# Indian Idol (Hindi TV series) season 15

The fifteenth season of Indian Idol premiered in late 2024, on Sony Entertainment Television. After being replaced for a year, Aditya Narayan returned as host, while Shreya Ghoshal and Vishal Dadlani returned as judges, along with Badshah replacing Kumar Sanu.

## Auditions

Remote auditions took place from 18 August to 31 August, 2024, as well as a number of open-call auditions, and from these, the producers selected the contestants who were then invited to audition in front of the judges.
Indian Idol (season 15) – regional auditions :
| City | Audition Date | Venue |
| Kolkata, West Bengal | 18 August 2024 | P.B. Academic School |
| Guwahati, Assam | 20 August 2024 | Nerim Group of Institutions |
| Noida, Uttar Pradesh | 25 August 2024 | JBM Global School |
| Mumbai, Maharashtra | 31 August 2024 | Pawar Public School |
Filming does not take place until the judges' audition round. The year, the auditions were filmed at the Mukesh Mills warehouse.
To mark 20 years of Indian Idol, the platinum mic was introduced that guarantees the contestant a position in Top 15. Each judge could give only 1 platinum mic. Golden tickets were continued, and were given 31 in total, but the golden mic was discontinued. The platinum mics were given to Srijan Porail, Mayuri Saha and Sneha Shankar by Dadlani, Ghoshal and Badshah respectively.
Also, during the judges' audition, the traditional "sticker" of contestant's serial number was replaced with a new "identity card" as shown in the promo. This season the judges were also given headphones to hear the raw voice of singers, without any instruments and processing.

## Theatre round

The Theatre round featured the top 31 golden ticket holder contestants performing for the judges. This round was filmed on X, at the Lata Mangeshkar Auditorium, and aired on 9 and 10 November 2024. The judges then narrowed the number of contestants down to 15, including the platinum mic holders.
This year the contestants performed in batches, as picked by the judges according to genre. The batch maybe of two, three or even one and their fate depends on the judges' verdict.
Neeti Mohan served as the guest judge and mentor in absence of Badshah, and Pawandeep Rajan and Mohd. Danish served as guest hosts in absence of Aditya Narayan.
The following is a list of the contestants and the song they performed. Contestants are listed in the order they performed.
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Day 1 (9 November) :
| Contestant | Batch No. | Song | Result |
| Shuja Gowhar | 1 | "Kurbaan Hua" | Elimimated |
| Lakshya Mehta | 1 | "Bekhayali" | Eliminated |
| Subhajit Chakraborty | 2 | "Surili Akhiyon Wale" & "Majhi Re" | Safe |
| Radha Shrivastava | 2 | "Main Aayi Hoon U.P. Bihar Lootne" | Eliminated |
| Chaitanya Devade | 2 | "Khel Mandala" & "Malhari" | Safe |
| Saloni Saaz | 3 | "Mere Maula Karam Ho Karam" | Eliminated |
| Ranjini Sen Gupta | 4 | "Achha Ji Main Haari Chalo" | Safe |
| Neha Dixit | 4 | "Bahon Mein Chale Aao" | Eliminated |
| Jyotiprakash Ojha | 5 | "Albela Sajan Aayo Re" | Safe |
| Ritika Raj | 6 | "Paan Khaye Saiyan Hamarao" | Safe |
| Prativa Dutta | 6 | "Agar Tum Sath Ho" | Eliminated |
| Ipsit Pati | 7 | "Janam Janam" | Safe |
| Vastav Kumar | 8 | "Oopar Khuda Aasman Neeche" | Safe |
| Mansi Sisodiya | 8 | "Sajdaa" | Eliminated |
Day 2 (10 November) :
| Contestant | Batch No. | Song | Result |
| Biswarup Banerjee | 1 | "Satrangi Re" | Safe |
| Priyangshu Dutta | 1 | "Tadap Tadap" | Safe |
| Ayushman Chaudhary | 2 | "Satranga" | Elimimated |
| Sudhanshu Khare | 2 | "Sajni Re" | Eliminated |
| Myscmme Bosu | 3 | "Silsila Ye Chahat Diya" | Safe |
| Manasi Ghosh | 3 | "Aa Zara" | Safe |
| Dilraj Singh | 4 | "Main Nikla Gaddi Leke" | Elimimated |
| Haarshita Medhi | 5 | "Daiya Yeh Main Kaha Phasi" | Elimimated |
| Ragini Shinde | 5 | "Bada Dukh Dina O Ramji" | Elimimated |
| Poushali Bhattacharya | 6 | "Jawani Janeman" | Elimimated |
| Inayat Bajaj Kaur | 6 | "Girls Like To Swing" | Eliminated |
| Anirudh Suswaram | 7 | "Soona Soona" | Safe |
| Vishnumaya Ramesh | 8 | "Kehna Hi Kya" | Eliminated |
| Kritwika Chakraborty | 8 | "Pyar Hua Chupke Se" | Eliminated |
| Tajinder Singh | 9 | "Vida Karo" | Eliminated |
| Manav Heera | Not Telecasted | Not Telecasted | Eliminated |
| Abid Khan Langa | Not Telecasted | Not Telecasted | Elimimated |

