The music league will include six teams representing different regions of India, who will battle it out against each other in a musical championship.
Streaming platform Zee5 has announced the launch of its first-ever music league, the Indian Pro Music League. With musical teams pitted against each other in a sports championship league format, this new reality show is set to stream on the platform from February 26.
The music league will have six teams representing different regions of India, battling it out against each other in a musical championship. Each of these six teams supported by Bollywood and sports celebrities, Shraddha Kapoor, Govinda, Rajkummar Rao, Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia, Bobby Deol and cricketer Suresh Raina battling for the mega trophy.
Each team will be led by star singers like Asees Kaur, Mika, Shaan, Neha Bhasin, Shilpa Rao, Sajid Ali, Bhumi Trivedi, Kailash Kher, Javed Ali, Payel Dev and Ankit Tiwari. Divided in groups of four, each team would be completed by one rising reality star and a new voice. Hosted by Karan Wahi and Waluscha De Sousa the Fathom Pictures produced star clad reality show will feature Salman Khan as the IPML Brand Ambassador.
Similar to the format of a sports league, the show will have five innings comprising the league matches and a super match where audience votes and umpire points will decide the outcome of the league and declare one of the teams as the league champion. The show comprising 25 episodes will premiere on February 26 and will conclude with a grand finale on May 22.
Aparna Bhosle, Business Head, Zee TV said: “Over the years, we’ve seen how league formats have become immensely popular amongst sports viewers and as a country where cricket is nothing short of a religion, audiences at large have embraced and internalised this exciting format. With the Indian Pro Music League, the idea is to infuse the space of music reality television with the same energy and competitive spirit that is typical of a sports league. The quotient of excitement and anticipation is enhanced by top Bollywood stars and sports celebrities owning the six teams that will compete in the championship.
“While we have the top playback singers of the country as our team captains and rising reality stars on board to ensure the highest bar of excellence in the music the show will produce, we’re on a quest to find new talented singers from across the country through an intensive scouting initiative as Zee TV has always believed in leveraging the strength of its reality formats to give the common man an opportunity of chasing his dreams.”
