Pakistan Idol (season 1)

For show episodes details, see List of Pakistan Idol episodes.
Pakistan Idol
Season 1
Broadcast from December 6, 2013[1] – April 27, 2014[2]
Judges
Host(s) Mohib Mirza
Co-host(s) Anoushey Ashraf
(Joined the show in Piano)
Broadcaster Geo TV
Finals venue Karachi
Winner:
Zamad Baig[3]
Origin Mandi Bahauddin
Runner-up
Muhammad Shoaib

The first season of Pakistan Idol premièred on Geo on 6 December 2013,[4] and aired finale episode on April 27, 2014, under the banner of Pakistan Idol: Jo Hai Dil Ki Awaz. The show aired two episodes every week – one on Friday and one on Sunday at the 21:00 PST prime-time slot.[5] The judges′ panel for the first season includes Ali Azmat, Hadiqa Kiani and Bushra Ansari,[6][7] while for the first time show is hosted by Mohib Mirza[8] and co-hosted by Anoushey Ashraf only in Semi-finals, she also hosted Pakistan Idol spin-off show Pakistan Idol-Sur Ka Safar. Show follows the same Idols format comprising 14 weeks from auditions to semifinals till grand finale.

The first season set a record for gathering 1 million votes for finale. On April 27, 2014, Zamad Baig became the winner of fist season of Pakistan Idol, beating, Muhammad Shoaib who came as a runner-up of the show.[9]

Regional Auditions

Audition took Place at following places, listing is in order of episode airing date:[10]

Episode Air Date Audition City Date Audition Venues References Golden Tickets
December 6, 2013
December 08, 2013		 Lahore, Punjab September 28–30, 2013 Shalimar Tower Hotel,
Avenues Marquees, DHA Phase 5		 16
December 13, 2013 Multan, Punjab October 5–07, 2013 UCL-TILS University [11][12] 09
December 15, 2013 Faisalabad, Punjab September 24, 2013 Royalton Hotel [13] 11
December 20, 2013 Peshawar, KPK September 26, 2013 Galaxy Complex [14] 13
Sukkur, Sindh October 9, 2013 Red Carpet Hotel [15] 01
December 22, 2013 Islamabad, ICT September 19–20, 2013 The Centaurus,
Pak-China Friendship Centre		 [16] 18
December 27, 2013
December 29, 2013		 Karachi, Sindh October 19–21, 2013 Beach Luxury Hotel [17][18] 13
CLEAR Last chance audition winners Online Registration Process [19] 05
Total number of tickets to Karachi 86

In addition, Pakistan Idol auditions held at Hunza, Swat and Gwadar.[20][21] The response of the people at auditions were hugely positive, around 20,000 plus people went out for audition, In Lahore due to the large number of auditionees the audition days extended to two more days, the enthusiasm of people in Faisalabad and Multan were exceptionally extravagant. At Hunza, Swat and Gwadar audition took place where majority s of girls appears for audition, In Sukhur, Hyderabad and Karachi audition took place for three days.

Clear Last Chance Auditions

Pakistan Idol shows extravagant and sterling attainments, the Presenter and major sponsor of series CLEAR offers another last chance for online auditions on its official Facebook page for the people who missed the chance to get auditioned. A port block was set open from 26 October 2013 to 8 November 2013 on page to post a five minutes video and audio clips of desired auditionees of their singing. Previous auditionees were also able to take part once again. Online selected contestants names were posted on a Facebook page after selection and CLEAR call them to Karachi for final selection, through this procedure total of 12 contestants were selected and from which total of five was finalized by series judges.[22][23]

Audition Structure

There are usually three stages in the audition process in every season, the first round being the open call audition advertised. Desired auditionees register themselves via SMS, and then called for audition at venue, each registered one sings briefly in front of judges, those who gain at least two yeses from the three judges then receive a Golden Ticket to Karachi. In the second round all the selected participants brought to Karachi, for final auditions, where first they first sing in a group of five or four in front of judges, most of those who attended are eliminated at this stage with only a limited number of auditioners selected to proceed further or. In the Third round selected participants have to sing in duos and trios, Here further selection occur and more participant cut off, final 24 and final 30 only made their way to the semifinals round where last final 12 or 13 selected for the game race and then this will be the only phase of game where audience select the fate of final contestants.

In the first season, the second and third stage of the audition took place within a single day, but in the following seasons each stage of the audition may take place on separate days. The initial audition venue need not necessarily be the final audition venue in front of the judges, and in later seasons, up to three separate venues may be used for the auditions in each city. The venues and dates of the second audition in front of the producers are not specifically listed in these pages.

Theater Round

Groups Performance

After the regional auditions, 86 contestants were selected to perform in Karachi in a series of rounds designed to eliminate further singers and narrow the pool.[24] The first theatre round involved group performances where a selected group of four to five contestants were asked to sing in front of the judges, albeit individually and not as a group. From amongst these contestants, the pool of contenders was narrowed down to 35 contestants. The selected contestants were asked to perform the next day in the second theatre round - the duets and trios.

Duo's and Trio's

Rest of best 35 advanced singer sung duos and trios in front of judges, in order to check their coordination and ability to sing with partner, a series of audition occurs, where exiguous and fewer contestants made their way to last and final round of theater.

Solo performance with Music Track

The selected contestants from previous rounds enter into third and final phase, where they have to perform as a solo performer with music track, series of performances occurs and judges selected the final top 24 contestants for the piano round.

