Your favorite Indian TV singing reality show which started back in 2004 has seen 21 judges from back then to 2021. We have seen the lights of Anu Malik, Farah Khan, Sonu Nigam, Asha Bhosle to Neha Kakkar, Himesh Reshammiya and Sonu Kakkar as well.
Also see: Indian Idol Winners List
Right, still figuring out when were all these judges there in the show. Don’t be surprised, we have got you covered, here is the list with the season they covered.
| Serial | Judge | Season |
| 1 | Anu Malik | 2004 to 2020 |
| 2 | Farah Khan | 2004 to 2017 |
| 3 | Sonu Nigam | 2004 to 2017 |
| 4 | Alisha Chinai | 2007 |
| 5 | Udit Narayan | 2007 |
| 6 | Javed Akhtar | 2007 to 2009 |
| 7 | Sonali Bendre | 2008 to 2009 |
| 8 | Kailash Kher | 2008 to 2009 |
| 9 | Salim Merchant | 2010 to 2012 |
| 10 | Sunidhi Chauhan | 2010 to 2012 |
| 11 | Asha Bhosle | 2012 |
| 12 | Shekhar Ravjiani | 2013 |
| 13 | Shreya Ghoshal | 2013 |
| 14 | Vishal Dadlani | 2013 to present |
| 15 | Sonakshi Sinha | 2015 |
| 16 | Shalmali Kholgade | 2015 |
| 17 | Neha Kakkar | 2018 to 2023 |
| 18 | Javed Ali | 2018 |
| 19 | Himesh Reshammiya | 2020 to 2023 |
| 20 | Manoj Muntashir | 2021 |
| 21 | Sonu Kakkar | 2021 to present |
| 22 | Badshah | 2024 to present |
That’s not all, today we also bring to you the different host this famous reality show has had in the last 11 seasons. It all started with Aman Verma, if you remember, and then saw Hussain Kuwajerwala for good 5 seasons, people loved him and even we did. The year 2013 had Mandira Bedi and Karan Wahi host the show and from the last 2 seasons we are seeing Aditya Narayan host the Indian Idol show. Whose your favorite amongst the below host?
| Season | Year | Host |
| 1 | 2004–05 | Aman Verma |
| 2 | 2005–06 | Mini Mathur |
| 3 | 2007 | Hussain Kuwajerwala Mini Mathur |
| 4 | 2008–09 | Hussain Kuwajerwala Meiyang Chang |
| 5 | 2010 | Hussain Kuwajerwala Abhijeet Sawant |
| 6 | 2012 | Hussain Kuwajerwala Mini Mathur |
| 7 | 2013 | Karan Wahi Mandira Bedi |
| 8 | 2015 | Hussain Kuwajerwala Asha Negi |
| 9 | 2016–17 | Karan Wahi Paritosh Tripathi |
| 10 | 2018 | Manish Paul |
| 11 | 2019 | Aditya Narayan |
| 12 | 2020-2021 | Aditya Narayan |
| 13 | 2022-2025 | Aditya Narayan |
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