Behind the glitz and glamour of Indian Idol Series 2 are not only all the hard work, training and preparation, but also elation, heartbreak, nervousness and tension. Before the last results were announced, Antara had a nagging feeling that her choice of song had not been up to the mark and would cause her downfall.
"I feel that I should probably not have sung this song on stage. This week the choice of song has been a big issue with most contestants and the judges were disappointed with most of the choices. My biggest fear is that if I lose out now, I will have to go back to my village and will never get an opportunity like this to make it big again" said a nervous Antara before the show.
The boys were asked to pick their favorite female performer and they all said that Monali and Antara👏 have emerged as the dark horses and have improved tremendously as the show has progressed.
The girls however felt that Panna still is the only one with the mysterious X-Factor ingredient required to make it to the finals.
In an interesting interview, Suresh Wadkar, voice guru for Ravi and Amey, said that though the public and the judges seem to prefer Ravi, he feels that Amey has more potential to be the Agla Idol.
Anuj Sharma is absolutely thrilled with his unexpected return to the Indian Idol stage. "I had lost all hope but now I get a chance to start all over again. I'm just so lucky I can't believe this is happening to me!" said Anuj, hardly able to contain his happiness.
Yet another week passed on the sets of Indian Idol and yet another favourite of Farah Khan was voted out.
This time it was Neha Kakkar, who Farah herself said has always been a "Rocking Performer".
"I feel that she lost out purely because of her choice of song", said Farah. Incidentally, Neha was the only contestant to have been invited to lunch with Farah in her Judge's room.
Anu Malik, too, was in the mood to dole out advice and this time it was for Antara. He told her that it was time for her to start concentrating on her singing and not bother so much about her clothes and make up.
"Your voice is a part of you and you are the only one who can control and train it so that your level of performance rises" were his words of wisdom.