In an episode filled with high drama,came back to the show to see his contestant Debojeet get a record high % of votes ever, mostly from the North Eastern states. Himesh Reshmiya could not tolerate this and took an exception to this saying that since Debo gets votes only from a certain part of India, his votes shouldnt be considered as India's choice for the Voice of India. Taking cue from Himesh, Vinit came on stage and aanounced the decision of all contestants to walk out from the show.
Behind the secene's Himesh Reshamiya also got into an verbal duel with one of the contestant's, Hemachandra's mother.
Watch this episode filled with high drama on Thursday 19th January 2006 at 10pm IST. finalists walk out to protest against Debojit getting maximum votes.
More controversy hits as the show reaches its climax. Shooting for Friday's episode came to a halt when three of the four finalists contestants Hema Chandra, Himani and Vinit staged a walk-out. Their protest was against the fourth contestant Debojit receiving the maximum number of votes.
"I don't know what to say. I never imagined that I would witness all this on my show," says producer-director Gajendra Singh. "The past weeks have been terrible. Suddenly everything seems to be happening on the show. I know that I am in trouble. This Friday's episode seems to be in jeopardy and I don't know how to solve the problem."
"I din't think the contestants would have the guts to stage a walk-out," he adds. "There is definitely some conspiracy going on and I have to find out who is responsible for it. We have have a meeting about this the whole night. I was taken by surprise on the show and yelled at the contestants on-camera. Now, I am figuring out what to do."
Debojit, who has been in the news for various reasons over the past few weeks, appears shell-shocked too, at the turn of events on Monday. "I don't know what to say. All this has been a nightmare for me," he says. "I thought all the other contestants were my friends... I am leading with the maximum number of votes and now they've all walked out. The audiences have had faith in me and I hope I continue to satisfy them in future with my work. I am a young guy and am working hard on my career."
It will be interesting to see what Gajendra Singh and his team do for the Friday's episode. Meanwhile, the three protesting contestants refuse to comment on the episode.
"I am in a meeting… I can not explain anything right now," says Vinit. Himani's mother is even more evasive. "Yes, I am Himani's mother, but I don't want to comment on this," she says. "Himani has gone out and I have no clue when she will be back." Hemachandra's reaction runs on the same lines too. "We can't talk about it yet, until final decisions are taken" she says.
Meanwhile, there's news that the three contestants also threatened to quit the show because they panicked at the alleged ULFA backing that Debojit is getting.
"These contestants are kids, below 18 years of age," says Srivastava. "Naturally, their parents will be concerned. I don't blame them for offering to quit. Vinit's dad in Lucknow heard about the ULFA threat, so he didn't want his son to be part of any dangerous endeavour. In fact, I asked the kids why they did something as rash as offering to quit. They told me they were scared. They don't know how to manipulate votes from their home towns. The way things are shaping, Debojit will definitely win. But let's see where he goes after that."
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