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The elimination episode started off on a 'happy birthday' note—it was Javed Akhtar's birthday

Kailash Kher pays tribute to the birthday boy

The bottom three has some familiar faces—Rajdeep, Prasenjit and Bhanu

Bhanu is voted out and he sings Lagan lagi before bidding everyone goodbye

Indian Idol has a new host--Amrita Rao, the heroine of the upcoming flick Victory

Hussain manages to get on the stage in time to get back his job

The Top 7 await their fate

The Top 7 await their fate

Is Shaan giving Hussain some pointes on how to be a better host and never have his job in jeopardy again?

Shaan shares the stage with the director of Victory, Ajit Pal

Torsha, Bhavya and Sourabhee sing Chale jaise hawaaein for Amrita

The actress wishes she could sing like our girls

The best singers find themselves rejected by the janta yet again

Rajdeep and Prasenjit are in the bottom two

Hussain announces that Rajdeep is safe and will sing in at least one more gala

The axe has fallen on Prasenjit

But the boy from Kolhapur takes the disappointment bravely, with a smile on his face

The Top 6 join Prasenjit on stage as he sings his last song on the Indian Idol stage

Farhan rocks with contestants

The Akhtars - Zoya, Javed and Farhan

Family special on Indian Idol

Like father like son

Zoya & Farhan Akhtar with the judges