Nepal Idol

Nepal Idol (Nepali: नेपाल आइडल) is a Nepali reality television singing competition that is part of the Idols franchise created and owned by FremantleMedia.[1][2] Nepal Idol 2017 is the first season of Idol Franchise in Nepal which aired on AP1 TV.[3]

Nepal Idol
Logo
GenreReality television
Based onIdol TV Series
Directed by
  • Suresh Paudel (2018-2022)
  • Aleen Shrestha (2018-2020)
  • Lokesh Bajracharya (2018-2020)
  • Laxman Paudyal (2017)
Country of originNepal
Original languageNepali
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes150 (as of March 2022)
Production
Production locationVarious Places
Camera setupMulti-camera Setup (Grass Valley/Black Magic)
Running time
  • 120 minutes
Production companies
Release
Original networkAP1 TV
Original release12 April 2017 (2017-04-12) –
present
Nepal Idol
Hosted by
Judges
  • Sugam Pokharel (2021-2022)
  • Sambhujeet Baskota (2021-2022)
  • Subani Moktan (2021-2022)
  • Nhyoo Bajracharya (2017-2022)
  • Kali prasad baskota (2017-2020)
  • Indira Joshi (2017-2020)
Winners
Runners-up
  • Nishan Bhattarai (Season 1)
  • Bikram Baral (Season 2)
  • Prabin Bedwal (Season 3)
  • Namgyel Tamang (Season 4)
Finals venue
  • Qatar
  • Pulchowk Engineering Campus
  • AP1 TV Studio, Thapathali
Release
Original networkAP1TV

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.[4] The first ever season of the show was won by Buddha Lama from Pokhara, Nepal in which a total of 93,100,000 votes were cast for the grand finale. Similarly, the second season of Nepal Idol was won by Ravi Oad from Dhangadi. And, the third season of Nepal Idol was won by Sajja Chaulagain from Morang. According to organizers more than 1,25,000 people were watching the Grand Finale Event live on YouTube, which was a record for any Nepalese Television Show to be watched online.[5] Nepal Idol is produced by AP1 TV for Annapurna Media Network.

In the finale event of season 3, the announcement of winner was affected due to COVID-19 positive case from one of the production team member which withheld the finale program and winner was declared by digital method.

For Season 4, all past three judges got replaced by new judges, namely, Sambhujeet Baskota, Sugam Pokharel and Subani Moktan. Bhupendra Thapa Magar was winner of season 4.

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 was replaced by versatile and talented media personality Asif Shah who is also Television Producer, music video and tvc director, singer and actor from famous Nepali movie, 'Dui Rupiyan'. For season 3, new host Mampi Ghosh replaced Reema Bishwokarma who moved to Comedy Champions. In 2019, Asif Shah and Mampi Ghosh, previously known as Pawankali, hosted the third season. Similarly, Mampi Ghosh got replaced by Reshma Ghimire in Season 4.

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.

Season 1-3

In season one, two and three 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 (2012 film). 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 the 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 compositions includes 'Thamel Baazar' from the movie 'Loot 2', 'Nira' from 'Purano Dunga' movie and one of the biggest hit 'Saili.'All three judges were replaced in Season 4 as they moved for other reality show, Saregamapa Lil Champs.

Season 4

All three judges from last three seasons were replaced by Sambhujeet Baskota, Subani Moktan and Sugam Pokharel. Sambhujeet Baskota is a Nepali music composer who is considered to be the most popular and prolific music director of the Nepali Film Industry. He has composed over 3,000 songs, which have appeared in more than 250 films. He has composed songs for many Nepali hit films like Prem Pinda, Karodpati, Thuldai etc.[6] Similarly, Sugam Pokharel is a Nepali popular pop singer, songwriter, RJ and music composer who is working in the Nepali music industry since 1995. In recent years, he has been also known as a popular playback singer. He became popular as a playback singer for the song Ke yo Maya ho from the movie Mero Auta Sathi Chha. Most of the Nepali people remember him for the festival song Dashain Tihar. He has given many other hit songs such as Mero Auta Sathi Chha, Mero Sansar, K yo Maya ho, Feri tyo din, etc. Likewise, Subani Moktan is a singer/songwriter and also a music arranger. Besides her own independent music, she also works as a playback singer for movies and a teacher at Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory.[7]

