The 15th season of this singing reality show 'Indian Idol' is all set to hit our TV screens. This time National Award-winning singer Shreya Ghoshal, singer-songwriter Vishal Dadlani and rapper Badshah will be seen sitting on the judge's chair in the show. Soon the audience will get to hear many great voices on the stage of this show.
So far, this show has given many good singers to the music world. Hence, let's have a look at the winners of Indian Idol of the past seasons. The winner of the first season of Indian Idol was Abhijeet Sawant.
He became a star overnight by becoming the winner of this show. After the show, his solo album was also released, named 'Aapka Abhijeet Sawant'. This solo album was well liked and Abhijeet was recognised in every household.
After this, Sawant did playback singing in Bollywood films. He also tried his hand at acting, and made his acting debut in the year 2009 with the film 'Lottery'. Apart from this, he was also seen hosting the singing reality show 'Indian Idol-5'.
Sandeep Acharya was the winner of the second season of Indian Idol. Sandeep could have gone very far in his music career but he died in the year 2013 due to illness. Prashant Tamang was the winner of 'Indian Idol-3'.
He was in Kolkata Police before coming to this reality show. He was a part of the police orchestra and kept singing in police programs from time to time. His senior advised him to go to Indian Idol.
After winning Indian Idol, Prashant released his first album with Son.