It's been an exciting afternoon for Ankita, the youngest of the finalists. She was just serenaded by Riteish Deshmukh -- her second favourite actor, after Emraan Hashmi but ahead of Upen Patel -- on an Idol special, and she refuses to believe she was blushing. "I was blushing? I don't know what blushing is," she exclaims, helpfully turning red at the very thought. "Stop it! Really? I couldn't control it, I don't know what'll happen if Emraan Hashmi's ever in front of me." Bright scarlet, now.

The convent-educated Class XI girl is still reeling from the lifestyle change. She talks of waking up at five, going for coaching classes, the scorching Kanpur summer and sweaty commutes. "It was all okay, but it was nothing exciting. I wouldn't be talking about my schedule to anyone, and no one would ask," she smiles. "Now, every day is a new day! We're shooting, going to radio channels, meeting fans. It's great."

Ankita has already tasted Idol defeat, being voted out but then called upon to return as a wildcard reentry into the contest. "I left, but you know what, I just felt that that was not the end, I'll be back -- maybe not here, but somewhere else. And then I got the news that I was selected for the wildcard entry. After getting eliminated, I realised how important it was. I started taking things very seriously after that."

A minor, Ankita's the only one to have her mother as a roommate. "But she had gone for a while for my sister's engagement, and I couldn't go," she moans. "I've not even seen my jeeju(brother-in-law). I'm doing my best this weekend because I'm hoping that my dad, mom, sis and jeeju will come to see the show. Which means more pressure, because I should sing really, really well in front of them, right?"

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