Remember the good ol’ days when reality shows weren’t the order of the day, but were a whole new exciting genre for Indian television? And remember how famous some of the contestants on the show got? It’s amazing how quickly their super stardom turned to dust – almost as quickly as they became stars in the first place.

Here’s a trip down memory lane…

1. Rahul Vaidya

Rahul Vaidya
Source: Facebook.com/RahulVaidya

I was personally affected when Rahul got eliminated from Indian Idol. Weren’t we all?

2. Amit Sana

The man had some moves, man!

3. Qazi Touqeer

Qazi Touqeer
Qazi Touqeer

Remember how he just did not get eliminated and how he just couldn’t sing? Audience voting, FTW!

Years later, though…

4. Abhijeet Sawant

Abhijeet Sawant
Abhijeet Sawant

Mohabbatein lutaaunga, baby!

5. Harshvardan Nawathe

Harshwardhan Nawathe
Harshwardhan Nawathe

The first crorepati!

6. Prajakta Shukre

Remember “shukre shukre shukre…”?

Also, is that Jay Bhanushali in the video?

7. Rex D’Souza

Rooprekha, Rex DSouza
Rooprekha, Rex DSouza

He was constantly being made to lose weight, right? When he wasn’t being “linked up” to Rooprekha, that is.

8. Rooprekha Bannerjee

Qazi, Rooprekha Bannerjee, Rex
Qazi, Rooprekha Bannerjee, Rex

Rex’s “better half” and Fame Gurukul winner!

9. Mauli Dave

She sung Maiiya Maiiya really well. That one time.

10. Rahul Roy

Rahul Roy
Rahul Roy

I feel like you can’t really have a reality TV ‘back in the day’ list without the winner of Bigg Boss Season 1.

11 & 12. Anmol & Shambhavi

Anmol, Shambhavi
Anmol, Shambhavi

I used to love their post-Roadies show, G Talk!

13. Ashutosh

Ashutosh
Ashutosh

The guy who slapped a girl (Shambhavi) on national TV.

14 & 15. Joanna Magee & Sakshi Pradhan

Sakshi Pradhan, Joanna Magee
Sakshi Pradhan, Joanna Magee

Bitch fight 101.

16. Poulomi

Poulomi
Poulomi

Why not end at a happy note?

Who was your fave?