Top 24 Contestants

Following 24-Top Semi-finalist were selected from total of 86. These contestants enters in Semi-final stage where the top 24-finalist will compete to reach at place of final 12-Contestants, from them winner of the show will declared. One of Top 24 contestants Nazish walk out of the due to her father deteriorating health condition and eliminated contestant Ghazal Ali was selected at position of Nazish in top 24.

Order Contestant Age at time of show Occupation Hometown Audition location About the Contestant
1 Ghazal Ali 21 Teacher Karachi Karachi, Sindh Ghazal is a school teacher, born and brought up in Karachi. She is a trained singer and has already taken part in various singing competitions and even reached the quarter finals of a national singing competition.
2 Fayeza Rashid 24 Make-up Artist Lahore Lahore, Punjab By profession Fayeza is a Make-up artist, she has been passionate about singing since she was a child and has received a lot of support for this from her mother and elder sister, who is a trained singer.
3 Mahwish Maqsood 26 Stage-Singer Lahore Lahore, Punjab Mehwish is a trained classical singer, She has already performed on PTV’s show Virsa Heritage and she has great interest in Sufi music.
4 Sana Zulfiqar 19 Television Playback-singer Lahore Lahore, Punjab Sana Zulfiqar has been singing professionally for three years. 19-year-old singer has sung as a playback singer for many famous drama serials for various TV channels and has performed on several morning shows, including Geo’s Utha Jago Geo.
5 Rose Marie 15 Student Karachi Karachi, Sindh Hails from Karachi, Rose is a trained classical singer and getting training from the age of 7, she won amy singing competition. She was a part and was in top 5 of Indo-Pak famous singing reality competition Chhote Ustaad.
6 Fiza Javed Abbasi 24 Music Teacher Karachi Karachi, Sindh An undergrad of CBM, Karachi, Fiza Javed Abbasi has been singing since she was four. She has not received any training but has evolved over the years as a singer.
7 Midhat Hidayat 15 Matriculation Student Karachi Karachi, Sindh Midhat is a matriculation student and has never receive training in music, though her passion and zeal about singing took her to idol journey.
8 Muhammad Shoaib 23 Journalist Qissa Khawani,
Peshawar 		Peshawar, KPK Hails from Qissa Khawani and lives in Peshawar, Shoaib is a journalist and has worked as a producer on the radio as well as TV. He has also worked for the print media. He has no training in music.
9 Ali Rizwan 29 University Student Faisalabad Faisalabad, Punjab Rizwan is currently doing master in Islamiyat Studies, his interest in music and sheer voice make him a singer.
10 Waqas Ali Vicky 22 journalist Mian Channu,
Khanewal, Punjab 		Islamabad, ICT Coming from a tiny small area of Punjab, Waqas is a journalist, though Vicky has not received any formal training but he has set his base being the lead vocalist of his own band Sargam which performs at local events.
11 Zamad Baig 21 Film-Maker Mandi Bahauddin Lahore, Punjab Zammad is currently studying film making and wanted to become a play-bck singer, he trained himself in a Sufi-rock gener without under supervision of music mentors and maestroes.
12 Seemab Arshad 19 Student Lahore Lahore, Pumjab Seemab hails from Lahore and is a student of ACC and wanted to become chartered accountant at the same time his extravagant interest in music earge to become a singer.
13 Kashif Ali 21 Singer Lahore Lahore, Punjab Kashif started his singing career at age of 5, till then he has no any professional training in music, he wanted to become a cricketer, but his zenith in music took him in another world.
14 M. Yasir Khan 20 Student Lahore Lahore, Punjab A student of accountant and only child of his pathani descent family, Yasir is passionate about singing without having any training he is melodious singer.
15 Umer Aftab 23 Student Lahore Lahore, Punjab Hails from the family of politics and media, Umer is a B.com student and has not training in music, his grandfather was a director, He wanted to join politics after getting fame from the show.
16 Asad Raza Sonu 26 Marketing Executive officer Islamabad Islamabad, ICT Asad is a Marketing Executive officer in a firm of ISB, he hold a job of strict schedule of 12-hour despite of that his passion of singing never damped his zeal to become a singer. With the support of family and his firm CEO he took-the-time-off to participate in the race.
17 Muhammad Zeeshan Ali 26 Singer/Composer Islamabad Islamabad, ICT Zeeshan has never received any formal training in singing, he has competed in singing competitions before coming to Pakistan Idol. He stood runners up in one of these competitions.
18 Shamir Aziz Quidwai 23 Engineer Islamabad Islamabad, ICT By a profession Shamir is an electrical engineer, without a training in singing he has been participating singing shows throughout his life.
19 Waqas Ali 25 Music Teacher Rawalpindi Punjab Islamabad, ICT Waqas hails from Rawalpindi, is a Music teacher and owns a small music studio, he started his singing career with the play-back in PTV drama serial Suraq
20 Waqar Ehsin 29 Student Islamabad Islamabad, ICT Currently Waqar is a student of economics his passion for music has made him take time off from studies to compete for the Pakistan Idol.
21 Abd-ul-Ahad Khan 26 Singer/Actor Karachi Karachi, Sindh By a profession Ahad is MBA, but his interest in singing put him on singing career, he has won several music competitions at regional level. He is also an actor.
22 Syed Ali Asad Zaidi 25 Commerce Student Karachi Karachi, Sindh Ali is a commerce student and has no training in music, he has won two singing competitions at national level of Pakistan.
23 Syed Sajid Abbas 20 Copywriter Karachi Karachi, Sindh Sajid is a professional copywriter and currently studying media, He is trained in semi-classical by Ustad Urooj Khan. In 2010 Sajid competed in LG Awaaz Banaye Star in which he was a runner up.
24 Abdul Rafay Khan 16 Music Student Karachi Karachi, Sindh Rafay is getting training as a singer from Karachi’s National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) and is currently a third year student there.

