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Indian Idol 14 winner Vaibhav Gupta: ‘I want to do playback singing for Salman Khan, Vicky Kaushal, and Ranveer Singh now’
Vaibhav Gupta, who hails from Kanpur, took home the Indian Idol 14 trophy and prize money of Rs 25 lakh on Sunday.

Singer Vaibhav Gupta was announced as the winner of Indian Idol 14 on Sunday. Along with the trophy, Vaibhav also took home cash prize of Rs 25 lakh. Live voting was conducted to decide who would take the trophy home from the six finalists – Adya Mishra, Ananya Pal, Vaibhav, Piyush Panwar, Subhadeep Das, and Anjana Padmanabhan. Throughout the season Vaibhav managed to impress judges Shreya Ghoshal, Vishal Dadlani, and Kumar Sanu. With his final performance too, he left everyone cheering and rooting, including the special guest Sonu Nigam. After winning the finale, Vaibhav spoke to Indianexpress.com about how he sees this victory as a responsibility.
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Sharing his happiness on being called the winner of Indian Idol Season 14, Vaibhav Gupta 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.”
When asked if he had decided on what he would do with the winning amount, Vaibhav excitedly shared, “I want to make my dream studio with the winning amount. I want this studio to create the kind of music I want to. I plan to make some music videos people.”
He also shared that life will drastically change now that he has won the show. “This win has made me more focused now. It has become an added responsibility, and now I want to give the fans even better.”
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Vaibhav Gupta even revealed which Bollywood stars he sees himself doing playback singing for. He said, “I want to do playback singing for Salman Khan, Vicky Kaushal, and Ranveer Singh now. I will try my best that this happens someday.”
Before signing off, Vaibhav shared his take on the music industry today. “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 is focusing more on the melody. It is a very good era of music, and I want to present a new wave in it.”


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