Fame X
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Fame X, with Indian subtitle Chal Udiye, was an Indian
television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. It followed an earier Indian singing competition and musical reality show called Fame Gurukul.
television station. Dean of the show was Palash Sen
. Auditions were held in Ahmedabad
, Jaipur
, Delhi
, Kolkata
and Mumbai
. Originally the host was Sophie Choudry
, but she was replaced in later stages by Shilpa Sakhlani
.
The weekly Fame X show was complemented with a daily Monday to Friday show entitled Fame X Academy. The winner would get Rs50,00,000 grand prize, a recording contract and MTV Artiste of the Month title where the winner would be featured for a full month. He will also get the chance to sing for the Indian cricket team at the World Cup 2007
The judges were:
Hosts:
The finalists, with ages and region originating from:
The winner of the first series was Rehan Khan
who beat in the finals Neethi Nair and Anandrupa Bagchi.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. It followed an earier Indian singing competition and musical reality show called Fame Gurukul.
2006-2007 series
The show's inaugural Indian season was in November 2006 and it extended until the finals in 2007. It was broadcast on Indian SAB TVSAB TV
SAB TV is an Indian general entertainment television channel that is owned by Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd and based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was launched on April 23, 2000 by Sri Adhikari Brothers as a general entertainment channel. In 2003, it was repositioned as a comedy-centric channel...
television station. Dean of the show was Palash Sen
Palash Sen
Palash Sen is an Indian doctor turned lead vocalist of the Indian band Euphoria, and also a songwriter.-Early life and education:He was born to Dr Rupendra Kumar Sen and Dr Pushpa Sen on 23 September 1965. He is a half Bengali and half Dogra, was born in Banaras, and brought up in Delhi, staying in...
. Auditions were held in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
, Jaipur
Jaipur
Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....
, Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
and Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
. Originally the host was Sophie Choudry
Sophie Choudry
Sophie Choudry is an Indian film actress, singer, former MTV India VJ and occasional model and anchor.-Early life:...
, but she was replaced in later stages by Shilpa Sakhlani
Shilpa Sakhlani
Shilpa Sakhlani Agnihotri Born on 19 January is a television actress and is known for her role as Ganga in the popular Balaji Telefilms soap opera Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi...
.
The weekly Fame X show was complemented with a daily Monday to Friday show entitled Fame X Academy. The winner would get Rs50,00,000 grand prize, a recording contract and MTV Artiste of the Month title where the winner would be featured for a full month. He will also get the chance to sing for the Indian cricket team at the World Cup 2007
The judges were:
- Nikhil Chinapa, an MTV IndiaMTV IndiaMTV India is the Indian version of MTV , a channel specialising in music and youth culture programming. It was launched in 1996 and is now part of the Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd based in Mumbai. . "MTV India" is one of the oldest Music Television Networks in Asia...
VJ - Ganesh HegdeGanesh HegdeGanesh Hegde , is an Indian singer, performer, video director and Bollywood choreographer.-Choreography:Born in a Bunt family in Mumbai.His parents are Harish Subbaya Hegde and Vidya Hegde, Hegde is best known for his work in the Oscar-nominated film Lagaan and for his musical numbers in Company...
, an Indian singer, performer, video director and Bollywood choreographer - Daler MehndiDaler MehndiDaler Mehndi , born August 18, 1967, is an Indian Bhangra pop singer.Mehndi was a student of traditional Punjabi music and his first album broke sales records in India. Since 1995 he has recorded several highly successful albums in India, and also sung as a playback singer for several Hindi movies...
, Indian traditional Punjabi singer
Hosts:
- Sophie ChoudrySophie ChoudrySophie Choudry is an Indian film actress, singer, former MTV India VJ and occasional model and anchor.-Early life:...
(originally) - Shilpa SakhlaniShilpa SakhlaniShilpa Sakhlani Agnihotri Born on 19 January is a television actress and is known for her role as Ganga in the popular Balaji Telefilms soap opera Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi...
(later in the series)
The finalists, with ages and region originating from:
- Anandroopa Bagchi, 19 years, Bihar
- Priyadarshee Banerjee, 23 years, West Bengal
- Arunima Bhattacharya, 23 years, West Bengal
- Alok Chaubey, 18 years, Bihar
- Ashutosh Jain, 23 years, New Delhi
- Aditya Jassi, 24 years, New Delhi
- Samrat Kaushal, 22 years, Punjab
- Rehan KhanRehan KhanRehan Khan is an Indian singer who in February 2007 won Fame X, an Indian music competition broadcast on SAB TV. Besides a solo singing career, he is a member of the duo "Band Hungama". He also appeared in a number of Indian films.-Beginnings:Rehan Khan was inspired early by his family to go into...
, 23 years, Mumbai - Neethi Nair, 19 years, Mumbai
- Trupti Pandkar, 20 years, Maharashtra
- Vidhhan Pandey, 21 years, Uttar Pradesh
- Ritu Pathak, 19 years, Madhya Pradesh
- Priyanka Purohit, 23 years, Rajasthan
- Jyotika Sharma, 19 years, Mumbai
- Rakesh Sharma, 30 years, Chhattisgarh
- Rohitraj Sinha, 24 years, Allahabad
The winner of the first series was Rehan Khan
Rehan Khan
Rehan Khan is an Indian singer who in February 2007 won Fame X, an Indian music competition broadcast on SAB TV. Besides a solo singing career, he is a member of the duo "Band Hungama". He also appeared in a number of Indian films.-Beginnings:Rehan Khan was inspired early by his family to go into...
who beat in the finals Neethi Nair and Anandrupa Bagchi.