4 Bengali girls in top 6??? - Page 5

Originally posted by: Gauri_3

Originally posted by: bambooshoot

Just to refresh some memories, there was indeed an audition in Hyderabad!

Honestly, I wish they would ban all Bengalis from participating in any of the reality singing shows. No matter how talented and deserving they are! Although it would deprive some of the respected members of this forum the immense pleasure that they obtain from bashing up Bengalis. But at least then the Bengalis can then live in peace.

Originally posted by: akanna

Oh yes, they showed like 3-5 mins of that Hyderabad audition, I think, but selected no one from there? I think only one of the judges went there, and not both... Not sure though. I wonder why they didnt have one in Bangalore and Chennai, the two biggest cities in the South... 😕

I think they held audition only in one city in each zone and expected the wannabies from other cities to travel there. So just like they held auditions in Kolkata and not in Assam or Orissa, they held auditions in Hyderabad and not in Bangalore or Chennai. It would be impossible to cover all cities. Some people travelled from really far for the auditions. One of the most surprising one was the little boy who travelled all the way from Assam for the Mumbai audition and sang "bheegi bheegi si" so well, but was rejected.. 😭

Regarding the second part, I believe in talent, and I will always support true talent regardless of all other criteria. Plus I dont have one to support from my region, and so I have to pick some to support from the selected 12 without any bias. 😃

Yes, I have read your posts and I know that you support true talent. Folks like you, summerji and some others always appreciate good singers no matter where they come from. Yet there are a few others in this forum who jump at every opportunity to degrade the talent of the Bengali singers and blame regional voting for previous wins. It's as if it is the fault of a singer that he/she is a Bengali and he/she is looked at with a different view right from the begining. Now look at this situation! The competition has hardly started and there are already heated debates on this topic. I really think that this is unfair. I'm a Bengali married to a Telegu, born and brought up in Mumbai who speaks fluent Marathi. I love Telegu songs, I grew up enjoying Marathi Natya sangeet and I enjoy music from all regions. I always maintained the true winner always comes from the South. Both Vaishali and Anamika were toppers in the South Zone voting.

I agree with Bambooshoot, Akanna, Summer, and others for being so sensible. There is no need for bringing up this issue of regionalism and all those issues which might hurt the sentiments of a particular group.