Singing Shows

This page will focus on introducing all the viewers about various Singing Reality Shows of the world. 

THE VOICE OF HOLLAND

The Voice of Holland, also known as TVOH, is a Dutch reality television competition, created by John de Mol, airing on RTL4. Since its first season in 2010, it has been   hosted by Martijn Krabbé and Wendy van Dijk. One of the important premises of the show is the quality of the singing talent. Four coaches, themselves popular performing artists train the talents in their group and occasionally perform with them. Talents are selected in blind auditions, where the coaches cannot see, but only hear the auditioner. In 2012, the Dutch-language network RTL Netherlands introduced a children's version of The Voice, The Voice Kids. Fabiënne Bergmans won the first season of this show. The second season debuted on December 21, 2012. And the finale airing on February 15, 2013. Laura van Kaam won the second season. During the third season , which aired in 2014, Ayoub Maach won the competition. Lukas Van Roekel was declared the winner of the fourth season. The judges including these four seasons are Angela Groothuizen, the Dutch duo Nick & Simon and Marco Borsato. However, the fifth season panel is changing. Marco Borsato will remain as a coach. But Nick & Simon will be replaced by rapper and coach of The Voice of Holland, Ali B, as Angela Groothuizen will be replaced by former The Voice of Holland coach and member of The Common Linnets Ilse DeLange.

THE VOICE INDIA

The Voice is an Indian singing reality talent show, based on the original Dutch version  of the program created by John de Mol & is part of a wider international franchise. The show, hosted by Karan Tacker, airs on &TV  & is produced by Endemol India. The show's coaches include leading Bollywood singers Himesh Reshammiya, Mika Singh, Shaan & Sunidhi Chauhan. The auditions for the series was shot in March 2015, and it was premiered on June 6, 2015. It is broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays at 9:00 PM IST. The series consists of three phases: a Blind Audition, a Battle Phase and Live Performance shows. Four coaches, all famous musicians, choose teams of contestants through a blind audition process. Each coach has the length of the auditioner's performance (about 90 seconds) to decide if he or she wants that singer on his or her team; if two or more coaches want the same singer, then the singer gets to choose their coach. For the very first season of The Voice India, four of the top most singers of Indian Bollywood film industry were chosen - Himesh Reshammiya (also music composer, actor and producer), Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan and Mika Singh. The first season of the series is being hosted by Karan Tacker.

THE VOICE (U.S.TV Series)

The Voice is an American reality television singing competition broadcast on NBC. Based on the original The Voice of Holland, the concept of the series is to find new singing talent (solo or duets) contested by aspiring singers, age 15 or over, drawn from public auditions. The winner is determined by television viewers voting by telephone, Internet,  SMS text, and iTunes Store purchases of the audio-recorded artists' vocal performances. They receive US$100,000 and a record deal with Universal Music Group for winning the competition. There have been eight winners of the show to date: Javier Colon, Jermaine Paul, Cassadee Pope, Danielle Bradbery,Tessanne Chin, Josh Kaufman, Craig Wayne Boyd and Sawyer Fredericks. The Voice began airing on April 26, 2011, as a spring TV season program. The show proved to be a hit for NBC and was subsequently expanded into the fall cycle when season three premiered on September 10, 2012. The series employs a panel of four coaches who critique the artists' performances. Each coach guides their teams of selected artists through the remainder of the season. They also compete to ensure that their act wins the competition, thus making them the winning coach. The original coaching panel consisted of Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera and CeeLo Green. Shakira & Usher took the places of Aguilera and Green in seasons four and six. Similarly, Pharrell Williams &  Gwen Stefani replaced Shakira and Usher in season seven, with Williams permanently replacing Green in the eighth season.

THE VOICE UK

The Voice UK is a British television talent show created by John de Mol and based on the concept The Voice of Holland. It began airing on BBC One on 24 March 2012. There are 5 different stages to the show: producers' auditions, blind auditions, battle phase, knockout & live shows. The winner receives £100,000 & a record deal with Universal Republic. There have been four winners to date: Leanne Mitchell, Andrea Begley, Jermain Jackman  and Stevie McCrorie. The original coaches for the first two series were william, Sir Tom Jones and Danny O'Donoghue. Kylie Minogue  & Ricky Wilson replaced Jessie J and O'Donoghue in the third series. However, Minogue left after one series and was replaced by Rita Ora. Ora also left after one series, to be replaced by Paloma Faith. Jones was let go & is to be replaced by Boy George in the fifth series. The first two series were co-presented by Holly Willoughby and Reggie Yates, with Emma Willis & Marvin Humes  taking over from the third series. The show involves artists drawn from public auditions, and is part of The Voice franchise. It is produced by Wall to Wall as well as Dutch production company Talpa Productions. The BBC won a "bidding war" with ITV, paying £22 million for the rights to broadcast the show in the UK for two years. ITV's Britain's Got Talent launched its sixth series on the same date of 24 March 2012. Many media outlets saw this move as a deliberate attempt by ITV to create a "TV ratings war" with the BBC.

