The rest of the contestants Aditya Jassi, 24, from Delhi, is a journalist by profession. But music is his life and his first love is composing songs and performing with his band. Rohit Raj Sinha, 24, from Allahabad, had participated in Indian Idol 2 but was eliminated prior to the final 12 list. His interest in music began as a challenge: to prove to himself that he could! Samrat Kaushal, 22, from Punjab, has been training under his father. He experiments with his voice to render each composition in a different style. Ashutosh Jain, 23, from Delhi, is a software geek who has left his job to pursue his passion — music. He can play the guitar, drums and keyboards. Rakesh Sharma, 30, Madhya Pradesh, is a Sufi singer who seeks inspiration from the legendary Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Alok Chaubey, 18, Bihar, considers himself a performer. His parents are artistes at All India Radio. Anandrupa Bagchi, 19, Bihar, comes from a musical family and is trained by her mother, a music teacher. Since the past year, she has being training with Suresh Wadekar. She plays the sitar and tanpura and adores Sonu Niigaam. Ritu Pathak, 19, Madhya Pradesh, plays the tabla and harmonium and is passionate about pursuing music as a career. Vidhan Chandra Pandey, 21, Uttar Pradesh, stammers when he speaks but sings flawlessly. This self-taught singer listens to Mohammed Rafi for inspiration. Priyadarshi Banerjee-Banjo, 23, West Bengal is a rock singer and considers himself extremely innovative in his performance. Arunima Bhattacharya, 23, West Bengal, is a trained classical singer and has been performing since the age of six. She participated in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa (World Series) and Indian Idol. Trupti Pandkar, 20, Pune, sings mostly Western songs. She is the lead vocalist in a band. Priyanka Purohit, 21, left her biotechnology course to pursue music. She is not a trained singer but has made it to the final list of Fame X. |