Nepal Idol


Nepal Idol is a Nepali reality television singing competition that is part of the Idols franchise created by Simon Fuller and owned by FremantleMedia. The judges were Nhyoo Bajracharya, Indira Joshi and Kali Prasad Baskota Nepal Idol 2017 is the first season of Idol Franchise in Nepal which aired on AP1 TV.
In the first season, audition were held at seven cities; Nepalgunj, Butwal, Narayangarh, Birgunj, Biratnagar, Pokhara and Kathmandu. Contestants aged 16 to 30 years of age are allowed to participate. The first ever season of the show was won by Buddha Lama from Pokhara, Nepal. There were a total of 93,100,000 votes for the grand finale between Thursday and Friday according to the organizer. Similarly, the second season of Nepal Idol was won by Ravi Oad from Dhangadi. According to organizers more than 1,25,000 people was watching the Grand Finale Event live on YouTube which was record of any Nepalese Television Show to be watched. Nepal Idol is produced by AP1 TV for Annapurna Media Network.

Format

Nepal Idol also follows the format provided by FremantleMedia from Idol Bible and followed by other versions of Idol Series.

Hosts

As per the format, there is at least one or two hosts both of them being of same gender or opposite gender. Nepal Idol was hosted by television actor and model Sushil Nepal and actress, model, VJ and television journalist Reema Bishwokarma. After announcement of season 2 Sushil Nepal, who left to host another singing reality show The Voice of Nepal, was replaced by Aasif Shah, Television Producer, music video and tvc director, singer and actor from famous Nepali movie, 'Dui Rupiyan'. For season 3, new host Mampi Ghosh was there to replace Reema Bishwokarma, who moved to Comedy Chamipons. In 2019, Asif Shah and Mampi Ghosh, previously known as Pawankali will host the third season.

Judges

A preselected panel of music industry representatives are given to judge the contestants in prejudge round which is not televised. Actual panel of judges of three or five judge the contestants from Televised Audition to Grand Finale. In Nepal Idol, in season one and two the judges were Nhyoo Bajracharya, Indira Joshi and Kali Prasad Baskota. Bajracharya is a music composer and singer. He has composed dozens of famous songs in Nepali, Nepal bhasa and Hindi. His popular compositions include 'ful ko aakhaa ma fulai sanasar' with Ani Choying Drolma with his fusion style music. Indira Joshi is a singer, model, and actress. She released the song 'Rato Ghanghara' from her album 'Dance with Me'. She has also sung the item number Udhreko choli from the movie Loot. She had already been among top 5 contestants in the first season of Nepali singing reality show Nepali Tara. Kali Prasad Baskota is a singer, musician, writer, and lyricist. His initial hits were hit songs like 'Chahana Sakiyo' and 'Laija Re'. Kali had done his singing debut from song 'Jaalma' from movie 'Resham filili' which was one of the biggest hit of that time. His other popular composition includes 'Thamel Baazar' from the movie 'Loot 2', 'Nira' from 'Purano Dunga' movie and one of the biggest hits 'Saili.'

Performance stages

Nepal Idol Season 1 was directed by Laxman Paudyal. Assistant Directors were Mohan raj Adhikari, Babu Surace D.C. and Manoj K.C.. This is the first-ever international franchise show held in the country. Buddha Lama was the winner of the first season who also happened to be the youngest contestant to be selected.

Audition

Elimination Chart



It was officially announced in early 2018 that Nepal Idol will be back for another season. Season 2 auditions started from March 20 in Bhairahawa. The other announced locations were Dhangadhi, Hetauda, Dharan, Pokhara along with Kathmandu. After the auditions were concluded, the show aired from August 7. The directors for season 2 are Suresh Paudel, Lokesh Bajracharya and Aleen Shrestha. The show is hosted by Aasif Shah and Reema Bishwokarma, as the previous host Sushil Nepal left and moved to The Voice of Nepal. The assistant directors are Mohan Raj Adhikari and Babu Surace D.C.. Director Of Photography is Shiva Ram Shrestha.

