Just my opinion but an established singer should not win Indian Idol

Guys just my opinion ok.

Initially I was against a professional playback singer on Indian idol.
But it's unfair to say that he shouldn't have won.
Clearly you could see on social media that he has the most followers.

Khudabaksh has my sympathies for his hardships, but that's no reason to win.

He's a good singer, and he'll get work. Winning and losing is all part of the game.

Is your problem that a playback singer won or that he participated? Because if your problem was his participation, you would've raised this question earlier.
And if his participation isn't a problem, he has every chance and right to win as anybody else.

I agree, he should not have been selected in first place. But anyhow got selected on merits. Still, I don't think he deserved to be in Indian Idol if seen from that perspective that he is already a professionally established singer.

Totally agree with you raina.

Originally posted by: ~Raina~

Initially I was against a professional playback singer on Indian idol.
But it's unfair to say that he shouldn't have won.
Clearly you could see on social media that he has the most followers.

Khudabaksh has my sympathies for his hardships, but that's no reason to win.

He's a good singer, and he'll get work. Winning and losing is all part of the game.

Is your problem that a playback singer won or that he participated? Because if your problem was his participation, you would've raised this question earlier.
And if his participation isn't a problem, he has every chance and right to win as anybody else.

I'm sorry, but I don't think the promotions meant or were intended to mean that the next Indian idol would come from poverty and a village.

Infact other than Khudabaksh, all others are from cities - mohit, stuti, Mansi and Manya from Delhi, Maalavika and Shravan from Chennai, Hardeep from Ludhiana, rohit from Hyderabad, Revanth from Visakhapatnam.

Rohit has done some playback singing, as have Tajinder and Maalavika. Why outrage only against the winner.

I understand what you mean, and I still think they shouldn't have professional playback singers in the competition. But that would mean not just Revanth but Maalavika, Rohit and Tajinder as well.

But this year many professional singers auditioned - Damini Bhatla, Santosh Hariharan and the singer of kuch rang pyar ke aise bhi. Probably they already knew that professionals are allowed.

And who are we to argue, if the channel and production house decided that these guys were eligible?

Originally posted by: ~Raina~

I'm sorry, but I don't think the promotions meant or were intended to mean that the next Indian idol would come from poverty and a village.

Infact other than Khudabaksh, all others are from cities - mohit, stuti, Mansi and Manya from Delhi, Maalavika and Shravan from Chennai, Hardeep from Ludhiana, rohit from Hyderabad, Revanth from Visakhapatnam.

Rohit has done some playback singing, as have Tajinder and Maalavika. Why outrage only against the winner.

I understand what you mean, and I still think they shouldn't have professional playback singers in the competition. But that would mean not just Revanth but Maalavika, Rohit and Tajinder as well.

But this year many professional singers auditioned - Damini Bhatla, Santosh Hariharan and the singer of kuch rang pyar ke aise bhi. Probably they already knew that professionals are allowed.

And who are we to argue, if the channel and production house decided that these guys were eligible?

Originally posted by: ~Raina~

Initially I was against a professional playback singer on Indian idol.
But it's unfair to say that he shouldn't have won.
Clearly you could see on social media that he has the most followers.

Khudabaksh has my sympathies for his hardships, but that's no reason to win.

He's a good singer, and he'll get work. Winning and losing is all part of the game.

Is your problem that a playback singer won or that he participated? Because if your problem was his participation, you would've raised this question earlier.
And if his participation isn't a problem, he has every chance and right to win as anybody else.

Originally posted by: Vinayhere

Depends on how you define 'established singer'. One can achieve professionalism by singing at any level like temples, streets, towns and states. But none of them are comparable with national level singing. Till yesterday, Revanth's scope was limited within a state and Khuda Baksh's within a village. Revanth's fan base might be bigger than KB but way less than what is required for national level singing. Now, would you have called Khuda Baksh an 'established singer' if he sang for bhojpuri films already?

Besides, Revanth got many disadvantages. Most of the south Indians do not watch Indian Idol, he does not speak the language and he is not classically trained. Whereas KB is from Punjab, which gives him regional advantage, trained enough and got no language problem. Not letting Revanth participate in a national contest because he sang songs at state level sounds very wrong to me. How else do you think he could chase his dream of singing for country if not this way? None of the people in North, for that matter even many people in South did not know his name until he showed up on this show. I am happy that Bollywood found a playback singer, whom they had ignored until yesterday. Just my two cents!

Vinay, I agree with what you have said. While it's difficult for a singer to cross over from tollywood (or kollywood,etc) to Bollywood it's still not half as bad as getting a break. And in my opinion someone with playback experience does have a slight edge. Though in Revanths case he had more disadvantages - language, accent, poor viewership in the south.

But honestly I'm glad that Revanth was allowed to participate. Otherwise we may not have heard such a talent. And you already know that I am a big fan of Revanths. I'm obviously happy he participated and won

Originally posted by: Vinayhere

Depends on how you define 'established singer'. One can achieve professionalism by singing at any level like temples, streets, towns and states. But none of them are comparable with national level singing. Till yesterday, Revanth's scope was limited within a state and Khuda Baksh's within a village. Revanth's fan base might be bigger than KB but way less than what is required for national level singing. Now, would you have called Khuda Baksh an 'established singer' if he sang for bhojpuri films already?

Besides, Revanth got many disadvantages. Most of the south Indians do not watch Indian Idol, he does not speak the language and he is not classically trained. Whereas KB is from Punjab, which gives him regional advantage, trained enough and got no language problem. Not letting Revanth participate in a national contest because he sang songs at state level sounds very wrong to me. How else do you think he could chase his dream of singing for country if not this way? None of the people in North, for that matter even many people in South did not know his name until he showed up on this show. I am happy that Bollywood found a playback singer, whom they had ignored until yesterday. Just my two cents!