## Top 16 contestants

The contestant who made past the theater round or got the platinum mic in the auditions, are listed below as follows:
| Contestant | Age | From | Status |
| Sneha Shankar | 18 | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Participating |
| Subhajit Chakraborty | 22 | Kharagpur, West Bengal | Participating |
| Chaitanya Devadhe (Mauli) | 18 | Pune, Maharashtra | Participating |
| Priyangshu Dutta | 21 | Kolkata, West Bengal | Participating |
| Myscmme Bosu | 22 | Guwahati, Assam | Participating |
| Manasi Ghosh | 24 | Kolkata, West Bengal | Participating |
| Anirudh Suswaram | 29 | Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh | Participating |
| Ragini Shinde | 15 | Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Maharashtra | Participating |
| Ritika Raj | 26 | Patna, Bihar | Eliminated on 9 March 2025 |
| Biswarup Banerjee | 29 | Kolkata, West Bengal | Eliminated on 9 March 2025 |
| Mayuri Saha | 27 | Kolkata, West Bengal | Eliminated on 23 February 2025 |
| Ranjini Sen Gupta | 24 | Kolkata, West Bengal | Eliminated on 26 January 2025 |
| Srijan Porail | 21 | Howrah, West Bengal | Eliminated on 12 January 2025 |
| Jyotiprakash Ojha | 24 | Cuttack, Odisha | Eliminated on 29 December 2024 |
| Vastav Kumar | 20 | Gurdaspur, Punjab | Eliminated on 15 December 2024 |
| Ipsit Pati | 22 | Bhubaneswar, Odisha | Eliminated on 1 December 2024 |

## Gala rounds

After the theater round, every week all the contestants performing in the gala and are eliminated on a weekly basis.
The gala rounds were filmed at the Filmistan Studio.
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### Gala 1 : Top 16 – Grand Premiere

Special guests: Usha Mangeshkar, Sanjeev Kapoor, Manoj Tiwari, Asees Kaur, Goldie Sohel, Bhagyashree, Arjun Kanungo, Divyansh Kacholia, Sanjay B Jumani, Kunal Ganjawala
Ragini Shinde, who was eliminated in the theatre round, when Badhshah was absent, joined as wild card contestant in Gala 1, on request of Badshah, to make it Top 16.
There was no public voting this week and the performance did not count in the competition. Contestants are listed in the order they performed.
Top 16 (16–17 November) :
| Contestant | Song |
| Mayuri Saha | "Ami Je Tomar 3.0" |
| Srijan Porail | "O Meri Jaan" |
| Ritika Raj | "Cham Cham Nachdi Phiran" |
| Vastav Kumar | "Afreen Afreen" |
| Ranjini Sen Gupta | "O Meri Maina, Tu Maan Le Mera Kehna" |
| Myscmme Bosu | "Yeh Kahan Aa Gaye Hum" |
| Anirudh Suswaram | "Srivalli" and "Dil Se" |
| Ipsit Pati | "Bachna Ae Haseeno" |
| Manasi Ghosh | "Gun Gun Guna" |
| Priyangshu Dutta | "Kalank - Title Track" |
| Chaitanya Devadhe | "Ramta Jogi" and "Jhingat" |
| Sneha Shankar | "Yaad Piya Ki Aaye" |
| Ragini Shinde | "Tumko Piya Dil Diya" and "Main Chali Main Chali" |
| Subhajit Chakraborty | "Maya Lagaise" and "Jag Ghoomeya" |
| Biswarup Banerjee | "Saathiya" |
| Jyotiprakash Ojha | "Laga Chunari Me Daag" |

