Indian Idol 12 Grand Finale: Pawandeep, Arunita, Shanmukhapriya & Other Finalists Perform For One Last Time
The much-awaited grand finale of Indian Idol 12 is being held today (August 15). The top 6 contestants- Pawandeep Rajan, Arunita Kanjilal, MD Danish, Nihal Tauro, Shanmukhapriya and Sayli Kamble, who underwent a major make over, will be performing for one last time. The finale of the popular singing reality show began with National Anthem. Apart from finale celebration, there was Independence Day celebration as fauji guests graced the show and the contestants gave tribute to faujis.
Apart from ex-contestants, Shershaah actors Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani, Javed Ali, Mohammad Irfan, Amit Mishra, Vaishali Mhade, Raghav Sachar and others graced and performed with the finalists. Md Danish was seen showing off his acting and hosting skills. Host Aditya Narayan performed with Shanmukhapriya, and Mika Singh and Sukhwinder Singh entertained everyone by singing a few Bollywood hits. Also, Antakshari host Anuu Kapoor played Antakshari with the contestants, judges and host of the show.
The top 6 finalists performed along with lengendary singers: Pawandeep performed with Alka Yagnik, Sayli performed with Udit Narayan, Arunita sang with Kumar Sanu, Shanmukhapriya sang with Suzanne D'Mello, and Nihal and Danish sang along with Himesh Reshammiya and Sukhwinder Singh, respectively.
# Top 6 finalists reveal what they will do if they win the car (Maruti Suzuki 2021 Swift) in the show. Jay Bhanushali andAditya Narayan remind people to vote for their favourite finalist.
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# Anu Malik's journey in the Indian Idol is shown. How, from Rahul Vadiya, Neha Kakkar, Meiyang Chang to Abhijeet Sawant, he encouraged all contestants to perform in the show, is shown. The Indian Idol contestants give tribute to the music composer by performing to his hit numbers.
Anu Malik thanks Sony TV, Indian Idol and contestants, who sang the song amazingly. He calls Indian Idol and Sony TV as his family.
# Pawandeep performs with Sonu Kakkar. Anu Malik is impressed with duo's performance and praises them.
#Aditya Narayan welcomes Alka Yagnik, who gives tribute to 'Queen of Melody' Lata Mangeshkar by singing some of her evergreen songs.
# Shanmukhapriya performs with Ashish Kulkarni along with Indian musician Stephen Devassy.
# Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik have some fun banter. He decides to make Alka tell him 'I love you' and tries to impress her by singing songs. Finally, Alka tells, 'I Love you', but not to Udit, but to Aditya. Later, Udit sings with Arunita, Sayli and other contestants.
# Udit Narayan welcomes Kumar Sanu and the duo perform together to 90s iconic hit songs. Later, Kumar Sanu takes over the stage.
#Aditya Narayan welcomes an auto-driver, who is Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik's fan. The singers perform to 'Kaho Na Pyaar Hai.'
# Aditya and Udit later welcome Sadhana Sargam on stage, who performs to 'Pehla Nasha', 'Jab Se Tumko Dekha' and 'Saath Samandar' along with Indian Idol contestants Ashish, Nihal and Sayli respectively.
#Aditya and Udit perform to their hits.
# All the six finalists give dhamakedaar performances to 'Jai Jai Shivshankar', 'Koi Kahe', 'Indiawale' and other Bollywood hits.
# Kaun Banega Crorepati 12's Amitabh Bachchan sends video to the contestants. He tells the contestants that he watches the show and is impressed with their talent. He wishes them good luck.
# Sonu Kakkar, one of the judges of the show, performs to a few hit numbers.
# One of the top finalists, Nihal's fans, especially female fans praise him. His father talks about him. Nihal gives some fantastic performances to romantic songs like 'Julie' 'Kaate Nahi Kat Te', 'Dil Ka Yeh' and 'Gerua'. His female fans surround him on stage and he dances with the girls.
# The father-son duo, Udit and Aditya Narayan perform.
# Before Sayli's performance, her family is shown, who are all praise for her. They cheer her as they perform to hit numbers.