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Indian Idol All Set To Return With Season 12; To Have Virtual Auditions Due To COVID-19
Sony TV's popular singing reality show Indian Idol is all set to return with season 12 in the last quarter of 2020. It has to be recalled that every year the judges and anchor used to visit cities across India and select the contestants, but this year due to COVID-19 pandemic, the show's format is changed. This year, the makers will conduct virtual auditions, where in the participants will have to audition from their own homes for the show.
A
source
was
quoted
by
TOI
as
saying,
"The
show
will
have
online
auditions
this
year,
which
will
commence
from
July
25.
Anyone,
who
wishes
to
participate,
can
send
their
audition
entry
from
home.
They
will
need
to
upload
their
video
and
if
selected,
they
will
get
a
chance
to
come
to
Mumbai
for
the
main
auditions.
Due
to
the
pandemic,
it
is
important
that
auditions
are
done
with
social
distancing
rules."
Aditya has sung for the show, which was shot by following social distancing guidelines provided by the government.
Regarding resumption of shoot, a source told IE, "There is no clarity as to when the shoot would begin. As of now, we are just excited to start the auditions, which will be the first of a kind in the history of the show. While the team will miss the excitement of live auditions, this is the need of the hour."
It is being said that Neha Kakkar and Vishal Dadlani might continue to judge the show while Aditya Narayan will return as the anchor.
