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Imagine is all set to launch the Indian version of the American singing reality show The Voice. A multinational singing competition television franchise <em>The voice</em> launched in the Netherlands as <em>The Voice of Holland</em> in 2010. Later it was followed by the American series called <em>The Voice</em> after which many other countries followed. And now it will soon be launched in India.

The<em> Amazing Race Asia 3</em>, an adventure reality show on AXN had four Indian contestants among international beauty queens, actors and heiresses. As the name suggests, it is adventure race where each team will have to reach a given destination performing various tasks. The team which is last in the race gets eliminated. The final winning team will get a prize money of US$100,000.

Style awards seem to be shadowing Shabir Ahluwalia these days. First, he won the Style Icon of the Year award at the recent Indian Telly Awards, an honour that was soon followed by another style award in Malaysia, where he had gone to shoot for <em>Fear Factor</em>. The <em>Nach Baliye</em> anchor apparently won the race as well, but prefers to keep mum about it as he is under a contract with AXN, on which the show will be aired.

She is the original Kkusum -- she has a grace and charm that can put even her worst detractors on the backfoot! Our sources tell us that Nausheen Ali Sardar is all set to stage a comeback to television in a yet to be titled venture by Akshay Anand which will air early next year. Although the actress refuses to comment on the show, we know from a credible source that the show will have Dharmesh Vyas and Akshay Anand in pivotal roles.

This is an adventure reality show with a difference. This one is definitely not for the soft hearted. Sony will, for the first time bring an action adventure based reality show on Indian television that will air sometime between October-November this year. The show, produced by FBC Media Pvt. Ltd, who produced the immensely successful <em>Lakme Fashion House</em> on Star One, will feature a host of celebs from tellydom. This seems to be a positive move away from the run of the mill dance-song reality shows that has taken television by storm.

Pepsi [V] TV Champions, Channel [V]'s latest reality offering goes on air on Wednesday, June 29. The tagline calls it "raw, real and radical", and the show will have no rules, no scripts and no jury. So what's the show about? Participants will be given 60 seconds to do whatever they like. That's right, they can do whatever they like - sing, dance, act, talk or just stare at the screen. The final 14 participants have been selected after auditions of 300 selected by online voting.