What do you think of the current voting system of music talent hunts? Should the public decide the winner?

Question

What do you think of the current voting system of music talent hunts? Should the public decide the winner?

Answer 1

There should be a mutual decision taken by both judges and public(50% - 50%). In another talent hunt show, I felt that the judge liked a contestant & protected him from being taken out of the show. She even made other very very eligible contestant in order get her favourite in place. So it is important that the judges should be nutral. Obviously talent is important not sentiments.

Answer 2

The voting system is not right as anyone can send any number of votes. In a voting system one person should be able to cast one vote. Hence a mobile number should be blocked from voting a second time. But the sponsors and telecom companies will lose so they will not allow that. Judges are there to steer the program to ensure that the program makes more money. The only plus is we get to see some good talent singers and if they really have it in them they'll succeed, rest will be lost in the wilderness. Sad but that is what this system does. I agree that the best singer did not get the title he so richly deserved !

Answer 3

It should be 50;50.I am regular viewer. Sometime even judges also behave biased.

Answer 4

I think public see only glamour,X-factor andgood look.

Answer 5

i think the roll of the people must be 50% because these are suppose tp be competition where everyone is free to show their opinion

Answer 6

i totally disagree with the fact that the public should be given an opportunity to vote especially for music talent hunt.Music is a vast subject, no man has yet been able to understand it s depth.. out of over a billion people in India 0.5%of them have knowledge about music respect it s various forms. whereas the rest of them just look at it as a means of entertainment.. when it comes to music talent hunt and the public is given the power to vote.. participants r voted on the basis of their sex, looks and religion.. talent is totally ignored.. so judges of music talent hunts should be those who have dedicated their heart and soul to music

Answer 7

talent hunt give me a break!TV channels are just making money through SMS.It is sad that they have made a scape goat of the participants.



Taking nothing away from the participants most of them are extremely talented.But to me the TV channels are exploiting them.TV channels are making money exploiting the participants talent and emotions.God help us all

Answer 8

yes........absolutely people should choose the winners..50% is 4 the people and the other 50% is of the judges..if it's only judges descion then why should people watch it??? they dont bother abt the play-back singers who have sung the song .....they only want good songs.......so its very good 4 the people 2 choose the winners through votes......i agree whole heartedly...

Answer 9

I feel Raja was the real winner & Himesh paid ZEE to make Anik the winner because he wants everyone to accept his opinions. Voting system is not good & it should be judged by some senior personality & even that personality should be shown all the performance of artists competing in the contest.

Answer 10

I don't think much about such contests. Though I am a die-hard music lover and a amature stage singer, I left watching these idiot contests after the SMS-nuisance entered. Who cares about the talent ? You must have seen long long queues during those Public Audtions. Silly people cries on not being selected. Talent doesn't stand in queus like beggars. It explodes. That's why this channel-made winners get lost into the dark after winning such so-called grand EVENTS. Hahaha. Kishor Kumar used to sing songs in Chorus in his early days. Just for an example. Watch if you want to kill your time. Don't waste money by sending SMS. It doesn't go to the talents. It goes to Vultures. LOL...Regards...

Answer 11

I fully agree that the present system of voting is absolutely wrong. For the simple reason that under the present system, each person can vote several times, which means that if a person wins by this system is not voted by several persons, but by individual several votes. A person, who votes for a particular person, should have in his mind the criteria for selecting. In any events like this, one of the criteria for selection, is, participants’ behavior on the platform, like, mannerism, body language,etc., If a person is selected by the eminent judges, the criteria, as mentioned above, would, definitely been taken care of. I do not think, the voters would have taken the criteria for selection. In my opinion, the selection should be made by the eminent judges only and not by the present system of voting by SMSs.

Answer 12

Aneek Dhar won Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2007. Though it was supposed to be the "world cup" of music, the hugely talented Amanat Ali did not win the title because of lesser votes. Back when the voting system was still unknown, Sa Re Ga Ma contestants used to be judged by eminent personalities from the music industry. Is it right that the winner wins nowadays because of people's sentiments and not because of being the better singer is Amanat Ali

Answer 13

It has long been believed that music has no boundary but the result of recently concluded Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2007, talent hunt shows has pingged me to think again.

The magnanimously talented Amanat Ali from other side of the border even could not make it to the second slot. The full flawed voting system has proved it how we are apartheid towards foreign contestant regardless of the talent one is bestowed with.

Hunting a talent through a voting system is not the genuine process and if that is the way then what is the role of judges sitting there to listen to contestants. We have witnessed on several other occasions of the very same type singing competition that some deserving singer were voted out of the competition on the basis of regionalism or some other sorts of biasness.

As such, as I feel, it must be judged only by eminent singer of our time by judging them perform on different sect of Indian music.

Answer 14

Hey!

Why only SaReGaMa, the results has been the same in all three contest held on Indian television.

The entire thing is a sham. It is only a money making machine that makes a fool out of the unsuspecting public.

SMS voting is a very lucrative method of making millions out of an ignorant public.

Who cares who wins? Finally it is the general public that is the biggest loser.

The participants have already amassed great fame. They have become known to the music industry. If they are talented, somebody or the other is going to give them work. The channel has already made millions out of the advertising sponsors of the programme. In house/ in programme plugging of forthcoming movies give the programme producers a few more millions in the kitty. The Judges are paid huge amounts by the producers. Believe me, the judges charge a few crores to sit on these programmes, and finally the opinions of these highly paid judges do not even count.

In my opinion, Amaanat Ali was, is and shall remain the best singer. Mauli Dave should have been there as the first runner up, and Raja Hassan should have been second runner up, with a special Prize going out to her, Poonam Yadav should have been the Star of the Future Awardee on this show, but what happened is, a mediocre singer has become the Winner.

And all this because of the greed of these Channels.

Tell me, how can the general public be a better Judge than the very learned and experienced Musicians who sit there as Judges? Remember Bhappi Lahiri's ire when Mauli was disqualified by public vote! What is the public's knowledge of music? Do even 10% of the voting public know one Sur from another, or can they even make wild guesses at saying where the participating singer goes wrong, or misses a note? NO! The public only knows that a participant comes from my area, he is a male singer, and he is Indian. So here goes, the most inappropriate person wins.

The same thing had happened on Indian Idols. Amit Paul was any day a better singer than Prashant Tamang. His control over the notes, his variation in notations, his supremacy in shifting from one note to the next, was unparalled. Prashant Tamang was a good singer, no doubt, but he wasn't versatile enough, and he did not have the vast range that Amit Paul possessed.

So, we are now left with Winners who have least deserved to win.

Only because of the greediness of the Channel Operators.

THE BIGGEST LOSER ARE THE SMS VOTERS.

LAST ESTIMATES OF COMBINED SMS EARNINGS OF 'SAREGAMA' & THE MOBILE COMPANIES ARE PLACED AT 497.63 CRORES!

Top That!

And then decide : WHO ARE THE REAL WINNERS?

Answer 15

According to me , the current system used in talent shows is not appropriate . They say it is the public who votes for the contestants, therefore the contestants who the public likes will not be eliminated . But the public does not consist only of those who have the medium to cast their votes and actually do , there are crores more .

The right way to go should be that the judges should make the majority of the decisions , about 60% or so , while the rest should be in the hands of the public . The situation mentioned above in the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa was also there in Star Voice Of India , where talented singers likeToshi &Abhaas were eliminated (they were brought back , thanks to the judges' power)

Answer 16

The public voting system is undoubtedly a very defective mechanism / indicator for highly specialised talent contest, like a singing competition. This is commercial but counter-productive approach to a talent bestowed on a person by god or practise and hence not the right approach. The public voting system must be used till about the last 20-25 contestants in the fray, even till here the a large panel of judges (from around the world) should be allowed to overrule the results from public. Eventually it must be a mixed team of esteemed judges a select panel from the field of music (classical, semi-classical, rock and may be other forms of music including their mentors) involved in the voting system.



There is one thing that is forgotten here, that the public always makes a music hit after it's created and in all cases a new one not the old one. So the public voting to a singer for singing the right notes, voice quality and tonal quality cannot be known unless endorsed by experts. This is dependent only on the income generated by TRP / SMS of the show, so the popular one may not also necessarily be the true winner justifiably an this is a matter of disgrace to the organisers.



It is also of utmost important to wait and watch the post competition output from these singers. Talent cannot be hidden or suppressed.

Answer 17

No...no! how can public decide the winner. Only people who have deep knowledge about the music have the right to decide the winner and not the entire public becuase everyone doesnt know everything about music. There is also possiblity that people might get carried away by the emotions and regional sentiments about the participant whic can affect the decision of voter.



Current voting system aims only at earning money through SMS send by the people and not talent searchh.



Was there such voting during the time of Lata MAngeshkar, Manna Dey, R D Burman??

Answer 18

The whole idea of people judging the talent shows is crap. How the hell will people who have nothing to do with music can decide the future of the young talent. This is a popular game started by mobile service providers and gajendra singh popular director for sare ga ma pa first part. Not only that but also shows like Indian idol has witnessed some of the young talents.. karunya, amit paul are few who has fall into this media prey.



The format of this reality shows should be changed and judges with out the biases should be allowed to make the future of the young talents.



Also, shows like Nach baliye, jhalak dik la jaa are enjoying a high TRP's and also the public is viewing for entertainment. The concept is really very good but why they are asking public votes, these stars has already achieved many things and what they want from us now?



How many people are voting for the lead time India an initiative of Times of India ?



To conclude, please change the format of the show and stop creating hysteria in the minds of People.



-- Manikanth

Answer 19

Thats totally incorrect to judge the winner through SMS votings..really ..people are more emotional and sentimental..

Concerning Aneek being the winner and Raja coming last..the votes are totally biased..

i dont know whether something between is involved.. as in between SMS or channel's ..some kind of partnership..who too solely decides who is going to be the winner..as taking Amanat in the second position was a biased concept making Raja the last winner..

in short..SMS voting is a wrong agreement made by the channels..it will never be able to decide the real and talented winner.

that's why at present there are no worthy singers in our music industry better then the early singers up till Lata mangeshkar to Sonu nigam.

