Saturday, September 22, 2007

Countdown begins for Indian Idol

The countdown has began in the northeast for today's final of the Indian Idol singing contest with two finalists -Darjeeling-born Prashant Tamang and Meghalaya's Amit Paul - getting an overwhelming response from people of the region. Tamang, declared a brand ambassador by the Sikkim goverment, has received support from several associations of journalists, taxi drivers, tribal youths and businessmen as well as ministers and MLAs. Huge banners and hoardings have been put up across Sikkim that hail the young singer as the "glory of the hills". His mother has toured different parts of the state to make emotional appeals to people to vote for him on the reality show. GNLF chief Subash Ghising, AIGL Chairman Madan Tamang and CPI-M MP Suraj Pathak have also campaigned for Tamang in the Darjeeling Hills. In Meghalaya, the telecom department has assured people that they will not face any line congestion during the show featuring local lad Paul. A car rally was organised in Guwahati today to mobilise support for him. Several other functions were also organised in the past few days to garner support for Paul, who hails from Meghalaya's capital Shillong.

7 comments:

anisha said...

I hope amit wins but i live in america so i can find out earlier because in india put it on websites Lol

Ashita said...

i wish both of them the best of luck xx

lots of love ashita

london .x

Unknown said...

Best of luck to you both Prashant aNd Amit..

well i hope that prashant wins because he diserves it..

Sabah..

Unknown said...

God bless our Prashant. Prashant you will win the indian idol title.

anonymous said...

I want to see Amit paul as the "Indian Idol". he deserves it

frank said...

that would amit derserves to win doesnt match..a singer who was out and brought in just somebody wanted him..doesnt deserve to win at any stage...
mind you..
he was out but brought in

Unknown said...

prashant is superb