as with every international show that is adapted for indian screens the voice india had a big challenge in front of it since the day it premiered on tv how would it alter itself to suit the indian appetite without losing the international essence of the original with a format thats fundamentally different from all singing reality shows till date this question has been all the more important for this particular show going by the fact that on indian reality tv judges are subjected to reverence akin to gods while contestants seem almost perpetually overwhelmed by them a show where this power balance is drastically shifted certainly seems a bold experiment thankfully a lot of careful thought appears to have gone behind the execution of the voice india this has resulted in a very successful venture with some very strong salient features going for itthe judges the judges on the show sunidhi chauhan himesh reshammiya mika singh and shaan have brought variety to the panel in terms of profile and expertise their collective experience covers vocals performance live shows production and basically everything in the music business with a team like this in picture it was obvious that the auditions turned out to be serious businessthe auditions it became even more of a serious business because these auditions were blind the selection was to be done based purely on their instinct about a voice without looking at the contestants as creative instincts are rarely wrong it is no surprise that the talent picked through this phase was of exquisite quality highly talented aspiring singers who were asked to choose from the judges who had pressed the buzzer without looking at them made four teams under the mentorship of each coach this audition phase was essentially entertaining because sunidhi mika himesh and shaan were able to create a camaraderie which was accentuated by a very witty rivalry when it came to wooing the contestants to their respective teams the lines may have been sometimes scripted but the passion in their eyes when finding a worthy talent was most definitely notthe format the show went an octave higher in the next phase called the battle round where participants from this selective group were paired amongst each other for a battle of voice the judges picked a song for the pairs in their teams and groomed them ahead of the round while it is true that at times it became very difficult for the coachesjudges to pick one and let the other go the guaranteed winner in this round was the viewer the charged performances were an ultimate treat to watch the best from the best collided against each other armed with the weapon of their gift of voice and the audience got the benefit of it allread reasons to watch the voice india the third phase the live show went a notch higher and pushed the remaining contestants further this round was not just about the voice it was about