Answer 20

Without taking away anything from the hugely talented Amanat Ali, it would be sheer stupidity to dispute the raw talent of the contest winner, Aneek. There is very little to choose between the two. Anyway, coming back to the root issue, I think 50% weightage should be given on a panel of emminent musical personalities, while the rest 50% weightage can be attributed to public voting. This will in some way lend balance to the current system.

Answer 21

Definitely, I do not agree with this system. I had written a long letter to Zee before they started with SaReGaMaPa this year suggesting them a new method of deciding the winners, but they replied back to me or never implemented it.



I will not talk of Indian Idol as it is one of the worst talent-hunt shows on the earth. The quality of singers is also very poor and the overall theme of the programme is truly a waste of time. I do not follow it at all.



Now coming to Zee's show, it is indeed the most superior one to the other musical talent shows. Some people have their objections about being Aneek the winner. I personally feel - He is a very good singer and his voice is absolutely fine for being a playback singer. Though all three of them are terrific singers but only one had to win, even if there were judges on stage. Remember when Ashaji on Zee's show evicted one of Bappi Da's contestant!!! There was equally so much of ho-halla!!!! So when people can question Ashaji over a judgement, how to come to a concrete solution.



I suggested to Zee that they should have a point-system where some points are given say 50% for the votes, and 50% for all the judges. Voting % can further be split and points be given to candidates according to their share in last week's voting. Add those to the Judges score and then declare it. Even the judges should not disclose their points immediately to the contestants but in the next week, it should be annouced on the show.



Right now it is not a real talent hunt. I agree with Manna Dey (Da) who said in one of the recent interviews that all such programmes are a mockery of Music. Winners must not be decided only on the basis of SMS. I am from Rajasthan and I might only vote for Raja Hasan when it comes to give a vote thru SMS. I would not spend too much on SMS, so all my votes will go to Raja. And this is a reality!!! People do not vote on the basis of talent but on the basis of sometimes caste, place or state and gender!! Females caste the maximum votes and that is why all finalists are males!! Interesting, isn't it??? But TRUE...

Answer 22

i think the answer which is listed above is correct. When it comes to singers and dancers, public is nobody to decide as they are not capable of. Only professionals or masters of that particular field should be allowed, because of this the real talented person does not win and the other takes away the show. Aneek has already won Bangla Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, and Amanat was one of the best performer. One more thing i want to add is that Poonam Yadav was the best female singer. She was eliminated and I stopped waching the show. During Indian Idol Amit Sana was more eligible than Abhijeet Sawant.

Answer 23

It was sheer injustice to a talented person like Amanat Ali. I'm a bengali hindu, but I can vouch for the fact that Amanat Ali deserved to be the winner. SMS voting just makes a mockery of 'talent hunt'. How much does the common man know about music? Every vote is cast on the basis of caste, & region. If the TV channels think that we are all fools, they are mistaken. Every educated person in the country can see through their game. Very soon people will lose interest in such so called 'talent hunts', if things go on in this manner.

Answer 24

Aneek is definitely a very good singer but Amanat Ali would have been the title holder for i believe he is the best among the three..he is just outstanding and well versed in all types of singing..a thorough no nonsense classical singer too..his adaptability is highly commendable..above all the way he gives the feel to the lyrics is just exemplory..and praiseworthy..His''thujse naaraj nahi sondagi""in the last episode was the typical example to prove this quality...



About the present voting system i hve my own reservations..

It is biased and regionalism play a lot..i do not think SMS is something to be used for selcting a world class singer..

I strongly believe more weightage must be given to the judgement by the experts.

I am no way belittling the talents of Aneek Dhar...i love him a lot too...And Raja is an accomplished singer in his own areas...

Answer 25

First I would like to point out that it was incorrect on part of the question writer to say "Hugely talented Amanat Ali did not win because of lesser vote". This line has diminished the wisdom of the question itself. In one hand it has been questioned whether general people shoud have any say in deciding the music talent on the other hand a general people (question writer) is giving judgement that Amanat Ali is the best.



Now coming to the essence of the question first of all I feel that these shows are commercial shows and there will allways be questions in their modus of conducting the shows.

Secondly I feel that these shows are not selecting talented singer, they are selecting popular singer. Because only expert in the line of music can select singing talent. Further these shows are not selecting purely singinging talent , they are selecting talent particularly in video music segment.



For selecting only singing talent Radio would perform better. Because there would be no scope to pepople becoming biased by the look and dress of the singer.



Talent and poularity may not always coincide. If we consider music as an object of etertainment than certainly general people are the best judge.

Answer 26

No, I don't think so that Voting system is there in any of the Talent Show.

We oftenly saw that due to some aggressive Voting, a non capable Candidate may move further and even the Judges oppose that move. But the Voting is very much decided from the beginning of the show. Than why the Judges be a part of such shows? Just because of the money and behaving like this is just the promotional activities in favour of the show and nothing else.

Today money is everything. All these Talent Hunt are just nothing rather they are the source of making money.

Answer 27

Sa Re Ga Ma contestants used to be judged by eminent personalities from the music Industry; not from the public.

I am being a True Indian; vote for a person who is really talented means one who deserves the title. If they are doing partiality because of country they have to think in the beginning, it means starting itself they would have announce that "other than Indians no one is allowed to take part in this contest". If they allowed a person who is from other country and really talented he should be a winner.

According to me Amanath Ali deserves the winner title.

Answer 28

It is true what is said. This new system of sms is maybe only a strategy of the telecom giants to rope in more money by way of sms. The true talent this time, or rahter the best among the 3 was Amanat Ali and if he did not win just becoz of votes then theres something else going on behind the scenes.

Anek is definitely good but Amanat was better.

He lost something that he truly deserved.

Answer 29

Contestants should be judged by eminent personalities from the music industry. There can be a lot of bias and racial sentiments in the public and there is no way to check that. On the other hand public voting system generates huge revenues and TRP ratings for the organizers & sponsors. So i guess this system is here to stay for quite sometime, till some one comes up with a new gimmick!

Answer 30

Actually, public in general can not make out the subtle differences between two good performers. It is the job of the experts. However, the current practice of selection by public is in vogue for these imp. reasons:



- TV channel can easily assess the interest level of public in their program. It gives an authenticity and can pull in more crowds to their program in this mode



- The best part is for the mobile companies. They are raking in money for doing nothing! Why complain?! Go for sponsorship instead!



- Public feels that their say matters and that is the attraction of realty TV!



So, who is suffering? Only real good talent that gets eliminated? May not be! Because they would have got their share of popularity which otherwise too difficult to get. Some do get very good offers from the judges who are impressed with their performance even if they are eliminated from the show. So why complain?



Krishna

Answer 31

Hunting a talent through a voting system is not the genuine process and if that is the way then what is the role of judges sitting there to listen to contestants. We have witnessed on several other occasions of the very same type singing competition that some deserving singer were voted out of the competition on the basis of regionalism or some other sorts of biasness.

Answer 32

How at all can any one decide a winner in music?



Music should come from the core of the singer's heart and reach the listener's core. Whenever this happens, both will experience trance. That's the reason why music is said to be divine.



Any thing done outside this, as you have rightly put it, is a SHOW. The channels are simply playing with the sentiments and emotions of the young boys and girls who have big dreams. The show has to be successful because it has a judicious mix of music, drama, emotion, tragedy and all such ingrediants essential for a typical "SHOW"



The most unfortunate part of the entire drama is the involvement/presence of respectable and eminent musicians capable of getting their audinence to the state of trance as said earlier.



Does anybody know whatever happened to Abhijit Sawant, Amit Sana, Mohd. Vaquil and that girl who sung with Kumar Sanu in a film "Gupt" ("Chori Chori Jab Nazren Mileen..") and many more such telents? Did they achieve whatever they wanted to achieve in life through music with the help of the contractual obligations the "masters" of music promised and fulfilled? Perhaps nobody wants to know. I feel that the greatest winner of these shows is the greatest looser in real sense.



The "public" (using your word) is lured into the great drama very smartly staged by the "masters". The poor public ! They do not know what have they done !

Answer 33

I have no idea what happened in SaReGaMaPa 2007 but still I can say that it is wrong to decide the winner through voting as SMS.



The general public has very less idea about music. It are their sentiments that they send as their votes. Some good singers should be chosen as the judges and their decision should be final. They are the ones who can make the correct choice depending less on emotions and more on talent.



Secondly, voting through SMS is a way of gathering money. So I don't think there's anything which can be done about it.

Answer 34

No!

This is not justice...

There is no doubt that Aneek Dhar is a very good singer. But Still this is unfair....



The great talents themselves can choose the best i feel. Better than Public who fall for sentiments, religions, poverty, partiality etc... and this is a fact that very few people vote for good singers.



And good singers(Not only in Sa re ga ma pa) being talented don't win :-(

Answer 35

No.....not at all. SMS so much hurts!! This is not the way to select a singer or dancer or anything!! The old SaReGaMa was way too good than this saregama coz it was judged by the eminent judges!! But now in this saregama, those judges are merely guests and public is now eminent judge who doesn't know about the particular talent in deep!! Public judge the contestant by emotions!! The new and talented singers shud only be judged by the famous and veteran singers who have the actual knowledge!! Even Lata Mangeshkar opposes SMS polls not talent hunt shows!!

Answer 36

Actually there must be tie within Amanat and Aneek dhar. but as a resident of India(population of India is more compared to the Pakistan) aneek won. i think Amanat Ali is no way less than that of Aneek in singing talent.there is no doubt that Indians were also voting for Amanat, but the bengoli boy has boosted the stage in live, may be that's the cause of his winning. Sentiments no way are related to music. Here who will entertain more they will get the rewards, that-set.