Semifinalists


Following is the list of semi-finalists who failed to reach the finals:

Contestant Age at time of show Hometown Audition location
Abd-ul-Ahad Khan 26 Karachi Karachi, Sindh
M. Yasir Khan 20 Lahore Lahore, Punjab
Umer Aftab 23 Lahore Lahore, Punjab
Seemab Arshad 19 Karachi Karachi, Sindh
Waqar Ehsin 29 Islamabad Islamabad, ICT
Ali Rizwan 29 Faisalabad Faisalabad, Punjab
Contestant Age at time of show Hometown Audition location
M. Zeeshan Ali 26 Islamabad Islamabad, ICT
Fayeza Rashid 24 Lahore Lahore, Punjab
Ghazal Ali 21 Karachi Karachi, Sindh
Fiza Javed 24 Karachi Karachi, Sindh
Midhat Hidayat 15 Karachi Karachi, Sindh

Semifinals

The contestants who reached this stage called Piano Round were referred to in the show as the Top 24 finalists. As of this seasons, the contestants performed in front of a small studio audience, with orchestra accompaniment on backing tape in group of eight, from each 3 Groups of 8 contestants, three contestants selected on basis of audience votes and one selected by judges choice, by giving last chance performance of any two constants from the eliminated ones, while rest of constants eliminates periodically.

From top 24, 13 contestants competed for the finals.

Group 1

Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result
1 Fiza Javed Abbasi "Lambi Judai"(Reshma) Wild Card
2 Waqas Ali Vicky "Hath Se Hath" (Sonu Nigam) Saved by Judges
3 Waqar Ahsan "Ankhon Kay Sagar" (Fuzön) Wild Card
4 Abd-ul-Ahad Khan "Na kaho... Na Suno" (Aaroh) Eliminated
5 Rose Marry "Bahon Main Chale Aao" (Lata Mangeshkar) Advanced
6 Syed Sajid Abbas "Aa Mere Pyaar Ki Khushboo" (Ustad Amanat Ali Khan) Advanced
7 Waqas Ali "Aik Haseena Thi" (Kishore Kumar) Advanced
8 Midhat Hidaya "Lag Ja Gale Se" (Lata Mangeshkar) Wild Card

Group 2

Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result
1 Kashif Ali "Maula Maula Maula Mere Maula" (Javed Ali) Wild Card
2 M. Yasir Khan "Pehla Nasha... Pehla Khumar" (Udit Narayan) Eliminated
3 Mehwish Maqsood "Dil Mera Muft Ka" (Nandini Srikar) Saved by Judges
4 Muhammad Shoaib "Kisay Da Yaar" (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) Advanced
5 Ali Rizwan "Zara Si Dil Main De Jaga Tu" (K.K.) Wild Card
6 Muhammad Zeeshan Ali "Bachna Ae Haseeno" (Kishore Kumar) Wild Card
7 Sana Zulfiqar "Mere Dil De Sheeshe Wich" (Noor Jehan) Advanced
8 Abd-ul-Rafey Khan "Abhi Mujh Main Kahin" (Sonu Nigam) Advanced

Group 3

Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result
1 Syed Ali Asad Zaidi "Main Nu Tere Naal"(Najam Sheraz) Saved by Judges
2 Umar Aftab "Sawan Beeto Jaye Biharwa"(Fuzön) Eliminated
3 Fayeza Rashid "Hai O Rabba Nae O Lagda"(Reshma) Eliminated
4 Asad Raza Sonu "Us ka Hi Bana Jab Bana"(Arijit Singh) Advanced
5 Shamir Aziz Quidwai "Garaj Baras Sawan Ghir Aye"(Ali Azmat) Advanced
6 Seemab Arshad "Yeh Honsla Kaise Ruke"(Shafqat Amanat Ali) Wild Card
7 Ghazal Ali "Namak Ishq Ka"(Rekha Bhardwaj) Wild Card
8 Zammad Baig "Kali Kali Zulfoon"(Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) Advanced

Wild Card Round


Following those 12 singers advancing on Sunday, January 26, eight of remaining 12 eliminated semi-finalists were selected by the judges to compete in the Wild Card Round. Wild Card round began next week after the announcement of twelve finalists. Following another performance by each Wild Card contender, the audience votes selected ONE contestant to advance to the final group of 13.

Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result
1 Waqar Ahsan "Lagan Lagi" (Sukhvinder Singh) Eliminated
2 Ghazal Ali "Ja Ja Main Tau Say Nahin Boloon" (Noor Jehan) Eliminated
3 Ali Rizwan "Mora Jiya Na Lagey" (Amanat Ali Khan) Eliminated
4 Muhammad Zeeshan Ali "Teriyan Ve Main Teriyan" (Amanat Ali) Eliminated
5 Fiza Javaid "Sajna Ve Sajna" (Sunidhi Chauhan) Eliminated
6 Midhat Hidayat "Ni Main Samajh Gayi" (Richa Sharma) Eliminated
7 Seemab Arshad "Sanwal Mor Moharan" (Salamat Ali Khan) Eliminated
8 Kashif Ali "Sayyan" (Kailash Kher) Advanced

Finalists

Place Contestants Age 1
About the contestants
1 Zamad Baig 21 Hails from Mandi Bahauddin, He auditioned in Lahore and performed "Ye Jo halka Halka Suroor" Fakhir version. He got critical acclaim and was selected for Galas. Zammad studied filmmaking but due to interest in music he left it and focuses on Rock-classical singing. His music influences includes Ali Azmat and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Zammad was announced the winner of first season on April 27, 2014. Zamad coronation song will be announced soon.
2 Muhammad Shoaib 23 Hails from Peshawar, He is a journalist but left his job for being on Idol, he has no training in music, He safely fled from Piano round by achieving public votes. He sang "Kisi Da Yaar Na Vichre" in galas and was critiqued positive. His music influence is Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Muhammad Shoaib was announced and became the Runner-up of season 1, on April 27, 2014.
3 Syed Ali Asad Zaidi 25 Hails from Karachi, He is a student of commerce but dropped out due to take part in Pakistan Idol. Asad has no training in music, but he trained himself as a Rock singer, He fuses different melodies and sung as a single, He was appreciated throughout from auditions to finals. Asad was eliminated during Piano round but was saved by judges suing their judges choice forth contestant in each group of three. His music influences are Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Michael Jackson, Muhammad Rafi and Kishore Kumar. Ali is Eliminated on March 20, 2014, while Zamad Baig and Muhammad Shoaib secure position in the top 2.
4 Kashif Ali 21 Hails from Lahore, He has no training in music but he trained himself as a folk classical singer, Kashif was eliminated in Galas round of Group 2, but was selected in Wild Card round by achieving highest votes. His singing style is often describe as an emotional and powerful, He sang "Sayyan" by Kailash Kher in wild card and receive ultimately positive response from audience. He is influenced by singing star like Shafqat Amanat Ali, Sajjad Ali and Kailash Kher. Kashif is eliminated on April 13, 2014 after facing public votes.
5 Rose Mary 15 Hails from Karachi, She is the youngest among all contestants. Rose is student of matriculation but take a break for Pakistan Idol. She is a trained classical singer and had been a part of Indo-Pak reality television Chhote Ustaad eliminated at place 4. Initially Rose missed the last auditions of Pakistan Idol held in Karachi, but later due to Clear Last Chance Auditions she got a chance. Rose Performed "Bahon Mein Chale Aao" by Lata Mangeshkar in Semi-finals and was critiqued positively. Rose is eliminated on April 6, 2014 after facing public votes.
6 Abdul Rafay Khan 16 Hails from Karachi, He auditioned in Karachi. Rafay is getting training as a singer from Karachi’s National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) and is currently a third year student there, he dropped out due to take part in Pakistan Idol, he sang "Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin" by Sonu Nigam and got highly positive and favourable response from judges and audience both. He influences Sonu Nigam and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. Rafay is eliminated on March 30, 2014, after facing bottom 2 having the least number of public votes.
7 Waqas Ali Vicky 21 Hails from Mian Channu,He is a journalist and was auditioned in Islamabad, he has no training in music but he trained himself as a singer. He influences classical genre, came from small town he became a big name after being finalists. He sung "Hath Se Hath" by Sonu Nigam was eliminated in Piano round of Group 1, but saved by judges. He idolize Sonu Nigam as his singing idol. Waqas is eliminated on March 23, 2014 after facing public votes.
8 Shameer Aziz Quidwai 23 Hails from Islamabad, Shameer is a electrical engineer but left this profession for singing. Shameer influences in Pop rock and criticized for not being versatile, He was auditioned in ISB auditions, His music influences includes Ali Azmat, Alamgir and Imran Momina.He celebrated his birthday on pakistan idol in episode 9. Shameer was eliminated on March 16, 2014 after receiving less votes than Syed Ali Asad Zaidi.
9 Asad Raza Sonu 26 Hails from Islamabad, Asad is a Marketing Executive officer in a firm of ISB, he hold a job of strict schedule of 12-hour despite of that his passion of singing never damped his zeal to become a singer. With the support of family and his firm CEO he took-the-time-off to participate in the race. He influenced Muhammad Rafi as his singing mentor, Despite having no training in music he manages to keep her passion in music alive. Asad Raza is eliminated on March 9, 2014 after facing public votes.
10 Sana Zulfiqar 19 Hails from Lahore, Sana auditioned in Lahore. She performed Noor Jehan Song. In Semi-finals Sana voice got hoarseness but she receives positive response from judges and audience too. Before Idol Sana did playback singing in many Pakistani Television serials and gave her voice in many morning shows vocals. Her music influences include Noor Jehan, Iqbal Bano and Farida Khanum. Sana is eliminated on March 2, 2014 after facing public votes, alongside Rose and Shamir who secure their position and reconcile with Top 9.
11 Syed Sajid Abbas 20 Hails from Karachi, Hials from singing family, he is trained in classical singing, by profession he is a copywriter, but left her job due to show. He sang well in Galas and was saved by audience. His music influenced are Amanat Ali Khan and Mehdi Hassan. Sajid is eliminated on February 23, 2014 and came at eleventh place, like previous eliminations Sajid Abbas elimination was also unexpected, which makes judges and contestants nostalgic and doleful.
12 Waqas Ali 25 Hails from Islamabad, He is a trained singer and work as a music teacher, before Idol he was working in TV industry and had sung many OST's of different serials. He auditioned in ISB and got favourable response. He performed "Ek Haseena Thi" in piano round and got selected after achieving audience votes. His music influenced includes Mohammad Rafi and Kishore Kumar. Following Mehwish Waqas is eliminated on February 16, 2014 and came at twelfth place. Waqas was the second contestant to be eliminated in finals his unexpected elimination make judges forlorn and doleful.
13 Mehwish Maqsood 24 Hails from Lahore, Mehwish prior to Idol works as a stage-show performer and in many folk-festivals such as Virsa, Her voice texture is often compared with Abida Parveen by judges, She trained herself as a folk-singer, She auditioned in Lahore and was eliminated in semi-finals Piano Round of Group-2, but saved by Judges using Judge's choice fourth contestant in each group. She was eliminated on February 9, 2014 and came at thirteenth place. Mehwish was the first contestant to be eliminated in finals. Her music influenced was Abida Parveen.