Performance stages
  • Auditions are held in numerous places in any particular region or country that give most people (audition entry is bound by certain legal requirements such as age and citizenship for example) the chance to sing in front of musical/television producers and if successful, they advance to a recorded televised audition where the show "judges" advance up to 300 people in some countries to the next round.
  • The Theatre round is where a specially selected group of auditioners from all regional auditions converge (always in the host city) to perform in three sub stages: a chorus line in groups of 10 where free song choices are allowed, a trio (or less commonly a duo or quartet) where contestants must memorize a preselected song to perform and choreograph together, and finally a solo a cappella round where contestants sing a song of their own choice without musical backing in front of friends, family, judges & fellow contestants. Each stage of the theatre round, a number of contestants are eliminated and sent home by the judges, very few contestants brought back during the Wildcards show.
  • Paino Round: After theatre, top 18 or top 20 contestants are selected. They are divided into 8 or 10 within themselves and 3 or 4 are eliminated from the round. Eliminated contestants are brought back during wildcard shows.
  • Gala Round: The gala occurs usually pre-recorded where contestants sing in a television studio fully televised; again judges give critiques but beginning at this stage, home viewers vote via telephone and SMS (and in some countries other voting mechanisms including via Internet) who they want to stay in the competition. The contestants are judged by 50% audience vote and 50% judges marking. Gala usually consists of 12 contestants where they perform individually or in a group (usually in elimination day) semi-final contestants sing every week until all finalists have been chosen. Wildcards episode is also featured. Judges can use veto power of no elimination for only one time.
  • Grand Finale: The Grand Finale occurs when there are three contestants left in the competition. This is the pinnacle of the entire series and often highest-rated show; also for some countries, it is venued in a prestigious location. There are usually group performances and/or special musical guests. Also, it has the best moments of the series which leads up to the announcement of the winner, which is determined by the highest number of votes. When that happens, he or she will perform an encore of the coronation single which sometimes includes pyrotechnics/fireworks. In every round, the set is often changed.

Season 1

The Project Head of the first-ever franchise singing reality show was Suresh Poudel. He is veteran in Nepali media with the background of working in popular media house in leading position for more than 25 years. The show was directed by Laxman Paudyal. Asst. directors are Manoj K.C. Samaya, Surace Dulal AKA Babu Surace D.C, Mohan Raj Adhikari. Chief Asst. director is Aleen Shrestha. Buddha Lama was the winner of the first season who also happened to be the youngest contestant to be selected.

Audition
Location Date Venue
Nepalgunj, Lumbini Province 12 Magh 2073 (25 Jan 2017) Jay Bageshowri HS School, Surkhet Road
Butwal, Lumbini Province 15 Magh 2073 (28 Jan 2017) Kalika HS School, Kalikanagar
Narayangarh, Bagmati Province 18 Magh 2073 (31 Jan 2017) Shree Balkumari HS School
Birgunj, Province No. 2 21 Magh 2073 (3 Feb 2017) Gyan Batika HS School, Ranighat Roads
Biratnagar, Province No. 1 24 & 25 Magh 2073 (6 & 7 Feb 2017) Shree Adarsha HS School, Biratnagar
Pokhara, Gandaki Province 29 Magh & 1 Falgun 2073 (11 & 12 Feb 2017) Navin HS School, Gairapatan
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province 07 & 08 Falgun 2073 (18 & 19 Feb 2017) DAV School, Jawalakhel
  • ^Note 1 The dates in bold are written in Vikram Samvat.

Top 18 Performers
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RankVoting CodeContestantAge (on show)HometownAudition cityResult
01 03 Buddha Lama 20 Pokhara Pokhara Winner
02 07 Nishan Bhattarai 21 Morang Kathmandu Runner-up
03 10 Pratap Das 22 Lalitpur Kathmandu 3rd Place
04 13 Sagar Ale 21 Narayangarh Narayangadh Eliminated
05 15 Sujata Pandey 21 Butwal Butwal Eliminated
06 17 Suraj Thapa 30 Nepalgunj Nepalgunj Eliminated
07 09 Pramila Rai 22 Kathmandu Kathmandu Eliminated
08 18 Ulson Shrestha 25 Khotang Kathmandu Eliminated
09 14 Sandhya Joshi 24 Dhangadi Kathmandu Eliminated
10 04 Kenjal Meher Shrestha 23 Lalitpur Kathmandu Eliminated
11 06 Menuka Paudel 18 Jhapa Biratnagar Eliminated
12 12 Rahul Biswash 22 Nepalgunj Butwal Eliminated
13–18 02 Bidhya Tiwari 23 Hetauda Kathmandu Eliminated
13–18 05 Manoj Thapa Magar Bhojpur Biratnagar Eliminated
13–18 01 Afsar Ali Butwal Butwal Eliminated
13–18 08 Pragya Shree Biswokarma 16 Lalitpur Kathmandu Eliminated
13–18 16 Suraj Tamang Morang Biratnagar Eliminated
13–18 11 Pratap Lama Morang Biratnagar Eliminated

