K for Kishore

K for Kishore is an Indian television singing contest that was broadcast on Sony Entertainment Television India, from 21 December 2007, to 4 May 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 singer Kishore Kumar.[1][2]

K for Kishore
Created bySupavitra Babul
Directed bySudesh Bhonsle
Country of originIndia
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes39
Production
Production companyMiditech
Release
Original networkSony Entertainment Television
Original release21 December 2007 (2007-12-21) –
4 May 2008 (2008-05-04)

Judges

Guests

Hosts

First participants
  • Arnab Charkrabarti (Team: Jhumroos) --- Winner[3]
  • 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
  • Shailendra Kumar-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". 18 December 2007.
  2. "The King Is Not Dead - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com.
  3. "Arnab Chakraborty, on winning K For Kishore". www.rediff.com.
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