### Gala 2 : Top 16 – Two Themes Special

This week was divided into two themes, dedicated to directors Subhash Ghai and Mahesh Bhatt. The above said were the special guests and guest mentor for respective nights. The contestants performed on the songs which were in the films directed by them, in the two nights respectively, and this week was the first public voting week of the season.
Shreya Ghoshal was absent this week, due to her live show tour.
Top 16 (23–24 November) :
| Contestant | Performed on | Song |
| Manasi Ghosh | Night 1 – An Evening With Subhash Ghai | "Yeh Dil Deewana" |
| Jyotiprakash Ojha | Night 1 – An Evening With Subhash Ghai | "One Two Ka Four" |
| Myscmme Bosu | Night 1 – An Evening With Subhash Ghai | "Kahin Aag Lage" & "Taal Se Taal" |
| Ragini Shinde | Night 1 – An Evening With Subhash Ghai | "Koi Rok Sake To Rok Le" |
| Ranjini Sen Gupta | Night 1 – An Evening With Subhash Ghai | "Kitni Baatein" |
| Ritika Raj | Night 1 – An Evening With Subhash Ghai | "Lambi Judai" |
| Vastav Kumar | Night 1 – An Evening With Subhash Ghai | "Wo Kisna Hai" |
| Ipsit Pati | Night 1 – An Evening With Subhash Ghai | "Ek Haseena Thi" |
| Subhajit Chakraborty | Night 2 – A Night of Nostalgia with Mahesh Bhatt | "Saanson Ki Jarurat Hai Jaise" & "Je Jon Premer Vab Jane Na" |
| Priyangshu Dutta | Night 2 – A Night of Nostalgia with Mahesh Bhatt | "Khamoshiyan" |
| Biswarup Banerjee | Night 2 – A Night of Nostalgia with Mahesh Bhatt | "Bepanah" & "Chale Aaye" |
| Chaitanya Devadhe | Night 2 – A Night of Nostalgia with Mahesh Bhatt | "Mann Ki Lagan" |
| Mayuri Saha | Night 2 – A Night of Nostalgia with Mahesh Bhatt | "Gali Mein Aaj Chaand Nikala" & "Ghunghat Ki Aad Se Dilbar Ka" |
| Srijan Porail | Night 2 – A Night of Nostalgia with Mahesh Bhatt | "Dil Ibaadat" |
| Sneha Shankar | Night 2 – A Night of Nostalgia with Mahesh Bhatt | "Tum Itna Jo Muskura Rahe Ho" |
| Anirudh Suswaram | Night 2 – A Night of Nostalgia with Mahesh Bhatt | "Tum Mile" & "Roop Suhana Lagta Hai" |

### Gala 3 : Top 16 – Two Themes Special

This week was the first judges' score week and the first elimination took place on basis of last week's votes and this week's scores.
The special guests for first night were Fardeen Khan, his sister Laila Khan Furniturewala and Zeenat Aman celebrating Feroz Khan, and Nana Patekar for the second night. All the contestants performed on the songs of Feroz Khan on the first night. And Vishal Dadlani was absent for this week.
The director of the movie Vanvaas, Anil Sharma, and lead cast, Utkarsh Sharma and Simrat Kaur joined for a while to promote the said film.
Contestants are listed in the order they performed.
Top 16 (30 November–1 December) :
| Contestant | Performed on | Song | Result (Gala 2+3) |
| Subhajit Chakraborty | Night 1 – Fearless Feroz | "Tere Chehre Men Woh Jadoo Hai" | Safe |
| Chaitanya Devadhe | Night 1 – Fearless Feroz | "Kambakkht Ishq" | Safe |
| Manasi Ghosh | Night 1 – Fearless Feroz | "Dum Maro Dum" | Safe |
| Mayuri Saha | Night 1 – Fearless Feroz | "Do Lafzon Ki Hai" | Safe |
| Ranjini Sen Gupta | Night 1 – Fearless Feroz | "Aap Jaisa Koi" & "Laila O Laila" | Safe |
| Ragini Shinde | Night 1 – Fearless Feroz | "Chura Liya Hai Tumne Jo Dil Ko" | Safe |
| Jyotiprakash Ojha | Night 1 – Fearless Feroz | "Hum Tumhen Chahte Hain" & "Aakhir Tumhe Aana Hai" | Bottom three |
| Biswarup Banerjee | Night 1 – Fearless Feroz | "Do Pyar Karne Wale" & "Jo Tumko Ho Pasand Wohi Baat Karenge" | Safe |
| Priyangshu Dutta | Night 2 – Bebak Nana | "Naina" | Safe |
| Ritika Raj Singh | Night 2 – Bebak Nana | "Bindiya Chamkegi" & "Leke Pehla Pehla Pyar" | Safe |
| Srijan Porail | Night 2 – Bebak Nana | "Roop Tera Mastana" | Safe |
| Myscmme Bosu | Night 2 – Bebak Nana | "Yeh Dil Sun Raha Hai" | Safe |
| Vastav Kumar | Night 2 – Bebak Nana | "Aahun Aahun" | Safe |
| Sneha Shankar | Night 2 – Bebak Nana | "Yeh Dil Tum Bin" | Safe |
| Ipsit Pati | Night 2 – Bebak Nana | "Kesariya" | Eliminated |
| Anirudh Suswaram | Night 2 – Bebak Nana | "Bahon Ke Darmiyan" | Bottom three |

