Here’s what I felt of today’s episode…
This season of Indian Idol Junior has been one of the most loved reality shows on TV. One of the main reasons for it is none other than Sonakshi Sinha herself. This is the actress’ first show on TV. She is brought in as one of the celebrity judges, but till today’s episode she wasn’t coming onstage. She had been sending over video messages to the kids who were selected and interacting with them via video chat. Finally she is here!
The show, which brings forward singing talents from across India, started its second season a few weeks back. Since that day I was too excited about Sonakshi’s debut on TV and today when she rocked the stage with a superb dance performance, it felt really great. She ruled the stage like no one else before.
Highlights:
–Contestants: The enormous amount of talent that is spread across India is mind blowing and this show just manages to tap that potential from all over. Over the last few weeks, contestants came up for auditions from the farthest of corners. Some of them were really great singers, and having such talent at such an early age left me spell bound. The selected contestants’ singing not just made the judges feel good about their selection but also made me feel that finally after long audiences in India will get to hear some great new voices.
–Judges: Vishal Dadlani, Salim Merchant and Shalmali Kholgade were decent enough in the past episodes. Now that Shalmali has been replaced by Sonakshi, it feels more starry looking at the judges panel. None of the judges were too lenient on the contestants. Sonakshi also gave in some fun inputs to the contestants.
–The hosts: Asha Negi made her debut as a host today. She and the other host Hussain Kuwajerwala did great onstage. Hussain tried some funny dialogues on stage and tried to lighten up the mood for the kids and the judges. Both the hosts entertained thoroughly. It was fun watching their funny and quirky chemistry onstage.
All in all a pretty balanced enough show of Indian Idol Junior 2. Nothing too bad. Everything pretty good till now. I hope, in the coming weeks the reality show will grow more and more interesting. Above all I will be able to treat myself to one and a half hours of soulful music.