Anuj Sharma

The judges for the Second season were Anu Malik, Sonu Nigam and Farah Khan. The Second season was hosted by Aman Verma and Mini Mathur. The second season aired on Sony Entertainment Television from 21 November 2005 to 22 April 2006. The winner was Sandeep Acharya. His first solo album Khwaab was released by Universal Music on 25 February 2010.

Following his Bachelor in Music degree, Sharma joined Guru Nanak Dev University for Master of Music and won number of prizes in inter-university and within university competitions. After completion of his Masters in 2000 he joined as a lecturer in music at the same college from which he had graduated. He worked there for three years before moving to New Delhi where he did diploma in Music Recording. He was interviewed during his music recording course, on Radiocity 91 FM, where he show his talent of remixing. After finishing his diploma, Sharma set up his own studio and started arranging music for some Himachali Songs and sang on the first Himachali feature film (Fulmu Ranju).

Sharma had begun his career while recording a Himachali Folk album in late 1996. Since then he has recorded more than 40 albums of Himachali folk songs for a number of recording companies. He was among the final three in Indian Idol, India's version of Pop Idol. Since Indian Idol, he has delivered a variety of critically acclaimed live performances in India and abroad. He had also received awards from a number of organisations.

Sharma used to sing for his friends and relatives in his childhood days but his true musical learning was when he took his bachelor's degree. He soon became involved with some professionals which resulted in his first folk album Rat Payee Gume De Naale' with T-Series in 1996. Sharma released more than 20 albums within the next three to five years and started working with "All India Radio" Shimla where he sang number of times.