Agnipariksha results- 29/12/05
Theme for the day- Punjabi numbers
Guest for the day- Prasoon Joshi, Lyricist (Hum tum, Parineeta, Rang de Basanti)
All the contestant started with the punjabi number Jin mera dil lutiya
Good performance by the boys…dance with chair.
Shaan welcomed everybody in Punjabi..so today he is going to try and speak in Punjabi! The number of votes this time is 60 Lakhs.
The first gharana to come forward for the results is Jai ho gharana and the two contestants from this gharana are Himani and Hemachandra.
The first result is for Hema, his sister hemabindu is also there and has confidence in hema and a surprise – he gets a green card…his father is relieved and is almost in tears. His percentage of vote is 13.9.
Himani is the next one and her mother is here for the first time……as expected with her good singing last time- she gets green card again and her vote share is 18.71%. AS says that he was confident that both of them will go to next round.
Hemachandra sings Kudiyan nu bach ke …..i was thinking that hema will be uncomfortable but he was quite good….may be there was some accent problem which I did not understand (I do not understand Punjabi) but overall the song sounded nice and full of energy.
Next was Himani who sings Hulle hulla – Rajeshwari number. Good number and sings well. Prasoon like Hemachandra's efforts but feels Himani sounded a little overconfident probably because she is comfortable with the language.
Yalgaar gharana is the next one and there is some conversation with Nihira's mom and Debo's wife. Both say that they are ready to accept any verdict.
Debojit says that people from his hometown have been calling to say that VSNL lines have been jammed throughout the week. ID joins him and says that line to nahi kaat diya.
Debojit gets a yellow this time- first for him. Nihira gets green and is through to the next round with 16.42% vote.
Nihira's Punjabi number is Kala shah kaala….pretty ordinary performance- did not have the energy which a punjabi number requires…she says later that since she was concentrating on getting the diction right. ID says that this should never be the excuse. Most of the singers do not know the language…one should put in the right feel and energy no matter what the language is. Prasoon also agrees with ID.
The Yalgaar gharana is the next one with three contestants- Paresh, Vinit and Ujjaini. Vinit's brother is there and ID says that ab to family bhi aa gayi rishte ki baat karne. Ther is some more conversation with Paresh's wife and Ujjaini's mother.
Vinit is once again safe and gets 16.43% vote – which means Paresh and Ujjaini both get yellow.
Vinit sings a Punjabi number Diwani meri jaan lagdi…he is very good in the higher notes, even his transition from higher to lower note is very good. Prasoon praises Vinit's singing that inspite of his gala baitha hua ..he has sung well.
Now the bottom three perform. Debojit is the first one with sukbir number….hoho…ishq tera ….not very good singing…concentrating on performance..dances…but singing has gone downhill.
Ujjaini picks up a beautiful number…aaja soniya and sings it quite well with lot of feeling..her voice also sounds very nice.
Paresh sings Dil le gayi kudi…. And does well…sings with the right amount of expression and energy.
Prasoon joshi tries to cheer the participants with a poetry and then announces the results. Now the results. Paresh goes to the next round with 13.87% vote and debojit is safe with 13.77% vote. Ujjaini is out and gets around 3.18 lakh votes. Ujjaini said that as part of her new year resolution, she will not cry as people think that she is doing natak. It is hard for her to control tears. She thanks all the mentors and says that today she is missing Jatin- lalit. Asks people to clap for them. AS tells her that it is not the end and only beginning of the journey…she says that wish she had got this support some weeks back.
Ujjaini bids goodbye with a song.