Fame X, with Indian subtitle Chal Udiye, is an Indian television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. It followed an earlier Indian singing competition and musical reality show called Fame Gurukul.
2006-2007 edition
The sole season was in November 2006 and it extended until the finals in 2007. It was broadcast on Indian SAB TV television station. The dean of the show was Palash Sen. Auditions were held in Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai. Originally the host was Sophie Choudry, but she was replaced in later stages by Shilpa Sakhlani.
The weekly Fame X show was complemented with a daily Monday to Friday show entitled Fame X Academy. The winner would get Rs50,00,000 grand prize, a recording contract and MTV Artiste of the Month title where the winner would be featured for a full month. He will also get the chance to sing for the Indian cricket team at the World Cup 2007
The judges were: Nikhil Chinapa, an MTV India VJ Ganesh Hegde, an Indian singer, performer, video director and Bollywood choreographer Daler Mehndi, Indian traditional Punjabi singer
Hosts: Sophie Choudry (originally) Shilpa Saklani (later in the series)
The finalists, with ages and region originating from: Anandroopa Bagchi, 19 years, Bihar Priyadarshee Banerjee, 23 years, West Bengal Arunima Bhattacharya, 23 years, West Bengal Alok Chaubey, 18 years, Bihar Ashutosh Jain, 23 years, New Delhi Aditya Jassi, 24 years, New Delhi Samrat Kaushal, 22 years, Punjab Rehan Khan, 23 years, Mumbai Neethi Nair, 19 years, Mumbai Trupti Pandkar, 20 years, Maharashtra Vidhhan Pandey, 21 years, Uttar Pradesh Ritu Pathak, 19 years, Madhya Pradesh Priyanka Purohit, 23 years, Rajasthan Jyotika Sharma, 19 years, Mumbai Rakesh Sharma, 30 years, Chhattisgarh Rohitraj Sinha, 24 years, Allahabad
The winner of that only edition was Rehan Khan who beat in the finals Neethi Nair and Anandrupa Bagchi.