Indian Idol 3 - this is one program I started following when they shortlisted 11 candidates for the final round. Wonderful singers - most of them. After couple of initial rounds (where few were dropped), I could see the competition growing steadily. Some of the girls were really good singers, and their voice echoes when they sing the right song - worth noting were Dipali and Puja Chatterjee. Unfortunately the audience (the general public) were so biased to male singers and voted out both these girls.
Right from beginning my favorite was Emon Chatterjee - wonderful voice, but a young mischievous boy not keeping his voice quality in all the songs. He made few mistakes which costed him to be voted out - he made it to the top 3 though.
But the best male voice was from Amit Paul - songs "Nasha yeh pyar ka nasha hai" and "pehla nasha pehla gumaar" were great. After hearing these two songs, I decided that he will be the crown prince of Indian Idol. Disappointed though to see him not being crowned. But he sure will make it as a great playback singer in the coming days.
Prashant Tamang became the crowned prince - he has a melodious voice, except for a couple of songs he did not show a striking performance. Looks like he won the public heart with those two songs very well.
My favorites would be Amit, Emon, Dipali and Puja. Heard that music director Anu Malik has given playback opportunity to Emon and Dipali - so be ready to hear them on the big screen soon.
Finally, youtube (and its members who upload clips) played a phenomenal role in bringing these shows across the world. While there are few cable TVs in US which broadcasts Sony TV, I have none of them except for internet and youtube.
