NEWS

MUMBAI: Sony is back with the fourth season of its popular music based reality show Indian Idol 4 In an attempt to make it bigger and better the channel had roped in actress Sonali Bendre as a judge who was recently seen as a judge on Mr. & Miss TV.

The channel has retained Anu Malik and Javed Akhtar from its earlier season and along with Sonali the channel has roped in singing star Kailash Kher to adjudicate.

Albert Almeida, Executive VP and Business Head, Sony said, “Sonali Bendre is the fourth judge on the show who will be joining Anu Malik, Javed Akhtar and Kailash Kher on the show.”

Talking about the probable hosts of the show, Albert said, “For time being we have zeroed down on the last season contestants Meiyang Chang and Deepali Kishore to host the auditions for the show. If our viewers respond positively to their hosting, we will think on retaining them as the official hosts of the show.”