### Gala 4: Top 15 – Two Themes Special

To celebrate an year of the movie Animal, its director Sandeep Reddy Vanga joined as a special guest on the first night. And the second night was dedicated to celebrate Vishal Mishra's birthday. He himself joined the night and served as guest mentor. Also, for Vastav's performance, Bhupinder Babbal joined the sets. This week was the second public voting week of the season.
Contestants are listed in the order they performed. Sneha was performer of the week.
Top 15 (7-8 December) :
| Contestant | Performed on | Song |
| Ritika Raj Singh | Night 1 – Celebrating 1 Year Of Animal | "Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage" |
| Ragini Shinde | Night 1 – Celebrating 1 Year Of Animal | "Aaja Aai Bahar" |
| Myscmme Bosu | Night 1 – Celebrating 1 Year Of Animal | "Satranga" |
| Subhajit Chakraborty | Night 1 – Celebrating 1 Year Of Animal | "O Mere Dil Ke Chain" |
| Anirudh Suswaram | Night 1 – Celebrating 1 Year Of Animal | "Hua Main" |
| Vastav Kumar | Night 1 – Celebrating 1 Year Of Animal | "Arjan Vailly" |
| Biswarup Banerjee | Night 1 – Celebrating 1 Year Of Animal | "Deewana Tera" |
| Mayuri Saha | Night 1 – Celebrating 1 Year Of Animal | "Hawa Hawaii" |
| Chaitanya Devadhe | Night 2- Happy Birthday Vishal | "Aj mera Jee Karda" |
| Manasi Ghosh | Night 2- Happy Birthday Vishal | "Tu pehla pehla pyaar hai mera" |
| Ranjini Sen Gupta | Night 2- Happy Birthday Vishal | "Jhoomroo" |
| Jyotiprakash Ojha | Night 2- Happy Birthday Vishal | "Mitwaa" |
| Priyangshu Dutta | Night 2- Happy Birthday Vishal | "Kaise Hua" |
| Srijan Porail | Night 2- Happy Birthday Vishal | "Pehle Bhi Main" |
| Sneha Shankar | Night 2- Happy Birthday Vishal | "Chal Tere Ishq Mein" |

### Gala 5: Top 15 – Celebrating 100 Years of Raj Kapoor

Both nights of this week were dedicated to celebrate Raj Kapoor's 100th birth anniversary. Karisma Kapoor, Padmini Kolhapure and Anees Bazmee joined as special guests for the week.
Contestants are listed in the order in which they performed.
Top 15 (14-15 December) :
| Contestant | Performed on | Song | Result (Gala 4+5) |
| Manasi Ghosh | Night 1 | "Mud Mud Ke Na Dekh" | Safe |
| Ranjini Sen Gupta | Night 1 | "Kisi Ki Muskurahaton Pe" | Safe |
| Myscmme Bosu | Night 1 | "Ek Radha Ek Meera" | Safe |
| Biswarup Banerjee | Night 1 | "Dost Dost Na Raha Pyaar Pyaar Na Raha" | Safe |
| Subhajit Chakraborty | Night 1 | "Jane Kaha Gaye woh Din" | Safe |
| Chaitanya Devadhe | Night 1 | "Mera Joota Hai Japani" | Safe |
| Mayuri Saha | Night 1 | "Sun Saiba Sun" | Safe |
| Vastav Kumar | Night 1 | "Ek Din bik jaayega" | Eliminated |
| Ritika Raj Singh | Night 2 | Yeh Galliyan Yeh Chaubara | Bottom three |
| Ragini Shinde | Night 2 | "Panchhi Banoon Udti Phiroon" | Safe |
| Priyangshu Dutta | Night 2 | "Hum Shaayar To Nahin" | Safe |
| Sneha Shankar | Night 2 | Chittiye Ni | Safe |
| Srijan Porail | Night 2 | "Ae Bhai Zara Dekh Ke Chalo" | Safe |
| Anirudh Suswaram | Night 2 | "Chalat Musafir" | Safe |
| Jyotiprakash Ojha | Night 2 | "Dum Dum Diga Diga" | Bottom three |
Non-competition performance (14-15 December) :
| Performers | Song |
| Myscmme and Shubhajit | "Ye Raat Bheegi Bheegi" |
| Mayuri and Priyangshu | "Pyaar Hua Hai Ikraar Hua Hai" |

### Gala 6: Top 14 – Christmas Concert

Both nights of the week they celebrated Christmas. Paradox, Rishabh Rikhiram Sharma, Papon, Priyank Sharma, Nikhita Gandhi, Meiyang Chang were the guests. For the promotion of CID Season 2 Shivaji Satam, Aditya Shrivastava and Dayanand Shetty came to support Ragini Shinde Indian Idol Contestant and came for the promotion of the same.
Manasi sings "Akh Ladh Jave" with Badshah and Paradox.

