Super Singer (Tamil TV series)
| Super Singer | |
|---|---|
 Airtel Super Singer logo | |
| Presented by | Chinmayi (2008), Hemamalini and Yugendran Vasudevan Nair (2009), Kanika (2010) |
| Judges | Sujatha, Unnikrishnan and Srinivas |
| Country of origin | India |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 1 hour |
| Original release | |
| Network | STAR Vijay |
| Release | Present |
Airtel Super Singer is a reality-based Indian singing competition in Tamil language that aired on STAR Vijay. The program seeks to discover the best singing talent in Tamil Nadu through a series of statewide auditions. The show is sponsored by the mobile service provider, Airtel. The show debuted in 2006 and has completed its second season. The winner of event gets a chance to sing a Tamil movie song.[1][2][3]
The show usually airs on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights in India and is telecast worldwide through partner broadcasting networks.
Season synopsis
Season 1
The first season of Airtel Super Singer debuted in 2006. Nikhil Mathew was announced the winner and was selected to sing a song, Enadhuyire in the Tamil film, Bheema for the music director, Harris Jayaraj.
Season 2
Auditions for the 2008 show started on June 27, 2008. Judges had to shortlist from about 10000 canditates from auditions in three cities, Chennai, Tiruchirapalli and Coimbatore. Sujatha, Unnikrishnan and Srinivas were the judges of the show. Ajeesh won the competition and was chosen by Yuvan Shankar Raja to sing the song Idhu Varai for the soundtrack of the Tamil film, Goa.[4][5]
Season 3
The auditions were successfully held in various parts of Tamilnadu , Now top 5 Singers are into the new Grand set , The set ever before is a big shot for air tel super singer . .[6]
Permanent Judges: Sujatha, Unnikrishnan, Srinivas. Audition Judges: Harish Raghavendra, S.P.Sailaja, Pop Shalini, Mahathi, Nithyasree Mahadevan, Sowmya, malgudi subha Unni Menon.
| Contestants | |
| Season 1 (2006) | |
| Nikhil Mathew | Winner |
| Season 2 (2008) | |
| Ajeesh | Winner |
| Prasanna | Eliminated in Finals |
| Ranjani | Eliminated in Finals |
| Ravi | Runner-up Winner |
| Renu | 3rd Place Winner |
| Season 3 (2011) | |
| Saicharan | Winner |
References
External links
- Airtel Super Singer Official Website (owned by STAR Vijay)
See also
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