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Season 1
The winner of the first season of Indian Idol was Abhijeet Sawant, from Mumbai. This season was aired from October, 2004 to March 5, 2005 on Sony TV. Amit Sana from Bhilai, Chhattisgarh was declared the 1st runner-up, while Rahul Vaidya from Nagpur and Prajakta Shukre from Jabalpur, MP came 3rd and 4th respectively, in the competition.
The judges for the First season were extremely talented and popular personalities of the Bollywood; Anu Malik, Sonu Nigam and Farah Khan. They received very rave reviews and immense popularity for their performances as the judges in this show, regaining them the same spot for the Second Season. The first season was hosted by Aman Verma and Mini Mathur.
The winner, Abhijeet Sawant released his first album "Aap Ka Abhijeet", with his first song Mohabbatein Lutaunga becoming very famous among the Indian audiences. He participated in Asian Idol representing India and though being placed third in the competition, he received great appreciation from the judges for introducing them and all the international viewers with such great Indian Music. He also released his second album Junoon which was a success and he also did play back for the movie, Ashiq Banaya Apne. Abhijeet also did some commercials for Spraymint. He started acting with his debut film "Lottery", which was released in March 2009, but could not do well at the box office.
Rahul Saxena, who failed to make it to the top 6, has been offered a song by Indian Idol judge and director, Farah Khan, in her own film Om Shanti Om and Amit Tandon got work in a new serial from Ekta Kapoor and Balaji Telefilms. Amit Sana, Rahul Vaidya and Prajakta Shukre have released their solo albums.
Rahul Vaidya, the 2nd runner up, hosted the show Aaja Mahi Ve on the channel STAR Plus. He also hosted the popular dance show, Jhoom India. He did playback singing in the film, Shadi no. 1. He was also the part of the team, in the musical game show Music Ka Maha Muqqabla on STAR plus. He was a part of the winning team, Shankar's Rockstars in the musical game show Music Ka Maha Muqqabla on Start plus and also the winner of the reality singing show Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar on the same channel, whereas Abhijeet Sawant was the 1st Runner-up in the same show.
The first season of Indian Idol premiered in the month of October, 2004 on Sony Tv. It concluded on March 5, 2005. It was hosted by Mini Mathur and Aman Yatan Verma. Anu Malik, Sonu Nigam, and Farah Khan were the judges. Abhijeet Sawant won the competition.
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