Sonu Nigam is back as judge on Sony Entertainment Television’s popular singing reality show Indian Idol. Accompanying him in the judges’ panel will be the talented and versatile music composer Anu Malik.

Started in 2004, Sonu Nigam was the first judge on Indian Idol  “We literally started the show in India in 2004. I actually was the only person who read the philosophy behind the format according to the creator Simon Cowell in his book "I don't mean to be rude.” 

Further he elaborated saying, “As for myself, I have abstained from TV for half a decade and thus getting back on Idol is like getting back to my roots."