### Gala 7: Top 14 – 90s Celebration

This was the elimination week, where judges had to give scores to the duet performing collectively. The lowest scoring duet will be in the bottom and one of them will be elimination on the basis of last week public votes.
Sangeeta Bijlani and Ayesha Jhulka joined for each night respectively while Badshah was again absent.
| Contestant | Performed on | Song | Result (Gala 6+7) |
| Srijan Porail | Night 1 | "Chura Ke Dil Mera" | Safe |
| Ragini Shinde | Night 1 | "Chura Ke Dil Mera" | Safe |
| Mayuri Saha | Night 1 | "Aisi Deewangi" | Safe |
| Chaitanya Devadhe | Night 1 | "Aisi Deewangi" | Safe |
| Manasi Ghosh | Night 1 | "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" | Safe |
| Subhajit Chakraborty | Night 1 | "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai" | Safe |
| Jyotiprakash Ojha | Night 1 | "Gali Gali Mein" | Safe |
| Ranjini Sen Gupta | Night 1 | "Gali Gali Mein" | Safe |
| Chaitanya Devadhe | Night 1 | "Pardesi Pardesi" | Safe |
| Sneha Shankar | Night 1 | "Pardesi Pardesi" | Safe |
| Myscmme Bosu | Night 1 | "Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan" | Safe |
| Biswarup Banerjee | Night 1 | "Aankhon Ki Gustakhiyan" | Safe |
| Priyangshu Dutta | Night 1 | "Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahi" | Safe |
| Sneha Shankar | Night 1 | "Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahi" | Safe |
| Ritika Raj Singh | Night 2 | "Hata Sawan Ki Ghata" | Bottom two |
| Jyotiprakash Ojha | Night 2 | "Hata Sawan Ki Ghata" | Eliminated |
| Mayuri Saha | Night 2 | "Meri Mehbooba" | Safe |
| Biswarup Banerjee | Night 2 | "Meri Mehbooba" | Safe |
| Ritika Raj Singh | Night 2 | "Dhak Dhak Karne Laga" | Safe |
| Anirudh Suswaram | Night 2 | "Dhak Dhak Karne Laga" | Safe |
| Myscmme Bosu | Night 2 | "Pehla Nasha" | Safe |
| Priyangshu Dutta | Night 2 | "Pehla Nasha" | Safe |
| Srijan Porail | Night 2 | "Kay Sera Sera" | Safe |
| Mayuri Saha | Night 2 | "Kay Sera Sera" | Safe |
| Ragini Shinde | Night 2 | "Tujhe Dekha To" | Safe |
| Subhajit Chakraborty | Night 2 | "Tujhe Dekha To" | Safe |
| Ranjini Sen Gupta | Night 2 | "Tu Hi Re" | Safe |
| Anirudh Suswaram | Night 2 | "Tu Hi Re" | Safe |
Non-competition performance (28-29 December) :
| Performers | Song |
| Vishal and Sneha | "Yeh Ladka Hai Deewana" |
| Chaitanya Devadhe | "Aas Paas Khuda" |

### Gala 8: Top 13- Celebrating Greatest Love Songs

In this week Indian Idol celebrated the greatest love songs with singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya and his wife Sumati Bhattacharya, music composer Lalit Pandit of the duo Jatin-Lalit, singer Sadhana Sargam and actress Preeti Jhangiani.

### Gala 9: Top 13- Two Themes Special

This was the fourth elimination week of the season. For night 1, the crew and cast of upcoming film Azaad, namely, Rasha Thadani, Amaan Devgan, Abhishek Kapoor and Amit Trivedi joined for the promotions. And in night 2, the cast of upcoming film Emergency, Kangana Ranaut and Anupam Kher joined for the promotion.
| Contestant | Performed on | Song | Result (Gala 8+9) |
| Srijan Porail | Night 1 – 2025 Ka Superhit Start | "Rock On" & "London Thumakda" | Eliminated |
| Myscmme Bosu | Night 1 – 2025 Ka Superhit Start | "Hungama Ho Gaya" | Safe |
| Chaitanya Devadhe | Night 1 – 2025 Ka Superhit Start | "Namo Namo" | Safe |
| Ranjini Sen Gupta | Night 1 – 2025 Ka Superhit Start | "Jo Tum Na Ho" & "Sinbad the Sailor" | Safe |
| Priyangshu Dutta | Night 1 – 2025 Ka Superhit Start | "Ye Fitoor Mera" | Safe |
| Ritika Raj Singh | Night 1 – 2025 Ka Superhit Start | "Pareshaan" | Bottom three |
| Biswarup Banerjee | Night 2 – Sensational 70s | "Jaane Jaan Dhoondhta phir raha" | Safe |
| Anirudh Suswaram | Night 2 – Sensational 70s | "Gulabi Aankhen" & "Badan Pe Sitare" | Safe |
| Manasi Ghosh | Night 2 – Sensational 70s | "Yeh Mera Dil Yaar Ka Deewana" | Safe |
| Ragini Shinde | Night 2 – Sensational 70s | "Ja Re Ja O Harjai" | Safe |
| Subhajit Chakraborty | Night 2 – Sensational 70s | "Khaike Paan Banaras Wala" | Bottom three |
| Sneha Shankar | Night 2 – Sensational 70s | "Ankhiyon Ko Rehne De" | Safe |
| Mayuri Saha | Night 2 – Sensational 70s | "Naam Gum Jayega" | Safe |
Non-competition performance (11-12 January) :
| Performers | Song |
| Vishal Dadlani | "Bang Bang" |
| Shreya Ghoshal | "Chaka Chak" |
| Badshah | "Let's Nacho" |
| Badshah | "Ladki Ladki Shehar Ki Ladki" |
| Ritika Raj Singh | "Jhalla Wallah" |
| Srijan and Manasi | "Gulaabo" |
| Biswarup & Shreya | "Soniyo" |

### Gala 10: Top 12 – Bhai Behan Special

In this Episode Aparajita Singh (Badshah's Sister) will join the sets for Bhai-Behen Special.

