Bangladesh Pop Idol Nears Thrilling Conclusion | DesPardes.com

DEC 16: A 20-year-old Bangladeshi man who sang for money on trains and lives in the slums of the capital Dhaka is poised to win the country's first version of TV talent shows POP IDOL and AMERICAN IDOL.

NOLOK BABU was forced to beg for money to support his sick mother before TOMAKEY KUJSE BANGLADESH (BANGLADESH LOOKS FOR YOU) propelled him to fame.

He is now favorite to scoop the top prize of one million taka ($15,000/GBP8,300) and a new car at the show's final on Friday (22DEC05).

He was one of 40,000 entrants.

A friend reveals, "When he was nine, his mother became ill. Together both of us started singing on the trains and since Babu's voice was so good, every day we could earn about 80 taka ($1.2 dollars/GBP0.80) a day."

Bangladeshi rock star PARTHA BARUA also tips Babu for greatness: "He's a natural. His voice is full and soothing. I won't be surprised at all if he walks away with the first prize."

About Nolok Babu:

Nolok babu is a young Bangladeshi vocal who has created sensation among music lovers in recent days. He is an example of how a natural talent signs in. Closeup1 "Tomake Khujche Bangladesh" was hunting for Natual talents alover Bangladesh and it discovered Nolok.

He was born in such a struggling family in Jamalpur that he could not even afford formal trainings in music. However, Jamalpur Shilpakala academy noticed his talent and taught him basic of music. Then he practiced songs without any instrument and became popular among low-income neighbors.

Nolok is a versatile singer. Although he performs folk songs best for his powerful open voice, he also showed endowment in soft romantic and hard rock.

In only last few months, Nolok became almost a myth. Now people eagerly wait in front of TV set how he performs in next round and send SMS to support him. In top-5 level of closeup he received three and half lac SMS. In this way he beat his competitors in Closeup1 contest in every round and none could dislodge him from top 3 positions.

Music lovers hope he will do better and better and enrich main stream music in Bangla.

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