SA RE GA MA PA

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa is an Indian musical reality TV game show. It started in 1995, and as of April 2012 it had 16 seasons with 1076 episodes. From 1999 till 2001, the show was hosted by the brothers Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan. After that, Shaan started hosting the show. Later, the name "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa" became known as the "brand name" of the series and completely changed the concept of the show to include public interaction through voting. This was first done in 2005, when the old show concept was completely scrapped and Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 was introduced. In February 2007, Real Media - Zee TV in Dubai, produced and started airing Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Middle East - Pakistan Challenge 2007 for the Middle East and Pakistan viewers based on the original format of the show. 

Zee TV Telugu has also started "Sa Ri Ga Ma Pa" in 2007 and run 2 series named "Sa Ri Ga Ma Pa Seniors" and "Sa Ri Ga Ma Pa Little Champs" and has started a new series "Sa Ri Ga Ma Pa Super Seniors" for contestants above 35 years of age. Zee Marathi also has its own version of "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. The last episode, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 aired in the year of 2007 and was hosted by Aditya Narayan. Highlights from Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2005 and 2007 are currently aired under the title "Rock the Dhunn".

The third instalment Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009 had been aired and premiered on July 4. Aditya Narayan returned as the host with three new mentors, who join Himesh Reshammiya. Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar 2010 contest was won by Kamal Khan from Patiala. Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs is the children's singing competition and it is in fourth season Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2011. Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2012 airs on Sat and Sun. The auditions were presented by DID host Jay Bhanushali; the current host is Javed Ali.

INDIAN IDOL

Indian Idol is the Indian version of the Pop Idol format. It started airing in India with the first season in 2004–2005 and was followed by second (2005–2006), third (2007) and fourth (2008–2009) seasons. The fifth season of Indian aired on Sony TV in 2010. It was launched by the programming team at SET of Tarun Katial and Anupama Mandloi. The winner of the first season of Indian Idol was Abhijeet Sawant from Mumbai . The season was aired from October 2004 to March 2005 on Sony TV. Amit Sana from Bhilai, Chhattisgarh was declared the first runner-up, while Rahul Vaidya from Nagpur and  Prajakta Shukre from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, placed third and fourth respectively. The second season aired on Sony TV from 21 November 2005 to 22 April 2006. The winner was Sandeep Acharya. The show's third season aired on Sony TV from 4 May 2007 to 23 September 2007. The winner was  Prashant Tamang, who hails from Kolkata in West Bengal and of Nepali origin. The runner-up, Amit Paul, was from Shillong, Meghalaya. The fourth season of Indian Idol was aired on Sony TV from 19 September 2008 to 1 March 2009. For the first time in Indian Idol history, there were two women among the top three finalists. Sourabhee Debbarma won the competition and became the first female contestant to do so. By doing so, she also won a contract of Rs. 1 crore with Sony Entertainment Television and a TATA Winger. She released an album, Meherbaan, as per a contract with Sony. She also performed a few stage shows around the country and overseas with Sony TV.Kapil Thapa was runner-up while Torsha Sarkar finished third. 

The winner of Indian Idol 5 was Sreeramchandra Mynampati from Hyderabad. The fifth season was judged on Anu Malik, along with two new judges: Salim Merchant and Sunidhi Chauhan. The other  contestants at the Grand Finale were Bhoomi and Rakesh. The finale was held on 15 August 2010 (which also happens to be the Indian Independence Day). For the first time in Indian Idol, the finale was held between three contestants. The sixth season aired on Sony TV from 1 June 2012 to 1 September 2012. The winner of the sixth season was Vipul Mehta. The judges liked the performances of all three contestants, but Vipul won the title as the decision was calculated by tabulating votes from the public as well as judge scoring. Vipul received the highest number of votes.

