Indian Idol season 5 is filled with lots of twists and turns from the very beginning. When the time came for public voting to select Top 12 contestants, public voted properly only for 6. The rest of the selection was then again handed over to the judges who chose not 6 but 7 contestants, not wanting to lose a good singer like Yashraj. So this is how an interesting season began in the company of Badmaash Company in which Indian Idol season 4′s fame Meiyang Chang is also starring.

This year’s Top 13 Contestants are:

Bhumi Trivedi, Vishwas Rai, Swaroop Khan, Sashi Suman, Manisha Karmakar, Tia Kar, Shivam Pathak, Naushad Ali Kawa, Shreeramchandra, Arpita Khan, Meghna Kumar, Rakesh Maini and Yashraj Kapil