Answer 37

I do think you have a valid point over there. If the music talent shows are actually aiming at hunting out budding talents from all corners of the country, trying to give them a rightful oppurtunity in life then all should not be left at the mercies and sentiments of the common crowds. I feel, at the initial stage it is okay for the commoners to vote since contestants who do not sound good to the ears automatically get voted out but at a later stage when the difference between two talented singers is only by the difference of a hair, it is then that we cannot afford to be unjust with our judgements. At such a crucial point the minute differences between two very talented singers should only be judged by some one who has full respect and understands music and not the crowd.I think it is virtually impossible for the common crowd to weigh such differences with accurate precesion.

Answer 38

I strongly disapprove the way things are happening on TV shows as far as music talents are concerned. Ordinary people enjoy music , that is fine ! But they cant judge some body's talent. They vote on the basis of their bias, which is against the very spirit of selecting the best talent. This has happened in case of Indian Idol as well as Sa re ga ma pa contest. Rather, eminent musicians from all regions of the country should be on the panel to select who could be the winner of the contest. From business sustainability point of view, public at best can be given 10% of the total weightage of the evaulation process.

Answer 39

Many times over it is now pretty much documented that the PUBLIC VOTING is simply the draw to sell the entertainment part of the whole SHOW and in fact the SHOW is geared to do just that while the real judges the true telent that is seaching to fill in the gap in the indusrty sit idle even though they are part of it - for the most part as SLEEPING PARTNERS of the SHOW?

Occasionally when there are high profile invitees from the bollywood-incidently what they nkow of musin they just dance to the choreographers moves and background singers? they are there to PROMOTE their own intrest either a new release movie or a photo op?

Bottom line is year after year it has been evident that it's more of a REGIONAL issue than sincere search for the TELENT? just a whim of the public only if all are watching?at the end as the SHOW goes on progressively the contestants are followed much by their peers in their region than for their talent?

SMS does NO justice what so ever to the selection process never mind as a the telent search tool alone?

The SHOW goes on and so does the bottom line of all involved-it's a huge waste of resources coz common people are paying and adding to their BOTTOM line via Money-money more money and now they venture to go on world tour ??? $$$$ ????



Leave it to the PROS folks and sit back to enjoy rather than be entertained??? [e-mail]

Answer 40

I don't like the current voting system, where people are allowed to vote to select the winner, the most deserved person having the real talent is not been selected because all the people don't understand what music is? the right to judge the candidates should be given only to judges who know how the singers are doing on the stage.

Answer 41

It is unfair for the singers to go all out and beg to get voted to success and victory by public voting. I strongly urge that the judges word is final. It is an irony of fate that the top ranking judges are reduced to a miniscule of nothingness when, they cannot and will not be allowed to JUDGE



I do not say that those who have won are only good. The best and specially the girls, I mean the female voices are left out vote the voters, despite the fact that they are excellent in rendering and a pleasure to listen.



It is high time that the system is changed to JUDGES are final to award merit based rankings to participants. It should have one more female singer as judge on the Dias in addition to the one already existing. This helps participants to feel secure and give still better rendering.

Answer 42

the talent shows like sa re ga ma pa and indian idol are just for making money but not for searching actual idol.In these shows amanat ali,amit paul and karunya lost because of these voting system.This voting system which is present now is according to the people's sentiments but not according to talent,i dont known why judges are present who are eminent personalities from the music industry.i think this system should not be removed ,inorder to get good and eminent talented singers

Answer 43

The music is ultimately for the general public to enjoy . It means they will definetely have a say and should have a say, but since many are not experts the whole results should not be left to the hands of the public votes. A % of the vote say 50% until the last 5 and 25% when it comes to the last 3 finalists would make the public participation meaningful. Ultimately this is one of the marketing ploy of the mobile companies to use the SMS as a source of income.

Answer 44

In my opinion, giving Public all the rights to decide the winner will definitely not choose the BEST amongst the participants. Actually their should be some kind of devision between the score alloted to each participants. Like few points will come from the Judges and few from Public. Also, we can have some senior members too apart from those who are judges, so as to really figure out the Winner. And I feel their should be 2-3 Winners instead of 1 Winner and Runner's up.

Answer 45

It is not at all good practice to leave the complete power of selecting a talent hunt winner by public voting only. Proportionate rights should be with the judges. Public voting is not based on merits, but based on sentiments. In Voice of India, Aabhas, Sumitra, Priyani , & Toshi were such great singers and they were voted out. Abhilasha being forgotten 2 times on stage was till super 6. It was very strange, Sumitra is tooo good, Aabhas, Toshi and Priyani came back thru wild card entry.

Answer 46

Talent Hunt cannot be done by public voting. All these shows are not about finding talent, but to generate viewership for the channels, increase TRP and then ask advertisers for higher bids. This is just about making money. To make it more fair and still keep public interest in the show, it should be 50-50. The public votes would only be counted as 50% weightage. 50% weightage would be of judges votes or points. Otherwise the judges views are of no meaning.

Answer 47

Amanat definitely was not the best singer. If we are so mad about Pakistanis then Masarrat Abbas was the best. Raja can sing songs of some peculiar type only. He is not a versatile singer at all. but you can't trust the judges also. If they had to choose they might have chosen Mauli Dave who was as good as Raja when it comes to sing some particular songs or they might have gone for Poonam either due to sympathy or because they were unduly kind to her. All the judges hugely neglected the truly original and flawless voice of Sumedha. They were unreasonably critical to her and never appreciated her wholeheartedly which was pretty obvious. she was the only contestant who gave faultless performances effortlessly one after another and was sidelined each time even by the channel. The SMSs are given on the basis of region and the contestants themselves beg for the votes from their own region. Nobody calls to vote for his talent. These shows are popular because they save us from the filthy Saas Bahu serials.

Answer 48

No..voting for music talents shud be stopped.. if you see the past sa re ga ma, when the legendary music ikons used to judge the show (when Sonu Nigam used to host the show), the winners were the one who really deserved it. no gimmick at all. no TRP was considered & above all even the girls were also winners (eg. the one who sang for Sanjay Leela Bansali Devdas).

But now the show has changed for nothing.. judges are fighting over the candidates just to raise the TRP. & the audience too is very partial. They do not give votes to deserving girl as they are not ready to see any girl on top & they do not even give vote to the right deserving voice, just becuase some xyz is from there hometown or some xyz is more good looking.

Answer 49

In my opinion voting system is not correct for choosing winner in singing contest,There should be judge for this,Public has no right to judge the talented singer.Every person who own mobile are sending vote whether he has a knowledge of music or not they are sending.Channel find a good way to earn money via this,and singer are suffering bcz of this.If public is judging the singer then why there are judges giving the points? We have no right to judge this singer. So plz stop this voting pattern.

Answer 50

Personally I have never had a liking for talent hunts apart from their entertainment value which is definetely their USP.



In TVS Sa Re Ga Ma unfortunately, I have seen 2 most talented people lose.....i.e. Vineet losing to Debojit and the latest Amaanat Ali losing to Aneek and Raja.



Its an sms game now and you never know if actually there is some hanky-panky with the result. Not mention that cellular operators are minitng easy money on account of this system!!!



Even if the sms results are genuine then also i wud say they r not reliable coz they depend a lot on regionalism. a person wins simply bcoz he /she got more votes from his/ her region.



nowadays the judges (despite their experiance, seniority and calibre) donot seem to have any value coz the entire result depends on voting which i donot see as a very favourable means of deciding the results.



its as good as drawing blindfolded a chit from a box......which I think wud have been fairer.........ha ha ha!!!

Answer 51

I agree with you. public should not be the decide the winner. But Sa re ga ma pa have choosen the right winner. ANEEK is the Ture singer and he is rightly choosen.



This question has arised as Raja nad Amanat is not the winner. All the three contestent are brillant but despite Ismile Darbar commented that Aneek should not be the winner. I think he thought Sa re ga Ma is his paternal property and everytime his contestent will be the winner. He does't have courage to tell in front of the public on the stage that Aneek shoud not be the winner and after 48 hrs he is passing such comment.



I believe himesh has such courage thats why he told in front of everyone about Raja. I believe Sa re ga ma is on onlt he basic basic platform and future will decide the best.



Every one is saying that "Aneek chelti gari mein beith geya" but everyone should know that The winner of world cup - football / cricket gets direct entry to next world cup.



If aneek is such a bad singer than he could not sing so well such as - "Main Agar kahoo, Ein dino, Hare ram, Ek chatur nar, Laga chunri mein dag Etc, Pyaar ke side effect"



Anyway decision is right this time.



Thanx & regards,



S.Das

Answer 52

I feel that the talent hunts are just waste of time and money. Specially if they are thru the voting system. If you see the results of the just concluded talent hunts, the public has decided in favour of lesser talentend contestants. Secondly, there is no transparency of the votes sent for all the contestants. So it should be decided thru a panel of judges, who are expert in their field with confidential voting system and not by giving the marks as done in few shows. The judges change their scores according to other judges.

Answer 53

no.. i think its not a great idea to leave the whole decision on public as public will vote for only popular one or whom they like but at the same time ignore the fact that he may not be the all rounder singer and talented people from our music industry can only judge the right one.. i agree wid u that amanat ali should win as he can sing hip hop as well as ghazals so well .. then y aneek?? its so sad.. aneek sings well even raja was also out and out good singer.. this voting system should be the one of the decision element but not the only one...

Answer 54

No public should not decide the winner because sometimes it happens because of emotional backgroud public can take a wrong decision and even then why these shows need the judges.If publice is going to decide who is the winner then i don't think there is any need of judges in this kind of shows.Since it is always predecided whom to make a wiiner,judges are always there to support that not to find the correct talent. So basically public opinin should be there but only to incourage the participants not to decide who is the winner.In such talent shows,they call up talented people they give their best opinion but ultimately winner is somebody else then where it goes wrong.

