Javed ji not coming tonight, he is busy with some work. Shabana Aazmi is the guest tonight.
Clipping of Shabana's movie shown.
Shabana's favourite contestant among the finalists is Chang π π
Contestant No. 1: -
Abhisek Kumar - "Dus bahaane kar ke le gaye dil" from DUS. Different cap π π Good performance π π
Shabana ji said ok performance but less josh. Udit ji and Alisha (surprise) both felt problems of sur π π Anu Malik angry with Alisha π π π Anu vs Alisha quarrell π π π Anu gave excellent comment.
Contestant No. 2: -
Smita Adhikari - "Salaam-e-ishq meri jaan zara qabool kar lo" from MUKADDAR KA SIKANDAR. Sang well π π
Anu felt great. Shabana ji felt it was good. Alisha and Udit also gave positive comments. So positive comments from all judges π π
Contestants No. 3 : -
Charu Semwal - "Mehboob Mere, Mehboob Mere" from FIZA. Excellent performance, Good singing π π π
Alisha felt flat singing π π (does she know what's 'flat' π ) Udit ji gave good comments. Shabana ji felt average performance but very good voice and singing. Anu sang a bakwaas ? shayari / ? song dedicated to Charu π π π and gave good comments.
Contestant No. 4 : -
Parleen Gill - "Sitaaron ki mehfil" from KAHO NA PYAAR HAI. Great performance, average singing π
Anu ji gave extremely negative comments (Weakest among all boys π π ). Udit ji and Shabana ji gave negative comments, both disappointed. Alisha saw some 'hidden performer' in him π π π Only she was somewhat positive.
Clipping of contestants on beach shown.
Contestant No. 5 : -
Puja Chattarjee - "Tujhe yaad na meri aaye, kisise ab kya kehna". Great singing, loved it π π π
Udit ji and Alisha gave good comments, Alisha was moved π π by her performance. Shabana ji felt good (only slight lack of 'emotion' in singing) and so did Anu.
Contestant No. 6 : -
Prashant Tamang - "Ada, jaan lewa ada" from GARAM MASALA Good performance, good singing π Udit ji felt it was average. Alisha felt good. Shabana ji ko majaa nahin aaya π π Anu gave negative comments (mazaak hai, college ka singing hai kya π π ).
Contestant No. 7 : -
Ankita Mishra - "Chhamma Chhamma" from CHINA GATE. Superb performance, excellent singing π
Anu malik felt it was outstsnding and superb. Shabana ji felt superb π π Alisha agreed with both. Udit ji felt she was 'besuri' in beginning. Anu vs Udit quarrel π π And now Alisha is taking Udit ji's side, with complete change of her opinions π π π
Contestant No. 8 : -
Meiyang Chang - "Woh ladki hai kahan" from DIL CHAHATA HAI Superb performance, superb singing. Wow π Ended the song by giving a red rose to Deepali π π
Shabana ji gave average comments. Alisha felt it was out of the world performance π π Udit ji and Anu felt it was just average.
Contestant No. 9 : -
Deepali - "Mera piya ghar aaya ho Ramji" from YAARANA. Great performance and singing π π π
Udit ji / Alisha / Shabana ji / Anu Malik all gave extremely good comments π Hussein presented her with a red rose for her fabulous performance π π π (I think they edited out the part where he supposedly fell down π π )
Contestant No. 10 : -
Emon Chattarjee - "Khaike paan banaras waala" from DON. It was good performance.
Udit ji gave positive comment. Alisha felt he was not improving π π Shabana ji gave excellent comments. Anu gave very negative comments (performance going from bad to worse, you are the worst performer π π ). Alisha vs Anu quarrel follwed by Shabana ji vs Anu quarrel, again followed by Alisha vs Anu fight π π π. Alisha shouting 'no, no. nooooooo......' π
Contestant No. 11 : -
Amit Paul - "Nasha yeh pyaar ka nasha hai" from MANN
Great voice, great singing, superb performance π Spellbinding π π The best performance of Gala 3 π Anu malik dancing when Amit was singing π π Anu ji again told some bakwaas shayari dedicated to Amit. Gave superb comments. Alisha felt it was boombastic and Shabana ji was all praise. Amit sang it again after a loud cheer of once more from the judges / hosts and audience. Anu Malik spoilt it with his 'besura' back vocals π π Udit ji sang it with Amit, Alisha danced and the crowd cheered on π π π Truely one of the memorable moments of Indian Idol galas π
Way to go Amit. He should be the 'Bhaarat ki shaan' according to me.
Shabana ji's tips to the contestants - End of episode.