Image: Shaan at Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar 2 Grand Finale

Shaan as judge. That's the biggest joke. So now we have come to such a stage where amul baby singers like Shaan will decide the winner of a singing contest. But in the times we live in, these things should be hardly surprising. As a guy who grew up in 80s listening to the doyens of music like Kishoreda, Rafi, Mukesh, Yesudas and the likes of geniuses RD Burman (in Hindi) and Illaiyaraja (down South), this kind of news is a big slap on Indian music lovers. Today any Tom, Dick and Harry can become a singer (Take for example Himesh). Only this generation could have tolerated Himesh and his clan. But as goes the saying, As you sow so shall you reap. Now you find more models and actors at these talent shows doing Nautankis rather than good singers.