K for Kishore

K For Kishore
Genre	Reality, Musical
Created by	Miditech
Directed by	Sudesh Bhonsle
Country of origin	India
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	Total 39
Release
Original network	Sony Entertainment Television India
Picture format	480i (SDTV),
Original release	December 21, 2007 – May 4, 2008
External links
Website

K For Kishore is an Indian television popular singing contest that was broadcast on Sony TV, from December 21, 2007, to May 4, 2008, with a four-hour grand finale. The show was created to determine which of 12 contestants, all professional and seasoned singers, was most able to sing songs 'similarly' to singer Kishore Kumar. The show featured popular judges and music directors. The series was opted for only the votes of the judges and the audience in the studio for deciding the singers who come closest to the legendary singer Kishore Kumar.^[1]

Judges

• Bappi Lahiri
• Amit Kumar
• Sudesh Bhonsle

Guests

• Leena Chandraverkar
• Asha Parekh
• Kumar Sanu
• Alka Yagnik
• Vinod Rathod
• Hema Sardesai
• Javed Akhtar
• Nagesh Kukunoor (extended guest)
• Asha Bhonsle
• Rajesh Khanna (grand finale)
• Kunal Khemu
• Atif Aslam

Hosts

• Rajeshwari Sachdev
• Babul Supriyo

First participants

• Arnab Charkrabarti (Team: Jhumroos) --- Winner
• Chintan Bakiwala (Team: Bangdoos) --- 1st runner-up
• Chetan Rana (Team: Bangdoos) --- 2nd runner-up
• Nayan Rathore (Team: Bangdoos) -- Eliminated
• Vinod Seshadri (Team: Jhumroos) -- Eliminated
• Sameer Memon (Team: Jhumroos) -- Eliminated
• Apurva (Team: Jhumroos) -- Eliminated
• Pramod Rampal (Team: Jhumroos) -- Eliminated
• Harsh Vyas (Team: Jhumroos) -- Eliminated
• Milind Ingle (Team: Jhumroos) -- Eliminated
• Suhas Sawant (Team: Bangdoos) -- Eliminated
• Kshitij Wagh (Team: Bangdoos) -- Eliminated
• Saurabh Ghosh (Team: Bangdoos) -- Eliminated
• Babar Chandio (Team:Chandio) -- Eliminated

Challengers

• K. Shailendra-winner
• Amit Paul—Eliminated (due to ill health )
• Amanat Ali—Eliminated
• Rex D' Souza—Eliminated
• Anil Srivastva—Eliminated
• Sikander Ali—Eliminated

References

1. "New reality show on Sony not to have viewer votes". December 18, 2007.

External links

• K for Kishore Official Site on SET India