Season 4[edit]

The fourth season of Indian Idol was aired on Sony TV from 19 September 2008 to 1 March 2009.
For the first time in Indian Idol history, there were two women among the top three
finalists. Sourabhee Debbarma who hails from Agartala, Tripura won the competition and became
the first female contestant to do so. By doing so, she also won a contract of Rs. 1 crore with Sony
Entertainment Television and a TATA Winger. She released an album, Meherbaan, as per a contract
with Sony. Kapil Thapa was runner-up while Torsha Sarkar finished third.
The fourth season saw Anu Malik and Javed Akhtar as judges once again. New to this season were
singer Kailash Kher and Indian actress Sonali Bendre, while singer Alka Yagnik joined the panel for
a few audition rounds. The fourth season was hosted by Hussain Kuwajerwala and former
contestant Meiyang Chang.
One of the contestants, Bhavya Pandit, received an offer to sing the song "Aaja Lehraate" for the
film What's Your Raashee, alongside singer Gautam Mrinaal.[6]

Top Contestants of Season 4[edit]

 Sourabhee Debbarama – Winner[7]
 Kapil Thapa – 1st Runner Up
 Torsha Sarkar – 2nd Runner Up
 Rajdeep Chatterjee- 3rd Runner Up
 Remo Ghosh- 5th place
 Bhavya Pandit- 6th place
 Prasenjit Kosambi- 7th place
 Bhanu Pratap Singh- 8th place
 Mohit Lawani- 9th place
 Kuldeep Singh- 10th place
 Priyanka Negi- 11th place
 Shini Kalvint- 12th place
 Tulika Ganguly- 13th place
 Ananya Mishra- 14th place