Indian Idol is the first Indian television show which was based on audience voting was started in season 2004-05 which was adapted from American Idol.



Indian Idol 1:

The first Indian Idol was started in season 2004-05 on Sony Entertainment TV. Top Ten participants were:
Abhijeet Sawant, Amit Sana, Rahul Vaidya, Prajakta Shukre, Ravinder Ravi, Aditi Paul, Mukesh Kumar Pancholi, Harish Moyal, Rahul Saxena, Amit Tandon

Judges: Anu Malik, Farah Khan and Sonu Nigam

Winner of first Indian Idol: Abhijeet Sawant
Runner: Amit Sana


Indian Idol 2:

Year: 2005-06
Judges: Anu Malik, Farah Khan and Sonu Nigam

Winner of Indian Idol 2: Sandeep Acharya
Runner Indian Idol 2: N. C. Karunya

Indian Idol 3:

Year: 2007
Judges: Javed Akhtar, Anu Malik, Alisha Chinai, Udit Narayan

Winner of Indian Idol 3: Prashant Tamang
Runner Indian Idol 3: Amit Paul

Indian Idol 4:

Year: 2007-08
Judges: Javed Akhtar, Anu Malik, Sonali Bendre, Kailash Kher

Winner of Indian Idol 4: Sourabhee Debbarma
Runner Indian Idol 4: Kapil Thapa

Indian Idol 5:

Year: 2010
Judges: Anu Malik, Salim Merchant, Sunidhi Chauhan

Winner of Indian Idol 5: Sreeram Chandra
Runner Indian Idol 5: Bhumi Trivedi, Rakesh Maini

Indian Idol 6:

Year: 2012
Judges: Asha Bhosle, Anu Malik, Sunidhi Chauhan, Salim Merchant

Winner of Indian Idol 6: Vipul Mehta
Runner Indian Idol 6: Amit Kumar