Elimination Chart
* Performer Of the Day X Danger Zone Eliminated
Date: 06/23 06/30 07/07 07/14 07/21 07/28 08/04 08/11 08/18 08/25 09/01 09/08 09/22
Place Contestant Result
1 Buddha Lama * X No Elimination Winner
2 Nishan Bhattarai X * * X 2nd
3 Pratap Das * X X X X 3rd
4 Sagar Ale X * Elim
5 Sujata Pandey * X X X * Elim
6 Suraj Thapa * X Elim
7 Pramila Rai X Elim
8 Ulson Shrestha X Elim
9 Shandhya Joshi X X Elim
10 Kenjal M. Shrestha X Elim
11 Menuka Paudel X Elim
12 Rahul Biswash Elim
13–18 Bidhya Tiwari Elim
Manoj Thapa Magar
Afsar Ali
Pragya Shree Biswokarma Elim
Suraj Tamang
Pratap Lama

Guest appearances

Season 2

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, Aleen Shrestha and Lokesh Bajracharya. Aleen Shrestha is also the Director of Nepal's first-ever franchise dance reality show Boogie Woogie Nepal. Whereas, Lokesh Bajracharya is a well known name in visual-editing field in Nepal. The show was hosted by Asif Shah (replacing Former host Sushil Nepal) and Reema Bishwokarma. The assistant directors are Mohan Raj Adhikari and Babu Surace D.C.(Surace Dulal). Director Of Photography is Shiva Ram Shrestha.

Audition

The audition for the Second season of Nepal Idol were held on:

Location Date Venue
Bhairahawa, Lumbini Province 6th Chaitra 2074 Jaycees Kindergarten High School
Dharan, Province No. 1 8th Chaitra 2074 Bishnu Memorial Higher Secondary School.
Dhangadhi, Sudurpashchim Province 11th Chaitra 2074 Sudur Paschimanchal Academy
Birgunj, Province No. 2 1 Bhaisahak 2075 Shree Adarsha HS School, Birgunj
Hetauda, Bagmati Province 3rd Baisakh 2075 Siddhartha Secondary School, Hetauda 2
Pokhara, Gandaki Province 14 Baishak 2075 Shree Janapriya Secondary School, Pokhara
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province 18 & 19 Baishak 2075 NK Singh Memorial EPS School

Episodes
Episode No Date Episode Title Description
01 2018 August 9 Bhairahawa Audition This episode featured Bhairahawa Audition.
02 2018 August 10 Dhangadi Audition This episode featured Dhangadi Audition.
03 2018 August 16 Birgunj & Hetauda Audition This episode featured Hetuda Audition. The contestants selected from pre-judge round in Birgunj also participated in this televised audition.
04 2018 August 17 Dharan Audition This episode featured Dharan Audition.
05 2018 August 23 Pokhara Audition This episode featured Pokhara Audition. Neelima Thapa Magar and Bikram Baral won golden mic in this episode.
06 2018 August 24 Kathmandu Audition This featured Kathmandu Audition. Sumit Pathak won golden mic in this episode.
07 2018 August 30 Theatre Round - 1 Selected contestants were brought in Kathmandu for further performance. Contestants were divided into several groups and they had to perform individually.
08 2018 August 31 Theatre Round - 2 Contestants were divided into trio or duo for group performance.
09 2018 September 6 Theatre Round - 3 Individual performance with live band.
10 2018 September 7 Theatre Round - 4 Individual performance with live band.
11 2018 September 13 Paino Round - 1 Top 20 contestants were selected from Theatre Round and divided into group of 10. First ten performed in this episode.
12 2018 September 14 Paino Round - 2 Four contestants were eliminated from first group.
13 2018 September 20 Paino Round - 3 Second group performed individually.
14 2018 September 21 Paino Round - 4 Four contestants were eliminated from second group.
15 2018 September 27 Gala Round-1 Grand Premiere Eliminated contestants performed in group. There was Grand Premiere. Top 12 contestants performed.
16 2018 September 28 Gala Round-2 Top 12 Elimination One contestants from Top 12 was eliminated according to marks obtained by 50-50% judge-audience vote.
17 2018 October 4 Gala Round-3 Top 11 Top 11 contestants performed.
18 2018 October 5 Gala Round-4Top 11 Elimination One contestants from Top 11 was eliminated according to marks obtained by 50-50% judge-audience vote.
19 2018 October 11 Gala Round-5 Top 10 Top 10 contestants performed.
20 2018 October 12 Gala Round-6 Top 10 Elimination One contestants from Top 10 was eliminated.
N/A 2018 October 18 Wild Card Special Episode Three contestants eliminated from theatre Round and three from paino Round was given second chance. Result was based on 100% audience vote.
N/A 2018 October 19 Dashain Special Episode Revive of past episodes. Review of public, musicians and actors. Dashain greetings from contestants.
21 2018 October 25 Gala Round 7 Top 10 Top 10 finalist contestants performed. Jeshmi Limbu re entered in the show through wildcard. Sandip Chettri, Aayushman DS Joshi and Dipendra K Khanal joined.
22 2018 October 26 Gala Round 8 Top 10 Elimination Top 10 finalist contestants performed in group. Jeshmi Limbu eliminated from the show. Top 3 contestants of Nepal Idol Season 1 appeared as guest and performed together with contestants.
23 2018 November 1 Gala Round 9 Top 9 Top 9 finalist contestants performed. Sambhujeet Baskota appeared as guest judge.
24 2018 November 2 Gala Round 10 Top 9 Elimination Top 9 finalist contestants performed in group. Subin Singh was eliminated according to marks obtained by 50-50% judge-audience vote. Prasad team released its trailer.
25 2018 November 8 Gala Round 11 Rock/Pop Special Top 8 finalist contestants performed. Tihar song was performed. Deepak Bajracharya appeared as guest judge. No elimination was declared.
26 2018 November 9 Gala Round 12 Top 8 finalist performed. Anuradha Koirala appeared as guest.There was no elimination. All contestants were safe.
27 2018 November 15 Gala Round 13 Nepali Folk Special Top 8 contestants performed on folk theme.
28 2018 November 16 Gala Round 14 Top 8 Elimination Top 8 contestants performed in duo.
29 2018 November 22 Gala Round 15 Top 7 - Idol's Idol Special Top 7 contestants performed in duo with their singing idol.
30 2018 November 23 Gala Round 16 Top 7 Elimination Shiva Pariyar appeared as guest.
31 2018 November 29 Gala Round 17 Top 6 - Patriotism Special Top 6 contestants performed in national songs.
32 2018 November 30 Gala Round 18 Top 6 - Elimination Top 6 contestants performed in duo.
33 2018 December 6 Gala Round 19 Top 5 - Audience Choice Top 5 contestants performed. Arjun Pokhrel appeared as guest.
34 2018 December 7 Gala Round 20 Top 5 - Elimination Top 5 contestants performed with eliminated contestants. Nir Shah and Dinesh Adhikari appeared as guest.
35 2018 December 13 Gala Round 21 Top 4 Top 4 contestants performed for Grand Finale as it was announced that Top 4 talents will go to Finale.
36 2018 December 14 Home Visit - Finale contestants went there hometown.
37 2018 December 20 Season Preview
38 2018 December 21 Grand Finale
  • ^Note 1 Episodes are entitled according to rounds.