Answer 55

No, People generally vote on following basis

to the community the Person Belongs

to the State to which it belongs



They are least concern who is the best they just want to feel proud that the top listed is from the state which they belong once the said participant is eliminated people either avoid voting or may give themselves the better option



sometimes Female participants get votes on the basis of dress code which is used at the time of performance



The best option shall be the Judges who an Evaluate the participant on the basis of knowledge not on the basis of community or state or gender

Answer 56

thats true that today public is only focusing on enjoyment not on the good singer any how aneek was a good singer but he got votes majorily aftr his n sumehdas romantic episodes made by Himesh, the romantic environment and the situation made by Himash Reshamia because he knows that todays generation loves all these love triangles and they really take interest in all these and aneek was the point of attraction aftr all this then people started focusing on aneek . And he got it . He de moralised POnam she is a great singer and have the power to attract the public with her voice but reshamia made her unable to do so by saying that because of her poor lifestyle people are voting her due to it they are creating sympathetic environments . But its ok aneek deserves to be the winner amngst the three its fine i like aneek after poonam my favourite is poonam she sang that sanskrit song very well n she has the ability to sing perfectly anything. so people should vote only when they have the knowledge for what they are voting its a request for all. what do u think about all this?

Answer 57

The current voting system of music talent hunt is a farce. Several times good singers - as adjudged by the experts - are not winning for mere want of SMSs. The lay public can not and should not decide the winners. This is a tactic by the mobile companies to increase their earning by tacitly forcing the gullible public to vote for a person.....

Answer 58

i dont think that the current voting system of music talent hunts,ie,the decision through public pole is correct. As these singers have to perform abroad , so the public ideas about these singers must not be entertained.The very own talented judges of the respective programs must have the right to choose the winners as many people vote to thew contestants on the basis of their religion/state/personality/outer look etc. excluding the main factor,ie,their talent in the field in which they have applied as a contestant.

Answer 59

No Public Voting System should not be used since this encourages the thinking of regionalism and instead of voting to a talented singer people are voting to the person belonging from their home place. many a times across all reality shows we have seen better singers getting eliminated due to lesser votes.

In this case contestants also appeal for vote from their home state rather appealing for their talent.

Its really a upset for good singers and this voting system should definitely be given another thought.

Answer 60

I think it should be on people to decide. But I also think that only 50% should be counting from people means Janta. Other 50% should be graded by top personality. If the whole thing was getting graded by some personality then still people would have problems because everyone would not agree with 1 decision. Also, I think this SMS or voting by phone should be free. Anyone should be able to do it. I must say that not everyone has cell phones. And if it is costing money, not everyone has that kind of money to spend...and that would be a biased result because not everyone voted on it. What about people who can't afford to spend money on SMS or phonecalls but likes to watch the show?

Answer 61

Not tht aneek dosent deserve the title but still the voting system is a plain sourse of making money....

it is learnt by the means of sms a hefty amount of atleast Rs75crore was generated.......wat does the winner get? 50 lakh..



the voting by public is purely based on sentiments n personal likes n dislikes...

it should be strictly left to the judges to decide who wins n not the public....

this is the only drawbak of such reality shows...

they call it talent hunt but in real they are hunting down real talent....

Answer 62

One interesting obeservation from this discussion is that majority of girls ( not all) believe that public should decide the winner and male voices are against SMS poll.



Same thing is observed in the polling as well. SMS voting are done mainly by females. They have been preferring boys participant over girls in all talent hunts. So despite being more deserving candidate, girls have been eliminating much earlier.

This also makes the whole voting baised.



I am also against current voting system which is based on gender, looks and regionalism rather than talent.

Answer 63

I think public opinion should be given some weightage as its the public who will put their money into their music releases later on, but it should not solely be the basis of selection of the winner !! The contestants should be given some points/rank by the judges and these points along with the votes should be used to judge the winners. But there should be some cut off in the points given by the judges and votes will be the secondary factor !!!

Answer 64

i do not support the current system of voting! everytime its the girls who are voted out of the contests . truly, amanat ali was a much better and versatile singer than aneek dhar. but just bcoz amanat is from pakistan he got lesser no. of votes from india. aneek dhar won not only bcoz he is from india but also bcoz himesh ,everytime , after aneek performed would go up to the stage and say' this is the BEST PERFORMANCE of all the performances on SA RE GA MA PA' . also he would always compare aneek's age wid dat of amanat and raja. he's really sick? dnt u think so. and aneek is no different, sometimes he falls in love wid diya mirza,sometimes wid kareena and at times wid sumedha, thanks to his guru,himesh. i m jst tired of these talent hunt shows. same is the case wid indian idol and star voice of india.so i think that there will be justice only if the decision is taken by both the judges and the general public.i.e 50-50. otherwise i think that the judges have absolutely no role to play except for fighting with each other

Answer 65

Yes! the public should make the decision along with the judges, since both go hand in hand, and the people should be able to choose what makes them happy. But! at the same time there should be group splitting where! for example: people who love rock should get together, people who love country music should get together, and so forth this way everyone will be happy and it would be a win-win situation where everyone is a winner, because some people like different sounds and singing styles than other people! what is considered bad to others in the music - sense a particular group of people should have their crowd, so when their time comes to perform they win, this way; all the people who love to hear a particular musician/singer would be given instructions where to meet this musician/singer this way even if music sounds bad to others, those others would know! where to not go this way they do not of to listen to music they don't like, and music they do like they would go to the place where that music is: This way! everyone goes to the location of their favorite music, and this way everyone will be happy to hear their favorite, in this method lovers of a certain type of music will stay their; but! in actuality some people go knowing they do not like the music, so they can give bad votes. Yes! there are actually people who spitefully go to give bad votes!...... Some of the music industry need to organize better to seperate different music styles and different fans this way!, true-voting can take place!

Answer 66

No. ...... the only strategy of the channels behind public voting is to get as much publicity and access among the mass as possible. But they should think before playing with the talent & somebody's future. How can one think of getting the right judgement or sellection from any one who does not have profound knowledge or even a bit of "sur", "taal" or music. I think the public judgement is based completely on regionalism & nothing else.The case of Amanat Ali is apparent to every one & enough to prove the point of regionalism.......

Answer 67

yes they do win be coz of peoples sentiments.i dont think annek was better than raja or amanath.this has not only happen in sa re ga ma pa but also in indion idol 3 prasanth was the winner he is not a better singer dan amit.according to me prashanth won just becoz he was from military.in indian idol 1 karunya 2 was a better singer but he didnt win becoz he was a south indian.

amanath being a pakisthani could be one reason 4 getting lesser votes.people are not seeing the voice but they r seeing whether the singer is frm our country or frm state etc.this should not happen becoz the real singers would loose hope being good singers

Answer 68

Yes

the people should vote,bcus the singers r 4 d ppl.they sing 4 us.n d ppl choose the contestant they like 2 hear.



but sometimes d audience does give a wrong decision.the ppl should vote 4 d better singer n not bcus d singer is frm there city as in case of indian idol,the ppl frm darjeeling voted 4 prashant,though amit was better.n the same has happened in anneek's case.surely amanat was the better singer.







on the whole i want 2 say that ppl should vote,but wisely enough.

Answer 69

I personally feel that this "sms" selection where regional feelings are overriding the actual worth and ability of the singers performing in these contests should be banned. Or otherwise exclude those zones from where the participants

belong from voting. Conversely, a person contesting from

South should not be allowed to seek votes from South. Or

otherwise since most of the contests or in Hindi where the

South India's participation is almost nil and the programme

lacks that Pan-Indian outlook change the title to " NEW INDIAN IDOL" NORTH,EAST & WEST".



Or otherwise please bunk this "sms" business and let the

panel have lyric writers, musicians i.e. filmi and classical

and along with audience the panel should decide who is the

best.

Answer 70

i dont think so that it is corect,if we really notice in sarega ma pa 2007 amanat ali was the best and suitable contender to be voted as winner but due to sms ,aneek won the contest.so when pubic is having the key of success of these participants

then no need of inviting honourable judges there.if this same thing will happen again & again, in future i dont think a single person will be interested in this kind of reallty shows.

Answer 71

It is ridiculous to decide a winner form the public who are only driven by local sentiments - and have no technical knowledge of the subject whatsoever. And if that is so - why have judges at all. I think it is an insult to the judges by asking the public to decide the winner.

To make my point very clear i can guarantee you that if they have the oscar winners by SMS the chinese entry or the indian entry will surely win - only becasue of its vast population !!!!!!

Its only a way of churing money through the SMS system - nothing else.

Answer 72

It is a sad way of judging talent via a SMS poll and that too by lay people who do not have an in-depth knowledge about the subject.The voting pattern just follows regionalism and similar considerations and true talent is not recognised.Wake up guys this is no genuine talent search but just a money making gimmick!Else an undeserving ANEEK would never have won.

Answer 73

The selection should be partially depend to public voting, partially to judges from inside the Sa Re ga ma pa and also from judges outside the Sa re ga ma pa. So that one sided voting can be avoided, In Aneek case, it looks like Himesh has pramoted him too much.

I also belive that Amant looks technically perfect to be a Champion.

Answer 74

Current Voting system is worst way of judging the potential candidate . In Fact SMS system is to advertise the SMS factor. the Gainers are the telecommunication system , they are the one who benefits from these kinds of shows and neither the judges not the candidates. Its all about commercializing. The More SMS equal profits to the tele sector.



As far as the talent hunt is concerned , its not a hunt . even a lay man can vote for worst candidate & make them win, voting is system very weired.

Answer 75

Voice is either God-gifted or/and mastered with a hard and long hard work. The singing talent definitely should not be valuated with/by sentiments. It should be valuated/judged by the masters who have commanded it and understand the depth.

But the viewers' opinions, whether they understand the singing art or not, can not be overrulled totally. Ultimately, a professional singer has to sell his/her talent in the market. The singer has to be popular among the public and his/her songs should be sung by the bathroom singers.

In my view, in talent hunts, the judges' marks and the public opinion should effect the judgement in 80:20 ratio.

Answer 76

Well, they should be allowed but their votes should only reflect the liking of the public for a particular singer. Public votes should not be included in the final outcome of the competition.

