open till tomorrow (30th June) and one of the 13 will get eliminated from Indian Idol by public voting.

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Atlast much awaited decision has been taken. In the last episode of wild card entry, Amit Paul is selected as first wild card contestants through public voting. In this episode judges chose Ankita over suhit and padmanabhav.
Today’s guest on Indian Idol is Sunidhi Chauhan as you all know. She performs the song ‘Beedi’ along with all the females contestants and sets the stage on fire. Now there are 13 contestants in the final Gala Round which will commense from 27th June. Watch videos of Episode 20 (23rd June) of Indian Idol 3…

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Here are the videos of Episode 19 (22nd June) of Indian Idol 3. We have already got 11 Top finalist and still there is place for two other participants from wild card. The wild card contestant selected by public voting is Amit Paul. Out of the remaining three contestants (Sohit Ankita and Padmanabhav) one will be selected by judges in the next episode…
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Here are videos of second episode of Wild Card Entry (16th June) of Indian Idol 3. According to ‘Public Voting’ out of 7, four contestats are chosen to perform today/ The selected contestants are amit, ankita, padmanav and suhit (hum!! Suhit fans must be happy). They all performed in this episode and two of them will get entry to Gala Round (by public voting)…

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From this episode, Wild Card Entry Round starts. In this episode, 7 wild card contestants are chosen - Aisha,Padmanav, Bhavin, Suhit, Shantanu, Amit and Ankita. Voting is open till 17th June at 8:00 am IST only…

Part I

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Voting for Indian Idol 3 went awry after a large number of SMSes sent from Darjeeling through cellular service provider Reliance were not delivered. Darjeeling has been rooting for local boy Prashant Tamang, who had made it to the Piano round of the contest.

Tamang, a constable with the Kolkata Police, had the entire police force in Kolkata and West Bengal voting for him. Sentiments ran high in Darjeeling and residents sent bulk SMSes to ensure the local boy was among the top 10 finalists.

But, to their dismay, a large number of Reliance subscribers found that their SMSes hadn’t been transmitted. That triggered a rage in the hills.

Agitated subscribers damaged a Reliance outlet and burnt hoardings and kiosks on Saturday. They took out a rally protesting against the inefficiency of cellular service providers in delivering their SMSes in support of Prashant.

Although complaints were against all cellular service providers, Reliance bore the brunt as its subscriber base is the largest in the area.

For four hours, the mob went on a rampage, targeting Reliance retail outlets. Even police were unable to rein in the agitators.

Earlier too, subscribers had complained about their SMSes not being delivered and warned of protests if services were not restored. Subscribers were hard-pinched too, as each SMS for an Indian Idol vote cost Rs 3.

When contacted, Sony Television, which produces the show, was hopeful that the problem would be sorted out soon.

“We have heard about the huge uproar in Darjeeling. Basically, the area does not have the capacity to carry the huge load of SMSes. So, it’s either getting blocked or the delivery is taking a long time. We have spoken to the operators of that area to rectify it as early as possible. We have requested them to install enough capacity so that people can vote for their favourite contestant,” said Kaushal Modi, head, licensing and telephony, with Sony.

Source: IANS

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The 11 Finalists of Indian Idol 3 are Spotted… To Join them in this Riveting Journey, will be 2 Lucky Contestants, who will again enter through the Wild Card Round.. Get Ready as Indian Idol Goes Wild This Friday!!!

Indian Idol 3 has now entered the Finals and the Door to the Galas is wide open for the 11 finalists, who have been picked by the Audience. The Acid Test will Begin Soon, as the Countdown to crowning the Indian Idol – Bharat Ki Shaan has started. One can only say that the Destinastion and Goal is getting nearer for the 11 finalists and they are getting closer to the coveted Title.

But, All is still not Lost for the 18 eliminated contestants of the Piano Round. Lady Luck is still smiling at the ‘Best’ 6 of these 18 contestants, who will be given a last chance to strike Gold with the ‘Wild Card’ Entry. Our esteemed Panel of Judges - Javed Akhtar, Alisha Chinai, Annu Malek and Udit Narayan have a tough task ahead of them in short-listing the lucky 6!

