Rising Star is the third Indian version of the international franchise series Rising Star, a reality television singing competition. It is based on the Israeli singing competition HaKokhav HaBa (meaning The Next Star) made by Keshet Broadcasting Ltd.
The program format lets the viewers vote for contestants live via the television channel's mobile app Voot. The show premiered on 16 March 2019 on Colors TV. Playback singer and music director Shankar Mahadevan and actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh return as the experts and are joined by playback singer Neeti Mohan in this season. The show was hosted by playback singer Aditya Narayan.
Format
In contrast to other singing competition TV shows which feature a cast of celebrity judges, Rising Star features a cast of celebrity experts and considers the viewers at home the judges. During each performance, the audience at home is able to decide in real time whether or not a contestant is sent through to the next round by using a mobile voting app.
While the viewers at home are considered the "judges", the expert panelists also may influence the vote but with continuously decreasing percentage votes over the total public vote and not exceeding 5% of the total voting power.
The Auditions
The first round where the acts are individually called to perform. As a reportage of the announced performer is shown, viewers are invited to register for voting for that specific act. Following a countdown of three seconds, the candidate has to start performing behind a screen called "The Wall".
With start of performance, the voting kicks in. Registered voters have the option of voting just "Yes" or "No". Non-votes are also considered "No" votes. If an expert votes "Yes", another 5% is added to the tally of the contestant. The contestants also see random photos of voters in their favour. Faces of panelists voting "Yes" are also shown in larger frames.
Once the contestant reaches 80% of "Yes" votes, the wall is raised and the contestant goes to the next round of the competition.
The Duels
Contestants who make it through the auditions are paired by the judges to face off in a duel. The first contestant sings with the wall up and sets the benchmark for the second contestant. The second contestant sings with the wall down. If the second contestant betters the first contestant's vote total, the wall rises and the second contestant was through to the next round while the first contestant is eliminated; if the second contestant fails to raise the wall, the second contestant is eliminated and the first contestant goes through.
Live auditions
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The Live auditions began from 10 March 2019 on the grand finale of Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 9.
Duels ki Takkar
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Grand Premiere
Episode 10: 14 April 2019
This round had no voting and elimination. Voting for song selection was done for Shankar Mahadevan and Ananya Nanda. Ananya selected song:"Bumbro Bumbro" and Shankar Mahadevan selected "Maahi Ve" and audience voted. Maximum audience selected "Maahi Ve" and both sang the song.
Salam-E-Rekha
Episode 11: 21 April 2019
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Summer Camp & Bachpan ke Din
Episode 12: 27 April 2019
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Episode 13: 28 April 2019
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Fully Filmy
Episode 14: 4 May 2019
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Episode 15: 5 May 2019
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Lakshmikant-Pyarelal Songs & Parents Special
Episode 16: 11 May 2019
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Episode 17: 12 May 2019
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Dosti Special & Madhuri Dixit Special
Episode 18: 18 May 2019
Second Chance:
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Dosti Special:
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Episode 19: 19 May 2019
Madhuri Dixit Special:
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Qawwali Special & Bharat Special
Episode 20: 25 May 2019
Challenger Week
In this week contestant challenged each other to beat their score. The contestant who sat on the Red Chair till the end of the episode was Eliminated.
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Episode 21: 26 May 2019
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Ticket To Finale & Semi Finale Week
The contestants compete to earn a direct entry to the finale week for Ticket To Finale.
Episode 22: 1 June 2019
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Episode 23: 2 June 2019
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Grand Finale
Episode 24: 8 June 2019
First Round: Judges had 3% votes.
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Second Round: Judges had no voting power.