Sriram is Indian Idol 5 winner, Congrats to Hyderabadi

At last, the awaited winner of the top music reality series, ‘Indian Idol 5′ is has been announced. The winner has just been declared to be “Sriram”, chosen carefully by the audience and the three judges : Suniti Chauhan, Anu Malik and Saleem Merchant. Obviously, most of us knew that he was the most deserving one!

The top three finalists of Indian Idol 5 were : Bhumi from Gujarat, Sriram from Secundrabad and Rakesh from Agra. Indian Idol 5 15 Aug Full Episode Click here

Many contestants, apart from the top three, like Swaroop Khan and more, were present for the grand finale. Swaroop Khan in fact was renamed today as “Sher Khan” by judge, Suniti Chauhan.

Many special guests like the award winning singer, Shankar Mahadevan, and the best performer of a drama queen character, Kareeena Kapoor, actress Kirron Kher and one of the greatest personalities from India, Mr. Amitabh Bachchan were called upon for this awaited moment as to when the singing Idol of the nation would be declared.

The show has been going on for a while, actually the while has been even longer. Indian Idol 5 started being aired in April and today stands to be its concluding terminal.

The event went on for about three hours from 9 pm to 11 pm on Sony channel.

All the contestants marked the 63rd Independence Day with beautiful patriotic performances.

The only female contestant from the top three contestants, Bhumi, was selected to be the ‘Radio Mirchi Jockey’.

As it is, Sriram has already recorded a duet with singer, Shreya Ghoshal, from Salim Merchant’s latest movie. His parents were present for the finale and seemed in complete support of the prospective ‘Indian Idol 5′.

The three contestants got to play the opportunity of a lifetime, to play Big B’s own game, “Kaun Banega Crorepati” with him. Only this time, role reversals took place. Mr. Bachchan for the first time, sat on the hot seat and answered the three individual questions of the contestants.

Mr. Bachchan also wrote a poem for the top three contestants, which he chose to humbly recite to the audience.