The Grand Finale was held on 24 November 2007. Ishmeet Singh Sodhi was the winner and Harshit Saxena was the runner-up. From the South Zone, Harshit received 55% of the votes in the East Zone, he received 52% of the votes and from the West Zone he received 60% of the votes. However, counting the North Zone votes, Ishmeet won. Also, Abhaas won the Jury Award. The winner of the first Star Voice of India was thus officially declared as Ishmeet Singh, who hails from Punjab. After winning the show, he released a religious album called "Satgur Tumre Kwaaj Saware". He supposedly died in a drowning accident, on 29 July 2008. Evidence was found to say that he was murdered.

AMERICAN IDOL

American Idol is an American singing competition series created by Simon Fuller and produced by 19 Entertainment, and is distributed by FremantleMedia North America. It began airing on Fox on June 11, 2002, as an addition to the Idols format based on the British series Pop Idol and has since become one of the most successful shows in the history of American television. The concept of the series is to find new solo recording artists, with the winner being determined by the viewers in America. Winners chosen by viewers through telephone, Internet, and SMS text voting were Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Kris Allen, Lee DeWyze, Scotty McCreery, Phillip Phillips, Candice Glover,Caleb Johnson, and Nick Fradiani. 

American Idol employs a panel of judges who critique the contestants' performances. The original judges were record producer and music manager Randy Jackson, pop singer and choreographer Paula Abdul and music executive and manager Simon Cowell. The judging panel for the most recent season consisted of country singer Keith Urban, singer and actress Jennifer Lopez, and jazz singer Harry Connick, Jr. The show was originally hosted by radio personality Ryan Seacrest and comedian Brian Dunkleman, with Seacrest continuing on for the rest of the seasons. For an unprecedented eight consecutive years, from the 2003–04 television season through the 2010–11 season, either its performance or result show had been ranked number one in U.S. television ratings. By 2012, however, the popularity of American Idol had begun to decline; that year, ratings in the 18–49 demographic fell by 24–27%, and fell further during subsequent seasons. For the first time since 2003, Idol was no longer amongst Nielsen's top 10 shows in terms of viewership. Critics credited the decline primarily to the growing popularity of NBC's competing series The Voice, along with other reality competition series that patterned themselves on Idol. On May 11, 2015, Fox announced that the series was canceled and that the program would conclude its run following its fifteenth season.

THE X FACTOR

The X Factor is a television music competition franchise created by Simon Cowell. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for Pop Idol  (2001-2003). It is held in various countries. The programmes are produced by executive producer Simon Cowell and his company SYCOtv. The "X Factor" of the title refers to the undefinable "something" that makes for star quality. The prize is usually a recording contract, in addition to the publicity that appearance in the later stages of the show itself generates, not only for the winner but also for other highly ranked contestants. The similarities between The X Factor and Idols prompted Idol creator Simon Fuller, along with 19 Entertainment, to file a lawsuit against Cowell, SYCOtv, and FremantleMedia in 2004. An out-of-court settlement was reached in 2005 allowing Fuller to gain a 10% share in The X Factor format, and preventing an American version until 2010. Fuller later filed another lawsuit in 2011, claiming that he had also been promised that he would be credited as an executive producer of The X Factor USA, but that Syco, Fremantle Media, and Fox Broadcasting Company had failed to fulfill that promise; that lawsuit is pending.

X Factor India is the Indian version of The X Factor, a show originating from the United Kingdom. It is a television music talent show contested by aspiring singers of all genres drawn from public auditions from all across India. The show in its inaugural year was broadcast on Sony Entertainment Television Channel. The 2011 competition was open to all Indian citizens born before January 15, 1995. There were 3 categories for registrants: Solo performances for those between 16 and 24 years of age as on January 15, 2011 and for those equal to and above 25 years of age as on January 15, 2011 and Group performance for a group of 2 or more people, all of which should be above the age of 16 years as on January 15, 2011. Reservation draws were to be divided one third to each category. Each week, Live Concerts were held in Mumbai where the 12 finalists performed for the judges and a live studio audience. 

INDIA'S RAW STAR

India's Raw Star was an Indian singing competition series created by Gajendra Singh of Saibaba Telefilms which began airing on Star Plus from 24 August 2014. It was hosted by model-actress Gauahar Khan and mentored by singer-rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh. Rituraj Mohanty won the first season on 30 November 2014 with Darshan Raval and Mohit Gaur finishing second and third respectively. Arjun Kapoor and Himesh Reshammiya made guest appearances in the show. India's Raw Star' witnessed singers like Kailash Kher, Mohit Chauhan and Shaan perform in the final episode with finalists Rituraj, Mohit Gaur and Darshan. The finalists sang the final face off song composed by Sachin and Jigar on the occaion, while Arjun Kapoor, promoted his film Tevar. Rituraj Mohanty, Darshan Raval and Akasa Singh were promised singers by Himesh Reshamiya. Darshan Raval is a famous singer now who has been singing at various levels.

