• ‘Why Sanmukha Priya?’ : One of the contestants named Sanmukha Priya has been thoroughly trolled for having an unwanted advantage of being on the show. Music lovers were vocal about her monotonous way of ruining songs and also her repeated presence on multiple reality shows.
• ‘Celebrities calling off the show’: Singers like Sunidhi Chauhan and Kishor Kumar’s son Amit Kumar blamed the makers who compelled them to speak good of all contestants irrespective of their bad singing.
• ‘Series of fake love and poverty stories’: After the show went trp high post ‘Arunita-Pawandeep’ love angle, the show was indirectly exposed by Arunita when she indirectly claimed it false while saying, “Bohot chize hasi-mazaak ke liye hoti hai” and Pawandeep too agreed to this. Indian Idol Season 1 winner, Abhijeet Sawant criticized the show for promoting fake poverty stories for TRP over promoting real singing talents.
• ‘Constant changes in anchor and judges’: The judging seat was replaced multiple times after Neha Kakkar and Vishal Dadlani left the chair. Manoj Muntashir, Sonu Kakkar, and Anu Malik were seen filling the dots whereas to hold the mike Bharti, Jay, Ritvik, and Harsh were seen hosting other than Aditya Narayan. What a consistent contract!

When a show as such disappoints its forever lovers, they would certainly deserve to be tagged as ‘miserable’ and ‘dishonest’ to the viewers. Hope the upcoming season brings up realism in such a reality show. Stay tuned to this space for more of such stories exclusively from ‘The India Chron’ desk.

Pawandeep Rajan was declared the winner of this season LIVE midnight, along with Arunita Kanjilal and Sayli Kamble ending up as the runner-ups.

Even after multiple criticisms over the last few weeks of this season, the show delivered its mettle by impressing the audiences in their grand finale episode.

Being hosted by Jay Bhanushali and Aditya Narayan, the episode had its current judges Anu Malik, Himesh Reshammiya, and Sonu Kakkar seen performing too.

In the guest appearances, Siddharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani were seen promoting their recent release ‘Shershaah’ whereas Disha Parmar and Nakul Mehta came to grace the show with their most awaited ‘Bade Acche Lagte Hai 2’.

Cheering the contestants, on the list were too, accomplished singers like Javed Ali, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, and Sukhvinder Singh.

As expressed by the makers, Indian Idol Season 12 could have easily stretched for few more months as the ratings proved that people were still hooked to this season after multiple extensions.

While already marking an era with this season that the other reality shows will look up to, it would be thrilling to watch what the upcoming Indian Idol season will have to offer.

Until the next time, Stay tuned to this space for more such updates on what’s making the buzz.

According to reports, she suffered a stroke on Thursday after which she was admitted to Mumbai’s Arogya Nidhi Hospital. She was buried in Santa Cruz, Kabrastan.

Both Amaal and Armaan Malik shared emotional posts about her. Amaal wrote, “It was the most difficult task of my life to bury you with my own hands today. I cried hopelessly for a last hug, but you had already gone. You wanted to be buried right next to your husband and I’m glad we could make that happen. As I left, it began to rain and I looked up to the skies & smiled knowing that you are right where you wanted to be, united with Dada in another dimension, just like this picture.”

He added, “There was never anyone before, nor will there be anyone after. Sunday’s with Dadi was the real deal with Aloo Parathas for breakfast and Pizza Parties for dinner. You lived to love your children & grandchildren, you fought long and hard. Respect & Love. You will live within us till the end. The OG Malik has left us #RIP.”

His brother Armaan Malik also penned a post: “Lost my best friend today my dadijaan. The light of my life. I still cannot process this loss. A void I know nobody can fill. You were the cutest, the most precious human being ever. I am so grateful that I got so much time with you and got all your love, hugs and kisses. Allah my angel is now with you,” he wrote.