Audition

The audition for the Second season of Nepal Idol were held on:
LocationDateVenue
Bhairahawa, Province No. 56th Chaitra 2074Jaycees Kindergarten High School
Dharan, Province No. 18th Chaitra 2074 Bishnu Memorial Higher Secondary School.
Dhangadhi, Sudurpashchim Pradesh11th Chaitra 2074 Sudur Paschimanchal Academy
Birgunj, Province No. 21 Bhaisahak 2075Shree Adarsha HS School, Birgunj
Hetauda, Bagmati Pradesh3rd Baisakh 2075 Siddhartha Secondary School, Hetauda 2
Pokhara, Gandaki Pradesh14 Baishak 2075Shree Janapriya Secondary School, Pokhara
Kathmandu, Bagmati Pradesh18 & 19 Baishak 2075NK Singh Memorial EPS School



RankContestantAgeDate09/0709/2109/2810/0510/1210/1910/2611/0211/0911/1611/2311/3012/0712/21
RankContestantAgeHometownTheatre Round

Piano Round

Top 12

Top 11

Top 10

Wild Card Entry

Top 10

Top 9

No Elimination

Top 8

Top 7

Top 6

Top 5

Grand Finale

1Ravi Oad20DhangadiVP VWinner
2Bikram Baral25Pokhara****XP VP XP X1st Runner Up
3Sumit Pathak19Jhapa****P VXVXP V2nd Runner Up
4Ashmita Adhikari22JhapaXXPXP3rd Runner Up
5Amit Baral24ButwalXPXP X
6Pawan Giri22DolakhaPXVP VXX
7Nilima Thapa20Pokhara****P
8Krishal Kandel17DhadingX
9Subin Singh27Surkhet
10Jeshmi Limbu19ItahariAdvanced to Top 10
10Minraj Poudel26Chitwan****X
11Heena Malla Baraili17DharanX
12Ramita Sharma22Kathmandu
13-20Bishwas Upreti23JhapaParticipant
13-20Dipraj Khatri21Makwanpur
13-20Milan Pariyar20MorangParticipant
13-20Rajendra Ale26LalitpurParticipant
13-20Samrat Neupane22Dang
13-20Shrijana Karki19Morang
13-20Suman Pariyar18Pokhara
13-20Swastika Dhakal21Hetauda
21-30Ravi Sharma25BiratnagarParticipant
21-30Samikchya Dahal20KathmanduParticipant

Guest Appearance

Nepal Idol Season 3 was officially announced on July 13 by AP1 TV by uploading its promotional video on YouTube.
The directors for season 3 are Suresh Paudel, Lokesh Bajracharya and Aleen Shrestha. The show is hosted by Aasif Shah and Mampi Ghosh, as the previous host Reema left and moved to Comedy Champion. The assistant director is Babu Surace D.C.. Similarly, Asst. Director Mohan Adhikari and Manoj KC Samaya moved to Nepal Star Singing Reality show based on Nepal Televisiondue to controversial issues by management department. Director Of Photography is Shiva Ram Shrestha.

Auditions

The audition for the Third season of Nepal Idol held on:
LocationDateVenue
Pokhara, Gandaki Pradesh31st Bhadra 2076Janapriya Secondary School, Pokhara
Butwal, Province No. 53rd Ashoj 2076 Lumbini Boarding School, Butwal
Nepalgunj, Province No. 5 6th Ashoj 2076 Brightland College, Nepalgunj
Birgunj, Province No. 213th Ashoj 2076Birgunj Institute of Technology, Brigunj
Birtamod, Province No. 114th Ashoj 2076 Devi Secondary School, Birtamod
Kathmandu, Bagmati Pradesh6th Kartik 2076 E.P.S. School, Minbhawan, Kathmandu

For the first time ever, the organizer announced Digital Auditions in which, participants can record a video and upload it into Respect & Rise App for audition. Selected candidates from Digital Auditions will be called Kathmandu for Studio Rounds.

