The fifth season of the reality show Magic Bauliana 2025 has started again on Maasranga Television in search of new talent in Bangla folk music, initiated by Sun Foundation and sponsored by Square Toiletries Limited.
Rangpur audition round was held at the District Shilpakala Academy on Friday.
Contestants participated throughout the day, mesmerised by the tunes of their baul songs at the District Shilpakala Academy.
The judges were Kamruzzaman Rabbi, Sandipan, Lovely Dev, Khairul Wasi, Diti Sarkar and Bhajan Kshepa.
After analysing the songs, melody, rhythm, presentation and mannerisms of all the contestants, the judges gave magic cards to four artistes from the audition and selection rounds to come to Dhaka.
Thus, a total of 40 contestants from all over the country will participate in the mega selection round in Dhaka.
The artistes selected from Rangpur are Mahmudul Hasan Abir, Madanmohan Roy, Balram Chandra Roy and Md Reshad Alam Roni.
Sun Foundation started its journey to stand by the artistes, ensure their proper evaluation, rights and royalties of songs, and to create a proper archive for future generations.
Since its inception, Sun Foundation has been working to promote Bengali folk music. In continuation of that, this year鈥檚 Magic Bauliana 2025 started.