Anu Malik to judge Asian Idol

Anu Malik to judge Asian Idol

By: Subhadeep Bhattacharjee
Friday, 30, November, 2007

It is already over bro! Thanx for Sharing. The singapore Idol won! 😆 😆 😆 Abhijeet Sawant wasnt ready for this anyways his singing and performance was good but not great compared to the other compititors. 😆 😆 😆

Abhijeet Saawant is the only good thing that came out of the Indian Idol show...and ya i saw snips of Anu at Asian Idol, and frankly it seem like he didn't know much about music!

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Asian Idol 2007 Finalists

Abhijeet Sawant On Asian Idol

The first Indian Idol, Abhijeet Sawant is on a roll. Beside his upcoming film and album, he is all set to enter Asian Idol. The show is a replica of the popular American show, American Idol and Abhijeet will be representing India. This reality show will be captured by Sony Entertain Television. On the personal front too the singer is a much-happy man as he is soon to get married to his long time sweetheart Shilpa.

"It's a great pleasure and honour to represent India on such a big show. The Asian Idol will take place in Indonesia. I am little nervous and excited too," says Abhijeet.

Talking about the format of the show he says, "It is the same as American Idol where five people from different Asian countries are going to participate. We are going to perform with a live band and viewers have to select the champion based on that one day performance by following a voting pattern."

Elaborating on the selection process he explains, "A code is assigned for each contender and audiences will have to send a sms with the code. The difference in selection pattern being that one has to vote for two performers. For e.g. if Indian citizens are voting for me they'll also have to vote for another contestant."

Abhijeet is required to sing in English and this is making him nervous. "The contestants will sing three local songs and three English songs. I'm not worried about Hindi songs but going live in front of huge audiences and that too in English is making me tense. I'm therefore now going in for some training. From tomorrow a singer is going to help me with the required skills. And above all we have to co-ordinate with the local band, whether we like it or not," he moans.

Talking about his upcoming marriage in December he complains, "I don't even have time to distribute my marriage cards. Asian Idol and my new album are taking up all my time. Recently we shot the third song ' Dhoonde...' for my new album 'Junoon' at the Pushkar mela. The schedule is very hectic and all the marriage work is being looked at by my family."

Here's hoping the Indian Idol becomes the next Asian Idol

Abhijeet Sawant (Marathi: ?????? ?????, born October 7, 1981) is an Indian singer. He was the winner of India's first Indian Idol, a show similar to Pop Idol from Britain.

Abhijeet Sawant competed in the first edition of Asian idol which was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from December 15 to 16, 2007, which was won by Hady Mirza of Singapore Idol. Despite losing, he was credited by the judges for giving Asian audience a taste of Indian music.

i am sorry but have to ask..why are u posting all this in srgm forum , shouldn't u be posting it in Indian idol forum?? 😕 😕

Originally posted by: piya_y116

i am sorry but have to ask..why are u posting all this in srgm forum , shouldn't u be posting it in Indian idol forum?? 😕 😕

Good question the name of the show is Asian Idol not Indian Idol and there is no format for Asian Idol but it is related to music not gossip and it sure have SARAGAMAPA. Hope I was able to educate you.

Originally posted by: AznDesi

It is already over bro! Thanx for Sharing. The singapore Idol won! 😆 😆 😆 Abhijeet Sawant wasnt ready for this anyways his singing and performance was good but not great compared to the other compititors. 😆 😆 😆

Yes bro but thought it something that I can share with all and like you said Abhijeet Sawant wasn't ready.

Originally posted by: Qwest

Yes bro but thought it something that I can share with all and like you said Abhijeet Sawant wasn't ready.

Yes he was very Raw while the others seemed very polished and trainned. It was also his first time we will get just get better for next year no doubt. Also Since all contestants had to sing a english song i think that was his biggest barrier even though i was amazed at how well he did. He was really behind compared to other contestants on this front. Wish the other Indian Idols Luck for next time. 😉