Fame X

Fame X
Presented by Sophie Choudry
Shilpa Sakhlani
Original language(s) Hindi
No. of series 1
Broadcast
Original channel SAB TV
Original run 2006 – 2007
External links
Website

Fame X, with Indian subtitle Chal Udiye, was an Indian television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. It followed an earlier Indian singing competition and musical reality show called Fame Gurukul.[1]

2006-2007 series

The show's inaugural Indian season was in November 2006[2] and it extended until the finals in 2007. It was broadcast on Indian SAB TV television station. Dean of the show was Palash Sen. Auditions were held in Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai. Originally the host was Sophie Choudry, but she was replaced in later stages by Shilpa Sakhlani.

The weekly Fame X show was complemented with a daily Monday to Friday show entitled Fame X Academy. The winner would get Rs50,00,000 grand prize, a recording contract and MTV Artiste of the Month title where the winner would be featured for a full month. He will also get the chance to sing for the Indian cricket team at the World Cup 2007

The judges were:

Hosts:

The finalists, with ages and region originating from:[3]

The winner of the first series was Rehan Khan who beat in the finals Neethi Nair and Anandrupa Bagchi.

References

  1. ↑ TellyChakkar: "Grand finale on Fame X!"
  2. ↑ The first episode of Fame X
  3. ↑ Finalists page on Official website

External links