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Fame Gurukul
Fame Gurukul was an Indian reality show on Sony Entertainment Television (India) which premiered on 27 June 2005. The program was produced by the same production house of "Indian Idol". The concept of the show was to select a pair of India's best singers/performers.
It is based on the Spanish "Operación Triunfo" and international "Star Academy" format of Endemol, better known in English under the UK title "Fame Academy"; in Indian terms, it was essentially a mixture
of Fame Gurukul, Sony Entertainment Television brought what they claimed to be "a bigger, better, more exciting and entertaining" version of "Fame Gurukul" named "Celebrity Fame Gurukul" where now was the turn of some popular personalities to compete by going "back to school". "Celebrity Fame Gurukul" is based on the successful reality show called 'Comic Relief Does Fame Academy' which was a spin-off on 'Fame Academy' produced by the format owner Gestmusic, part of the Endemol Group.