Elimination Chart
** Golden Mic Winner P Performer Of the Day X Danger Zone V Highest Voted Contestant
Rank Contestant Age Date 09/07 09/21 09/28 10/05 10/12 10/19 10/26 11/02 11/09 11/16 11/23 11/30 12/07 12/21
Hometown Theatre 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


1 Ravi Oad 20 Dhangadi V P (11/22) V Winner
2 Bikram Baral 25 Pokhara ** ** X P V P (11/16) X P(12/07) X 1st Runner Up
3 Sumit Pathak 19 Jhapa ** ** P V X V X P(12/06) V 2nd Runner Up
4 Ashmita Adhikari 22 Jhapa X X P X P(11/29) 3rd Runner Up
5 Amit Baral 24 Butwal X P X P (11/23) X Eliminated
6 Pawan Giri 22 Dolakha P X V P V X X Eliminated
7 Nilima Thapa 20 Pokhara ** ** P (11/15) Eliminated
8 Krishal Kandel 17 Dhading X Eliminated
9 Subin Singh 27 Surkhet Eliminated
10 Jeshmi Limbu 19 Itahari Eliminated Advanced to Top 10 Eliminated
10 Minraj Poudel 26 Chitwan ** ** X Eliminated
11 Heena Malla Baraili 17 Dharan X Eliminated
12 Ramita Sharma 22 Kathmandu Eliminated
13-20 Bishwas Upreti 23 Jhapa Eliminated Participant
13-20 Dipraj Khatri 21 Makwanpur Eliminated
13-20 Milan Pariyar 20 Morang Eliminated Participant
13-20 Rajendra Ale 26 Lalitpur Eliminated Participant
13-20 Samrat Neupane 22 Dang Eliminated
13-20 Shrijana Karki 19 Morang Eliminated
13-20 Suman Pariyar 18 Pokhara Eliminated
13-20 Swastika Dhakal 21 Hetauda Eliminated
21-30 Ravi Sharma 25 Biratnagar Eliminated Participant
21-30 Samikchya Dahal 20 Kathmandu Eliminated Participant