^Note 1 : Ages provided above against each contestant is their age during the season, all ages are confirmed from reliable source.

Finals

As of first season, maintaining the Idol series format, there are 14 weeks of the finals and 13 finalists, with one finalist eliminated per week based on the Pakistan public's votes. Friday day of the series is of performance day and Sunday day of series is results day for each contestant who had perform.[25]

Kashif Ali was announced as a 13 finalists among the chosen wildcard by Judges, after achieving highest public votes.

Top 13 - 60s & 70s Hits of Pakistani Music


On February 7, 2014, final race of series started between 13 finalists, starting with first week, theme was setted as Retro Music of Pakistan, all the contestants performed 1970s and 60s hit songs of Pakistani Music of legends like Ahmad Rushdi, Mehdi Hassan, Noor Jehan, Masood Rana and Naseem Nazli. As a Result from bottom three, who received the lowest number of votes eliminates. Mehwish Maqsood, Waqas Ali and Shoaib receives minimum votes and comes in bottom three, among them Mehwish was voted out due to least number of votes she received.

Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result
1 Rose Mary "Chandni Raatein" (Mala / Noor Jehan) Safe
2 Shameer Aziz Quidwai "Jaisay Jantay Nahin" (Ahmad Rushdi) Safe
3 Waqas Ali "Mere dil se zindagi bhar" (Mehdi Hassan) Bottom 3
4 Syed Ali Asad Zaidi "Duniya Kisi Kay pyar Main" (Mehdi Hassan) Safe
5 Muhammad Shoaib "Ranjish Hi Sahi" (Mehdi Hassan) Bottom 3
6 Mehwish Maqsood "Bawri Chakori" (Noor Jehan) Eliminated
7 Zamad Baig "Kia Hai Jo Pyar" (Ahmad Rushdi) Safe
8 Waqas Ali Vicky "Aab Kay Bichray Tou Shayad Kabhi" (Mehdi Hassan) Safe
9 Abd-ul-Rafay Khan "Pyar Bhare Do Sharmile Nain" (Mehdi Hassan) Safe
10 Syed Sajid Abbas "Socha Tha Pyar Na Karein Ge" (Ahmad Rushdi) Safe
11 Asad Raza Sonu "Jab Koi Pyar Se Bulaye Ga" (Mehdi Hassan) Safe
12 Sana Zulfiqar "Sada Hun Apne Pyar Ki" (Noor Jehan/Anarkali) Safe
13 Kashif Ali "Bhul Jaan Gham Duniya De" (Masood Rana) Safe

Top 12 - Love

All the Top 12 performed by following theme which was setted as Love theme on the occasion of Valentines Day. Waqas Ali eliminated by facing public votes among Sana Zulfiqar and Waqas ALi Vicky in bottom 3. Eradication of Waqas leaves a huge impact on public votings image, judge Bushra Ansari enlighten the criticism they faced by public and criticized public voting titanically in negative response.

Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result
1 Waqas Ali "Tumhein Jo Maine Dekha" (Abhijeet Bhattacharya / Shreya Ghoshal) Eliminated
2 Zammad Baig "Kivain Mukhre Tu Nazran Hatawan" (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) Safe
3 Asad Raza Suno "Kabhi Jo Badal Barse" (Arjit Singh) Safe
4 Sana Zulfiqar "ye Mera Dil Pyar Ka Deewana" (Sunidhi Chauhan) Bottom 3
5 Kashif Ali "Sohni Lagdi Mainu Sohni Lagdi" (Sajjad Ali) Safe
6 Shameer Aziz Quidwai "Tum Hi Ho" (Arjit Singh) Safe
7 Muhammad Shoaib "Afreen Afreen" (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) Safe
8 Abd-ul-Rafay Khan "Dil Sambhal Ja Zara" (Muhammad Irfan) Safe
9 Syed Sajid Abbas "Aaj Kal Tere Mere Pyar Ke Charche" (Muhammad Rafi / Suman Kalyanpur) Safe
10 Rose Mary "Ye Ishq Haye" (Shreya Ghoshal) Safe
11 Waqas Ali Vicky "Gustakh Dil Tere" (Sonu Nigam) Bottom 3
12 Syed Asad Ali Zaidi "Tera Honay Laga Hun" (Atif Aslam / Alisha Chinoy) Safe

Top 11 - Pakistani Pop Music

All the contestants performed on the theme Pakistani pop music of 90s and present direction. Top 11 contestants sang songs from the hit albums of Pakistani pop singers. Pop rock singer Goher Mumtaz appears on sets in order to promote his serial Uff Yeh Mohabbat and to encourage the contestants. Syed Sajid Abbas is eliminated after getting lower votes than Sana Zulfiqar and Zammad Baig.

Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result
1 Abd-ul-Rafay Khan "Akhiyan Tu Hole Hole" (Fuzön) Safe
2 Syed Ali Asad Zaidi "Sar Kiye Ye Pahar" (Strings) Safe
3 Rose Mary "Dupatta Mera Malmal Da" (Hadiqa Kiyani) Safe
4 Muhammad Shoaib "Kaho Na Kaho" (Amir Jamal) Safe
5 Waqas Ali Vicky "Kheriyan De Naal" (Shafqat Amanat Ali) Safe
6 Kashif Ali "Har Zulm Tera Yaad Hai" (Sajjad Ali) Safe
7 Shamir Aziz Quidwai "Zinda Hoon" (Faisal Kapadia) Safe
8 Asad Raza Suno "In Se Nain Mila" (Najam Sheraz) Safe
9 Zammad Baig "Khwaab" (Junoon) Bottom 3
10 Syed Sajid Abbas "Aasman Ko Chootay Jain" (Ali Zafar) Eliminated
11 Sana Zulfiqar "Haniya Dil Jaaniyan" (Fariha Pervez) Bottom 3

Top 10 - Songs of Memories

All the participant give tribute to Pepsi-a leading sponsor of Pakistani reality competitions since 90s. With theme setted contestants had to perform the songs of their memories. Sana, Shamir and Rose were put in danger zone as bottom 3 having least votes than others, Sana is eliminated after facing public votes while Shamir and Rose join the Top 9.

Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result
1 Waqas Ali Vicky "Sapno se Bhare Naina" (Shankar Mahadevan) Safe
2 Zammad Baig "Teri Deewani" (Kailash Kher) Safe
3 Shamir Aziz Quidwai "In Fizaon Se" (Najam Sheraz) Bottom 3
4 Sana Zulfiqar "Kehta Hai Baabul" (Jagjit Singh / Amitabh Bachchan) Eliminated
5 Abd-ul-Rafay Khan "Maa Mujhe Apne Aanchal" (Lata Mangeshkar) Safe
6 Syed Ali Asad Zaidi "Nadaan Parindey" (A. R. Rahman) Safe
7 Muhammad Shoaib "Albela Sajan Aayo Ri" (Sultan Ali Khan / Shankar Mahadevan / Kavita Krishnamurthy) Safe
8 Asad Raza Suno "Ab Tu Aadat" (Atif Aslam) Safe
9 Rose Mary "Baba Ki Rani Hoon" (Alka Yagnik) Bottom 3
10 Kashif Ali "Naina Thag Lenge" (Rahat Fateh Ali Khan) Safe

Top 9 - Party Music

All contestants performed on a theme of Party Music. Alamgir was a guest mentor for week five. Asad Raza Suno, Shamir and Zammad comes in danger zone and Asad is eliminated after facing public votes, his unexpected elimination leave a huge impact on show format.

Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result
1 Asad Raza Suno "Dekha Tujhe Tu Yaar" (Mika Singh) Eliminated
2 Rose Marry "Parda" (Sunidhi Chauhan / Rana Mazumdar) Safe
3 Waqas ALi Vicky "Jeene kay Hain Chaar Din" (Sunidhi Chauhan / Sonu Nigam) Safe
4 Kashif Ali "Main Tere Agal Bagal" (Mika Singh) Safe
5 Muhammad Shoaib "Na Na Na Na Re Na" (Daler Mehndi / Sudesh Bhonsle) Safe
6 Abd-ul-Rafay Khan "Bijuriya Bijuriya" (Sonu Nigam) Safe
7 Shamir Aziz Quidwai "Aaja Aaja Dil Nichode" (Sukhwinder Singh / Vishal Dadlani) Bottom 3
8 Zamad Baig "Tu Mera Hero" (Mika Singh / Shefali Alvares) Bottom 3
9 Ali Asad Zaidi "Badtameez Dil Maane Na" (Benny Dayal / Shefali Alvares) Safe

Top 8 - Their Personal Idol

Top 8 performed songs of their Personal Idols by giving tribute to their undeniable works. Waqas Vicky, Asad Zaidi and Shamir faces bottom 3 while Shamir gets eliminated after achieving lower votes than Ali Asad.

Order Contestant Song Personal Idol Result
1 Zamad Baig "Sanu Ik pal Chain Na Aave" Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Safe
2 Shamir Aziz Quidwai "Sayonee" Ali Azmat Eliminated
3 Syed Ali Asad Zaidi "Dil Say Ray" A.R. Rehman Bottom 3
4 Muhammad Shoaib "Mein Tenu Samjhavan Ki" Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Safe
5 Waqas Ali Vicky "Katna Nae" Sajjad Ali Bottom 3
6 Rose Mary "Solah Baras Ki" Lata Mangeshkar Safe
7 Kashif Ali "Ya Rabbah" Kailash Kher Safe
8 Abd-ul-Rafay Khan "Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa" Ghulam Ali Safe

Top 7 - National Songs

Top 7 performed patriotic songs of country in order to celebrate the یوم پاکستان, a historic resolution of Pakistan, occurred at 23 March 1940. Waqas is eliminated subsequently after facing public votes.

Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result
1 Muhammad Shoaib "Aye Watan Kay Sajeelay Jawanon" (Noor Jehan) Bottom 3
2 Kashif Ali "Chand Meri Zameen Phool Mera Watan" (Amanat Ali Khan) Safe
3 Rose Mary "Watan Ki Matti Gawah Rehna" (Nayyara Noor) Safe
4 Abd-ul-Rafay Khan "Aye Watan Pyare Watan, Aye Watan Pak Watan" (Amanat Ali Khan) Bottom 3
5 Syed Ali Asad Zaidi "Junoon Se Aur Ishq Se" (Junoon) Safe
6 Zammad Baig "Pakistan Pakistan, Mera Inam Pakistan" (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) Safe
7 Waqas Ali Vicky "Ye Watan Tumhara Hai" (Mehdi Hassan) Eliminated

Top 6 - Judge's Choice

Top - 6 performed songs of Judges choices, Band Strings was invited as a guest mentor for the contestants. Rafay is eliminated after getting the least votes.

Order Contestant Song (original artist) Result
1 Zammad Baig "Jiya Dharak Dharak Jaye" (Rahat Fateh Ali Khan) Bottom 2
2 Kashif Ali "Mitwa" (Shafqat Amanat Ali) Safe
3 Muhammad Shoaib "Akhiyan Nun Rehen Dey" (Reshma) Safe
4 Syed Ali Asad Zaidi "Bin Tere" (Shekhar Ravjiani) Safe
5 Rose Mary "Dil Hai Chota Sa" (Minmini) Safe
6 Abd-ul-Rafay Khan "Maae Ni Main Kinun Aakhan" (Hamid Ali Bela) Eliminated

Top 5 - Ali Zafar

All contestants performed Ali Zafar songs as per selected theme. Rose and Kashif appear in the Bottom 2,after having the least votes, Rose is eliminated after having the lowest votes.

Order Contestant Song Result
1 Rose Mary "Dichkiyaoon Doom Doom" Eliminated
2 Syed Ali Asad Zaidi "Dekha Jo Tere Ankhoon Main" Safe
3 Kashif Ali "Jugnoon Se Bhar Lay ANchaal" Bottom 2
4 Muhammad Shoaib "Masti Kay Din Hain" Safe
5 Zamad Baig "Kehnde Ne Looki" Safe

Top 4 - Qawwali

Top 4, presented Qawwali theme, Sajjad Ali and Amjad Sabri were invited as a guest judge. Kashif is eliminated after having lower votes than Ali Asad.

Order Contestant Song (Original artist) Result
1 Kashif Ali "Ajaa Teno Akhiyaan " (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) Eliminated
2 Syed Ali Asad Zaidi "Dam Mast Qalandar" (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) Bottom 2
3 Zamad Baig "Ye Jo Halka Halka Suroor Hai" (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) Safe
4 Muhammad Shoaib "Mast Nazaroon Se" (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) Safe

Top 3 - Bhangra / Classical

Top 3 performed on two setted theme challenges, Abrar and the members of Fuzön band Khurram Iqbal Shallum Asher Xavier and Imran Momina were the guest mentor for given challenges.

Order Contestant Song (Original artist) Result
Challenge 1: Bhangra
1 Syed Ali Asad Zaidi "Nagada Nagada" (Sonu Nigam / Javed Ali) Eliminated
2 Muhammad Shoaib "Dardi Rab Rab Kardi" (Daler Mehndi) Safe
3 Zammad Baig "Jutt" (Abrar-ul Haq) Bottom 2
Challenge 2: Classical
1 Muhammad Shoaib "Madhvanti" (Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan) Safe
2 Zammad Baig "Soona Soona" (Rameez Khan) Bottom 2
3 Ali Asad Zaidi "Neend Na Aye" (Rameez Khan) Eliminated

Top 2 - Contestant Choice Medleys & Final Performance

Pakistan Idol Pre-Finale's, Top-2 contestants performed, medleys and their own choice final performance. On the basis of Public voting, Zamad beats Shoaib and became the first winner of Paksiatn Idol season 1.

Order Contestant Song (Original artist) Result
1 Muhammad Shoaib "Sun Charkhe Di Mitthi Mitthi Kook" (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan)
"Sawan Mein Lag Gae Aag" (Mika Singh)		 Runner-up
2 Zamad Baig "Tere Ishq Ne Nachaya" (Saeen Akhtar)
"Tere Ishq Mein Jo Doob Gaya" (Allan Fakir / Muhammad Ali Shyhaki)		 Winner
3 Muhammad Shoaib "Layi Vi Na Gayee" (Sukhwinder Singh) Runner-up
4 Zamad Baig "Allah Hu, Allah Hu" (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) Winner

