The auditions for Indian Idol 4 are going to be held in three places across the England. The details are as follows

London Auditions -
Date: Saturday, 14th June 2008
Sony Pictures Europe
House 25
Golden Square ,
London, W1F 9LS

Leicester Auditions -
Date: Friday 13th June 2008
The Peepul center
14 Melrose street
Leicester
LE4 6FA

Glasgow Auditions -
Date: Wednesday 11th June 2008
Celtic Park stadium
18 Kerrydale St,
Glasgow, G40 3RE

To apply for the auditions visit setasia

I have been associated with Indian Idol before (Guest judge last season). It’s
a very good platform to find new talent. Have we not heard of cases where
people have sold their land to make albums and are now on the street? Here we
don’t charge a single penny. But there is one problem and that is to separate the good from the ordinary. Many non singers also land up at the auditions with false hopes. And when they
get rejected, they create a scene. But we have to focus on only finding true
singers.

One major criticism of reality shows is that the winners disappear after some
time?

The channel gives them so much exposure, what more can they do. Now it’s the
singers’ responsibility to start working hard. Their real journey actually begins
after the show ends. But it’s sad to see that instead of concentrating on their
music, these guys pay more attention to their hair, (applying gel) clothes (wearing
torn jeans) and shoes. They even start making girl friends. And this
criticism that reality shows dump their finds is totally wrong. Forget the
winners, even those who make it to the finals have managed to buy their own houses
in Mumbai, which is no small task.

Your take on the SMS voting?

Agreed SMS may have some biases but then similar mistakes can be made by the
judges as well. Even if we accept the argument that the best singers do
not win, they alone will survive in the long run, for this industry only
recognizes talent.

Public perception is that the judges’ fight is all staged?

Pubic perception is very short lived. As for differences of opinion,
they are bound to happen. Don’t our MP’s make big scenes in Parliament,
but no one accuses them of drama?

Don’t you think reality shows have been done to death?

Yes given the large number of similar shows, quality has dropped.

Your previous reality show, Mission Ustaad bombed..

I am very proud to be associated with that great show, for it stressed on the
UN Millennium Development goals, a hope, I sincerely believe in. As for
the show not doing well, these things happen. Firstly 9X is still a
fledging channel and secondly when you have to compete with scantily clad
girls, your ratings are bound to suffer.

Entry procedure for Indian Idol

The Contestants may register to participate in the Regional Auditions of the Competition via a phone registration process and completing an application form available at the audition venues at the Regional
Auditions. The Competition is open to individuals aged between 16 and 30 on April 1, 2008 and citizens of India.

The Theatre Audition Round

The Final 100 will be invited to participate in the next round of the Competition to be held in Mumbai in June/July 2008. As soon as reasonably practicable following completion of the Theatre Audition Round, the Contestants will be notified who has been selected by the Judges to be one of the Final 30 going through to the Piano Shows of the Competition.

The Piano Shows

The Final 30 will be divided into 3 groups of 10 (ten) Contestants. Piano round of Indian Idol will run between June 2008 to October 2008. From Piano round 11 contestant will be selected for Spectacular round by public voting. Those who are not selected in Piano round will enter into ‘Wild Card Round’ and one contestant will be selected by public voting to participate in spectacular round.

The Spectacular

Final 12 will compete with each other in Spectacular round which will run over the course of 12 weeks from November 2008 to February 2009. At the end of every week one contestanat will get eliminate by public votes until only 2 Contestants – the Finalists – remain in the Competition.

The Final of Indian Idol 4

The final will take place at around February 2009. The winner will be chosed by public voting.

Audition of Indian idol 4

To register for Indian Idol 4 SMS IDOL to 5252525 Or you can call on 5052525

Ahmedabad : May 7th & 9th,
Amritsar :May 9th & 10th,
Bangalore :May 12th & 13th,
Guwahati :May 13 & 14th,
Kolhapur :May 15th & 16th,
Varanasi :May 16th & 17th.
Delhi :23rd May

The final 100 contestants are slated to be chosen between June and July 2008, the final 30 by October 2008. A special “Wild Card” episode will take place on or about November 2008. The Grand Finale of season 4 is set to take place on or about February 2009 where the fourth Indian Idol will be selected by public vote and presented via a “Live” recorded performance.