Airing Date

Official Page of Nepal Idol announced that Season 3 will be airing from 19 December 2019. This time there is a slight change in the format of the show. Host for season 2 Reema Bishwokarma was replaced by Mampi Ghosh as she moved to Nepal's first comedy reality show, 'Comedy Champions'.

Format

For this season tagline of the show is 'संगीतको शिखर' so the format has been designed so that contestants participating are climbing mountain.

Episodes

After airing wildcard special episode, due to fear of COVID-19 virus outbreak production and airing of Nepal Idol postponed until further notice.
Episode NoDateRoundDescription
012019 December 19Open AuditionThe first episode featured Kathmandu Audition. Megha Shrestha won Golden Microphone.
022019 December 20Open AuditionThe second episode featured Butwal Audition.
032019 December 26Open AuditionThe third episode featured Nepalgunj Audition.
042019 December 27Open AuditionThe fourth episode featured Birgunj Audition.
052020 January 2Open AuditionThe fifth episode featured Birtamod Audition.
062020 January 3Open AuditionThe sixth episode featured Pokhara Audition.
072020 January 9Base Camp Top 30 were selected among the contestants who were selected through audition and digital auditions. Out of 30, 15 contestants performed.
082020 January 10Base Camp 15 leftover contestants performed. Out of 30 contestants, 17 including Golden Mike Holder were selected for Camp - IV
092020 January 16Camp 4 Top 17 Contestants performed
102020 January 17Camp 4 Top 17 Contestants performed, 5 contestants eliminated.
112020 January 23Gala Round 1Top 12 contestants performed.
122020 January 24Gala Round 2Top 12 contestants performed.
132020 January 30Gala Round 3 Elimination 1Top 12 contestants performed in duo.
142020 January 31Gala Round 4Top 11 contestants performed.
152020 February 6Gala Round 5 Elimination 2Top 11 contestants performed in duo.
162020 February 7Gala Round 6Top 10 contestants performed.
172020 February 13Gala Round 7 Elimination 3Top 10 contestants performed on Valentine's Special.
182020 February 14Gala Round 8Top 9 contestants performed.
192020 February 20Gala Round 9 Elimination 4Top 9 contestants performed in duo.
202020 February 21Gala Round 10Top 8 contestants performed.
212020 February 27Gala Round 11 Elimination 5Top 8 contestants performed with last season's contestants.
222020 February 28Gala Round 12Top 7 contestants performed.
232020 March 5Gala Round 13 Elimination 6Top 7 contestants performed.
242020 March 6Gala Round 14 Lok Geet SpecialTop 6 contestants performed in Lok Bhaka.
252020 March 12Gala Round 15 Elimination 7 Idol's Idol SpecialTop 6 contestants performed with their own singing idol.
262020 March 13Gala Round 16Top 5 contestants performed.
272020 March 19Gala Round 17 Elimination 8Top 5 contestants performed.
282020 March 20Gala Round 185 Contestant performed to compete for wildcard entry
292020 May 18Auther Gun SpecialSpecial episode to celebrate Auther Gun's sucess as runner-up in American Idol.
302020 June 18Lockdown SpecialSpecial episode as airing of Nepal Idol was discontinued due to fear of Covid-19 outbreak. Special music video featuring contestants of last season was premiered.




Guest Appearance

On 1 September 2017, the judges of the content announced that they would use their "veto" and not allow the elimination of any contestant at the end of that episode. The hosts announced that the votes received for that episode would be added to the next weeks elimination scores. However, the move drew considerable criticism on social media, with many accusing the producers of trying to make more money or trying to save their "favourite" contestant. After that they had to face a lawsuit against them.
A lawsuit was also subsequently filed by a local lawyer against Nepal Idol and the channel broadcasting the show, in which the plaintiff claimed that the judges did not allow the elimination to save their "favorite" contestant and not disclosing the result of the vote. This lawsuit was dismissed by the court, finding that the plaintiff did not have "sufficient grounds for their claim".