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Karke dikhaenge! Jyotika Sharma, Rehan Khan and Neethi Nair

Three Mumbai youngsters, Jyotika Sharma, Rehan Khan and Neethi Nair have made it to the final 16 on SAB's reality show, Fame X. In this second season of Sony's Fame Gurukul, the trio battles for the top honour — a contract with Sony BMG as well as a chance to sing India's Cricket World Cup anthem next year, besides being MTV's artiste of the month (March 2007).

Potential winners

Neethi, 19, is a resident of Dombivli and is studying for a BSc at Somaiya College. Besides singing, she has also learnt bharatnatyam, mohiniattam and kathakali. She has been performing on stage since childhood and has also sung jingles.

Jyotika, also 19, who was studying arts at SIES College, has taken a break from studies. She has featured in several television game shows.
Rehan, 23, is a resident of Mira Road. After completing his class 12, he has performed with Indian Idol Abhijit Sawant and Fame Gurukul runner-up Rex D'souza. He has also done several shows with last year's Fame winner, Qazi Touqeer. Says Rehan, "I had taken part in Indian Idol as I aspire to be a playback singer. The contest has just begun and every contestant has the potential. All of us want to do our best. The rest is in the hands of the judges."

Regional divide

It is learnt that barely a week into the show, the 16 participants have already begun bonding. According to a unit source, "There is already a 'Mumbai on one side, the rest on the other' divide. There's also a clear divide between those contestants who are into rock music and the rest of the group. The contestants from the North have gelled among themselves. There is already plenty of groupism among the contestants. The focus this time is on the X factor of the contestant, so there is this geographical bonding."

The participants are housed at the Fame X Academy, which has been set up at RK Studios, Chembur. They will spend the next three months at the academy, away from the outside world. Palash Sen (of the band Euphoria) is the dean of the academy and Soumya Raoh is training the singers. The judges of the show include Daler Mehndi, Ganesh Hegde and MTV (represented by Nikhil Chinappa).

The rest of the contestants

Aditya Jassi, 24, from Delhi, is a journalist by profession. But music is his life and his first love is composing songs and performing with his band.

Rohit Raj Sinha, 24, from Allahabad, had participated in Indian Idol 2 but was eliminated prior to the final 12 list. His interest in music began as a challenge: to prove to himself that he could!

Samrat Kaushal, 22, from Punjab, has been training under his father. He experiments with his voice to render each composition in a different style.

Ashutosh Jain, 23, from Delhi, is a software geek who has left his job to pursue his passion — music. He can play the guitar, drums and keyboards.

Rakesh Sharma, 30, Madhya Pradesh, is a Sufi singer who seeks inspiration from the legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Alok Chaubey, 18, Bihar, considers himself a performer. His parents are artistes at All India Radio.

Anandrupa Bagchi, 19, Bihar, comes from a musical family and is trained by her mother, a music teacher. Since the past year, she has being training with Suresh Wadekar. She plays the sitar and tanpura and adores Sonu Niigaam.

Ritu Pathak, 19, Madhya Pradesh, plays the tabla and harmonium and is passionate about pursuing music as a career.

Vidhan Chandra Pandey, 21, Uttar Pradesh, stammers when he speaks but sings flawlessly. This self-taught singer listens to Mohammed Rafi for inspiration.

Priyadarshi Banerjee-Banjo, 23, West Bengal is a rock singer and considers himself extremely innovative in his performance.

Arunima Bhattacharya, 23, West Bengal, is a trained classical singer and has been performing since the age of six. She participated in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa (World Series) and Indian Idol.

Trupti Pandkar, 20, Pune, sings mostly Western songs. She is the lead vocalist in a band.

Priyanka Purohit, 21, left her biotechnology course to pursue music. She is not a trained singer but has made it to the final list of Fame X.

Edited by monika.goel - 18 years ago