Public watching the show, tends to be driven more by emotions than by anything else, and hence is mostly biased towards one particular participant. Moreover, these public votings also invole the 'regionalism' element in the otherwise healthy competition.

Answer 77

Music is universal and appealing to the minds and hearts of people all over the world. It has no boundaries. The soothing touch it gives, when sung with passion and deeper knowledge of classical music, is something not everyone will deny. who are to judge the participants ? Surely I dont mind veterans but not the so called new composers of the present time, who are, in my mind, are not the right people to judge as they are partial to the contestants, for their own gains. Why should therefore the participatants not be judged by a group of veteran singers who are neutral and have had appeal over masses in their own rights during the past few years ?????

Answer 78

No, i don't think public should decide the the winner by voting.Infact there should be no voting process for public because public is not able to decide 'who is singing in perfect sur & taal'. Only music composer's & singers can judge the candidates who participate in music shows. people vote to them by getting into the sentiments and by thinking that they are from our city, so we should vote only for that contestant. If i am not wrong the most deserving candidate among the three singer's is raja from my point of view. ur question is good.

Answer 79

raja & amanat where much better singers than aneek. this shows that all public cannot make correct decision.

when people cannot choose a right person to rule there country the have no right to decide on some body talent.

this kind of decision can ruin really talent for our country

Answer 80

I feel Raja was the real winner & Himesh paid ZEE to make Anik the winner because he wants everyone to accept his opinions. Voting system is not good & it should be judged by some senior personality & even that personality should be shown all the performance of artists competing in the contest.

Answer 81

i didnt ever thnk abt the problems related with voting systems..but then i must say whenever a show ends der will b lots of controversies rising up wth dem...It was a talent hunt and obviously der can be only one winner at de end...and all de three finalists are talented ofcourse...but ppl had to choose the most versatile singer from the group...n I don feel that they hav made a wrong decison....



am not a singer...bt of course i do enjoy music a lott..

accordin to my opinion...Raja and Amanat ...are very gud singers...bt sings only certain types f songs alwys...they r best in some types of songs.....Bt Aneek...watever be de song...he does full justice to it....nd ofcourse he deserves to be the winner....



Remember ... der ws not mch diff in no. votes aquired by each...n also none of dem is gonna sit idle at home hereafter... so plz stop arguing upon de final decision....nd encourage all of dem[irrespective of whether its a bengali...or rajasthani...or pakistani] to be the best in their future...so tat...they can become an inspiration for the rising talents....

Answer 82

First of all the formula of talent selected by public does not work in India as we Indian are very emotional, and this cellular companies are earning good money through our emotions,and lots of drama is created on the sets to make we public emotional so that we will do more sms to the contestants who ever its is i dont mean to say for one its either Raja, Amanat or Aneek.And one thing more their should be one judge not many, and the judge should be professional in all mean not like and joker like Himesh Reshamiya, who dont know how to open his mouth well and always what ever he do he feels that public is in love with him, but actually public is just getting entertained with his face and mouth he shows and open.And who ever may be the judge of talent shows he should not show his cards in public at the end he should declare his decision but what useless i am saying if this type of work is done then the shop of TV channel will close.But sweet and simple i will say that one thing only judge should be professional like a commando of that field of which talent show is going on air as we public are not fools.I will say one thing to Sare Gama Pa never to make mistake to take judge like Himesh Reshamiya ur simply making your name down .

Answer 83

The voting done by the audience is a wrong system.All the people of india are not knowledgeable about song.The people of india choose the winner on the basis of looks.For eg in indian idol 1 abhijeet sawant was declared the winner by the audience because of his smile.In saregamapa raja had so much fans because of his kindness but three of them were equally good.well Aneek deserves to be the winner.This judgement was correct but always the decision taken by the audience is not correct.So the public should not decide the winner but it should be decided by great people who are knowlagable in that particular line.

Answer 84

To some extent it must depend on public but how can public decide about swar,laya, taal,presentation specialities like murki,alaap,meend etc.Range of Voice ,Suitability of voice according to the nature of the song .So whenever there are such types of competitions then there must be a graph of the above said qualities which must be shown by the musicians after that the public opinion must be asked .So according to my opinion there must be a ration of public as well as Musicians' opinion in deciding a best singer.In this way there must not be partiality to the Singers Which is Often felt whether it is or not but it is sometimes felt.

Answer 85

My response is an emphatic "NO" for taking the public vote to decide the winner in such competitions for the simple reason that the same individual votes again and again and yet again for his favourite without considering the merits of the candidates involved thus making a mockery of the selection!

The decision should be left to the judges who at least are ( or at least expected to be!) thorough in the subject.

Answer 86

I THINK THAT VOTING SYSTEM IS RIGHT COZ U KNOW WE R IN DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY AND HERE WE FOLLOW IT AS for the people ,by the people,to the people . AND SAME IS HERE IN SA RE GA MA PA THE PRODUCERS WANNA WANT PUBLIC TO CHOOSE THERE OWN WINNER SO U CANT OPPOSE IF HIGHER VOTES R GIVEN TO ANEEK DHAR

Answer 87

No it is not correct that people should vote for such music hunts,because when such voting systems are followed the friends are their relatives of that particular contestant may vote as many as many votes till they have paisa with them but what will be the situation of the contestants who are economically un-affordable.



Even when the judges qualify both of them keeping an clause that who even wins large amount of votes is the winner ,then what is the situation of the contestants who are not affordable.

So,thus this concept of voting is one form of money making process and this is my comment when this Situation is considered

Answer 88

Public should have a percentage of votes count. If there are 3 judges then give the public 20% weightage of 100% with the remainder split evenly between the judges.

Answer 89

It's all about EASY MONEY n FOOLING PEOPLE ROUND THE GLOBE nothing else if they say so much then why do they need to keep 5 judges aren't those judges getting any money from else where or just to show the PEOPLE who's' who.

Anyways SMS 'N' JUDGES poll is all NONSENSE they have it planned from 1st who will win n who will lose its just a new way they have found to earn.

THE BEST SINGERS LOST BECAUSE OF LESS VOTES..

THAT IS SO NOT FARE THE TELEVISION PEOPLE SHOULD LEAVE ON TO THE JUDGES TO DECIDE FROM START TILL THE END.. AND NOT THE PUBLIC PLEASE

Answer 90

This system is only to make money for the sponsors.The

victim is talent which is in the first place the basis of the show.A pool of talented music personalities should be chosen to vote the winner not the lay public.

Answer 91

Definitely public opinion only matters.bcoz further they r only going to help them in making money.If votes r nt given now.that means they will not appreciate that particular person in future tooo.So its better to be out.rather than just winning th title nd further have no career.What ever is going on with th talent hunts it is all good.Nd I will say that even wild card entries should be abolished.bcoz..further that only creates a confusion Over the choices made by the public b4 wild card entries. And to be in particular with respect to Amanat Ali I will say that who so ever be at th top 3. or 4... He him self shud feel cherished nd blessed..bcoz he is among such a big population.of th country or world in some cases .nd not to put th winning in debate..those who cud nt participate may also b

the best singers but they cud nt by ny reason( even by chance ) cud nt clear the First Phase of selection Procedure...and To Conclude It's always been th matter of chance. in respect of Grand Success and Grand Failure.

Answer 92

Present system of deciding by SIMS voting by viewers is well designed strategy by TV channel and cell phone cos Both make huge money. Matter of deciding top most performer must be left to the judges, who have spent their life time in learning the music.

Answer 93

It does not appear to be a talent hunt- it is an election- It rather shows popularity of the candidate.

The public should not be involved in the decision.

Answer 94

I am sure that Himesh has really tried to cheat on this contest, normally no one should allowed to go on to the stage at the time of the performance and Himesh has did that every time when Onix was performing on the stage he was always there besides him, this is what has happened and he has tried to was the publics mind, why he should say the Bharat ki Parampara rahi hai ki Badaa Bhai hamesha Chhote Bhai ke liye kurbaani deta hai..????? He was knowing this from the begining that Onix is going to win.....How did this happen ??? By knowing these all things Public should get aware of what actually is happening in all these contest ??? Why are peoples they are wasting their money for voting from their mobile phones ???? I am sure not for this...Himesh should be avoided by the Indian Publics......

Answer 95

I think public should not decide the winner as we the public are totally unaware about the rules of music.I mean,We don't know on what basis should we consider a person winner.Moreover judging a person just by outward appearance is totally wrong and unjust. I totally oppose it.I think judges themselves should take the decision as they are much much more talented than the common audience.

Answer 96

I say this is all marketing gimmick. No not for mobile service providers but for the music company. The winners are awarded contract with music company, may be the channels own or different. When the music company launches album of this artists, they have to take little efforts to establish these artists.

How much of 'Shakar Mahadevan' we were knowing before 'Breathless'? How much you are knowing about the winners of the talent hunt before any album release.

Thats all.

Answer 97

As it has both type of voting It is better than only eminent personalities or only public votes.The Judge's panel can be easily influenced in multiple ways whereas public voting requires huge effort to manipulate.And still better both share the final judgement

Answer 98

In my opinion, as rightly mentioned by you, only eminent personalities of the music industry should be given charge of selecting the best from the many contestants. These selections should be left only to them and not to general public. It is simply because of the fact that general public acts as per their own whims. And in selecting good talent, whims should not be given any place. People who matter in the music industry only should be asked to judge who is to be the winner.



S.S.V.Narasimham

Hyderabad.

Cell No.:- 9440084713

Answer 99

i feel the same. though aneek dhar is an exceptional singer but amanat was the best and i feel he didn`t get what he deserved. i feel voting should be distributed 50% to judges and 50% to public in order to get a fair result

Answer 100

The magnanimously talented Amanat Ali from other side of the border even could not make it to the second slot. The full flawed voting system has proved it how we are apartheid towards foreign contestant regardless of the talent one is bestowed with.

Answer 101

to be honest with u, i don't have any problem with the public voting system right now. that is because all these shows have been made for public to watch on tv and they have to have some part to act in it. if the public has no right to vote for their favotite contestant, then what's the point of showing the shows on tv? the directors would rather judge the contestants themselves and choose their favorite contestants as a winner and that's it. no public right to vote then no watching the show.

