IACA Atlanta Indian Idol | Sing Your Heart Out

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And the 2021 Winners are…

Champion, Senior: Poulami Basu Thakur, GA
Award: A custom-designed Crystal Trophy
and $500 in cash

Champion, Junior: Anushka Chowdhury, GA
Award: A custom-designed Crystal Trophy
and $350 in cash

1st Runner-up, Senior: Namita Jain, GA
Award: A custom-designed Crystal Trophy
and $300 in cash

1st Runner-up, Junior: Srushti Gubbi, MI
Award: A custom-designed Crystal Trophy
and $250 in cash

2nd Runner-up, Senior: Syed Husani, GA
Award: A custom-designed Crystal Trophy
and $200 in cash

2nd Runner-up, Junior: Sharanya Hariish, GA
Award: A custom-designed Crystal Trophy
and $150 in cash

Hon’ble Mention, Senior: Hemant Shah, GA
Award: $100 in cash

Hon’ble Mention, Junior: Anjali Kandur, GA
Award: $100 in cash

Hon’ble Mention, Junior: Rishi Manoj, GA
Award: $100 in cash

Director’s Choice, Senior: Jagruth Chengala, GA
Award: $100 in cash

Director’s Choice, Junior: Dheemanth Iyer, GA
Award: $100 in cash

SMS Polling Award, Senior: Namita Jain, GA
Award: $100 in cash

SMS Polling Award, Junior: Srushti Gubbi, MI
Award: $100 in cash

CONGRATULATIONS, to all the Awardees!

And the 2021 FINALISTS are…

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Atlanta Indian Idol 2021 FINALISTS

JUNIORS (In alphabetical order)

ANJALI KANDUR, Suwanee, Georgia
ANUSHKA CHOWDHURY, Cumming, Georgia
ANUSHKA RANJAN, Katy, Texas
ANVI SHARMA, Alpharetta, Georgia
DHEEMANTH IYER, Cumming, Georgia
PRISHA JHARI, Cumming, Georgia
RISHI MANOJ, Suwanee, Georgia
SHARANYA HARIISH, Cumming, Georgia
SRUSHTI GUBBI, Commerce Township, Michigan
YASHIKA MANKAN, Cumming, Georgia

SENIORS (In alphabetical order)

HEMANT SHAH, Lawrenceville, Georgia
JAGRUTH CHENGALA, Cumming, Georgia
MONALISHA SAIKIA, Sandy Springs, Georgia
NAMITA JAIN, Alpharetta, Georgia
NEHA GUPTA SINGH, atlanta, Georgia
NEHA VYAS, Cumming, Georgia
POULAMI BASU THAKUR, Atlanta, Georgia
SYED HUSANI, Atlanta, Georgia

Congratulations, to all our finalists…

A lot of appreciation to all our contestants.

Thanks to all our judges.. They had a very difficult tasl on hand.

See you all at the Grand Finale…

About the contest…

Who Can Compete?

The contest is open to anyone 12 years or older and living in the USA with the following exception:

A past Atlanta Indian Idol Champion in the Senior group cannot compete;
A past Atlanta Indian Idol Champion in the Junior group cannot compete in the Junior category again but can compete in the Senior category।

Groups

The competition will be held for two groups based on age:

Junior Group: A contestant must be between the ages of 12 and 17 years as of the day of the Championship Round;
Senior Group: A contestant must be at least 18 years old as of the day of the Championship Round to enter the competition in this group.

Song Genre

Songs performed must be a HINDI song from a “Bollywood” movie.

Bollywood movie is defined as a film produced by the Mumbai film industry and the song has Hindi as the primary language.
A performance can be a single song or a medley but must be performed within the time limits for each round.

About

Atlanta Indian Idol

IACA Atlanta Indian Idol Contest is a program that was founded by Mr. Chand Akkineni and Dr. Raktim Sen under the auspices of India American Cultural Association, Inc. in 2013. The idea was to showcase and recognize the singing talents in our community. First of its kind in the Greater Atlanta area, the singing competition embraced the essence of Bollywood – music, dance, talent and glamour in one show. Emceed by popular personalities, Suchita Vadlmani and Ash Chandler, there was never a dull moment for the audience of over 900 that gathered around to cheer the JUNIOR and SENIOR finalists during the Grand Finale at prestigious Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech.

The next three year the competition grew even bigger to drew contestants from out of state, including California, Texas, New Jersey and North Carolina.

After a hiatus of 3 years Atlanta Indian Idol was back in 2020 with bang with over 120 contestants in two categories (Juniors and Seniors) auditioned over a period of two weeks to qualify for a spot in the Grand Finale held on January 25, 2020 at the beautiful Lassiter Concert Hall in Marietta, GA.

Organizing Team

Program Director
Dr. Raktim Sen

Event Co-Chairs
Dr. Anu Bhat
Bina Desai

Event Registration
Dr. Vidya Prakash

Team Members
Chand Akkineni
Rani Singh
Geeta Talukdar
Dr. Paddy Sharma
Neelam Sharma
Ranjithaveena Pol
Synthia Padala
Sreedevi Dadithota
Neeta Shenvi