MUMBAI: He may have just won a reality show, but he is not clueless about his future. He has the roadmap in place and The Stage Season 3 victory has just ignited the career engine for him. He has bagged a year’s contract with MTV and has plans of exploring the Indie space with his band Classic Kid Sid. Well, we are talking about the talent house, Siddhant Sharma.

To most Siddhant’s The Stage S3 victory was a result of his battling it out with co-contestants, but to the singer, it was all about performing. “My whole thing was to stay until the end and go ahead. I did not focus on the competition. You cannot have competition in art. You can only give out your best and that happens when you’re not stressed,” says The Stage winner.

Interestingly, this wasn’t Siddhant’s first attempt at Color’s Infinity’s The Stage. He participated in Season 2, but he had returned home disappointed to only return this season. So, as he heads back home with his trophy he takes back memories of both Season 2 and 3. “I have made many friends on The Stage and this feeling of moving away is not something that I can sum up in words. The pictures are still flashing in front of me,” expressed Siddhant.

The first thing that this performer is planning to do post The Stage is to release his five songs EP. “The EP is a mix of old school and new school sounds. It’s a house of rock, basically, mix of many genres of rock,” said the singer who is looking forward to releasing his first single with MTV.

The singer further revealed that he prefers being on stage than the studio. “At live performances, people are usually screaming their lungs out. It all gets so intense. Its audiovisual and you go wild. The underline rush is different. I like live performances more because I want people to experience music.”

The artiste also believes that studios give one a chance to correct the pitch, but live performances don’t give that option. “Its way tougher to go live,” ended Siddhant, who’d still pick the live option any day.