### Gala 11: Top 12 – Two Themes Special

In this Episode Vikas Khanna and Ranveer Brar joined the sets with Rajiv Adatia, Archana Gautam, Tejasswi Prakash, Faisal Shaikh, Gaurav Khanna and Abhijeet Sawant contestants of Celebrity Masterchef India
In next Episode Akshay Kumar and Veer Pahariya joined the sets for the promotion of their film Sky Force.

### Gala 12: Top 11 – Celebrating Evergreen Songs

In Part 1 contestants sang evergreen songs and Junaid Khan and Khushi Kapoor joined the sets for the promotion of their movie Loveyapa
In Part 2 Megastar Jeetendra joined the sets to celebrate evergreen songs.

### Gala 13: Top 11 – Rajshri Ka Utsav

In this Episode Sooraj Barjatya joined the sets with Rithik Ghanshani and Ayesha Kaduskar for the promotion of their new movie on OTT platform Bada Naam Karenge along with Karishma Kapoor and Mohnish Bahl to celebrate 25 years of Hum Saath Saath Hain.
In the 2nd Part Bada Naam Karenge director Palash Vaswani and music Composer Anurag Saikia also joined the sets. The participants sang song of various movies produced by Rajshri Production.

### Gala 14: Top 11 – Neelam-Govinda Special

In this episode Neelam Kothari and Govinda Ahuja joined the sets and the participants sang songs from the flims where both the actor and actress had acted.

### Gala 17: Top 10 - Holi with Hema Malini

The first double elimination of the season happened this week. Hema Malini joined as the guest for both nights. In the second night, the lead crew of The Waking of a Nation joined for its promotion. This week also marked the return of Vishal Dadlani, who was absent for a few weeks due to his motor accident.
* Guest dance performace- Raagini Makkhar & Naadyog Academy
* Guest song perfomace- Taaruk Raina on "Chala Chali Ka Khela"
Top 10 (8–9 March) :
| Contestant | Performed on | Song | Result (Gala 16+17) |
| Subhajit Chakraborty | Night 1 | "Rang Barse Bhige Chunar Wali" | Safe |
| Ragini Shinde | Night 1 | "Tune O Rangeele" | Safe |
| Myscmme Bosu | Night 1 | "Jai Jai Shiv Shankar" & "Jai Jai Shivshankar" from War | Safe |
| Sneha Shankar | Night 1 | "Hume Tumse Pyaar Kitna" | Safe |
| Chaitanya Devadhe | Night 1 | "Deva Shree Ganesha" | Safe |
| Ritika Raj Singh | Night 2 | "Mere Naseeb Mein" | Eliminated |
| Manasi Ghosh | Night 2 | "Balam Pichkari" & "Mohe Panghat Pe" | Safe |
| Priyangshu Dutta | Night 2 | "Dream Girl" | Safe |
| Biswarup Banerjee | Night 2 | "Pal Bhar Ke Liye" | Eliminated |
| Anirudh Suswaram | Night 2 | "Holi Khele Raghuveera" | Bottom three |
| Performers | Song |
| Myscmme & Priyangshu | "Kya Khoob Lagti Ho" |
| All contestants, hosts and judges | "Holiya Mein Ude Gulal" |
| Ragini & Chaitanya | "O Saathi Chal" |
| Manasi & Shubhajit | "Gallan Goodiyaan" |

### Gala 18: Top 8 – Shreya Ghoshal's Birthday Night

This episode was dedicated to the judge Shreya Ghoshal to celebrate her birthday. Her father and mother joined to celebrate along. Voting for all the contestants were opened that night.
Top 8 (15 March) :
* Contestant
* Subhajit Chakraborty
* Ragini Shinde
* Myscmme Bosu
* Sneha Shankar
* Chaitanya Devadhe
* Manasi Ghosh
* Priyangshu Dutta
* Anirudh Suswram

### Gala 19 : Top 8 – Sunny Deol Special

Sunny Deol joined as the special for the night to promote his film Jaat. This episode was shot the same as Shreya's birthday episode but was telecasted in two different parts and themes where all contestants performed on each night. Voting lines for all the contestants were again open that night.
Top 8 (16 March) :
| Contestant | Song |
| Subhajit Chakraborty | |
| Ragini Shinde | |
| Myscmme Bosu | |
| Sneha Shankar | |
| Chaitanya Devadhe | Udd Ja Kaale Kawan, O Jatt Yamla Pagla Deewana |
| Manasi Ghosh | |
| Priyangshu Dutta | |
| Anirudh Suswram | |