Elimination details

Elimination Chart

Top 24 Top 13 Wild Card Winner
Did Not Perform Safe Safe First Safe Last Bottom 2 3 Eliminated
Stage: Semi-Finals Wild Card Finals
Month/Week/
Elimination date:		 1/1-4/12, 19, 26
0/1-2/0.2		 2/3/9 2/4/16 2/5/23 3/6/2 3/7/9 3/8/16 3/9/23 3/10/30 4 4/11/6 4/12/13 4/13/20 4/14/27
Place Contestant Result
1 Zamad Baig Top 13 Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Bottom 2 Bottom 2 Winner
2 Muhammad Shoaib Top 13 Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Runner-up
3 Syed Ali Asad Zaidi Top 13 Bottom 3 Bottom 2 Eliminated
4 Kashif Ali Wild Card Top 13 Bottom 2 Eliminated
5 Rose Mary Top 13 Bottom 3 Eliminated
6 Abd-ul-Rafay Khan Top 13 Bottom 3 Eliminated
7 Waqas Ali Vicky Top 13 Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Eliminated
8 Shamir Aziz Quidwai Top 13 Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Eliminated
9 Asad Raza Sonu Top 13 Eliminated
10 Sana Zulfiqar Top 13 Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Eliminated
11 Syed Sajid Abbas Top 13 Eliminated
12 Waqas Ali Top 13 Bottom 3 Eliminated
13 Mehwish Maqsood Top 13 Eliminated
14–20 Waqar Ahsan Wild Card Elim
Ghazal Ali Wild Card
Ali Rizwan Wild Card
Muhammad Zeeshan Ali Wild Card
Fiza Javed Wild Card
Midhat Hidayat Wild Card
Seemab Arshad Wild Card
21–24 Muhammad Yasir Khan Elim
Fayeza Rashid
Abd-ul-Ahad Khan
Umer Aftab

^Note 2 : First Parameter shows the Passing Month, Second shows Week number and third parameter shows the Elimination date. Hence from the semi-finals to Wild card it took 1 month, and 4 weeks, while 12, 19, 26 shows the elimination dates. In order to understand refer List of Pakistan Idol episodes to see the result dates of each round. While figure 0/1-2/0 shows that between such weeks Wild card show and Top-12 Journey So Far episodes occurs.
^Note 3 : As only two contestants will be in the bottom, that's why the Bottom 2 color box is introduced, Safe last and Safe first color boxes are no longer required.
^Note 4 : Following Top-6 to winner, the danger zone will be filled with only two contestants as Bottom 2.

Bottom 3 and Bottom 2 Count

Finals
Weeks 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14Bottom count
Place Contestants Bottom 3 details Bottom 2 details Total counts
1 Zamad Safe Safe Bottom 3 Safe Bottom 3 Safe Safe Bottom 2 Safe Safe Bottom 2 Winner 4
2 Shoaib Bottom 3 Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom 3 Safe Safe Safe Safe Runner-up 2
3 Ali Asad Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom 3 Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Eliminated 3
4 Kashif Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom 2 Eliminated 2
5 Rose Mary Safe Safe Safe Bottom 3 safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated 2
6 Rafay Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Bottom 3 Eliminated 2
7 Waqas Vicky Safe Bottom 3 Safe Safe Safe Bottom 3 Eliminated 3
8 Shamir Safe Safe Safe Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Eliminated 3
9 Asad Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated 1
10 Sana Safe Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Eliminated 3
11 Sajid Safe Safe Eliminated 1
12 Waqas Bottom 3 Eliminated 2
13 Mehwish Eliminated 1

Clear Moment of the day

With the Race of TOP 10 finalists, series has started shown Clear Moment of the Day performance at the end of show, which represents the best, energetic, and soulful performance by a contestants and well received by Judges.

Controversies

From the inception of show, back in 2007, Pakistan Idol faces many problems and immense negative response by audience which leads to stop the production of franchise,[26] it then took six years to handle all the problems and show finally went on air in late 2013. Owing to the production with linearly, shows became icon of the year, all the perceptions went wrong and series garnered millions views.

Voting Trend

After the selection of 24 semifinalist race begins to reach at place of Top 13, and the fate of 24 contestants to winner was put on audience by public voting. With the Top 13, contestants like Mehwish, Waqas and Sajid which had been consistent throughout the show were eliminated after facing public votes, this affects and arise many questions on voting system, Judges were left mournful and doleful with the departure of consistent singers, therefore, production of series overviews the voting system and announce that an individual with one number can give maximum 25 Votes only to contestants, above 25 votes no vote will be counted and also one message cost only Rs. 0.50 Paisa + Tax.

Maria Meer Rejection

During the auditions, show went through the limelight of controversial happening, when in Faisalabad auditions a young girl Maria Meer was rejected by all three judges on course of the immaturity and lean voice of her.[27] The audition episode went viral and a blog war started against judges.[28] Maria became a sort of social media celebrity after her appearance on the show.[29][30] Her rejection got too much attention that famous writer, broadcaster and journalist Raza Ali Abidi stated on his social networking site that: "A girl who is treated so badly in trials of show, i wish some channel with good producers must have done a great-show with her. I need your positive response!".[31]

After much controversial act, aspiring singer-songwriter and producer Amanat Ali approaches to Maria Meer family and decided to launch a music video with her.[32] In upcoming album of Amanat Aas, song Naina Lagay featuring Maria and himself was recorded,[33] online release of Song got much acclaim and Amanat receives huge respect and acclaim. Maria was invited and approaches by many media personalities and has already done many interviews and programs.

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