A significant shift in Season 9 was the composition of the judging panel, featuring veteran actress Kirron Kher, rapper Badshah, actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra, and former cricketer Virender Sehwag.
Badshah declared, "You didn't just win a trophy; you proved that Indian reality TV is ready for real risk."
Amidst the chaos of fire and acrobatics, a simple voice still won the nation. Debjit, a tea seller from Kolkata, sang Arijit Singh’s Tum Hi Ho with a gravelly texture that brought Badshah to tears. Badshah pressed the Golden Buzzer before Debjit even finished the first chorus. His story—practicing in a moving train to avoid neighbors’ complaints—went viral on Instagram Reels.
