Talent shows

Right now, there are 3 American Idol kind of shows running on TV.

The first is Indian Idol, the bona fide Indian version of the original on Sony.

The second is Zee's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.

The third is Star's Voice of India.

I've followed Indian Idol since it started, but there has been a perceptible drop in my interest in it over the last 2 weeks or so. The judges' shenanigans are taking too much time & the singers (with the exception of Amit Paul & Emon) aren't doing that well either. And of late, a reverse bias against the guys seems to have cropped up, what with all those voted out till now having been girls.

In contrast, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa seems to have some seriously good singers. The program's presentation could do with a make over, but the essence of the program, the singers, are absolutely on the dot. Besides, the judges Vishal-Shekhar/Bappi Lahiri/Ismail Darbar & Himesh manage to keep things under control as opposed to those in the other two programs who revel in going over the top.

Voice of India doesn't impress me too much.

In the end, it's good to see some Hindi programming on Indian TV that the can hold the male viewer's interest.