Indian Idol 12 has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Let's take a quick look at the singers such as Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam and others who raised eyebrows with their shocking statements .
Indian Idol 12 has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. From faking love angles between contestants to shocking eliminations, the singing reality show was allowed no respite by fans or the celebrity guests who appeared on the show. Let's take a quick look at the singers such as Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam and others who raised eyebrows with their shocking statements .
During the Kishore Kumar special episode, we saw how the Indian Idol 12 judges Himesh Reshammiya and Neha Kakkar were all praise for all the contestants who crooned some of the greatest hits of the legendary singer. Amit Kumar, who had graced the show as a guest, also sang a few lines of Kishore Kumar's songs while sharing some anecdotes about him. However, Amit Kumar revealed that he didn't enjoy the episode and wanted it to stop. Amit also went on to reveal that the makers of Indian Idol 12 had asked him to praise every contestant and their performance since they were paying a tribute to Kishore Da. The singer also admitted that he went to the show for money and didn't like how Himesh and Neha sang Kishore Kumar songs on the stage. Next time if they're paying a homage/tribute to a legend like Kishore Kumar, they shouldn't do it this way, he told TOI in an interview.
Lyricist Manoj Muntashir has agreed to disagree with Amit Kumar. He lashed out at Amit saying that he took the money and then went on to criticised the show. If Amit Kumar came out and lashed out at the show, he shouldn’t have agreed to be a part of it in the first place. He took money for being a part of the show and then criticised it. I wouldn’t have done what Amit Kumar did. If I was in his place and not comfortable with the proceedings, I would have told the makers that I don’t want to be a part of the show,” Manoj told TOI.
Sonu Nigam dropped a video on his Instagram handle and said, Nobody can do justice to Kishore Kumar songs. His son Amit Kumar is a great man and he has seen this industry much more than us. He is a very quiet and dignified person. He is not saying anything and you are taking undue advantage of this. I want to tell the Indian Idol team to end this controversy. There’s no fault of Amit ji and Indian Idol as well.
Sunidhi Chauhan has revealed that she quit Indian Idol as a judge because the makers had asked her to praise contestants on the show. Not exactly this ki sabko karna hai (that praise all of them) but yes, we all were told (to praise). That was the basic thing. And so, I couldn't go on. I couldn't do what they wanted and I had to part ways. Hence, today, I am not judging any reality show, Sunidhi, who was a part of the judges panel of the 5th and 6th season of Indian Idol, told TOI in an interview.
Abhijeet said that he didn't appear on Indian Idol because he wasn't willing to share the stage with certain people. He said that he spoke with the creative director of the show and told him that he wasn't asking for work by asking them to bring him on the show but for asking something that he deserves. I told them, I am not asking for work, I am asking for what is rightfully mine. People work under me. I am the employer. They call people who've sung four songs in their life. You make those people judges who haven't served music. They are only commercial. They've given hit songs, but they haven't given music anything, Abhijeet told Bollywood Spy.
Reacting to the Amit Kumar controversy, Kumar Sanu said that it was his personal viewpoint and nothing like this had happened when he graced the show as a guest. Maybe, he did not like the singing when he was on the show... I feel, Amit ji did not like the singing as the contestants were singing his father’s songs... Those young contestants also must have faltered somewhere and maybe he (Amit) did not like that. Since Kishore Da’s way of singing is on a totally different level it is extremely difficult to sing like him... I don’t know what happened in Amit ji’s episode so I can’t comment on it. However, if something like this happened then it is indeed shameful but I feel every episode is different, Kumar Sanu told Peeping Moon.
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