Published 19:40 IST, October 23rd 2019
Diwas Kumar: The 22-year-old Indian Idol 11 contestant | Profile
Indian Idol Season 11 is here. It is the biggest singing reality show on television. Read on to know details about the 22-year-old contestant, Diwas Kumar.
Indian Idol is the biggest singing reality tv show. The show has a dedicated fan following. Thousands of people wait every year to audition for it. Even the audiences love to watch the show and hear the contestants sing. The craze of the show is so high that people rehearse for years and dream of performing in front of the judges on the show. There have been times when a contestant who got rejected has come back the next season with improved vocals and practice.
Indian Idol started its journey on Indian television in 2004. Its first season aired in 2004-2005. The winner of the show was Abhijeet Sawant. Ever since that, Indian Idol has been giving many singers a platform to showcase their singing talent in front of the world.
Indian Idol 11
Every season, fourteen contestants get selected among thousands of people who come for auditions. The eleventh season of Indian Idol has started airing. The auditions for this year’s season started a few months ago. The first episode of Indian Idol season 11 aired on Sony Television on October 12, 2019. This year Anu Malik, Neha Kakkar, and Vishal Dadlani are going to be the judges, while Aditya Narayan will be the host.
Indian Idol Contestant Diwas Kumar:
A twenty-two-year-old young man from Jharkhand proved that where there is a will there is a way. Diwas Kumar hails from Jharkhand. He eloped from his home just to give wings to his dream of becoming a singing star. The first place he went to after arriving in Mumbai, the city of dreams, was J.J. Arts College. He could not get inside the college premises because of security reasons. He started looking for work after that. Diwas Kumar, after struggling for a few days, got a job at a canteen. His work was to wash utensils. Soon he was asked by his employer to serve tea in every department of that college. He used to watch students paint and draw their creativity on canvasses. Diwas Kumar’s hobby is to paint. Therefore, he enjoyed watching them.
For his audition, he sang Kailash Kher’s Saiyaan. His melodious voice won the hearts of the judges and gave him a golden ticket to the show. Besides Diwas Kumar, the eleventh season of Indian Idol will have participants like Harman Singh, Azmat Hussain, Gurdeep, Deepak, Stutee Tiwari, Adriz, Chelsi, Harshdeep, Kailvalya, John Oinam, Kumar Sahil, Nidhi Kumari, and Shahzan.
Updated 13:02 IST, October 24th 2019