Speculations were rife about who the third judge would be, apart from Sanjay Leela Bhansali and <a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/snippets/sonu-nigam-postpones-his-flight-media>Sonu Nigam</a>, of Sony’s musical reality show <em><a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/sunny-sanju-sonu-shreya-rahman-x-factor-makers-wooing-everyone>X-Factor</a></em>. However, now it has been confirmed it is <a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/its-tie-between-shreyas-superstars-and-shaans-strikers>Shreya Ghoshal</a>.

Trust Rahul Vaidya to play the ladies’ man. Remembering him trying to please female judges and celebrity guests with red roses and shayaris!

TellyChakkar had written about Himesh Reshammiya, Shankar Mahadevan, Shaan, Mika, Mohit Chauhan and Shreya Ghosal being the six mentors finalised for <em>Music ka Maha Muqabla</em>. At a recently held press-conference of the show, Ghoshal, the only female mentor was conspicuous by her absence. And if that was not enough, her team of singers – Aabhas Joshi, Aneek Dhar and Ujjaini Mukherjee -- were asked to leave the conference. Reason? No mentor, no team. So what happened?