|Pawar Public School
|Pawar Public School
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Filming does not take place until the judges’ audition round. The year, the auditions were filmed at the Mukesh Mills warehouse. For the first time in Indian Idol’s history, outdoor auditions were conducted.
Filming does not take place until the judges’ audition round. year, the auditions were filmed at the Mukesh Mills warehouse. For the first time in Indian Idol’s history, outdoor auditions were conducted.
To mark 20 years of ”Indian Idol”, the platinum mic was continued from the previous season that guarantees the contestant a position in Top 16. Each judge could give only 1 platinum mic.
To mark 20 years of ”Indian Idol”, the platinum mic was continued from the previous season that guarantees the contestant a position in Top 16. Each judge could give only 1 platinum mic.
==Theatre round==
==Theatre round==
This year also, The theatre round was filmed on ”’X”’, at the Lata Mangeshkar Auditorium.
The following is a list of the contestants and the song they performed. Contestants are listed in the order they performed.
The following is a list of the contestants and the song they performed. Contestants are listed in the order they performed.
Indian tv series
Season of television series
The sixteenth season of Indian Idol premiered in October 2025, on Sony Entertainment Television. Shreya Ghoshal, Vishal Dadlani , along with Badshah became the unchanged judges as season 15. The theme of this season was Yaadon Ki Playlist.[1][2]
Remote auditions took place from 26 July to 24 August 2025, as well as a number of open-call auditions, and from these, the producers selected the contestants who were then invited to audition in front of the judges.[3]
| City | Audition Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Kolkata, West Bengal | 26 July 2025 | SPK Jain Futuristic Institute, New Town |
| New Delhi | 17 August 2024 | Central Academy School, Sector 10, Dwarka |
| Mumbai, Maharashtra | 24 August 2025 | Pawar Public School |
Filming does not take place until the judges’ audition round. This year also, the auditions were filmed at the Mukesh Mills warehouse. For the first time in Indian Idol’s history, outdoor auditions were conducted.
To mark 20 years of Indian Idol, the platinum mic was continued from the previous season that guarantees the contestant a position in Top 16. Each judge could give only 1 platinum mic.
This year also, The theatre round was filmed on X, at the Lata Mangeshkar Auditorium.
The following is a list of the contestants and the song they performed. Contestants are listed in the order they performed.
Color key:
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This contestant advanced to top 16. |
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This contestant was eliminated. |
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The contestant who made past the theater round or got the platinum mic in the auditions, are listed below as follows:
| Contestant | Age | From | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diwakar Choubey | 23 | Gurgaon | |
| Manraj Veer | 25 | Delhi |
After the theater round, every week all the contestants performing in the gala and are eliminated on a weekly basis.
The gala rounds were filmed at the P3 Infotech Film Studio.
Colour Key:
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This contestant was saved by the judges’ scores. |
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This contestant was in the bottom two or three as per judges scores. |
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This contestant was eliminated. |
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This contestant won Indian Idol. |
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This contestant was the runner-up. |
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This contestant finished in third place. |
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This contestant finished in fourth place. |
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This contestant finished in sixth place. |
Like last season, this season too, bi-weekly eliminations were held. One week public votes, next week, judges’ scores. The bottom contestants are decided according to the judges’ scores from that week, and the person with lowest votes from last week is eliminated.
Winner
Runner-up
Third place
Fourth place
Sixth place
Did not perform
Saved by the judges scores
Bottom two or three
Eliminated
| Contestant | Pl. | Top | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theatre | |||
| Diwakar | N/A | N/A | |
| Manraj | N/A | N/A | |
| Aakarshit | |||
| Aaroh | |||
| Amritha | |||
| Ankita | |||
| Banashree | |||
| Dharmesh | |||
| Lakshay | |||
| Manav | |||
| Parinay | |||
| Sugandha | |||
| Vishwanath | |||
Reception and ratings
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The project head for the season was Chitra Langeh, and Akash Tiwari once again joining as the head of production. Pratyush Prakash was once again the writer of the series. Music guidance and music band were headed by Anand Sharma and Randeep Bhaskar. Aradhana Bhola, the managing director of FremantleIndia was once again the executive producer of the series. The season was directed by Saahil Chhabria.Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited took the whole charge again.[3]