So yes, once the Judges are done with selecting the Top 6 for the Wild Card, it is for the contestants to give their best shot. After this, the focus again will shift to the Viewers who need to ‘Think, Think and Think’ before casting their Very Precious Vote. So all will lie again in the hands of the Audience to choose the best from the 6 contestants, based on the intensity of their performance. This will finally set the Platform as the two Lucky Wild Cards will join the 11 finalists for a final showdown in the Galas of Indian Idol 3.

Don’t miss the action packed high-energy Wild Card episodes from June 15-23,

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After ’stressful Selection Round’ Indian Idol 3 has now entered in second stage ie “Piano Round” with its top talented 28 contestants. This time there is a change in piano round. Contestants have to perform with live band (and not just with piano as in earlier inidan idol show.).

Piano Round is going to be held between 1st June to 9th June. In every episode two participants (either girls or boys) will get eliminated by ‘Bharat Ki Janata’. You can vote to save your favourite contestant in this show.

Here we bring the uptodated information about Piano Round

1. Friday, June 1st 2007 (First Piano Round - Top 14 Girls Perform):-

In this first epidose of Piano Round, 14 Girls have performed while remaining 14 Boys will perform tomorrow.

Watch Videos of this episode here

2. Saturday, June 2nd 2007 (Second Piano Round - 2 Girls Eliminated + Top 14 Boys Perform)

Home Audience gave their verdict and sent two gals home! Rashmi Vijayan from Dubai and Pinky Maidasani from Mumbai were the first two contestants, who were eliminated. Also in this episode remaining 14 Boys performed for Piano Round.

Watch Videos of this episode here

No Episode aired on Sunday, June 3rd.

3. Monday, June 4th 2007 (Third Piano Round - 2 Boys Eliminated + Remaining 12 Girls perform)

After performing on Saturday night episode, Top 14 Boys faced elimination on Mondays episode. Bharat Bhushan Uniyal and Roshan Singh, are the two contestant who got eliminated from Indian Idol 3. Remaining 12 Girls gave their performance…

Watch Videos of this episode here.

4. Tuesday, June 5th 2007 (Fourth Piano Round - 3 Girls Eliminated + Top 12 Boys Perform)

Three Girls Eliminated are - Aisha Sayed from Mumbai, Priyanka Mukherjee from Kolkata and Vanita from Dubai

Watch Videos of this episode here

5. Wednesday, June 6th 2007 (Fith Piano Round - 3 Boys Eliminated + Top 9 Girls Perform)

Three Boys Eliminated are - Shantanu Sudame, Anish Jain and Padmanav Bordoloi

Watch Videos of this episode here

6. Thursday, June 7th 2007 (Sixth Piano Round - 3 Girls Eliminated + Top 9 Boys Perform)
The Eliminated Girls are - Harshida Madhaparia from London, Shifa Ansari from MP and Vartika Shukla from Raipur..

Watch Videos of this episode here

7. Friday, June 8th 2007 (Seventh Piano Round - 3 Boys Eliminated + Top 12 of Indian Idol perform)

The Eliminated Boys are - Bhavin Dhanak from Mumbai, Amit Paul from Shillong, and Rehan Khan from Lucknow

Watch Videos of this episode here

8. Saturday, June 9th 2007 (Eighth Piano Round - Final 11 contestants selected)

The Eliminated Contestants are - Ankita Mishra from Kanpur and Suhit Gosain from Hariyana

Watch Videos of this episode here

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This is the last episode of Piano Round and in this episode the top 12 is reduced to “Final 10″ constestant of Indian Idol 3. The eliminated contestants are Ankita Mishra from Kanpur and Suhit Gosain from Hariyana. Also, Jolly Das is back on the show. Jolly Das was finalist of Indian Idol 2 but becuase of illnes she couldn’t participate in the final round of Indian Idol 2.

Here is the Top 11 of Indian Idol 3

Boys:-
1. Abhishek Kumar
2. Emon Chatterjee
3. Prashant Tamang
4. Parleen Gill
5. Meiyang Chang

Girls:-
6. Jolly Das(from Season 2)
7. Smita Adhikari
8. Puja Chatterjee
9. Deepali
10. Charu Semwal
11. Richa Aneja

Part I

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This is the second last episode of Piano Round (8th June 2007) and in this episode top 9 boys faced the elimination. The eliminated boys are Bhavin Dhanak from Mumbai, Amit Paul from Shillong, and Rehan Khan from Lucknow. After the elimination of boys, remianing Top 12 contestants performed on the stage and three of them will get eliminated tomorrow

Part I

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