Guest appearance
  • Hemant Sharma (Episode 11)
  • Astha Raut (Episode 11)
  • Suresh Adhikari (Episode 14)
  • Nima Rumba (Episode 16)
  • Deepak Raj Giri (Episode 17)
  • Kedar Ghimire (Episode 17)
  • Raju Lama (Episode 18)
  • Hemant Rana Magar (Episode 19)
  • Swasmita Khadka (Episode 20)
  • Khagendra Lamichhane (Episode 20)
  • Ashok Sharma (Episode 20)
  • Sandip Chettri (Episode 21)
  • Aayushman Deshraj Shrestha Joshi (Episode 21)
  • Dipendra K. Khanal (Episode 22)
  • Nishan Bhattarai (Episode 22)
  • Pratap Das (Episode 22)
  • Buddha Lama (Episode 22)
  • Sambhujeet Baskota (Episode 23)
  • Nischal Basnet (Episode 24)
  • Dinesh Raut (Episode 24)
  • Deepak Bajracharya (Episode 25)
  • Anuradha Koirala (Episode 26)
  • Jayananda Lama (Episode 27)
  • Suraj Thapa (Episode 27)
  • Deepak Jangam (Episode 28)
  • Raj Sigdel (Episode 29)
  • Swopnil Sharma (Episode 29)
  • Tsuil Karmacharya (Episode 29)
  • Tika Prasai (Episode 29)
  • Santosh Lama (Episode 29)
  • Rejina Rimal (Episode 29)
  • Pusphan Pradhan (Episode 29)
  • Shiva Pariyar (Episode 30)
  • Sitaram Kattel Dhurmus (Episode 31)
  • Kunjana Ghimire Suntali (Episode 31)
  • Gopal Rasaili (Episode 32)
  • Namrata Shrestha (Episode 32)
  • Arjun Pokhrel (Episode 33)
  • Neer Shah (Episode 34)
  • Dinesh Adhikari (Episode 34)
  • Salon Basnet (Episode 34)
  • Sara Shripali (Episode 34)
  • Subrat Raj Aacharya (Episode 34)

Season 3

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 were Suresh Paudel, Aleen Shrestha and Lokesh Bajracharya. The show was hosted by Aasif Shah and Mampi Ghosh, as the previous host Reema left the show and moved to another reality show called Comedy Champion. The assistant director was Mohan Raj Adhikari and Babu Surace D.C.(Surace Dulal) and the Director Of Photography was Shiva Ram Shrestha. The Reality producer was Bishal Aryal and production manager was Manish Banjara (Kaudinya).

Auditions

The audition for the Third season of Nepal Idol was held on:

Location Date Venue
Pokhara, Gandaki Province 31st Bhadra 2076 Janapriya Secondary School, Pokhara
Butwal, Lumbini Province 3rd Ashoj 2076 Lumbini Boarding School, Butwal
Nepalgunj, Lumbini Province 6th Ashoj 2076 Brightland College, Nepalgunj
Birgunj, Province No. 2 13th Ashoj 2076 Birgunj Institute of Technology, Brigunj
Birtamod, Province No. 1 14th Ashoj 2076 Devi Secondary School, Birtamod
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province 6th Kartik 2076 E.P.S. School, Minbhawan, Kathmandu

Digital auditions

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 purpose (due to covid situation). Selected candidates from Digital Auditions were called to Kathmandu for the 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 (earlier known as Pawankali) as she moved to Nepal's first comedy reality show, 'Comedy Champions'.

Format

For this season tagline of the show is 'संगीतको शिखर' (English: The pinnacle of music) 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 was postponed for 139 days. Nepal Idol resumed from August 6, 2020.

Episode No Date Round Description
01 2019 December 19 Open Audition The first episode featured Kathmandu Audition.
02 2019 December 20 The second episode featured Butwal Audition.
03 2019 December 26 The third episode featured Nepalgunj Audition.
04 2019 December 27 The fourth episode featured Birgunj Audition.
05 2020 January 2 The fifth episode featured Birtamod Audition.
06 2020 January 3 The sixth episode featured Pokhara Audition.
07 2020 January 9 Base Camp (Theater Round) Top 30 were selected among the contestants who were selected through audition and digital auditions. Out of 30, 15 contestants performed.
08 2020 January 10 15 leftover contestants performed. Out of 30 contestants, 17 including Golden Mike Holder were selected for Camp - IV
09 2020 January 16 Camp 4 (Paino Round) Top 17 Contestants performed
10 2020 January 17 Top 17 Contestants performed, 5 contestants eliminated.
11 2020 January 23 Gala Round 1 Top 12 contestants performed.
12 2020 January 24 Gala Round 2 Top 12 contestants performed.
13 2020 January 30 Gala Round 3 Elimination 1 Top 12 contestants performed in duo.
14 2020 January 31 Gala Round 4 Top 11 contestants performed.
15 2020 February 6 Gala Round 5 Elimination 2 Top 11 contestants performed in duo.
16 2020 February 7 Gala Round 6 Top 10 contestants performed.
17 2020 February 13 Gala Round 7 Elimination 3 Top 10 contestants performed on Valentine's Special.
18 2020 February 14 Gala Round 8 Top 9 contestants performed.
19 2020 February 20 Gala Round 9 Elimination 4 Top 9 contestants performed in duo.
20 2020 February 21 Gala Round 10 Top 8 contestants performed.
21 2020 February 27 Gala Round 11 Elimination 5 Top 8 contestants performed with last season's contestants.
22 2020 February 28 Gala Round 12 Top 7 contestants performed.
23 2020 March 5 Gala Round 13 Elimination 6 Top 7 contestants performed.
24 2020 March 6 Gala Round 14 Lok Geet Special Top 6 contestants performed in Lok Bhaka.
25 2020 March 12 Gala Round 15 Elimination 7 Idol's Idol Special Top 6 contestants performed with their own singing idol.
26 2020 March 13 Gala Round 16 Top 5 contestants performed.
27 2020 March 19 Gala Round 17 Elimination 8 Top 5 contestants performed.
28 2020 March 20 Wildcard Entry 5 Contestant performed to compete for wildcard entry
29 2020 August 6 Wildcard Results Kiran K Bhujel re-entered show as wildcard contestant.
30 2020 August 7 Gala Round 18 Top 5 performed.
31 2020 August 13 Gala Round 19 Elimination 9 Neshon Pun Magar Eliminated
32 2020 August 14 Gala Round 20 Top 4 performed
33 2020 August 21 Gala Round 21 Elimination 10 Kevin Glan Tamang Eliminated
34 2020 August 22 Gala Round 22 SEMI FINAL Finale Performance form Top 3
35 2020 August 27 Season Preview Journey of Top 3
36 2020 August 28 GRAND FINALE Winner: Sajja Chajlagain