## Elimination chart

Like last season, this season too, bi-weekly eliminations were held. One week public votes, next week, judges' scores. The bottom contestants are decided according to the judges' scores from that week, and the person with lowest votes from last week is eliminated.
Indian Idol season 15 – Eliminations :
| Contestant | Pl. | Top 34 | Top 34 | Top 16 | Top 15 | Top 14 | Top 13 | Top 12 | Top 11 | Top 10 | Top 8 | Top 6 |
| Contestant | Pl. | Theatre | Theatre | Gala 2+3 | Gala 4+5 | Gala 6+7 | Gala 8+9 | Gala 10+11 | Gala 12+13+14+15 | Gala 16+17 | Gala 18+19+20+21 | Gala 20+21 |
| Contestant | Pl. | 9/11 | 10/11 | 23/11–1/12 | 7/12–15/12 | 21/12–29/12 | 4/1–12/1 | 18/1–26/1 | 1/2–23/2 | 1/3–9/3 | 15/3–23/3 | |
| Sneha Shankar | | N/A | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Safe | Safe | | |
| Subhajit Chakraborty | | Safe | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Safe | Bottom three | Safe | | |
| Chaitanya Devadhe Mauli | | Safe | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | | |
| Manasi Ghosh | | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | | |
| Priyangshu Dutta | | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Safe | | |
| Myscmme Bosu | | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | | |
| Ragini Shinde | | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | | |
| Anirudh Suswaram | | N/A | Safe | Bottom three | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | | |
| Biswarup Banerjee | 9 | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | | |
| Ritika Raj | 9 | Safe | N/A | Safe | Bottom three | Bottom two | Bottom three | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | | |
| Mayuri Saha | 11 | N/A | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Eliminated | | | |
| Ranjini Sen Gupta | 12 | Safe | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | | | | |
| Srijan Porail | 13 | N/A | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Eliminated | | | | | |
| Jyotiprakash Ojha | 14 | Safe | N/A | Bottom three | Bottom three | Eliminated | | | | | | |
| Vastav Kumar | 15 | Safe | N/A | Safe | Eliminated | | | | | | | |
| Ipsit Pati | 16 | Safe | N/A | Eliminated | | | | | | | | |
| Kritwika Chakraborty | | N/A | Eliminated | | | | | | | | | |
| Tajinder Singh | | N/A | Eliminated | | | | | | | | | |
| Manav Heera | | N/A | Eliminated | | | | | | | | | |
| Vishnumaya Ramesh | | N/A | Eliminated | | | | | | | | | |
| Poushali Bhattacharya | | N/A | Eliminated | | | | | | | | | |
| Inayat Kaur Bajaj | | N/A | Eliminated | | | | | | | | | |
| Dilraj Singh | | N/A | Eliminated | | | | | | | | | |
| Abid Khan Langa | | N/A | Eliminated | | | | | | | | | |
| Haarshita Medhi | | N/A | Eliminated | | | | | | | | | |
| Sudhanshu Khare | | N/A | Eliminated | | | | | | | | | |
| Ayushman Chaudhary | | N/A | Eliminated | | | | | | | | | |
| Mansi Sisodiya | | Elimimated | | | | | | | | | | |
| Prativa Dutta | | Elimimated | | | | | | | | | | |
| Neha Dixit | | Elimimated | | | | | | | | | | |
| Saloni Saaz | | Elimimated | | | | | | | | | | |
| Radha Srivastava | | Elimimated | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lakshya Mehta | | Elimimated | | | | | | | | | | |
| Shuja Gowhar | | Elimimated | | | | | | | | | | |

## Reception and ratings

The season's premiere episode was reviewed by Pinkvilla, and Gujarat Samachar.

