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Bias judgement
On the episode aired on September 15, 2007, during the first round of songs; Prashant misses the opening beat of his song and he mumbles the few words unclearly. He quickly recovers and sings rest of the song well. All of the judges except Udit Narayan sharply comment Prashant for making a mistake at this stage of finale. Javed Akhtar sarcastically says he would like to cheer Prashant with "once more" as long as he sings the song incorrectly referring to the audience who did "once more" after Prashant finished his song. Both the contestants sing well in the second round. The other contestant gets the standing ovation from judges who claim him to be " the next Indian Idol". Alisa Chennoi goes as far as saying that she is voting for the other contestant. No judge shall support or promote any contestant as a part of rules of any fair contest. The third song shall be the deciding song as for the very first time both the singers will sing the same song. The other contestant completely misses opening beat and simply hums the opening five lines of the song. He sings rest of the song flat and cannot recover at all. By convention, a performer is supposed to finish the song, who is then judged by the judges followed by the succeeding performer. However, seeing his co-performer's restlessness Prashant comes to the stage and helps him singing few lines. As the other contestant does not recover even after that, Prashant sings the song (he is supposed to sing the song after the judge's verdict) and somehow maintains the poise of the program. After he finishes the song, Javed Akhtar says that the other contestant missing out a whole stanza equates Prashant missing a few words in the opening round. Alisa Chenoy too gives similar comments displaying vividly that she niether want to crticize the other contestant nor applaud Prashant. Before Udit Narayan even finishes his comment, the female host quickly says that Udit Narayan has forgiven both. Anu Mallik, however tries to raise the issue of biasness but the host interrupts him saying the time is for commercial break. After the commercial break, Anu Mallik continues saying that the other contestant has made a blunder misktake with a bad singing and that the judges should not show partiality. Anu Mallik raises very valid question as apparent in previous episodes of INDIAN IDOL too that despite of singing good Prashant didn't receive much of the adulations and appreciations from the judges. It has been seemingly tough for the judges to admit that Prashant Tamang is talent singer? [9]
This reflects a valid concern whether the organizers will go with the POPULAR CHOICE or interfere the contest with their biasness and discriminations.
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