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Vishal, who was a part of the original judging line-up, along with Himesh Reshammiya and Neha Kakkar, has been off the screens due to the ongoing lockdown. Meanwhile, the shoot of the show was impacted due to government restrictions.
He was quoted by ETimes TV as saying, “Not till the quasi lockdown is done with.”
Earlier, host of Indian Idol 12 Aditya Narayan had told ETimes TV that Vishal had shifted with his parents to Lonavala last year, and so he didn’t travel and chose to be extra careful.
Aditya said, “Vishal shifted to Lonavala last year and he has shifted with his parents. He didn’t want to drive from Lonavala to Daman and come back to potentially infect his parents as he is being extra careful because of his parents. I completely support that. If you have doubt then you should go with your instincts especially during these times.”
The other two judges of the show Neha Kakkar and Himesh Reshammiya have been making on and off appearances. Both the singers have personal reasons for not being there. Recently, Manoj Muntashir and Anu Malik filled in for both of them.
Indian Idol 12 team has shot enough content for one month and returned to Mumbai and are now waiting for shootings to be allowed in the state.
Meanwhile, the singing reality show has been in the news for Kishore Kumar special episode that was aired a few weeks ago. Kishore Da’s son Amit Kumar had graced the show and had revealed in an interview that he was asked to praise the contestants.