Riddhi Gaikwad (Little Champs), Saurabh Sharma (Yuva), Shubhrasmir Das (General) and Sanjay Lagoo (Old is Gold) were the winners of the 22nd Pune Idol Singing Competition organised by Someshwar Foundation. Devansh Bhate, Govind Kamble, Ajay Kavthekar and Dr Sayli Bamburde were the runners-up. Pooja More, Aarambhi Rithe were felicitated for their encouragement. A total of 457 students participated in the competition. Sixty of them performed at Balgandharva in the final round.
The judges for the final round were Jitendra Bhuruk, Rajesh Datar, Manjushree Oak and Medha Chandwadkar.
Deepak Mankar (Social), Madhav Jagtap (Deputy Commissioner Municipal Corporation), Sunil Yadav (ACP), Ibrahim Shaikh (Legal), Shailesh Kale (Journalist), Raviraj Ranka (Industrialist), who are working in different fields but are passionate about art, were honoured with the 'Voice of the Choice "award by Someshwar Foundation.
Sunny Vinayak Nimhan compered the programme. P Sandeep Singh Gill, Murlidhar Mohol, Babuji Walunj, Dr. Former MPs Milind Deora and Eknath Gaikwad, Bihar MLA Ajit Sharma, former MLA Charansingh Sapra, Yusuf Abrahami, opposition leader in BMC Pravin Chheda, general secretary Bhushan Patil were present on this occasion. It was hosted by Milind Kulkarni. Umesh Wagh and Amit Murkute expressed their gratitude.
Tinku Das, Vanmala Kamble, Aniket Kapote, Ganesh Shelar, Abhishek Pardeshi, Sanjay Tarde, Kiran Patil, Sanjay Majhi Ray, Samad Shaikh, Sanjay Balwadkar, Abhiman Dhotre, Pramod Kamble, Sachin Ingale made special efforts for the success of the tournament.
