About the Show, Format & Other Details

ABOUT THE SHOW

Inspired by the 'Spice Girls' phenomenon, the STAr Network rolled out its first reality hunt for India's Pop Stars. Since then the country has been hit by a wave of reality shows. Reality (Talent) shows like Indian Idol, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Supersinger, Fame Gurukul not only raised crores in revenue for the Broadcasters and did wonders for their ratings; they also presented the Indian audience with new set of screen idols.

Reality shows offer more than just 15 minutes of fame. They represent the hopes, dreams and aspiration of the masses... They give them heroes that they can worship and live vicariously through their achievements. The bond between the junta and their janardans is indeed a strong one.

THE CONCEPT
For the first time, presenting a reality show where ALL the heroes across ALL the singing reality shows compete on ONE single stage.

But there is a twist in the story.
There won't just be the winners of these talent hunts competing with each other but also the second favourites or the runner- ups of those same shows who almost took the title away from these Heroes. And after the battle is through, there will be only one real victor of the Showdown.

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THE SHOW FORMAT

The format of Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star centers on the following elements:
1. The Teams: There are two teams on the show: The Champions and The Challengers

2. The Champions: are the title winners of all the various singing talent hunt shows such as Indian Idol, Zee Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, Voice of India etc. There are 6 Champions on the show.

3. The Challengers are the runner-ups or the ones who almost stole the titles from the winners but did not make the cut. There are 12 Challengers on the show.

4. First part of the competition (the Friday episode) - The show will first have the Challengers battle it out amongst themselves every week to make the cut to the Champions side.

5. Second part of the competition (the Saturday episode) - One Challenger joins the Champions every week in order to compete alongside them at an equal platform. Basis their performances, the audience and the jury votes decide who will stay on and which one of them will be eliminated the next week.

6. Judgement of the first part: The first part of the competition involves the Challengers solo performances. Here, every week the panel of Jury awards them marks basis this performance. Once we have the top three Challengers for that day as per the judges points, the Champions cast in their votes for those top three Challengers. These votes are not divulged in the same episode. These additional marks added to the judge's score determine which one of the three Challengers moves on to the Champion's side that week in order to compete with them.

7. Judgement of the second part: This Challenger who has crossed over to the Champions side is now also addressed as a Champion. The second part of the competition involves the Champions performing solo's. All these performances are then marked by the panel of jury. However, their marks have only 50% of weightage. The other 50 % of weightage is given to the audience votes. Hence, at the end of each Saturday episode, voting lines are opened to the home- audiences. The result is finally declared on the next Friday episode where a combination of the Jury's marks and the audience votes determines the scores for the Champions. The Champion with the least amount of cumulative score is then eliminated from the competition. (This eliminated Champion could be anyone: One of the original Champion's or the Challenger who had moved to their side.)

8. The Week 8 Twist: The above process is followed week on week till Week 8. In week 8, there are 5 Challengers left. Now only one of these 5 makes it to the Champion's side. The other 4 are eliminated.

9. Week 9-11: From Week 9 onwards, we have only the Champion's league left (In an ideal situation, this could be a mix of the original Champions and the Challengers). Thus, on every Friday all remaining Champions perform solo's. The Jury marks this performance. This day's score is carried forward to the next day and it has 25% weightage in the overall score. The next day, i.e. the Saturday episode, the Champion's perform Duets with an Industry playback singer. The jury yet again marks them on this performance (the weightage of these marks are another 25 %) and simultaneously, the voting lines are opened for the audience. The audience voting has a 50 % weightage in the overall results. Hence, the Results= 25% jury marks on Fri + 25% jury marks on Sat + 50% of audience votes. The Champion with the least amount of cumulative score is then eliminated next week. This process is followed till Week 11.

10. Week 12: The first episode of this week, i.e. the Friday episode begins with the elimination of the Champion with the least amount of score and leaves us with the top 3 Finalists. The top 3 Champions perform and are marked by the judges. The next day, i.e. the Sat episode will see the top three finalists perform live at a ground event while the audience votes keep coming in. The cumulative score of the Jury and the audience votes finally give us the Ultimate winner- The one Champion and the Final Superstar.

THE JUDGES


Judge # 1: Farah Khan - She is known for her choreographical work in numerous Bollywood films, as well as directing Main Hoon Na and Om Shanti Om. The has been a judge on 2 seasons of Indian Idol on Sony TV too.




Judge # 2: Vishal-Shekhar - Vishal-Shekhar are a music directing duo (Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani) for Bollywood films. Vishal-Shekhar are undoubtedly one of the most creative composers of today. This talented duo sure is bankable. So, much so that their association with any project off lately guarantees a musical hit. The have been judges previously on the famous show SRGMP Challenge 2007.

THE HOST



Mandira Bedi, is an Indian Bollywood actress, who shot to international fame as a television presenter during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. She has been part of the popular shows, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and Shanti and has hosted Fame Gurukul on Sony TV too.

THE CHAMPIONS

Abhijeet competed in the first edition of Indian idol. Abhijeet beat Amit Sana from Bhilai, Chhattisgarh for the title. He won a contract worth Rs 1 crore (10 million) from Sony and a car. His most famous song, Mohabbatein Lutaunga, was the song he sang on the final episode. His second album, Junoon - Abhijeet Sawant was released on 10th July, 2007 and proved to be a major success.

