The
much-awaited
grand
finale
of
Indian
Idol
12
is
being
held
today
(August
15).
The
top
6
contestants-
Pawandeep
Rajan,
Arunita
Kanjilal,
MD
Danish,
Nihal
Tauro,
Shanmukhapriya
and
Sayli
Kamble,
who
underwent
a
major
make
over,
will
be
performing
for
one
last
time.
The
finale
of
the
popular
singing
reality
show
began
with
National
Anthem.
Apart
from
finale
celebration,
there
was
Independence
Day
celebration
as
fauji
guests
graced
the
show
and
the
contestants
gave
tribute
to
faujis.
Apart
from
ex-contestants,
Shershaah
actors
Sidharth
Malhotra
and
Kiara
Advani,
Javed
Ali,
Mohammad
Irfan,
Amit
Mishra,
Vaishali
Mhade,
Raghav
Sachar
and
others
graced
and
performed
with
the
finalists.
Md
Danish
was
seen
showing
off
his
acting
and
hosting
skills.
Host
Aditya
Narayan
performed
with
Shanmukhapriya,
and
Mika
Singh
and
Sukhwinder
Singh
entertained
everyone
by
singing
a
few
Bollywood
hits.
Also,
Antakshari
host
Annu
Kapoor
played
Antakshari
with
the
contestants,
judges
and
host
of
the
show.
The
top
6
finalists
performed
along
with
legendary
singers:
Pawandeep
performed
with
Alka
Yagnik,
Sayli
performed
with
Udit
Narayan,
Arunita
sang
with
Kumar
Sanu,
Shanmukhapriya
sang
with
Suzanne
D'Mello,
and
Nihal
and
Danish
sang
along
with
Himesh
Reshammiya
and
Sukhwinder
Singh,
respectively.
#
Top
6
finalists
reveal
what
they
will
do
if
they
win
the
car
(Maruti
Suzuki
2021
Swift)
in
the
show.
Jay
Bhanushali
andAditya
Narayan
remind
people
to
vote
for
their
favourite
finalist.
#
Anu
Malik's
journey
in
the
Indian
Idol
is
shown.
How,
from
Rahul
Vaidya,
Neha
Kakkar,
Meiyang
Chang
to
Abhijeet
Sawant,
he
encouraged
all
contestants
to
perform
in
the
show,
is
shown.
The
Indian
Idol
contestants
give
tribute
to
the
music
composer
by
performing
to
his
hit
numbers.
Anu
Malik
thanks
Sony
TV,
Indian
Idol
and
contestants,
who
sang
the
song
amazingly.
He
calls
Indian
Idol
and
Sony
TV
as
his
family.
#
Pawandeep
performs
with
Sonu
Kakkar.
Anu
Malik
is
impressed
with
duo's
performance
and
praises
them.
#Aditya
Narayan
welcomes
Alka
Yagnik,
who
gives
tribute
to
'Queen
of
Melody'
Lata
Mangeshkar
by
singing
some
of
her
evergreen
songs.
#
Shanmukhapriya
performs
with
Ashish
Kulkarni
along
with
Indian
musician
Stephen
Devassy.
#
Udit
Narayan
and
Alka
Yagnik
have
some
fun
banter.
He
decides
to
make
Alka
tell
him
'I
love
you'
and
tries
to
impress
her
by
singing
songs.
Finally,
Alka
tells,
'I
Love
you',
but
not
to
Udit,
but
to
Aditya.
Later,
Udit
sings
with
Arunita,
Sayli
and
other
contestants.
#
Udit
Narayan
welcomes
Kumar
Sanu
and
the
duo
perform
together
to
90s
iconic
hit
songs.
Later,
Kumar
Sanu
takes
over
the
stage.
#Aditya
Narayan
welcomes
an
auto-driver,
who
is
Udit
Narayan
and
Alka
Yagnik's
fan.
The
singers
perform
to
'Kaho
Na
Pyaar
Hai.'
#
Aditya
and
Udit
later
welcome
Sadhana
Sargam
on
stage,
who
performs
to
'Pehla
Nasha',
'Jab
Se
Tumko
Dekha'
and
'Saath
Samandar'
along
with
Indian
Idol
contestants
Ashish,
Nihal
and
Sayli
respectively.
#
Aditya
and
Udit
perform
to
their
hits.
#
All
the
six
finalists
give
dhamakedaar
performances
to
'Jai
Jai
Shivshankar',
'Koi
Kahe',
'Indiawale'
and
other
Bollywood
hits.
#
Kaun
Banega
Crorepati
12's
Amitabh
Bachchan
sends
video
to
the
contestants.
He
tells
the
contestants
that
he
watches
the
show
and
is
impressed
with
their
talent.
He
wishes
them
good
luck.
#
Sonu
Kakkar,
one
of
the
judges
of
the
show,
performs
to
a
few
hit
numbers.
#
One
of
the
top
finalists,
Nihal
Tauro's
fans,
especially
female
fans
praise
him.
His
father
talks
about
him.
