Genre Reality
Talent show Based on HaKokhav HaBa | Created by Keshet Media Group | |
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Developed by Screenz Cross Media LTD Presented by Meiyang Chang
Raghav Juyal Judges Diljit Dosanjh
Monali Thakur
Shankar Mahadevan | ||
Rising Star is an Indian version of the international franchise series Rising Star, a reality television singing competition. It is based on the Israeli singing competition HaKokhav HaBa (meaning The Next Star) made by Keshet Broadcasting Ltd.
Contents
- Format
- The Auditions
- The Duels
- The Live Auditions
- Duels Ki Takkar
- Indias Favourite 16
- Duets Challenge
- Production
- References
The program format lets the viewers vote for contestants live via the television channel's mobile app. The show premiered on 4 February 2017 on Colors TV and airs on weekends at 9:00 pm. This is the first reality television show in India which involves Live Audience Voting.
Popular playback singer and music director Shankar Mahadevan, playback singer and actor Monali Thakur and actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh are the experts in the show. This show marks as Diljit Dosanjh's television debut.
The show is hosted by singer-actor Meiyang Chаng and dancer-choreographer Raghav Juyal.
Format
In contrast to other singing competition TV shows which feature a cast of celebrity judges, Rising Star features a cast of celebrity experts and considers the viewers at home the judges. During each performance, the audience at home is able to decide in real time whether or not a contestant is sent through to the next round by using a mobile voting app.
While the viewers at home are considered the "judges", the expert panelists also may influence the vote but with continuously decreasing percentage votes over the total public vote and not exceeding 7% of the total voting power.
The Auditions
The first round where the acts are individually called to perform. As a reportage of the announced performer is shown, viewers are invited to register for voting for that specific act. Following a countdown of three seconds, the candidate has to start performing behind a screen called "The Wall".
With start of performance, the voting kicks in. Registered voters have the option of voting just "Yes" or "No". Non-votes are also considered "No" votes. If an expert votes "Yes", another 7% is added to the tally of the contestant. The contestants also see random photos of voters in their favour. Faces of panelists voting "Yes" is also be shown in larger frames.
Once the contestant reaches 70% of "Yes" votes, the wall is raised and the contestant goes to the next round of the competition.
The Duels
Contestants who make it through the auditions are paired by the judges to face off in a duel. The first contestant sings with the wall up and sets the benchmark for the second contestant. The second contestant sings with the wall down. If the second contestant betters the first contestant's vote total, the wall rises and the second contestant was through to the next round while the first contestant is eliminated; if the second contestant fails to raise the wall, the second contestant is eliminated and the first contestant goes through.
The Live Auditions
The Live auditions began on 4 February 2017 and lasted for 8 episodes.
Duels Ki Takkar
The top 30 scorers from the auditions moved on to the second round named 'Duels Ki Takkar' which began on 4 March 2017. The contestants who qualify from this round move on to the quarterfinals.
Episode 9: 4 March 2017
Episode 10: 5 March 2017
Episode 11: 11 March 2017
Episode 12: 12 March 2017
India's Favourite 16
The Top 16 contestants compete in this round. As the round progresses, the contestant who receives less votes at that point of the competition moves to the Red Sofa. At the end of the episode, the contestant who sits on the Red Sofa gets eliminated.
Episode 13: 18 March 2017
Episode 14: 19 March 2017
Duets Challenge
The Top 14 contestants compete in this round. On day one, four teams of two perform in duets. The first two teams perform with the wall up and set the target percentage. The next two teams perform with the wall down and attempt to beat the target score. The duos with the two least scores move to the Red Sofa (unsafe zone). These two teams compete in a face off. The team which loses in the face off gets eliminated.
Episode 15: 25 March 2017
Duets Face Off Round
The bottom two teams perform in the face off round. The team to perform first will set a target percentage. The second team has a challenge to perform better, raise the wall and save themselves.
Episode 16: 26 March 2017
Duets Face Off Round
The bottom two teams perform in the face off round. The team to perform first will set a target percentage. The second team has a challenge to perform better, raise the wall and save themselves.
Production
On 16 October 2016, Variety had reported that Viacom18 had signed a licensing deal with Keshet International for the format rights to reality show Rising Star. The show began airing on Colors TV from 4 February 2017.