Karan Johar judges reality series for hairstylists
Karan Johar judges reality series for hairstylists
After being a judge for several dance-based and talent shows on Indian television, filmmaker Karan Johar will now judge series for hairstylists
The Indian hairdressing awards, which celebrates the art and skill of professional hairstyling, will be presented in an all-new format of a reality series.
The awards hosted by the hair tech brand, L’Oreal Professionnel will be aired in a five-episodic series, and stream on JioCinema. The awards, held since 2014, recognises and rewards hairstylists across the country. This year’s edition was announced in August 2023 and received over 100K entries for its theme ‘Meta-morphosis’ that represents real transformation.
From the thousands of hairdressers that participated in the competition, 89 regional finalists were chosen to compete on technical skills.
They were judged by an eminent jury composed of international hair artists and beauty media representatives. The top 12 hairstylists will now compete in a mega-augmented L’Oreal Professionnel salon.
The selected hairstylists are Abhishek Choubey (Looks Change Salon, Indore), Vandna Mishra (Vandna’s Salon, Kanpur), Danish Nehal (A N John Salon, Kolkata), Sushil Kumar (Geetanjali Salon, New Delhi), Nasimuddin (Naseem Salon, New Delhi), Rashid Salmani (Studio 17 Salon, New Delhi), Ravinderpreet Singh (Looks Salon, New Delhi), Danish Verma (Tress Lounge, Chandigarh), Lovepreet Kumar (The Color Palette, Ludhiana), Nihal Rathore (Vurve Salon, Bengaluru), Priya Tekchandani (White Feather Salon and Academy, Mumbai), and Shital Bavaliya (Bonanza Beauty Lounge, Rajkot).
To Judge their art and technique will be an illustrious panel which will feature Karan Johar, Min Kim (L’Oreal Professionnel global colour ambassador), and an exciting line-up of Bollywood celebrities, yet to be announced.
The 12 hair pros will go through different rounds that will place their skills and talent to test. Hairstylists will have to achieve the ultimate freedom of self-expression and propose bold, elevated and out-of-the-box looks.
These challenges will be scored by both judges and consumers.
And the winner will also win a trip to Paris and an opportunity to enhance skills in Le Visionnaire, the prestigious L’Oreal academy in Paris.
News Edit K.V.Raman