Nihal
gives
some
fantastic
performances
to
romantic
songs
like
'Julie'
'Kaate
Nahi
Kat
Te',
'Dil
Ka
Yeh'
and
'Gerua'.
His
female
fans
surround
him
on
stage
and
he
dances
with
the
girls.
#
The
father-son
duo,
Udit
and
Aditya
Narayan
perform.
#
Before
Sayli's
performance,
her
family
is
shown,
who
are
all
praise
for
her.
They
along
with
judges
of
the
show
cheer
Sayli
Kamble
as
they
perform
to
hit
numbers.
Post
performance,
Aditya
calls
her
parents
on
stage,
who
reveal
that
they
won't
forget
Indian
Idol
platform
as
it
has
given
everything
to
them.
#
Himesh
Reshammiya
gives
some
electrifying
performances.
#
Aditya
introduces
Bharti
Singh
on
stage
as
Meerut
ki
maharani
and
welcomes
her
on
stage
for
some
fun
moments.
Aditya
announces
competition
between
Sayli's
mom
and
Bharti
to
win
him.
Bharti's
husband
Haarsh
interferes
and
tells
why
she
is
ruining
other's
marriage.
#
Mohammad
Danish's
parents
are
confident
that
he
will
win
the
show.
They
cheer
him
as
he
gives
some
amazing
performance.
#
Aditya
welcomes
The
Great
Khali
on
stage
and
he
gives
Danish
a
task
to
make
Khali
ji
cross
the
line.
Jay
and
Aditya
cheer
for
him
as
Danish
tries
to
back
out.
The
trio
have
some
fun
moments
on
stage
with
The
Great
Khali.
Later,
Danish
is
seen
showing
off
his
acting
skills
and
sings
'Khalibali'
and
gets
him
cross
the
line.
#
Arunita
Kanjilal's
hometown
Kolkata
is
shown
and
her
family
and
supporters
cheers
her.
She
gives
some
beautiful
performance
to
songs
like
'Silsila
Yeh
Chahat
Ka',
'Main
Deewani
Hogayi'
and
others.
Seeing
her
perform,
Sonu
gets
emotional
and
teary-eyed.
#
Bharti
and
Haarsh
take
over
the
stage
and
they
announce
some
awards.
'Ek
minute'
award
goes
to
Anu
Malik
(as
he
kept
on
saying
ek
minute
while
judging).
Himesh
gets
'chashmah
saaf
karne
ka
mehenga
kapda'
as
he
was
almost
always
seen
wearing
glasses.
Bharti
and
Haarsh
reveal
that
The
Kapil
Sharma
Show
will
begin
from
August
21.
#
Top
6
finalists
perform
to
songs
from
golden
era.
#
Pawandeep
Rajan's
father
praises
him
and
reveals
that
the
whole
village
has
come
to
cheer
him.
Pawandeep
gives
some
amazing
performance
with
his
instruments.
Vishal
Dadlani,
Sonu
Kakkar,
Himesh
Reshammiya
and
The
Great
Khali
are
all
praise
for
Pawandeep.
Fans
also
shower
love
on
him
and
a
road
is
also
named
after
him.
#
The
last
finalist
Shanmukhapriya
gave
some
powerful
performances
to
a
few
Bollywood
hits.
Jay,
Aditya
and
Udit
praise
SMP.
South
superstar
Vijay
Deverakonda
wishes
SMP,
who
and
her
parents
are
super
happy
about
the
same.
Vijay
Deverakonda
tells
her
to
meet
him
in
Hyderbad
and
offers
SMP
a
song
in
his
film.
SMP
also
thanks
the
actor
for
the
same.
#Vishal
Dadlani
praises
the
top
6
contestants
and
reveals
that
everyone
has
performed
really
well
and
he
is
proud.
All
six
finalists
perform
give
energetic
performance.
#Sahil
and
Salil
Bansal
of
Raj
Super
White
present
the
finalists
Rs
75,000
cheque.
#
Bade
Acche
Lagte
Hai
2
actors
Nakuul
Mehta
and
Disha
Parmar
grace
the
show
and
talk
about
their
show.
The
duo
reveal
the
new
poster
of
their
show.
#
Before
revealing
the
results,
Aditya
announces
final
performance
is
here!
All
the
top
6
finalists
along
with
celebrities
like
Alka
Yagnik,
Udit
Narayan,
Kumar
Sanu,
Sukhwinder
Singh,
Suzanne
D'Mello,
Himesh
Reshammiya
and
give
high
octane
performances!
#
All
the
Top
6
finalists
receives
a
cheque
of
Rs
75,000
from
Raj
Superwhite
Soap
followed
by
gift
hampers
from
Colgate
and
Denver.
#
The
winner,
Pawandeep
was
awarded
with
a
cheque
of
Rs
25
lakh,
a
Maruti
Suzuki
Swift
car
and
the
trophy.
Arunita
and
Sayli
were
declared
as
the
first
and
second
runners-up,
respectively
and
were
awarded
with
a
cheque
of
Rs
5
lakh
respectively.
The
third
and
the
fourth
runners-up
Danish
and
Nihal
were
awarded
with
a
cheque
of
Rs
3
lakh,
respectively.