Smita Adhikari

Age: 24 Place: Kolkata (West Bengal) Occupation: Singer in an orchestra.

She claims to eat, dream and live music. She has been learning classical music for almost 20 years.

She gives her father full credit for her music career. Her father is a classically trained singer, who used to work as a music assistant to Hemant Kumar.

This graduate of Calcutta University, with Honours in Bengali, has two albums to her credit. Judges' comments All the judges loved her voice, but thought she needed a makeover.