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'Sob stories are a marketing gimmick' says Sonu Nigam on Indian Idol 12 controversy

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Sonu Nigam had an interesting take on the Indian Idol controversies in the past few weeks and he delved deeper into it in an interview with a leading daily. In a conversation with Etimes, he revealed that the reason reality shows are inundated with sob stories is because they work and increase viewership. He called it a 'marketing thing'. He said, If they weren’t working (sob stories), it would not be happening so often on reality shows.