Indian Idol 4 , Day 11 - 24th Oct 2008

Boy's First Elimination

This article has been taken from curlio.com since they cover the indian idol in a much better way and I feel like I am sitting in front of television watching the episode as I read their coverage.

Indian Idol 4 - Boys Face A Shocking First Elimination

Indian Idol 4 took a dramatic turn this Friday as the first four boys faced eliminations. The elimination episode was recorded live at the IBN7 Studio and the only people present were host Hussein Kuwajerwala, judge Anu Malik, and the 15 male contestants themselves.

The show began with a lengthy discussion on who should and should not be eliminated. All of the contestants were asked to vote who they thought should be eliminated this week. As expected, Remo Ghosh and Keshav Prasad received the most votes from their fellow contestants.

Back in the studio, Hussein asked Remo what he thought of them thinking that he should be eliminated. He replied that, "as far as that day’s performance is concerned, I think I should be eliminated. I don’t believe that I am not worthy of this competition. "

AM jumped in and asked him to not be diplomatic, but rather, to say what he feels. Remo said that they probably said that because they didn’t like my song. AM asked whether he thinks that he didn’t sing well. Remo responded that he didn’t think he sang that badly. Even judge Javed Akhtar thought it was good, as did AM. Remo didn’t think he should be in the Bottom Four.

Hussein then moved on to Keshav and asked him his opinion. Keshav said that he picked a tough song and challenged himself to sing in a different genre, something that even AM pointed out. And as far as I know, there are only a few here who have the ability to sing playback, even though everyone is a singer. There’s a different between an imperfect performance and imperfect singing. AM said that the competition is also about who handles the pressure well. All in all, Keshav said he tried his best and that he should not be in the Bottom Four.

Then Ali Hussein was asked what he thinks will happen. Ali was also unsure about who made what impact on the public in that minute and a half that they performed. He said, "I don’t think I should be eliminated so quickly because I can do better in the future."

(Deepa’s rant about Ali: He was one of my predictions for elimination this week, not because he didn’t sing well, but because of his attitude. He comes off as very arrogant in all of his interviews. In the theater round, he blamed his forgetting the lyrics on his partner. During his interview at the end of the show, he also said something along the lines of “my elimination will have such an impact that other young people will not make a career out of music.” Really? Please stop talking.)

Then we moved on to the very shocking Bottom Six. I’m going to cut through all the crap and just lay it out. I will say that AM was very, very upset at this list. He was shocked, hurt and frustrated.

The first person in the bottom six was…hold your breath…Rajdeep Chatterjee. Okay, WHAT???!!!! I am seriously shocked about this and am doing everything in my power to stay calm. This is the guy who basically had the best performance on Saturday, hands down. No one, and I mean NO ONE, would have ever predicted this. And it got worse.

Here, Anu Malik actually asked Hussein if he was sure. Hussein said that it was shocking but true. AM responded that he was very appalled and hurt, and that this was the worse thing anyone could do to Rajdeep. He is the find of Indian Idol. (This whole time, Rajdeep looks like he’s afraid to breathe less the public find fault with that, too).

Pranav Srivastava was in the Bottom Six. (He was also one of my predictions for elimination).

Ali Hussein was in danger. (Can I just say that I totally called this one?)

Anu Malik was still in shock, especially now that Ali is in the bottom. He had his own little rant about this, and for the first time, I actually felt bad for him!

The next person in the Bottom Six was Sourabh Mehta.

Parashar Joshi was announced in the Bottom Six. I’m sorry, come again?? Yes, Parashar wasn’t the best on Saturday, but he was not bad enough to get eliminated. This one was another shocker for me.

There was another rant from Anu Malik, after which Keshav was announced safe. (Uh oh!).

If I had been shocked about Rajdeep, Hussein’s next announcement sucked the life out of me. I think I became a ghost!

There was one spot left, and it belonged to either Prosenjit Kosambi or Mohit Lalwani. I had predicted Prosenjit to be eliminated, but at the rate things were going, I was convinced that Mohit was the one in the Bottom Xix. Anu Malik still couldn’t get past the fact that Keshav was safe and Rajdeep was in the bottom.

A very scared Prosenjit asked Anu Malik what else they can do to impress the people. Dance on their heads, came the reply from AM.

Then Hussein proved me right and announced that Mohit was in the bottom.

This may have turned me violent had I not kept reminding myself of Bhavin Dhanak from Indian Idol 3, who had the potential to make it big but got eliminated in the piano rounds. I’ve been comparing Mohit and Bhavin since the start of the season.

Mohit was too stunned to even sit down in his chair. Anu Malik didn’t even know whether to laugh or not.

So the contestants who were safe were Prosenjit, Remo, Keshav (still upsetting), Kapil Thapa, Sandeep Ubale, Bhanu Pratap Singh, Roshan, Kuldeep Singh Chauhan, and Charit Dixit.

Hussein asked Mohit what he thought and all he could say is that he tried his best. Anu Malik told Hussein that there is no way that Mohit or Rajdeep are eliminated because then we would lose a potential Indian Idol.

Rajdeep finally spoke and said that he never thought he would be out this early. He has been working day and night for this competition, and that only he knows how hard he is working. All that he has been focused on is singing and getting into the next rounds. The judges liked it but why the audience didn’t like it, he couldn’t say. Then, bless his heart, Rajdeep smiled. Poor Parashar couldn’t even say anything!

Finally, after much discussion, Hussein announced that Rajdeep and Mohit had gotten higher votes than the other contestants and were, therefore, safe. At this point, Mohit lost it and had to be consoled by Anu Malik.

So the four contestants to be eliminated were Parashar, Ali, Pranav, and Sourabh.

The rest of the episode showed the eliminated contestants going back to their residence and telling the female contestants. None of the girls thought that it was true – they all thought that it was joke. Much sadness ensued when they figured out that it was the truth.

The episode ended on a high note with Nirali Fauzdar, Tulika Ganguly, Bhavya Pandit, and Roshan doing a show in Ahmedabad, Nirali’s hometown. Anu Malik was there to support them as well.

Up tomorrow…the girls’ second piano round.