Sony TV announces 12-hour marathon for ‘Indian Idol 12’ finale

Sony TV has confirmed plans for a record-breaking 12-hour marathon ‘Indian Idol 12’ finale.

The special episode will feature finalists Pawandeep Rajan, Arunita Kanjilal, Mohd Danish, Shanmukhapriya, Nihal Turao and Sayli Kamble compete for the winning title.

In a press meet, Sony TV’s programming head Ashish Golwalkar was cited telling India TV News, “It is a pressure situation. You have to programme 12 hours straight and so it means you have to shoot 3 weeks of content in one go. It is maddening for the editing team, music team, costume team and every other department. But it is also exciting. Like I said, it has never been done before. Maybe this is will mark a new era in reality TV. Coincidentally, this 15th August will be India’s 75th year of independence and Idol will also be programming its 75th episode. This is also the longest running season of Idol. We are aiming for newer records this time around so the benchmarks will be higher for next year.”

The finale of ‘Indian Idol 12’ will air on Sunday 15th August for 12-hours from 12pm midday (including UK).