Vaibhav Gupta on Winning Indian Idol 14: I Feel Good To Call Myself The Winner

Vaibhav Gupta has bagged the trophy of season 14 of the singing reality show Indian Idol on Sunday. Beating other finalists Anjana Padmanabhan, Ananya Pal, Piyush Panwar, Subhadeep Das, and Adya Mishra along with the trophy, he got a whooping amount of ₹25 lakh and a Maruti Suzuki Brezza. 

Winning Moment:

Indian Idol's official Instagram handle has posted his winning moment in a collab post with him on social media.  Sharing the heartfelt video, they captioned it, “Winning moment @vaibhavgupta_sings 
Congratulations Chote Seth jee, ab aur bhaukhal hoga.” In the video popular singer Sonu Nigam can be seen announcing the winner. 

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His Statement:

Quoting a report Hindustan Times wrote, Vaibhav said, “I feel good to call myself the winner of Indian Idol 14. People have loved me a lot. Dreams are coming true; this is just the start. God willing, I wish to enter Bollywood now. With the love and appreciation, I was getting, I was hopeful that I could win this. Especially, when Mahesh Bhatt whistled for me, I loved that moment. I keep playing it in my head.” 

He added, “I want to do playback singing for Salman Khan, Vicky Kaushal, and Ranveer Singh now. I will try my best that this happen someday. I want to bring back live music, the symphony kinds. The 90s feel is now coming back. People are listening to Kishore Da again, and this generation focuses more on the melody. It is a magnificent era of music, and I want to present a new wave in it.” 

About the Show:

The grand finale had Sonu Nigam as the special guest. Indian Idol Season 14 had Shreya Ghoshal, Vishal Dadlani, and Kumar Sanu as judges. Hussain Kuwajerwala was the host for this season.