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 SawantRunner: Amit Sana
Indian Idol 2:Year: 2005-06
Judges: Anu Malik, Farah Khan and Sonu Nigam
Winner of Indian Idol 2:
Sandeep AcharyaRunner 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 TamangRunner 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 DebbarmaRunner Indian Idol 4: Kapil Thapa
Indian Idol 5:Year: 2010
Judges: Anu Malik, Salim Merchant, Sunidhi Chauhan
Winner of Indian Idol 5:
Sreeram ChandraRunner 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 MehtaRunner Indian Idol 6: Amit Kumar