AMUL STAR VOICE OF INDIA

Star Voice of India was an Indian Television singing competition that premiered on 18 May 2007 and ended on 24 November 2007. It was the first Indian singing competition produced by STAR Plus. The show was directed by Gajendra Singh, creator of the famous Sa Re Ga Ma Pa  series. It also featured judges that were on the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa series, Aadesh Shrivastava, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Alka Yagnik, Lalit Pandit and Jatin Pandit. Shaan, who had previously been hosting Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. The winner of the show was Ishmeet Singh Sodhi. Auditions for the show were held in the Indian cities shown below. The judges chose 17 contestants out of the thousands that had auditioned and the 17 contestants performed on the first two episodes of the show.The Agni team was hosted by Lalit Pandit and Aadesh Shrivastava and the Prithvi team was hosted by Abhijeet Bhattacharya and Alka Yagnik while Jatin Pandit remained neutral.

THE SING OFF

The Sing-Off is an American television singing competition featuring a cappella  groups. It debuted on NBC on December 14, 2009, and is produced by Sony Pictures Television and Outlaw Productions, with Mark Burnett's One Three Media (now United Artists Media Group) being added for the fourth season. A fifth season aired as a holiday special in December 2014. It is hosted by Nick Lachey (from the boy band 98 Degrees), with judges Ben Folds, Shawn Stockman (of the rhythm-and-blues vocal group Boyz II Men), and originally Nicole Scherzinger, later replaced by Sara Bareilles. Bareilles left the show after the third season and was replaced by Jewel for the fourth season. Several members of the show's music staff have come from the a cappella community, including  Deke Sharon, Bill Hare, Ed Boyer, Ben Bram, Robert Dietz, Christopher Diaz, and Nick Girard.

A cappella groups from the United States, including Puerto Rico, were chosen by audition and advanced in the competition based on judges' eliminations. Before the fourth season, the winners of the competition were determined by viewer votes during the finale.The program has featured guest appearances by various popular artists, including Bobby McFerrin, Natasha Bedingfield, Jay Sean, Smokey Robinson, Neil Diamond, Boyz II Men, Flo Rida and Sara Bareilles. The Sing-Off was renewed for a third season and started to air much earlier on September 19, 2011, though the first two series had been broadcast in December. Unlike previous seasons, the early start in September allowed for the production of more episodes and the number of participant groups increased.

AIRTEL SUPER SINGER

Airtel Super Singer - Thamizhagathin Brahmaandakuralukkana Thedal ("the search for the greatest voice of Tamil Nadu") is a reality TV singing competition in the Tamil language that is sponsored by the mobile service provider Bharti Airtel. The show is televised in India on Vijay TV, and worldwide through partner broadcasting networks. The show, together with its spin-off editions such as Airtel Super Singer Junior, are part of Vijay TV's Super Singer TV series.

The program, which debuted in 2006, seeks to discover the best playback recording voice and singing talent in Tamil Nadu through a series of statewide auditions. Selected contestants are required to participate in a number of competition rounds, often based on a theme for a given week, and aim to be selected to perform in the show's grand finale each season. Winners and finalists of the competition have been offered chances to sing a song in upcoming Tamil movies, and othe prizes such as sums of money, gold, and real estate property.

BHARAT KI SHAAN - SINGING STARS

Bharat Ki Shaan: Singing Star is an Indian television singing competition series broadcast on DD National. The series is produced by Gajendra Singh of Saaibaba Telefilms. The Grand-Finale of the 1st season was held on 1 March 2010. The winner of the 2010 cycle was Sumit Khatri, who received a trophy and two Bajaj Discover Bikes. The 1st runner-up was Sanjeev Kumar and the 2nd runner- up was Arindam Chakrabarti.The second season premiered on 23 April 2012.The winner of the 2nd season was Mamta Raut and runners up was Osama  Noor. It was hosted by Manoj Tiwari. Manoj tiwari also sang song in movie Gangs of Wasepur. The third season was hosted by Manoj Tiwari again and won by Vishal Mishra. Vishal Mishra also won Bharat Ki Shaan Mahavijeta.Vibhor Parashar was the 1st runner-up in both Season 3 & Bharat Ki Shaan Mahavijeta. Amika Shail became 2nd runner-up in Season 3.