Answer 102

Not at all, because every person doesn,t have knowledge of music. Judges should decide the winner. voting system is wrong because they vote for the participant from their State. They are not enough knowledgeable about the ABC of music. So the method is really incorrect.

Answer 103

Public voting is such a stupid thing, it is one of the simplest mode of earning revenue for the mobile operators. If public is the one who is to decide the winner in any contest then what is the use of the Judges sitting there & giving points to the contestants.

Answer 104

In my opinion the public should not vote for the contestents rather only the judges. Why are the judges appointed anyway if the voting of public decides their fate.The judges know better than the public.

Answer 105

Absolutely it is not free & fair selection process. Right talent is not well recognised, SMS procedures benfits the organizors, telecom & internet service providers. Apart from this the judges panel had never given importance to south indian reputed people like S.P.BALA SUBRAHMANYAM, A.R .RAHAMAN & OTHERS.

Talent means not the caste,creed , region & country. It is an individual capability irrrespetive of caste , creed , religion, region & country.

People , JUDGES & organizers should realize these issues & do justice to the forth coming Competetions.

Answer 106

In the final it's the public who decides :) but the XF is fixed, so I wouldn't be surprised if they rig the votes. I agree though, the judges shouldn't decide who goes in the sing off, it should be the public who chooses, because we're watching the show and choosing for our winner.

Answer 107

Also, shows like Nach baliye, jhalak dik la jaa are enjoying a high TRP's and also the public is viewing for entertainment. The concept is really very good but why they are asking public votes, these stars has already achieved many things and what they want from us now?

Answer 108

The public shows regionalistic inclination and votes for the singer which is not the correct way to choose the winner. Free, fair and unbiased selection process should be there. Mobile phone companies and the show organisers are also to be blamed for this.

Answer 109

No, this is not fare system. This is only to make the fool to the best singers. In both the competition Indion Idol and Sare Gama Pa, the best singer could not be selected. If this will not be changed, the same happen will be in Voice of India (VOI).

Answer 110

It can best be adjudicated by the fact that the age of voters who vote in such shows is bet ween thirteen to twenty-four years. Teenager boys and girls are the major chunk in the voting and they are not best judge of music. The real people rarely vote in these shows thereby meaning that winner is the one who is able to gain popularity and never the one who is a real talent.

Answer 111

No. Nooooooooooooo.

It is the craze slowly developed by mobile service providers purely for the purpose of profiteering through SMS's. Of course they cannot be blamed in a country where crores of idiots waste time in sending sms's thru cellphones.

Long live sa re ga ma pa

Long live Indian idiots.

Answer 112

No,

Public can't decide the winner, becoz 60% People dont have knowledge of Music, then how can they decide.

the system is only for making money. channels start many talents shows, for survive, they started sms system (voting).

From voting they collect funds only.

Its not a work of public. So Please stop voting system.

People vote to those who liked by them, they dont see the talent, Only they see looks etc (but not talent)

Answer 113

The very concept of judging one's caliber from the number of votes secured by the individual participant from the public is in itself, lopsided and neither advisable nor warranted. Such selection should, at best, be left to the eminent personalities in the field of music, rather than to the public at large, most of whom neither have music knowledge nor music sense. It is observed that while voting for their favourite singers, often people are swayed by petty considerations like region, religion, caste, community, etc. In the same contest, it is observed that many top most musicians like Smt. Asha Bhonsley, Sri Jagjit Singh, Lakshmikantji and others did participate and played very crucial roles of judges very effectively in a unbiased manner. It is true that this competition at least this time had contestants possessing extremely high talents and it is but inevitable that out of all those contestants, only one could be final winner. It is also observed that out of the contestants, who took part in the penultimate stage of the competition, were all extremely good singers of high caliber. The final three, who got through to participate in the final stage of the competition namely, Mr.Aneek Dhar from West Bengal, Mr.Amanat Ali from Pakisthan and Mr.Raja from Bikanir were extremely talented youngsters. Taking the performances of these three contestants in the final stage into consideration, it would be extremely difficult to arrive at one single person, who outsmarted the other two, due to the fact that all of them performed extremely well and came out successfully with flying colours. However, it can be safely said that while the voice of Mr.Raja might not be suitable to the all varieties of songs limiting his capabilities to only certain songs of 'sufi' and ‘qawwali’ background etc., the real contest narrowed down to the other two contestants, namely, Mr. Aneek Dhar and Mr.Amanat Ali. Both these contestants, undoubtedly, performed extremely well in the final round, but the former performed better than the latter, who excelled by singing more difficult songs in an extremely competent manner. No doubt that the Indian public liked Mr.Aneek Dhar's performance more than the Amanat Ali's performance as evident from the number of votes ultimately secured by each of them. If, one were to judge the compatibility of judging the capability of the contestants from the number of votes secured by them from public only, it may be certainly not the appropriate way of doing so, as a large section of general public do not appreciate, and possess knowledge of various elements of music. This very fact might appear to some as if some injustice was meted out to some of the contestants. But to say that Mr.Amanat Ali lost out to Mr.Aneek Dhar, due to only this fact might be nothing but stretching things too far. As far as I feel Mr.Aneek Dhar performed better than Mr.Amanat Ali and the latter may not have any complaints in this regard. The very fact that even Mr.Amanat Ali accepted the result very gracefully and congratulated Mr.Dhar goes to show that he was also totally satisfied with the peoples' verdict. Hence, it may not be proper at all and also futile now to discuss about this at this juncture. All said and done, one must not lose sight of the fact that real justice should not only be done to the worthy in such competitions, but the same should also seem to be done.

Answer 114

New way of Gootala-SMS GOOTALA,talented singers lose because of regionalism.Not doing anything great except dividing India into regions.Does anyone say that Lata Mangeshkar is Maharastrian.She belongs to India. Why not let the esteemed judges do it

Answer 115

what do common man know of music? we only admire good music. but we hardly understand raga , sur, etc.

but the voting system is used so that this very common man

and we judge according to the favourites we had mentally selected. in this process we forget music.

it is not beauty hunt but singers hunt.

sometimes one of the judges in Idian idol says, "how does the public judge I can't understand." with due respects to him i want to say, "he is very knowledgable in music, i feel he does not understand the fact that people out there [PUBLIC] do not know much about music, just as every art lover is not a painter. Why did he and others judges and the producer of the programmes leave the judgment in the hands of the common man. we are amateurs regarding music. so never blame public . it is the organizers to be blamed as they are not really searching the singers but they are searching money through votes! and becoming rich.

where do the winners go, or what happen to them is something to ponder upon. for the exception of one and two what happens to others?'

if the judgement is left in the hands of music directors then really we will get real singers. but the music director as judges are also not at harmony with one another. isn't it sad?



Actually i am grateful that this question is asked. i always wanted to voice my feelings about this voting system. and what a better way to say it out as many people may read it.

i have never voted as i do not consider myself worthy to judge as i do not understand the depth of music although i love to listen good light and classical ones.

and secondly i do not want to spent my money on the people who are out there to cheat us and make a fortune for them selves.

Answer 116

I will not individualise the issue.

It is simply money making game of sponsorors and telephone companies by playing with the sentiments of the people.

earlier the game of sms is stopped better for all.

It is not lottery also as no individual sending sms is benifitted.

There is no scientific way to know if numbers displayed are correct or otherwise.

Better to stop it before younger generation becomes its addict and start sending more and more sms, which are also charged at special rates, and spoil valuable money either of their own or be it hard earned money of their parents.

Answer 117

I do not think the public should judge the winnner. It should be judged by eminent personalities who are from the music industry. All the music contestants chosen by the public would have not won, if it was judged by the music industry. This is my personal opinion.

Answer 118

no way if ur looking for the best singer then the professionals should decide.We have seen how good singers r left out becasue of the sentiments of the public who go for looks or get up or some such ideosyncracy but not for a good voice intonation timbre in other words a good singer it is the singer and the song which make a good singer

Answer 119

I think Amanat was the deserving winner. Aneek won just because he was from India. Amanat lost as he came from pakistan. It was expected that Amanat will be in third position.

Answer 120

yes they win due to sentiments only, becoz only a expert can judge the contestants not the general public who do not have the required expertise. SMS is a way of looting crores of public money by the sponsors and the mobile companys.All sensible people should refrain from this voting since they are making somebody richer. Instead please donate your money to the needy.

Answer 121

Bottom line is year after year it has been evident that it's more of a REGIONAL issue than sincere search for the TELENT? just a whim of the public only if all are watching?at the end as the SHOW goes on progressively the contestants are followed much by their peers in their region than for their talent?

Answer 122

I Personally think that such contests shud be judged only by people who have good knowledge of music and know d soul of music its ridiculous dat people like AMAANAT of Sa Re Ga MA Pa or for dat instance take AABHAS who is a near child prodigy in VOI are vited out i bet the people voting for people like aunik of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and ishmeet or irfan of VOI are not general public but more of a lobby dat they have created thmselves

Answer 123

The judgement must be by renown person from the concern field & not by sms voting. In this system a person with lot of talent loses because he did not get the public suport by sms vote.

Answer 124

Public should be allowed to vote but their voting should not be the decision making call. The final decision should be based on a percentage point. Example: x% based on public votes, y% based on judge votes and maybe z% based on some other criteria.

Public voting is really more of sentimental decisions based on state belongings.

Answer 125

The winners should be decided not through public voting but by eminent composers, singers and related people.

Answer 126

That Fucker from North India won over Karunya in Indian Idle last Time only coz the show was popular in North India and Karunya was from hyderabad...whole hyd voted for him, but to the north guy....every state in north India voted....even the winner also knows KARUNYA was a better singer ...



but this ******* sms poll took away the real indian Idol and gave it to som one who had the regional backing...