Ishmeet Singh, an 18 year old boy from Ludhiyana used to suffer from stage fear in his childhood. The fear was overcome after he sang in front of a huge crowd in the Delhi Audition of Star Voice of India. He is a true fan of Shaan and considers him as his idol. He also admires AR Rehman and his dream is to sing for him. He was among the top 2 finalists on Star Voice of India and was crowned the winner of Star Voice of India on November 24, 2007. Casting a magic spell on the audience with his medley of Punjabi folk songs, Ishmeet Singh was declared winner of Star's Voice Of India talent hunt reality show.

Ruprekha Banerjee, born in 1984 in Agarpara (a small town in the northern suburbs of Kolkata), was one of the three finalists of Fame Gurukul, one of the most watched television shows in India - along with Rex D'Souza and Qazi Touqeer. On 20 October 2005, she managed to grab the top prize along with Qazi Touqeer.

Ujjaini Mukherjee was a finalist on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 achieving 7th place and subsequently a winner on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu with Aishwarya. She gave up classroom education for music and shot to fame during the finals of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa's Challenge 2005. She was the winner along with Aiswarya in the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu competition.

Aishwarya and Ujjaini were crowned Jodi No 1 at the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu grand finale held at the Airport Expo indoor stadium in Dubai on June 23. The winners defeated their opponents, Sharib and Banjyotsana. Both contesting couples fought tooth and nail as nearly 8,000 spectators looked on. Aishwarya and Ujjaini won by a margin of 10,000 votes.

ebojit Saha,(born in Silchar, Assam) is Indian-Bengali singer and was the winner of Zee TV's reality series, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005. He was placed in Ismail Darbar's Yalgaar Ho Gharana and then started to gain public attention by going through the initial rounds by being chosen by the judges. In the final 12, he was only in the bottom three once. On February 24, 2006, he was announced the winner of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 with the majority of votes from the North Eastern states of India.

THE CHALLENGERS

Rahul Vaidya is the second runner-up in Sony's hit reality television show Indian Idol. he was born on Sept 23, 1987, Nagpur. He finished third on the first season of Indian Idol. He was hotly tipped to win until his defeat in the penultimate round, on February 18, 2005. Eight months later, he released his debut album Tera Intezar.

Priyani is originally from Indore. She was among the top 12 finalists on Star Voice of India. She was voted out of the contest at one point. During the October 5, 2007 she got back into the competition through a wildcard reentry. She was finally eliminated on October 19, 2007.

Harshit Saxena, born in Lucknow is a 24-year-old singing sensation. Harshit is one of the many contestants who participated in Voice of India. He was the runner-up in VOI and lost too Ishmeet.




Amit Sana is an Indian singer who appeared in Indian Idol, a show very similar to Pop Idol and American Idol, in 2005 and finished second. Amit Sana was born and brought up in Bhilai. He sang his first Bollywood song for the movie Kalyug. The song's name is Meri Dastaan, music for which is directed by Anu Malik.

Neha Kakkar is an Indian idol finalist. Being a most popular contestant in INDIAN IDOL-2 she is getting many offers. According to the director Farah khan she is the no.1 stage performer in Indian idol history and Ritesh deshmukh called her his own Indian idol.


Ravinder Ravi, the self taught musician, is the voice that wafts in from the breeze of Ludhiana from where he hails, like an untainted performer, who just lets himself go. Though the nation remembers him as one of the top ten finalists in the Indian Idol contest on Sony Entertainment Television, he was sorely missed by viewers and fans when he lost out to other contestants.

Muhammad Ovez Sabri, popularly known as Toshi Sabri, is a gifted singer of Rajasthan's Sabri Family. Toshi has a beautiful voice and sings very dynamic songs ranging from Qawwali to Pop. Toshi first appeared in Amul STAR Voice of India and made his way into the 7 final singers.


Sumitra Iyer is originally from Pune and an IT professional. She was born to a South Indian family. Her dream is to become a playback singer. Sumitra was one of the contestants of Star Voice of India, a singing competition on Star Plus channel. She was among the top 12 finalists.


Himani Kapoor is an Indian singer and was the finalist of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005. She was trained by Aadesh Shrivastava, the mentors of the 'Jai Ho' gharana. Considered among the best on the show, Himani won the hearts of many with her unique voice and singing style.


Prajakta Shukre a contestant in 'Indian Idol1' has been considered a right combination of talent and good looks. Though the show was never a cakewalk for her, she managed to reach at number four.




Amit Tandon, the former Indian Idol contestant is also set to launch his first ever music album. "It's been almost two years since I participated in the Indian Idol contest. The desire to cut an album was always there, but my acting assignments kept me busy," says Amit. Now he wants to establish his career as a singer.

Vineet Singh born 15 January 1989, Lucknow, India is a new Bollywood singer. He began learning music at the age of 5. He competed in the well-known show in India called Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 and he managed to obtain 2nd place. The competition was a reality television program based on the publics' votes and Debojit Saha received more votes than Vinit to win the competition.