That's what I remember from early on, though I thought the minimum was six for LC2 - at least I assumed so seeing Vaishali!! LOL... But if maximum is 13 (it was always 13, I remember), how did they let Alka's 14 or 15 year old niece to audition?? Hmm... nice try!! Trying to make the viewers believe that neither Alka nor the channel shows any partiality to any contestants - they made that little girl to act in order to save the show's face or what??