1st Runner Up: Pravin Bedwal

2nd Runner Up: Kiran Kumar Bhujel

Special Episodes
Episode No Date Episode Title Description
1 2020 May 18 Arthur Gunn Special Special episode to celebrate Arthur Gunn's success as runner-up in American Idol.
2 2020 June 18 Lockdown Special Special 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.

Elimination Chart
Danger Zone Eliminated Golden Mic Winner Safe Highest Voted Wildcard Winner


Top 20 Top 17 Top 12 Top 11 Top 10 Top 9 Top 8 Top 7 Top

6

 Top

5

 Wild

Card

 Top 5 Top 4 Grand

Finale

Place Contestant Result
1 Sajja Chaulagain Immune Winner
2 Pravin Bedwal Immune 1st Runner Up
3 Kiran K Bhujel Eliminated Didn't Perform Selected 2nd Runner Up
4 Kevin Glan Tamang Immune Eliminated
5 Neshan Pun Magar Immune Eliminated
6 Megha Shrestha Eliminated Performed
7 Muskan Ranabhat Eliminated Didn't Perform
8 Rachana Rimal Eliminated Performed
9 Mamata Gurung Eliminated Performed
10 Mingma Lama Eliminated Performed
11 Kamal Sob Eliminated
12 Swostika Dhakal Eliminated
13-17 Jaljala Pariyar Eliminated
13-17 Kamal Deep
13-17 Ranjeet Nepali
13-17 Samiksha Dahal
13-17 Sarita Adhikari

Guest appearance
  • Najjir Husain (Episode 4)
  • James Pradhan (Episode 11 & 12)
  • Milan Newar (Episode 13)
  • Herchulus Basnet (Episode 14)
  • Kunti Moktan (Episode 15)
  • Shila Bahadur Moktan (Episode 15)
  • Basanta Sapkota (Episode 16)
  • Uday Sotang (Episode 17)
  • Malina Sotang (Episode 17)
  • Abahya Subba (Episode 18)
  • Karna Das (Episode 19)
  • Devika Bandana (Episode 20)
  • Buddha Lama (Episode 21)
  • Nishan Bhattarai (Episode 21)
  • Pratap Das (Episode 21)
  • Ravi Oad (Episode 21)
  • Bikram Baral (Episode 21)
  • Sumit Pathak (Episode 21)
  • Asmita Adhikari (Episode 21)
  • Amit Baral (Episode 21)
  • Pawan Giri (Episode 21)
  • Mukti Shakya (Episode 22)
  • Anushka Shrestha (Episode 23)
  • Rose Lama (Episode 23)
  • Meera Rana (Episode 24)
  • Swopnil Sharma (Episode 25)
  • Manish Dhakal (Episode 25)
  • Dharmendra Shewan (Episode 25)
  • Samriddhi Rai (Episode 25)
  • Rohit Jung Chettri (Episode 25)
  • Mahesh Kafle (Episode 25)
  • Meena Niroula (Episode 26)
  • Prakash Sayami (Episode 27)
  • Biplap Pratik (Episode 28)

Golden Microphone Winner
  • Megha Shrestha (Episode 1)

Season 4

AP1 TV confirmed season 4 by publishing promo released on July 21, 2021. Since judges from last 3 season were hired by another reality show SaReGaMaPa Lil'l Champs Nepal, Nepal Idol have new faces for this season. Digital Audition was started from August 17. The directors for season 4 were Suresh Paudel,. The show was hosted by Aasif Shah and Reshma Ghimire. The assistant director was Mohan Raj Adhikari.

