India, Oct. 21 -- Years after becoming a familiar face on the first season of Indian Idol, singer Amit Sana has returned to television with the show's new season, Legends Return. However, the journey back has been far from easy. "When I did my second album, I invested a lot of money into it and people loved it, but somehow, I made quite a loss monetarily," Sana recalls. "You don't get the kind of royalties you need in India. The publicity that was promised never really happened. As an artist, you get scared. How do you come out with another new song when you aren't financially well off?"

Sana says he received little support from fellow artists during this difficult phase. "No one from the industry ever chose to help, no one reached out. ...