Season 1
The winner of the first season of Indian Idol was Abhijeet Sawant, from Mumbai. This season was aired from October, 2004 to 5 March 2005 on Sony TV. Amit Sana from Bhilai, Chhattisgarh was declared the 1st runner-up, while Rahul Vaidya from Nagpur and Prajakta Shukre from Jabalpur, MP came 3rd and 4th respectively, in the competition.
The judges for the First season were Anu Malik, Sonu Nigam and Farah Khan. They retained the same spot for the Second Season. The first season was hosted by Aman Verma and Mini Mathur.
The winner, Abhijeet Sawant, went on to release his first album "Aap Ka Abhijeet". He participated in Asian Idol representing India and was placed third in the competition. He also released his second album Junoon which was a success and he also did play back for the movie, Ashiq Banaya Apne. Abhijeet also did some commercials for Spraymint. He started acting with his debut film "Lottery", which was released in March 2009, but did not do well at the box office.
Rahul Saxena, who failed to make it to the top 6, was offered a song by Indian Idol judge and director, Farah Khan, in her own film Om Shanti Om and Amit Tandon landed a new role with Ekta Kapoor and Balaji Telefilms. Amit Sana, Rahul Vaidya and Prajakta Shukre have released their solo albums.
Rahul Vaidya, the 2nd runner up, hosted the show Aaja Mahi Ve on the channel, STAR Plus. He also hosted the popular dance show, Jhoom India. Vaidya also did playback singing in the film, Shaadi no. 1 and was also the part of the winning team, Shankar's Rockstars in the musical game show Music Ka Maha Muqqabla on Star plus. He later became the winner of the reality singing show Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar on the same channel, whereas Abhijeet Sawant was the 1st Runner-up in the same show.
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