Answer 127

I don't think its rite 4 the ppl 2 judge d contestants as they vote 4 only d one's 4m their own city..same was d case with INDIAN IDOL 2 n 3..the contesants who won d title were not as good at singing as their conunterparts..

I 'll say dat the reality shows must not reveal d contestants city 2 d public..

Answer 128

to my opinion, this is a totally incorrect system now all channels follows, music talent should be selected and judged by the prominient music masters and not by public votes.it is heard that, the channels have arrangements with mobile companies to get a lion's share of the money which the mobile companies are getting out of sms.

this should be immediately stopped, because this is a kind of business in the name of music which is totally unethical.

Answer 129

Eminent personalities has to decide. SMS is not at all the correct procedure to choose talent and male and female can compete each other but there should be two winners one male and one female (both top 1).

Answer 130

The real people rarely vote in these shows thereby meaning that winner is the one who is able to gain popularity and never the one who is a real talent.

Answer 131

sms votin is a smart way of making money by the tv channels. when there is a competition, contestants and a panel of judges to judge them, what are the sms doing in between? some contestants may be from remote areas or they may not be having many dear ones. who will vote for them? and the whole of india does NOT vote for these competitions. a very absurd way of judging. truly commercial... wonder why people are not able to see thru this.

Answer 132

no,current voting is not fair, public who dont have knowledge of music how they can decide. this is talent of the person who should be judge by talented judge only this is not election that public can use their vote

Answer 133

i think aneek is not a real winner. he don't have so good partiality and expereince in singing.

its all parshalty by hi mesh .they don't see to us the votes,they only tell.they can easily mix-up the votes and also they did.

raja was the good singer among aneek and amanat.

b'coz raja have a different voice like . he can sing at the high level (scale)also. i have also a good knowledge of music ""but aneek can sing at only medium level,not high level""whenever raja sang songs every times he sang 2 times for the sake of audience.

i think from my angle raja is no. 1

amanat is no. 2

and in the last aneek is on 3

its all a big mistake,not fair.

Answer 134

No absolutely not. Even voting system via SMS should be stopped immediately.

I just recall Indian Idol second, when Karunya was taken over by Sandeep Acharya who was no doubt less talented as compared to Karunya.

Answer 135

There are three problems in the judgement through SMS

1. It can be faked. that is one person can send any number of sms to favour someone

2. Common man does not know the technical aspects of music

3. People may vote for a person for reasons other than singing like looks( I myself voted for a very beautiful girl JUST to see her again in the TV)

Answer 136

I don't know about Aneek's talent but in practical all the music talents were also judged by the people's voting only because advertisement purpose .

Answer 137

No, SMS should not be used to get the winner of the talent shows. Then what is the use of the judges?

SMS is not the way of finding the person who has talent but it is the way of finding the person who has good looks and no talent!

Answer 138

i don't think the voting process was fair enough ...voting is being done only to earn money .. they choose the winner of their own choice.. voting is just a joke... in my opinion amanat should have been the winner because he sang so beatifully and got such good comments from all the judges and the guests... during his performances he was declared winner twice.. even the legendery singer jagjit singh declared amanat the winner........

Answer 139

Actually i am grateful that this question is asked. i always wanted to voice my feelings about this voting system. and what a better way to say it out as many people may read it.

i have never voted as i do not consider myself worthy to judge as i do not understand the depth of music although i love to listen good light and classical ones.

Answer 140

the selection on the basis of sms is mostly unsceintific and as well ungenuine since the sms can be sent on a huge scale by the candidates' own kith & kin so as to get selected which cannot be verified by the selectors. in some cases, even the judges may also be not fully competent due to lack f their knowledge & proficiency in the respective field. to sum up, the selections on the basis/majority of sms they got is not fully foolproof & genuine.

Answer 141

Though i am ardent lover of music,these shows have become just a boon firstly for the telecom provider ,channel ,and judges,,,real talent is 'lost' not 'found',,i thnk v as a nation are still way beyond in fair judjment,still bogged by gender,region,state,etc....so pllllllleeeeeeeeaase i guess v all have a had an overdose of these so called talent shows,,,,, SPARE US ! !

Answer 142

Every one is right that it is not talent hunt it's totaly voting game. We can say surely that Himesh paid to ZEE for Aneek.

Every one knows that Amanat & Raja are better than Aneek by Singing, Stage performance,looking wise every where they have prove themselfs, but in final they are standing in second & third position, how can it possible? Its very clear that Peoples are very stupid, who did vote to Aneek, they are definitely blind & deaf & what can I say about Himesh " Man to kar raha hai ki hathode se uska aur Aneek ka muh kuchal du" Jitani bhi galiya mujhe aati hai sari un dono Rascals ko de dalu.

Answer 143

How did you feel when a physics teacher check your mathamatics answersheet. Sound funny right?? same is the case with such music talent hunts. voting is mostly emotional and regional rather than based on talent.



I feel such talent hunts are killing the real talent and demotivating the right singes. It's money game afterall :-)

Answer 144

If the public decides the winners of any music talent hunts,then is there any need of judges there?So, I think there is no need of public votes for this kind of music talents as they cannot judge as perfect as the judges do.Right?

Answer 145

Public should only be allowed to select the most popular singer of the show.

Mentors should not be allowed to use their fan following to impress the voting.

Judges from all category should select the best singer.

There should be separate groups for ladies and gents.

Answer 146

no. i think its totally unfair to leave the judgement in the hands of Illiterate (in music)ppl. n tat too at the final stage. it wud be more sensible if its something like a 50-50 judgement, ppl's vote plus the the judge's marks. tat wud make more sense,than to ruin the person's hard work n talent by asking ppl to vote,which is completely unfair.its a talent show, so judge them by their talent n not votes.

Answer 147

This is not good, because how can public know about the music, i mean music can be judged by a experienced person who know about abc of sangeet, not public i think so. This is wrong in my point of view. Only sangeet gurus can judge the contestants.

Answer 148

There are three main issues

1)Talent Lots of it as we can see ourselves but mostly panel of judges loses to sentiments for participants so selection is not based on talent.

2)Entertainment at good level

3)Funds Generation via SMS drives the talent search



So the show must go on for sake of entertainment and for participants to get noticed

Answer 149

Judges are talented in their own field - singing, choreography or whatever but when it comes to judgment they become emotional. Of course, most of the participants excel well, so it is very difficult to select one among all of them. If they can choose three or more best singers it would be justifiable to all.

Answer 150

The SMS voting sucks

What about the people who dont use cellphones,they have a say too,don't they?

People vote on basis of gender,looks and buzz created by the associated companies & judges.

I dont know of a perfect voting system but i know that sms voting isn't one.

Answer 151

public voting is not the correct way of judging music talents only the judges can select a better singer.as for me public vote is acccording to the omments given by judges if they scold then public doen't give any votes to that person

Answer 152

I think this kind of reality show should be ban.bcz public vote is not go with the right candidate and the result make displease to the most of the viewer as well as contestant..

Answer 153

This is completely a wrong system. i totally disagree with this bcoz. people who dont have minimum knowledge of music will simply send sms . and it is also wrong to keep celebrities as judges who are worst....



Especially when it comes to music talenets there must be fullfledged and veteran judges with complete music knowledge, becoz this judgement will be for a good play back singer and a good musician....



so, please do not take public opinions for such talent shows.

Answer 154

Never. People out of emotions vote their favourite contestants & the actual talent is underlooked. One more recent example in Indion Idol.

Answer 155

I think the jury should hold 80% of the decission making n d rest 20% shud b d public opinion coz else it is really unfair 4 d other upcoming artists

Answer 156

Yes as this show is shown to the public voting for these kind of music talent should be open to public because finally its the public who decides as to whom they want to choose their favourite and whom they want to be the winner.

Answer 157

no, public voting system is not the right way of choosing talented people.........this shud be done only by well knowledged people, who has a great experience in tat field.......nybody 'n everybody cant judge the talents.......

'n wen it comes to voting thru SMS.......i strongly condemn tis....

here each person is given an oppurtunity to vote nt number of times....

it s a talent show....'n not showing there public strength...

tis is not an election....

Answer 158

What if the judges conspire and choose undeserving candidate. I think the best would be if we count both people's choice as well as judges choice. We can give some weight age to the SMSs but can not decide on it.

Answer 159

this is totally unfaithful to amanat ali.this system is total vogus to checkout the unique singer by means of sms poll.this should not be done by making the public decision.

Answer 160

the deserver is not paid for their huge talent, the voting system is just only to earn money not to hunt a talent.It has shows in many reality shows.todays talent is only for earning money.the judgement must be mentors not the public,this only can help to find a talent

Answer 161

No, This system of polling is resulting in losing out the deserving and efficient people. It shows that people who dont know the ABC of singing are deciding on who is the BEST singer!!!!!

Answer 162

huh!! another blunder!! tell me one reality show where a deserving candidate has won the challenge ? no-not even a single one!!



here goes the list--

INDIAN IDOL1--AMIT SANA lost to ABHIJEEt

INDIAN IDOL2--KARUNYA lost to SANDEEP ACHARYA

INDIAN IDOL3--AMIT lost to PRASHANT

FAME GURUKUL--QAZI WON,.,.thnks to r "janta"

sa re ga ma pa 2005--VINEET lost to DEBOJIT



and the latest to join is SA RE GA MA PA'07... no1 ever in their wildest dreams wud have ever thought that a versatile singer like AMANAT could lose to a copy-cat like ANEEK DHAR!! !!



has public-including me-got any knowledge of music? at least its ABC....no,.,. 99% dont know nythng about it!! !! and they r given the choice to select,.,.!! its really pathetic!!

Answer 163

YES, surely. Crores of music lover are actual spectators and judges. There may be chance of partiality and variation in perception among three or four judges, but same mistake would never be happened for mass spectators.

Answer 164

The problem is many of the people wont be knowing very small details which a person who sings himself knows.It is always better known judges decide

Answer 165

I don't think SMS poll is safe. Who is there to verify that the exact number of votes have been given to who? The participants themselves do not verify this system!



I think that the music directors verdict should be final.

