either way not going to disclose where i am from originally but i will say some things that i hope will help some people: it doesn't matter where a person belongs to but it is their talent that we should look for. be it in sports, acting, or singing.
I am neutral on this subject. at times i like some Pakistan singers or songs or players and at times i like some Indian players, songs, singers, etc. for me it is all about Talent and people need to get that.
Here's what i think happened in Zee. The votes were all planned or cheated some how. because i clearly thought that Raja will win. In my opinion i wasn't surprised that Amanat didn't win because it is the fact since he is from Pakistan and since he is in India i didn't expect that. of course any patriot will vote for their country no doubt. but yes when it comes to discovering talent then u should look beyond that. In my opinion amanat, Raja, Poonam are already the ready singers, meaning that they are prepared and if they are offered a contract in any place then they will surely get it. for the prepared singers even Mauli is one to some extent. But yes i was shocked first but then i realized that Aneek, even mastering the Surs, is still young and Zee T.V is actually known for its drama ishtyle 😆 so they wanted to show the crowd what the Zee tv wanted. i mean i think that they figured out that people were expecting Raja since he has a huge fan following him and like lil champs SRGMP the winner was announced prior to the finale, they decided to take a different turn this time around. so they played it, which is not bad because Aneek is a good singer but i have a feeling that since a lot of music industry wanted to sign amanat and raja(remember the offers they got in the last show) so Aneek's win is good for all, Aneek will work even harder and since his voice is still not developed to be as a playback singer yet, not saying he is bad he is actually really good but not just ready yet like poonam or raja or amanat. and Raja and amanat got offers and they accepted so yea Zee needed someone for a year with them and i'm thinking Aneek is aware too and so are other contestants.
for me Poonam should have gotten a chance. and btw i don't like how the janta votes because they are horrible at decision making at times(take Indian Idol for example or even Zee because both of them seems to hate women in a sense that they don't want to bring them to top.) i haven't seen not one woman(not GIRL, note, not GIRL) on the top so far as in the winner in any show. so that is not fair so i think that Janta is not good in making decisions or rather they vote for their favs. or their likings but not for talent, so that is where the judges come in because they tell u who the real winners at all times.
Now the question of Indian-Pak thing...well im not going to start an issue on this but i would like to point out some things to most of the Pakistani haters here or even Indian hater here: Indian cricket team is far better in batting than Pakistani team and i have seen that but Pakistani bowlers are better than Indian bowlers. but both countries fielders are just plain interesting. but yes both teams are unpredictable and Pakistan beat India in that category.
A lot of Pakistani singers DON'T need India to promote their music because if u see them outside their country they are more popular than they are in their country. so no Pakistani singers need that. And if they were not good then India wouldn't have come to them with songs and contracts. I can name plenty: Mehdi Hasan(he was asked to shift in India but he refused), Nadia (the "aap jesa koi meri zindagi main aaye" singer), Nusarat Fateh Ali Khan ( the best sufiana singer in the whole wide world, so WWW famous), Atif Aslam (has a great voice but no surs but still famous for his music, never needed India for that), Ali Zafar (multi-talented singer, famous internationally before India), Adnan Sami (he was the famous singer in Pakistan but after leaving to India he was hated there a lot, but see India gave him something that Pakistan couldn't), Shehzad Roy, Junoon band, Jal band, Fakhir, and many more who were asked to sing in India and were known because of their musics all around before they were known in India so yes Indian Janta is not really needed by Pakistani singers. Also to them, they will always welcome fans and the greater the number the better for them. Just to remind another thing Pop music has always been Pakistan's genere music but lately Indian singer have started that as a trend too, meaning forming bands and using them in movies a lot lately, as i have noticed. so no need for Pakistani people to use India to actually become famous but it is always a nice feeling to have fans never the less. the same can be said for Indian singers or people.
so please i have a request to all that this issue is just stupid to bring out because it ruins you and other people along with it.
and let me tell you my best friend is the opposite to me, meaning that she belongs to my neighboring country(be is india or pak) and we have never brought this issue out and we are so close that we are considered sisters (also we belong to different religions. so plz don't fight but instead be friends.
Last but not the least: Congrats to Aneek and Congrats to Raja and Amanat for giving us such a wonderful show and lately a truly tough competition with real talents unlike some other shows i have seen.
Wish them all the Best, they are all winners in their own ways! Raja for his great voice, Amanat for being versatile, and Aneek for a great person and a great Sur managing person(sorry i saw aneek and raja almost as a copy of other famous singers in their voices but Amanat's was new voice i heard). for me all of them are good but my fav. was Poonam.
that was my opinion entirely.
thank you
rooj