Judges of Indian Idol 3

Indian Idol 3 will witness two new judges; Alisha Chinai and Udit Narayan. Commenting on the new judges, Sandiip Sikcand, Chief Creative Director, Sony Entertainment Television, said, “Indian Idol aims to showcase the biggest singing talent from across the nation in the most entertaining and involving manner. This season, the focus of the judges would be to help us find that “One Voice” that will be the pride of the nation. Indian Idol third season will offer a combination of great singing talent and entertainment for our viewers.”

Alisha Chinai

Indian Idol 3 will witness two new judges; Alisha Chinai and Udit Narayan. Better known as the ‘Kajra Re’ girl, who made the nation dance to her tune with this chartbuster. She is one of the pioneers of pop music in India. Her album ‘Made in India’ created history and ushered new trends in pop music thereafter.

Udit Narayan

Our second judge, is an extremely talented playback singer who is known for his silken voice. Udit not only sings in thirty languages but also has been acclaimed for every kind of melody be it soulful, romantic, fast-paced and recently, even pop. He is known for his versatile tone, which appears to flawlessly suit every Indian hero on screen today. With 3 National awards and scores of other awards to his credit, Udit possesses one of the largest arrays of hit songs .

Anu Malik

Last but not the least our third judge, Anu Maliik is one of the most successful and multi-talented music directors of today. His straight talking coupled with his ‘singing shayari comments’ has always managed to keep the contestants at ease, making him one of the most talked about judges of Indian Idol. Together they are all set on a journey to ultimately find that ‘Woh Ek Awaaz Jispar Ho Desh Ko Naaz’.

Javed Akthar

And with them is arguably the very best lyricist, writer Javed Akhtar Saab! Javed Saab's inclusion is a very welcome sign because he is the voice of reason and experience. It would be interesting to note that Javed Saab started out as a film-writer with his friend and partner Salim Khan and they have an impressive number of hits under their belt but they might be best known for their film 'Sholay'. Javed Saab started his career as a lyricist with the film 'Silsila', Soundtrack of which is still extremely popular with Indians and has never looked back!