22 year old Sourabhee, who hails from Tripura, belted out popular numbers confidently and piped other finalists - Bengali girl Torsha Sarkar and army man Kapil Thapa. Popular music reality show Indian Idol finally got its first female winner in its fourth edition in the form of Sourabhee Debbarma, who won the grand finale in Mumbai on Sunday night.
The petite Sourabhee, who is gifted with a golden voice, is quite unassuming but is a powerful stage performer. Although she has not learnt music professionally, she believes her talent and spirit win her the audience’s love.
Most of Tripura was in party mode the whole night until Monday morning, bursting crackers and dancing on the streets to celebrate Sourabhee Debbarma being crowned "Indian Idol" in Mumbai. Accompanied by her parents and a galaxy of actors including Katrina Kaif, John Abraham and Sonali Bendre, Sourabhee received a contract award worth Rs 10 million and a Tata Winger car besides other awards at the show's finale hosted by Sony Entertainment. Others from the Indian film and music industry, including judges Javed Akhtar, Anu Malik, Kailash Kher and Sonali Bendre, too were present to cheer the finalists.
Dream: My biggest dream is to have an album to my credit and to dance in my music video."
Put-off: I get upset when I hear people talking about me behind my back
Fear: I am scared of water-I don’t know how to swim
One thing I would like to change in myself: Trusting people easily
Indian Idol judge I am most scared of: Annu Malik
Likes: I love singing, dancing, and masti with friends. I am very talkative
Inspiration: Sunidhi Chauhan
Favourite Actor: Nawal Rai