ESPN will telecast the studio round of Harsha Ki Khoj on 13 january at 9:30 pm. Targeted at the sports fanatic who has it in him to follow his or her passion to become an on-air presenter just like Harsha Bhogle, the talent search offers the most enviable prize - a one-year contract with ESPN Software India Pvt. Ltd. as a presenter.

The four contestants, Lilu John from Ahmedabad is the Mumbai city finalist and is working as the Sales Head in Radio Mirchi; Sunil Taneja from Ferozpur Punjab the Delhi City finalist is an Ayurvedic doctor; Rahul Ranganathan a Chemical Engineer is from Mumbai and the final contestant Dominic Franks a doctor is the city finalist from Bangalore. All four quarter finalist will compete in the second studio round.

In the quarter-finals studio round the contestants has to go through three basic rounds, 'My Sportscenter', 'Interview' round and 'Jury Interview' conducted by Perizaad Zorabian, Wasim Akram and ESPN STAR Sports Director of Cricket and Indian Production Ray Hume, informs an official release.

There will be six quarter-finals and three semi finals. Three contestants will move on to compete to be the next Harsha. The third semi finals will be a special episode on wildcard where all the contestants saved by the viewer vote are in a contest for the 3rd finalist's spot. The all important final will be aired live and exclusive on ESPN 10 March.