List of New Judges and Hosts

AP1 TV organized Press Meet on August 20, 2021, in its office to announce new judges and host for Nepal Idol Season 4. Following are new judges for Nepal Idol.

SN Name Titles Known For
1 Sambhujeet Baskota Judge Sambhujeet Baskota is a Nepali music composer. He is considered to be the most popular and prolific music director of the Nepali Film Industry. He has composed over 3,000 songs that have appeared in more than 250 films.
2 Sugam Pokharel Judge Sugam Pokharel (Nepali:सुगम पाेखरेल) is a Nepalese pop singer, music composer, songwriter and radio jockey. His first solo recording, Mero Sansaar (2001), became a top seller in Nepal.
3 Subani Moktan Judge Subani Moktan is a singer, songwriter and music arranger. She also works as a playback singer for movies. She is a teacher at Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory. She is daughter of Kunti Moktan, a popular singer.
4 Asif Shah Host Asif Shah is a Nepali presenter, actor, director, producer and singer who has host Nepal Idol Season 2 and 3 earlier too.
5 Reshma Ghimire Host Reshma Ghimire is a Nepali model, and actress who was first-ever verified Nepali TikTok User. She is known for playing Nepali music videos. She is one of the most loved and followed TikTok and Instagram celebrity in Nepal and also a winner of Miss Purbeli 2014.

Digital Audition

Due to COVID-19 and no permissions granted for physical audition, the production company announced Digital Auditions starting from August 17 for a month through APON App, an OTT platform developed by Annapurna Media Network.

Physical Audition

Few of the selected participants from digital auditions will be called for physical audition in various cities which includes Biratnagar, Nepalgunj, Pokhara and Kathmandu.

Date (AD) Date (BS) Province Cities
26 Sept 2021 10 Ashoj 2078 Province No. 1 Biratnagar
2 Oct 2021 16 Ashoj 2078 Lumbini Province Nepalgunj
7 Oct 2021 21 Ashoj

2078

 Gandaki Province Pokhara
9 & 10 Nov 2021 23 & 24 Kartik 2078 Bagmati Province Kathmandu

Broadcast Date

AP1 TV announced on air date by publishing promo video. Fourth season of show starts from December 9.

Theatre Round

Selected participants from Physical Audition (Open Audition) would be kept in closed camp and Theatre Rounds will be conducted.

List of Episodes
Episode No Date Round Description
01 2021 December 9 Grand Premiere First episode of Season 4, new judges were introduced.
02 2021 December 10 Biratnagar Audition The second episode featured Biratnagar Audition.
03 2021 December 16 Nepalgunj Audition The third episode featured Nepalgunj Audition.
04 2021 December 17 Pokhara Audition The fourth episode featured Pokhara Audition. Raj Kumar Pariyar wind first golden mic.
05 2021 December 23 Kathmandu Audition I The fifth episode featured Kathmandu Audition. Madan Gurung won golden mic.
06 2021 December 24 Kathmandu Audition II The sixth episode featured Pokhara Audition.
07 2021 December 29 Theatre Round Hundreds of selected participants performed in group.
08 2021 December 24 Top 30 selected.
09 2022 January 6 Paino Round Top 30 contestants performed solo.
10 2022 January 7 Top 12 selected.
11 2022 January 13 Gala Round I Top 12 contestants performed.
12 2022 January 14 Sajja Chaulagain appeared as guest and remaining contestants performed.
13 2022 January 20 Gala Round II Ananda Raj Karki appeared as guest and Sangeet Poudel eliminated from the show.
14 2022 January 21 Alok Shree appeared as guest and Top 11 contestants performed.
15 2022 January 27 Gala Round III Dhiraj Rai appeared as guest and Madan Gurung eliminated from the show.
16 2022 January 28 Sanup Paudel and Sushant KC appeared as guest and Top 10 contestants performed.
17 2022 February 3 Nepali Movie Song Special Saroj Khanal appeared as guest.
18 2022 February 4 Paul Shah appeared as guest.
19 2022 February 10 Lok Geet Special Singer Basanta Thapa and Comedian Vickey Agrawal appeared as guest.
20 2022 February 11 Shree Shanti Pariyar appeared as guests.
21 2022 February 17 Wild Card Special Legends Kunti Moktan and Sila Bhadur Moktan appeared as guests.
22 2022 February 18 Pushpan Pradhan and Amit Baral appeared as guests.
23 2022 February 24 Elimination Day Kamal Khatri and Bharatmani Poudel appeared as guests.
24 2022 February 25 Patriotic Special Karna Das appeared as guest.
25 2022 March 3 Mahajodi Special Mahajodi appeared as guests.
26 2022 March 4 Performance Day Bhupendra Khadka appeared as guest.
27 2022 March 10 Best Performance Day Contestant sang with previous season contestants.
28 2022 March 10 Semi Final Cast of Chiso Astrey appeared for promotion. Capt. Rameshwor Thapa appeared to announce the winning prize amount.
29 2022 March 17 Home Visit Show featured home visit of contestants and Holi Special
30 2022 March 19 Grand Finale TBA

