Contest gets tougher

Darjeeling& Sikkim: The finals of talent show Indian Idol is just days away.
And finalists, Prashant Tamang and Amit Paul, are getting huge support from fans in their hometowns.
It is a sight that Darjeeling has never seen before with hundreds of people busy on phones in every nook and corner of the town.
The truth is that they are all SMSing with a single purpose in mind and that is to help local boy Prashant become the next Indian Idol.
Prashant enjoys so much support in Sikkim & Darjeeling that his fans are spending thousands of rupees to message their votes for him.

We want Prashant to win that is why all the people are working till grassroot level to make him win," says a resident of Gangtok.
The Prashant craze is everywhere in Darjeeling and Gangtok , from streets to walls. The housewives have even come out with collection boxes to raise money to send SMSes for him. Not just that, 24-hour SMS booths are now working overtime for the purpose.
However, Prashant's rival in the finals, Amit, is not far behind. He has achieved what many thought was impossible.
Support for him in his home state Meghalaya is so great that at only for him the Khashi, Jaintia and Garo tribes stand united with non-tribals.
"All the Khasis are extending their support to him and the Bengalis are also supporting him," says a resident of Shillong.
"Amit Paul is the best. He is a boom!" adds another resident.
But will Darjeeling's Darling or Meghalaya's Pin Up boy be the next Indian Idol?
That is something fans will have to wait till September 23 to find out