### Television ratings and episode guide

| Ep. No. | Original airdate | Event | Title | Ratings | Reach % | SET India Weekly Rank | Overall Rank |
| Ep. No. | Original airdate | Event | Title | 15–50 | 15–50 | SET India Weekly Rank | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Saturday, 26 October 2024 | Auditions 1 | 'Indian Idol Ke Stage Par Hone Ke Haqdaar' | 1.3 | 3.7 | #1 | #15 |
| 2 | Sunday, 27 October 2024 | Auditions 2 | 'Agle Idol ki Talaash' | 1.3 | 3.7 | #1 | #15 |
| 3 | Saturday, 2 November 2024 | Auditions 3 | 'Day 3 of Season 15 Auditions' | 1.0 | 3.1 | #1 | #23 |
| 4 | Sunday, 3 November 2024 | Auditions 4 | 'Day 4 of Season 15 Auditions' | 1.0 | 3.1 | #1 | #23 |
| 5 | Saturday, 9 November 2024 | Theatre Round 1 | 'Theatre Round - Day 1' | 1.0 | 3.3 | #1 | #22 |
| 6 | Sunday, 10 November 2024 | Theatre Round 2 | 'Theatre Round - Day 2' | 1.0 | 3.3 | #1 | #22 |
| 7 | Saturday, 16 November 2024 | Gala 1 - Night 1 | 'Grand Musical Explosion' | 1.1 | 3.4 | #1 | #22 |
| 8 | Sunday, 17 November 2024 | Gala 1 - Night 2 | 'Grand Musical Explosion Part 2' | 1.1 | 3.4 | #1 | #22 |
| 9 | Saturday, 23 November 2024 | Gala 2 - Night 1 | "An Evening With Subhash Ghai" | 1.2 | 3.4 | #1 | #18 |
| 10 | Sunday, 24 November 2024 | Gala 2 - Night 2 | "A Night of Nostalgia with Mahesh Bhatt" | 1.2 | 3.4 | #1 | #18 |
| 11 | Saturday, 30 November 2024 | Gala 3 - Night 1 | "Fearless Feroz" | 1.1 | 3.3 | #1 | #20 |
| 12 | Sunday, 1 December 2024 | Gala 3 - Night 2 | "Bebak Nana" | 1.1 | 3.3 | #1 | #20 |
| 13 | Saturday, 7 December 2024 | Gala 4 - Night 1 | "Celebrating 1 Year of Animal" | 1.0 | 3.1 | #1 | #24 |
| 14 | Sunday, 8 December 2024 | Gala 4 - Night 2 | "Happy Birthday Vishal" | 1.0 | 3.1 | #1 | #24 |
| 15 | Saturday, 14 December 2024 | Gala 5 - Night 1 | Celebrating 100 Years of Raj Kapoor -Part 1 | 1.1 | 3.4 | #1 | #22 |
| 16 | Sunday, 15 December 2024 | Gala 5 - Night 2 | Celebrating 100 Years of Raj Kapoor -Part 2 | 1.1 | 3.4 | #1 | #22 |
| 17 | Saturday, 21 December 2024 | Gala 6 - Night 1 | 'Christmas Concert - Part 1' | 1.0 | 3.5 | #2 | #25 |
| 18 | Sunday, 22 December 2024 | Gala 6 - Night 2 | 'Christmas Concert - Part 2' | 1.0 | 3.5 | #2 | #25 |
| 19 | Saturday, 28 December 2024 | Gala 7 - Night 1 | '90s Celebration' | 1.1 | 3.4 | #1 | #19 |
| 20 | Sunday, 29 December 2024 | Gala 7 - Night 2 | '90s Celebration - Part 2' | 1.1 | 3.4 | #1 | #19 |
| 21 | Saturday, 4 January 2025 | Gala 8 - Night 1 | 'Celebrating Greatest Love Songs - Part 1' | 1.0 | 3.2 | #1 | #25 |
| 22 | Sunday, 5 January 2025 | Gala 8 - Night 2 | 'Celebrating Greatest Love Songs - Part 2' | 1.0 | 3.2 | #1 | #25 |
| 23 | Saturday, 11 January 2025 | Gala 9 - Night 1 | '2025 Ka Superhit Start' | 1.0 | 3.4 | #1 | #22 |
| 24 | Sunday, 12 January 2025 | Gala 9 - Night 2 | 'Sensational 70s' | 1.0 | 3.4 | #1 | #22 |
| 25 | Saturday, 18 January 2025 | Gala 10 - Night 1 | | 0.9 | 3.1 | #1 | #24 |
| 26 | Sunday, 19 January 2025 | Gala 10 - Night 2 | | 0.9 | 3.1 | #1 | #24 |
| 27 | Saturday, 25 January 2025 | Gala 11 - Night 1 | | 0.9 | 2.9 | #1 | #25 |
| 28 | Sunday, 26 January 2025 | Gala 11 - Night 2 | | 1.2 | 2.9 | #1 | #25 |
| 29 | Saturday, 1 February 2025 | Gala 12 - Night 1 | | 0.9 | 3.3 | #1 | #25 |
| 30 | Sunday, 2 February 2025 | Gala 12 - Night 2 | | 1.0 | 3.3 | #1 | #25 |
| 31 | Saturday, 8 February 2025 | Gala 13 - Night 1 | | 1.1 | 3.2 | #1 | #21 |
| 32 | Sunday, 9 February 2025 | Gala 13 - Night 2 | | 1.1 | 3.2 | #1 | #21 |
| 33 | Saturday, 15 February 2025 | Gala 14 - Night 1 | | 1.1 | 3.2 | #1 | #20 |
| 34 | Sunday, 16 February 2025 | Gala 14 - Night 2 | | 1.2 | 3.2 | #1 | #20 |
| 35 | Saturday, 22 February 2025 | Gala 15 - Night 1 | | 0.9 | 2.8 | #1 | #29 |
| 36 | Sunday, 23 February 2025 | Gala 15 - Night 2 | | 0.6 | 2.8 | #1 | #29 |
| 37 | Saturday, 1 March 2025 | Gala 16 - Night 1 | | 0.8 | 2.7 | #1 | #29 |
| 38 | Sunday, 2 March 2025 | Gala 16 - Night 2 | | 0.7 | 2.7 | #1 | #29 |

## Production

The project head for the season was Chitra Langeh, and Akash Tiwari once again joining as the head of production. Pratyush Prakash was once again the writer of the series. Music guidance and music band were headed by Anand Sharma and Randeep Bhaskar. Aradhana Bhola, the managing director of FremantleIndia was once again the executive producer of the series. The season was directed by Saahil Chhabria.