Bad luck dodged Harpreet right from the very first day of the auditions.

"I was not well on the first day of my audition in Chandigarh. I told my parents that I was going to my friend's place but I went for the audition instead.

"By the time I reached the centre, the registration was already closed. I requested the coordinator to give me a chance and he agreed. I was given only two minutes (other participants got 10) to audition," he says. He got through.

For the next round, Harpreet was asked to go to Delhi. There too, he was unwell. "My throat was bad and I didn't sing well," he recalls. "However, Bappida had heard my songs before, so he selected me," he adds. "Without Bappida's support, I wouldn't have been here today. He is my godfather," he continues.

But his mentor is Vishal-Shekar from whom he learnt a lot, right from the technical things, professionalism to time management.

Nicknamed Devdas by his friends because he doesn't like parties and shopping, Harpreet confesses that he is an introvert. "I attended only Aditya Narayan's birthday party because he is a friend and couldn't avoid it," he adds.

Though he was always interested in cricket and singing, he decided to learn music only after graduation. "I was learning music but couldn't give the final exams because I had to come to Mumbai for the show," he says.

Harpreet says that life has changed after the show. "Earlier, we used to hang out in front of the women's college. When I recently visited my hometown, the principal of a women's college called me for a function, which the girls of the college had organised. But I couldn't go as the media and TV guys were always behind me," he recalls.

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