TALENT HUNTS OR MERE MONEY MAKERS AND TRP SEEKERS!!!!

Ever since indion idol was launched 3 years back, there has been a flood of talent hunt competitions on indian

television. Even though saregama n then saregamapa were the oldest running singing competitions running on

zee for many years, they were not like indion idol.they were just competitions in which the judges

had the last say on who won n who lost and they were not publicised n hyped as indion idol. But as indion idol n sony

came up with a masterpiece of making money by completely handing the fates of the contestants in the hands of audience

n asked the audience to chose their idol who will be called indion idol, it became a huge success. Sony made loads of

money from the voting and the winner got the so called support of india(though that was misleading according to me).

First of all, how can u ask people to judge n decide the winner when most people vote on emotion, not knowing much

about singing. Naturally the talent which came out of it was no special. There is a major flaw in the voting where u

vote for ur favourite. If there ever was a way of deciding the winner by voting , it cud have been that u had to vote

for the worst n not the best. That wud have given impartial voting n much better result. But that wud have meant less

votes n less money!!!!And thats where the real motive of these shows comes into question???

But unfortunately this is not much of a question....the answer is ridiculouly clear. Since indion idol's

succesful campaign in raking in lots of moolah by the senseless voting system, all others have followed suit.

there have been fame gurukul again on sony,indion idol 2 and dissapointingly even zee joined in the fun with saregama

mahayuddha of music directors. And hence the show which had been running quite popularly for a long time

also got lured into making money and competing with others. Though there was some great talent on display

in the mahayuddh(way better than indion idol n fame gurukul),but the eventual winner decided by the people was definitely

not the best. And then there are the controversies created in these shows due to fights(mostly false) between judges.

also the so called x-factor n performance seeked by judges in some of the shows. All this stuff to get their trp's

at the top of the charts eventually leading to more viewer response n more money.

All this money making is still ok as long as u atleast have good talent on display so that if they cant win due

to the hopeless voting system, but they can still be noticed n if they r deserving can get some work in industry.

For instance, in this season, there were three major talent hunts. There was Indion Idol 3 on sony, the saregamapa vishwayuddha on zee, and the

star voice of india on star plus. All three major channels on indian tv gave it their all to get

that elusive number 1 status. The zee n star plus even took the same time slots for their shows in a fight to

outclass or shud i say outstrategise each other and get the nod of the audience. But the most unfortunate thing which came out was that the quality of singing in the show which started it all i.e the indion idol dipped even further. Infact some of the singing was so ordinary that even I(ordinary singer) honestly felt like I had a chance to atleast clear a few rounds there. On the other hand, there were some wonderful talent on display in the other two shows.

But it does seem that slowly but surely, the desire to make more and more money through voting and unnecessary controversies

is beginning to overshadow the talent which this great country has to offer.

The bottomline is that the winners coming out of these shows are not going to compete with the major singers

in the industry unless they have exceptional talent. Even exceptional talent wud get only some work as of now and

have to establish themselves as their counterparts have done . Moreover the ordinary talent on display now in these

shows wud not even get close to bollywood(coz they dont deserve it) and wud be content in making money through

stage shows and all.

The channels will continue to keep making moolah and the winners too wud keep making adequate money by doing

stage shows. But what we wont be able to see is a genuine talent in the industry giving some tough competition to the

establishes ones....

Lets hope that something out of the blue happens and we see some fresh special talent making it big in the industry.