Rising_Star_(Indian_TV_series)_season_2

<i>Rising Star</i> (Indian TV series) season 2

Rising Star (Indian TV series) season 2

Indian Television show

This article is about Indian series. For international franchise broadcast in a number of countries, see Rising Star (TV series).

Rising Star is the second Indian version of the international franchise series Rising Star, a reality television singing competition. This is first time when Rising Star does not come with any present sponsor. This season earlier had an age limit of 4–13 years but when singers more than 13 years of age came for audition, the channel decided to change the age limit to 4 years and above. It is based on the Israeli singing competition HaKokhav HaBa (meaning The Next Star) created by Keshet Broadcasting Ltd.

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The program format lets the viewers vote for contestants live via the television channel's mobile app. The show premiered on 20 January 2018 on Colors TV. This is the first reality television show in India which involves Live Audience Voting through Voot App.

Popular playback singer and music director Shankar Mahadevan, playback singer and actor Monali Thakur and actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh return as the experts in the show.

The show is hosted by TV Actor Ravi Dubey. The winner of Rising Star Season 2 is Hemant Brijwasi.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

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 5% 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 5% is added to the tally of the contestant. The contestants also see random photos of voters in their favour. Faces of panelists voting "Yes" are also shown in larger frames.

Once the contestant reaches 80% of "Yes" votes, the wall is raised and the contestant goes to the next round of the competition.[4]

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.

Series details

The Live Auditions

The Live auditions began on 20 January 2018 and went on till 4 February 2018.

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Duels Ki Takkar

The top 31 scorers from the auditions moved on to the second round named 'Duels Ki Takkar' which began on 10 February 2018. The contestants who qualify from this round move on to the quarterfinals.

Episode 7: 10 February 2018

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Episode 8: 11 February 2018

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Episode 9: 17 February 2018

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Episode 10: 18 February 2018

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India's Favourite 16 + Duets Challenge

The Top 16 contestants compete in this round. Eight teams of two perform in duets. The first team perform with the wall up and set the target percentage. The next teams perform with the wall down and attempt to beat the target score. The duo with the least score move to the Red Sofa (unsafe zone). The team with the lowest score gets eliminated.

Episode 11: 24 February 2018

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Tribute to Sridevi

The Top 14 contestants compete in this round. As the round progresses, the contestant who receives fewest 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 12: 3 March 2018

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Episode 13: 4 March 2018

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Hero No. 1 (Ep14) & Salaam-E-Ishq (Ep15)

The Top 12 contestants compete in this round. As the round progresses, the contestant who receives fewest 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 14: 10 March 2018

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Episode 15: 11 March 2018

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Guru Sishya (Ep16) & Bachpan Ke Suhane Din (Ep17)

Wild Card Twist: Some of the eliminated contestants were brought back for another chance. Raenit Singh, Aman Biswal & Chetan Brijvasi.

The Top 12 contestants compete in this round. As the round progresses, the contestant who receives fewest 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 16: 17 March 2018

WILD CARD

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Top 12

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Episode 17: 18 March 2018

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Rekha Special

The Top 10 contestants compete in this round. As the round progresses, the contestant who receives fewest 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 18: 24 March 2018

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Episode 19: 25 March 2018

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Top 8

The Top 8 contestants compete in this round. As the round progresses, the contestant who receives fewest 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 20: 31 March 2018

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Episode 21: 1 April 2018

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Ticket To Finale

The contestants compete to earn a direct entry to the finale week. In each episode, the contestant sitting on Golden Sofa (the contestant with the highest score) will move on to compete for the Ticket To Finale.

Episode 22: 7 April 2018

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Episode 23: 8 April 2018

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Face-off for the Ticket to Finale

The two top scorers of Saturday and Sunday episode participate in a face-off round.

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Finale Week

Episode 24: 14 April 2018

The Top 5 contestants except for Ticket to Finale winner Hemant Brijwasi were divided into two batches. Batch A- Zaid Ali, Chetan Brijwasi & Vishnumaya Ramesh and Batch B- Akhtar Brothers & Rohanpreet Singh. The contestant with the lowest score in each batch will be eliminated, making the Top 4.

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Grand Finale

Episode 25: 15 April 2018

The Top 4 finalists compete in the first round. The Top 3 contestants proceed to the Face-off round.

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Final Face-off:

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Color key
  Winner
  1st Runner-up
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References

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    "ABC's 'Rising Star' Trailer: You're the Judge of the New Singing Competition". Variety. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
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    "'Rising Star' trailer: Ludacris is tired of waiting for results". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
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    "Rising Star 2 Winner: हेमंत बृजवासी बने विनर, 9 साल पहले जीता था 'सारेगामापा..'". NDTV India.
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