Elimination Chart
Safe Eliminated Didn't Perform Wildcard Entry
Place Contestant Hometown Results
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Grand Finale
Top 12 Top 11 Top 10 Top 9 Top 8 Top 7 Top 6 Top 5
1 Bhupendra Thapa Bhairahawa Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Winner
2 Namgyel Tamang Jhapa Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe First Runner Up
3 Ranjeet Nepali Ramechaap Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Second Runner Up
4 Biswas Upreti Jhapa Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Consolation
5 Laxmi Poudel Morang Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Consolation
6 Sumain Pakhrin Hetuda Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated
7 Benisha Poudel Jhapa Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated
8 Kanden Limbu Terhathum Didn't Perform Didn't Perform Didn't Perform Didn't Perform Wildcard Entry Eliminated
9 Aadesh Poudel Jhapa Safe Safe Safe Safe Eliminated
10 Suresh Lama Chitwan Safe Safe Safe Eliminated
11 Rajkumar Pariyar Parbat Safe Safe Eliminated
12 Madan Gurung Gorkha Safe Eliminated
13 Sangeet Poudel Gulmi Eliminated

Golden Microphone Winners
  • Rajkumar Pariyar (Episode 4)
  • Madan Gurung (Episode 5)

Guest appearance
  • Sajja Chaulagain (Episode 12)
  • Ananda Raj Karki (Episode 13)
  • Alok Shree (Episode 14)
  • Dhiraj Rai (Episode 15)
  • Sanup Paudel (Episode 16)
  • Sushant KC (Episode 16)
  • Saroj Khanal (Episode 17)
  • Paul Shah (Episode 18)
  • Basanta Thapa (Episode 19)
  • Vickey Agrawal (Episode 19)
  • Shanti Shree Pariyar (Episode 20)
  • Kunti Moktan (Episode 21)
  • Sila Bahadur Moktan (Episode 21)
  • Pusphan Pradhan (Episode 22)
  • Amit Baral (Episode 22)
  • Kamal Khatri (Episode 23)
  • Bharatmani Paudel (Episode 23)
  • Karna Das (Episode 24)
  • Hari Bansha Acharya (Episode 25)
  • Madan Krishna Shrestha (Episode 25)
  • Bhupendra Khadka (Episode 26)
  • Pratap Das (Episode 27)
  • Nishan Bhattarai (Episode 27)
  • Asmita Adhikari (Episode 27)
  • Bikram Baral (Episode 27)
  • Pawan Thapa (Episode 27)
  • Prabin Bedwal (Episode 27)
  • Bhuwan KC (Episode 28)
  • Ajar Jangam (Episode 28)
  • Divya Dev (Episode 28)
  • Shristi Shrestha (Episode 28)
  • Capt. Rameshwor Thapa (Episode 28)

Season 5

The fifth season of Nepal Idol was confirmed by AP1TV by publishing announcement video in its digital platform. This time there shall be auditions in 8 cities of Nepal starting from Birtamod, Jhapa and ending in Kathmandu. The auditions will be held on:

  • Birtamod
  • Bardibas
  • Hetauda
  • Attriya
  • Birendranagar
  • Dang
  • Pokhara
  • Kathmandu

Prabhu Pay has partnered Nepal Idol Season 5 as Digital Voting Partner.

Judges

As per the organizers in Season 5 past judges Kali Prasad Baskota and Nhyoo Bajracharya will be returning back to Nepal Idol once again. Talks are going for return of Indira Joshi as judge and Reema Bishwakarama as host.

List of Episodes

to be update later

Controversy and lawsuit

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.[8] After that they had to face a lawsuit against them.[9]

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".

See also

References
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  2. "Nepal Idol (TV Series 2017– ) – IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  3. "Official Website (Beta) of AP1 TV". ap1.tv. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  4. Biplob Prasai (Feb 14, 2017). "Some facts you may not know about 'Nepal Idol'". annanote.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  5. "Buddha Lama clinches Nepal Idol title". My Republica. 2017-09-23. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
  6. "Shambhujeet Baskota". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  7. "Subani Moktan – ArtistNepal". artistnepal.com. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  8. "Now, you don't need to pay to vote for your favorite Nepal Idol contestant". glocalkhabar. 6 September 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
  9. "Court orders to stop counting of votes of 'Nepal Idol' till Sept 8". The Himalayan Times. 2017-09-06. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
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