Answer 166

If the public has to decide who is the winner then the judges should not be sitting there and giving their comments.

Answer 167

the only reason aneek dhar won was cause of his mentor. hamesh r. had his fans vote for aneek. it seemed so unfair clearly amanat & raja were better singers.

Answer 168

in the search of a person with a good voice as well as looks voice does suffer.tlking abt sa re ga ma pa my persnal fav was Raja but aneek won coz of his huge fan following.if we r lookin for good voice than public voting shld not b there bt if we want performers who can not only sing but also entertain than public voting is better coz public will vote for the person who entertains them well but not for one who has best voice.

Answer 169

Not by public.It should be some percentage of public and judges(30 and 70% respectively)

Answer 170

Thank you for giving us an opportunity to express what is best

I Personally feel that the JUDGES should have the final say and NOT the Public

Lenny

Answer 171

Absolutely not!



This has been an ongoing discussion since Sonu Nigam left emceeing.

Not a decent singer has come for playback since.



Great question!

Answer 172

I think this way they are insulting Judges.All of them are master in their field.You Don't Call judges.Just Opinion poll SMS Only for selection of the winner

I think this is all for media's benefit

We have to loose our penny Had real deserving person will be punished.

Answer 173

i didn't see much of this so called talent search program but this system is just to fool the people n earn money. its a new business tactic with the use of tech. just watch this program if u don't have any others running pls DON'T waste money on this

Answer 174

its very wrong that by people voting the next singers are selected. bcos the minute things of singing cant checked by the people. they only looking the performances of the contestants. so it should not be done like that

Answer 175

The public in a democracy is to decide who should be ruling them, from past 60 years they could not decide that What will they decide about singers.

Answer 176

current voting system is not good .talent hunt's resho must be 70%by judges &30% by public voting.

Answer 177

i am not a person who would usually write to this kind of forum, but since music is a matter very close to my heart and it concerns my motherland, i thought i as well point out few things to us dear indians.

i wouldn't really want to comment on any particular talent search show as mentioned here. cause i have stopped watching any indian television show completely since an year. if we look at this, 'creation' of 'musical talents', it is rightly said to be a mere mockery of music, per say indian music and emotional values of those participating, as well as indians at large. could we believe here, that india, which has given birth to some of the best music stalwarts of the world, could stoop down so low and have people queuing up like beggars for some inch of space to sing on television ! i mean, does real music really need any kind of platform for that matter ! if we look back at the history of these shows, let us all try and remember some names of the 'grand finale' winners and find out what music they are upto these days ? how many of them have been able to take india to the international platform which we should expect them to do ? how many of them have been able to, or does show any promise to achieve that cultural standard of music which our dear old music stalwarts have so lovingly and passionately put together, with not years but decades of perseverance ! and then we should ask ourselves, if at all these shows have any intention of searching for indian talent, or is it just about making money for the producers. as most of the letters reflect here that SMS voting should be banned, is the indian public not aware of this ? if so, why don't people stop voting completely. why can't indian law do something about it ? how could we be so blind to all these facts ? and let these shows make a scapegoat of not only the contestants, but also all of us. if each one of us would have been shelling out couple of rupees, the way we send voting SMS and putting them in a common pool, we could have erased quite a bit of indian poverty, by now.

interestingly, a somewhat similar kind of show is 'britain's got talent', which happened very recently in england. check out the following links to taste some 'real' talent shows. and let us also understand that it is 'talent' that we are looking for and not superficial glamour. these are some real examples of it.



>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxOytYLlhiQ



>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Ij8tFjk-4



>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB2vy6hHOYc



>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqWvuMJV0Yw



i would sign out by saying that if we have to borrow such shows from the west, let us also borrow the same spirit and genuine feelings with which they are conducted and let only 'talent' blow our minds apart !

let us all wake upto this now !

Answer 178

No please, it only gives a bias result. No doubt Aneek dhar was good, it should be done thru a secret vote taking of the top musicians of India

Answer 179

No Talent Hunt, thats SMS Hunt.

Good and deserved singers lost and worst singers have won thanks to this stupid rule..... SMS poll.



Why the judges are sitting then if this is decided by SMS?



Just making easy money........ nothing else.... do u remember any winner name before this....?

Answer 180

no ,it is not fair at all. in my opinion it should be a thing made cumpolsory for music related people in bollywood to vote for participants rather than by giving authority to people . if such shows are contested than it should not deal with private profit rather it should be a nation profit .

Answer 181

Ya it's now become a must vote situation.We will automatically gets voted coz of thier talents.But we should be aware that our pocket is getting more space to breath when we are votting.

Answer 182

Yes, the public should decide the winner.

Answer 183

Let the judges make the choices. they are the ones with the real talent to judge.

Answer 184

people should stop voting on basis of region ,cast etc.while voting they should keep into consideration talent not the state or the community.such type of voting is dividing our society

Answer 185

well these very singers were screened up from all all d judges tat r known in music industry n d singer who sung well n won people 's heart stole d show............. its true sometimes d best ones lose this way.............. but tats life........ n trust me aneek deserve it as he is d best one................his voice is verry sweet ............ n he can sing lot many songs better than amanat n raja.

Answer 186

This is simply business tactics to get more and more votes. either there should no judges only public should vote, or only judges should decide

Answer 187

this is wrong system as the desrving candidate are demoralised and the one who has large fans are getting winning.

plus this theory adopted by the channels where they also get their shares of profits from SMS voting.



if we have to decide by SMS than why judges are required?

Answer 188

yeah it is right as people has the right to choose their fav singer. when does a person become famous singer,only when people will like.so the current voting system is ok.

Answer 189

Does it really matter? The top singers will get a career out of it anyway.

Answer 190

i feel competitions like this r just baseless b'coz the actuall talent is voted out and the one who is wid lesser potential wins but shows like this r duing well only b'coz of the hype n drama around it but true shows like boogie woogie without the voting system is far................... better but it isnt dat popular coz its not hyped

hope u liked my opinion!!!

Answer 191

yes of course...the public should decide the music talent winners

Answer 192

No , Public should NOT be involved. It should be based on the judges judgement only. But judges should not be the coaches of the participants.

Answer 193

Well I think it is right that people choose who they love and think that will be able to do some good work in the future.

Answer 194

i think aneek is very good singer , amanat ali and raja also very telented .... wat i think dat the voting prosedure sud be 50% in the public hands and still in the mentur's hand .... becos they know more about the telent and music .... but our indian public is quit emotional .... and take wrong disition some time ..... so it should be like dat .

Answer 195

I think it should be 50-50.most of the people do not know what is SUR,TAAL.....etc.So the power should not be completely taken away from the judges.

Answer 196

no,the public should not decide the winner.it is work of professionals and renowned singers. if people give the decision ,what is the need of judges?

Answer 197

no public should not answer,,,,bcoz public is voting to the contestant whom they like,,,,so talented people wont be recognized ,,,, quality judges should decide the winner!!!!!!

Answer 198

certainly the public should vote, it is a public's choice after all.......but i think for the finalists' round, it should be a jury of experienced and worthy judges who know the thing...

Answer 199

I think it is a ridiculous concept

that ruins the real talent search

Answer 200

No Public doing partiality with all participant becase they always favour that participate who belong with them in any category like same state same place, same religion. that's why we are losing our great singer

Answer 201

not at all. the technical aspects of singing can not be judged by public sentiment.over all it is just an innovative money spinning business through s.m.s.

Answer 202

No public should not decide the winner.

Answer 203

ya its agud way b'coz public decision is most approprite result.Its so because music is a feelling which one we and u all the persons are listen and feel it. so the public decision result is the result of their feeling regarding to music.. That's it..

Answer 204

no public should not decide winner of any reality show or any talent hunt

Answer 205

well i think ratio shud b 50:50

in that way we'll get some gud talent filtered by gud judging

Answer 206

BETTER TALENT CAN ONLY BE SEARCHED BY THE JUDGES, GUESTS. GUEST OF ONE EPISODE SHOULD FEEL THE RESPONSIBITY TO LISTEN TO ALL EPISODES AND SHOULD VOTE ELECTRONICALLY AND ELIMINATION MUST BE CARRIED OUT AFTER MINIMUM OF TWENTY EPISODES.

Answer 207

THE CONCEPT OF SELECTING WINNER THROUGH VOTING IS GOOD BUT THE SYSTEM OF VOTING SHOULD BE SUCH THAT ONE PERSON SHOULD BE ALLOWED ONLY ONE VOTE.

Answer 208

no I think the judges can do better justice to the participants

Answer 209

the votin should not depend purely on sms poll. because of this we are loosin good singers

Answer 210

SMS voting is very unfair

Answer 211

results shouldn't totally depend on 'JANTA' nor on judges . it should 50-50.50from judges and 50 from sms.

Answer 212

if we have the decide by the sms then what the jujies doing in the show.

Answer 213

bull **** waste of money and time i know all the people are good who got selected so why giv just one every thing.................anyways i know we can hardly make any difference with this question answer thing.

Answer 214

yes or no apna bapa ka kya jata hai

Answer 215

These shows should be banned, SMS scam should be unearthed.

Answer 216

yes, it is a fair system. if you compare all three of them. they all are good.now there is question who

is going to be no1.

Answer 217

SIMPLY NO! NO! NO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

B'COZ MANY PEOPLE DONT KNOW THE THE REAL MEANING OF MUSIC. AND SOME PEOPLE VOTE PARTCULARLY TO THOSE WHO BELONG TO THEIR REGIONS..

Answer 218

yes

Answer 219

It invites cheating and betting.

Answer 220

public shd not decide these contests.

Answer 221

community guidelines

Answer 222

Not at all

Answer 223

i love yahoo mail .my life

Answer 224

No

Answer 225

No

Answer 226

no, not at all, it shud be by the judges...

Answer 227

YES

Answer 228

never

Answer 229

no its unfair

Answer 230

no

Answer 231

no thats wrong...

Answer 232

NO......

Answer 233

no.

Answer 234

no...........