| A press release says that this talent
search was conducted across 18 cities in five states by Gilbey’s.
It claims that each contest had an average entry of about two hundred
aspirants. It says that the winner was selected from each state after
an extensive and exhausting competition. These five state level winners
went through extensive rounds of auditions followed by city level
competition where they competed with other contestants and proved
themselves to be the cut above the rest to enter the state level round.
The release also claims that each of the zonal winners will be
put through the acid test of final selection by public. For 15 days,
beginning 1 September 2003, etc will telecast capsules of the five
winners all through the day.
Viewers of etc will watch these winners of the contest Sur Milao
Kuch Kar Dikhao and in the end cast their vote to select the
"richest and smoothest" voice of India. It is for the
first time ever the national winner would be selected by the viewers
of etc channel. Viewers can either send their preference through
SMS on 303 or email their choice on feedback@entertainmenttv.com.
The channel will showcase the various winners as follows:
* Santosh Kshatriya, the winner from Maharashtra and Goa, is a commerce
student who always nurtured the dream to come on a channel.
* Subhan Haider won from MP and Chattisgarh, who sings as the lead
singer with Harmony Group in Raipur. He was trained in music by
his father.
* Amit, an engineering student, is from Bihar and he has been winning
awards at inter-university level.
* Bhanu Pratap from North is singing form 6th standard and trains
in classical with three hours of Riyaaz everyday.
* Bijoy Bhatarcharjee, winner from West Bengal, is known as Abhijeet
junior and dreams of meeting Abhijeet.
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