''Fame X'', with Indian subtitle ''Chal Udiye'', is an Indian television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. It followed an earlier Indian singing competition and musical reality show called ''Fame Gurukul''.

2006-2007 edition

The sole season was in November 2006 and it extended until the finals in 2007. It was broadcast on Indian

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television station. The dean of the show was

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. Auditions were held in Ahmedabad,

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and

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. Originally the host was Sophie Choudry, but she was replaced in later stages by

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. The weekly Fame X show was complemented with a daily Monday to Friday show entitled ''Fame X Academy''. The winner would get Rs50,00,000 grand prize, a recording contract and MTV Artiste of the Month title where the winner would be featured for a full month. He will also get the chance to sing for the Indian cricket team at the World Cup 2007 The judges were: *

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, an

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VJ *

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, an Indian singer, performer, video director and Bollywood choreographer *

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, Indian traditional Punjabi singer Hosts: * Sophie Choudry (originally) *

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(later in the series) The finalists, with ages and region originating from: *Anandroopa Bagchi, 19 years, Bihar *Priyadarshee Banerjee, 23 years, West Bengal *Arunima Bhattacharya, 23 years, West Bengal *Alok Chaubey, 18 years, Bihar *Ashutosh Jain, 23 years, New Delhi *Aditya Jassi, 24 years, New Delhi *Samrat Kaushal, 22 years, Punjab *

Rehan Khan Rehan Khan (born in Ponda Goa, India in 1982) is an Indian singer and the member of the "Band Hungama". In February 2007, he won '' Fame X'', an Indian music competition broadcast on SAB TV. He has appeared in a number of Indian films. Early ...

, 23 years, Mumbai *Neethi Nair, 19 years, Mumbai *Trupti Pandkar, 20 years, Maharashtra *Vidhhan Pandey, 21 years, Uttar Pradesh *

Ritu Pathak Ritu Pathak (born 4 September 1987) is a Bollywood playback singer. Born in Gopalganj, India, she rose to fame after participating in second season of ''Indian Idol''. She was one of the finalists in another TV music talent show, Fame X. She has ...

, 19 years, Madhya Pradesh *Priyanka Purohit, 23 years, Rajasthan *Jyotika Sharma, 19 years, Mumbai *Rakesh Sharma, 30 years, Chhattisgarh *Rohitraj Sinha, 24 years, Allahabad The winner of that only edition was

who beat in the finals Neethi Nair and Anandrupa Bagchi.

References

External links

Fame X Official website
{{SAB TV Programmes Sony SAB original programming Indian reality television series 2006 Indian television series debuts 2007 Indian television series debuts