"The kind of mix of entertainment and talent you will see with this new schedule is going to be its USP, " says Sandiiip Sikcand, creative head of Sony. His assurances probably come from a revised format that will now see Alisha Chinai and Udit Narayan as judges along with Anu Malik, hosts in Mini Mathur and flavour-of-the-season Hussain Kuwajerwala. But Alva pegs reality TV as the extra edge.
"We are going to have more footage from the auditions, a faster pace in the contestants' stories, but we won't reveal their characters as fast as we did in Indian Idol 2," says Alva. Auditions have already started in cities and towns that were off the TV map so far, like Srinagar. This is were Alva believes he will get his best shot for TV. "
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