By Bizodisha Bureua, Bhubaneswar, September 6, 2015 : Odisha girl Ananya Nanda on Sunday bagged the top spot and emerged as the Indian Idol Junior for the highly popular reality show on Sony’s second edition. She is the second Odia after Rituraj Mohanty to win a major singing reality show.

Ananya has beaten the other two contestants to emerge victorious while Nahid and Nithyashree were declared runner-ups on the show.

Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik congraturaled Anaya saying, “she has is the pride to the state”.

Ananya Nanda, Nahid Afrin and Nithyashree Venkataramanan had to battle it out for the crown at the grand finale.

The grand finale took place amidst much fanfare on Sunday and Kapil Sharma
joined the entire gang to add to the masti. The comedian actor turned up on the sets to promote his upcoming film Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon

Earlier, Odisha’s teenage sensation Ananya Sritam Nanda stormed into the last three of India Idol Junior Season II after a scintillating performance at the last elimination round on Saturday night.

Ananya stayed on top of the heap after the judges’ scores and audience votes were counted.

Ananya won the hearts of judges and audience alike in the episode with her superb rendering of ‘Morni Baga Ma Bole’ from ‘Lamhe’ and ‘Sunta Hai Mera Khuda’ from ‘Pukar’. No wonder she emerged as the Performer of the Day as well.

Her rendering of ‘Sunta Hai’ made Anil Kapoor, who starred in the film that the song is from, go into raptures. Addressing the parents of the Bhubaneswar girl, who were not present on the sets, the Pukar star said; “If you watching this show from Odisha, I would like to tell you that you have given birth not to a girl, but a piece of diamond.”

Ananya, a student of Pokhariput DAV School in Bhubaneswar, has her own fan page where about 24,000 fans ‘like’ her and she keeps them posted about her performances.

The second season of Indian Idol Junior commenced from May 30, 2015 on Sony TV. The season is being aired on Saturday and Sunday nights at 8:30 PM. The series is meant for kids aged between five to 15 years.

Ananya received a cash prize of Rs. 25 lakh from Sony Entertainment Television and a host of other prizes from sponsors of the show.