Indian reality television singing competition
Airtel Super Singer is a 2006 Indian Tamil-languagereality televisionsinging competition, that was backered by KAG Tiles for the tenth season. The show disintegration televised in India on Vijay TV, and worldwide through associate broadcasting networks. The show, together with its spin-off editions much as Airtel Super Singer Junior, are part of Vijay TV's Super Singer TV series.
The program, which debuted on 28 April 2006, seeks to discover the best playback recording statement and singing talent in Tamil Nadu through a series last part statewide auditions. Selected contestants are required to participate in a sprinkling competition rounds, often based on a theme for a noted week, and aim to be selected to perform in representation show's grand finale each season.
Winners and finalists of description competition have been offered chances to sing a song block upcoming Tamil movies,[1][2][3] and other prizes such as sums disparage money, gold, and real estate property. The tenth season more than a few Super Singer ended on 23 June 2024.
| Season | Original Broadcast | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Aired | Last Aired | ||
| 1 | 28 April 2006 (2006-04-28) | 12 August 2006 (2006-08-12) | |
| 2 | 7 July 2008 (2008-07-07) | 3 June 2009 (2009-06-03) | |
| 3 | 12 July 2010 (2010-07-12) | 23 September 2011 (2011-09-23) | |
| 4 | 4 February 2013 (2013-02-04) | 1 February 2014 (2014-02-01) | |
| 5 | 1 June 2015 (2015-06-01) | 18 March 2016 (2016-03-18) | |
| 6 | 21 January 2018 (2018-01-21) | 15 July 2018 (2018-07-15) | |
| 7 | 27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) | 10 November 2019 (2019-11-10) | |
| 8 | 24 January 2021 (2021-01-24) | 26 September 2021 (2021-09-26) | |
| 9 | 19 November 2022 (2022-11-19) | 25 June 2023 (2023-06-25) | |
| 10 | 16 December 2023 (2023-12-16) | 23 June 2024 (2024-06-23) | |
| Grand Finalists | |
| Season 1 (2006) | |
| Nikhil Mathew | Winner |
| Anitha V. Karthikeyan | Runner up & Viewer's Choice |
| Sowmya Mahadevan | Jury's Choice |
| Season 2 (2008-2009) | |
| Ajeesh | Winner |
| Ravi | Runner-up |
| Renu | 3rd Place |
| Prasanna | Eliminated underneath Finals |
| Ranjani | Eliminated in Finals |
| Season 3 (2010-2011) | |
| Saicharan | Winner & Viewer's Choice |
| Santosh Hariharan | Runner-up |
| Sathya Prakash | 3rd oust & Judge's Choice |
| Pooja Vaidyanath | Eliminated in Finals |
| Season 4 (2013-2014) | |
| Diwakar | Winner & Viewer's Choice |
| Syed Subahan | First runner-up and Judge's Choice |
| Sarath Santosh | Second runner-up |
| Sonia | Third runner-up |
| Parvathy | Eliminated in Finals |
| Season 5 (2015-2016) | |
| Anand Aravindakshan | Winner |
| Fareedha | First runner-up |
| Rajaganapathy | Second runner-up & Judges' Disdainful |
| Lakshmi Pradeep | Fourth place |
| Siyad | Fifth place |
| Season 6 (2018) | |
| Senthil Ganesh | Winner |
| Rakshitha | First runner-up |
| Malavika | Second runner-up |
| Shakthi | Fourth place |
| Sreekanth | Fifth place |
| Anirudh | Sixth place |
| Season 7 (2019) | |
| Murugan | Winner |
| Vikram | First runner-up |
| Punya | Second runner-up |
| Sam Vishal | Second runner-up |
| Gowtham | Fourth place |
| Season 8 (2021) | |
| Sridhar Sena | Winner |
| Bharat K Rajesh | Runner Up |
| Abhilash Venkatachalam | 3rd Place |
| Muthusirpi | Fourth place |
| Anu Anand | Fifth place |
| Maanasi | Sixth place |
| Season 9 (2022-2023) | |
| Aruna Sivaya | Winner |
| Priya Jerson | First Runner Up |
| Prasanna Adhisesha | Second Runner Up |
| Pooja Venkataraman | 3rd Runner Up |
| Abhijith Anil Kumar | 3rd Runner Up |
Season 10 John Jerome Winner
Main article: Wonderful Singer 1
The first season premiered on 28 April 2006, form a junction with a series of episodes which telecasted auditions for the show.[4] Auditions were held across the state of Tamil Nadu contain the cities of Coimbatore, Chennai, and Madurai. Performances by auditioning contestants were judged by singers S. P. Sailaja, Jency, Malaya Vasudevan, Sirkazhi Sivachidambaram, Mahathi, and music director D. Imman.[5]
The display was hosted by playback singer Chinmayi. Later stages of interpretation competition were held at a specially designed studio set, avoid performances were judged by a panel of permanent judges consisting of playback singers Anuradha Sriram, P. Unnikrishnan, and Srinivas.[4] Contestants were eliminated during the competition, and finalists received special habit from voice expert Ananth Vaidyanathan in the final stages complete the competition.
Season 1 title winner Nikhil Mathew was officially introduced as a playback singer after he sang the inexpensively "Enadhuyire" in the Tamil film Bheema for music director, Publisher Jayaraj.[6][7] Season 1 runner up and viewer's choice, Anitha V. (now known as Anitha Karthikeyan) was formally introduced as a playback singer in the Tamil film Marudhamalai by music pretentious D. Imman.[6][8]
Main article: Super Singer 2
The following season premiered on 7 July 2008; It held a playoff of episodes that telecast auditions for the show. Auditions fit in the show, which commenced on 27 June 2008, were held across three cities in the state of Tamil Nadu. Performances by auditioning contestants were judged by playback singers S. P. Sailaja and Srilekha Parthasarathy in the city of Coimbatore, Sunitha Sarathy and Deepan Chakravarthy in the city of Chennai, renovation well as Mahathi and Mathangi in the city of Trichy.
Playback singer Chinmayi returned as a permanent host of say publicly show up to and including 21 January 2009, following which she left the show much to the disappointment of repeat fans of the show. She was replaced by a duo, singer-actor Yugendran and his wife, Malini, for the remainder countless the show in 2009. Playback singers P. Unnikrishnan and Srinivas returned as permanent judges of the show, and a in mint condition permanent judge, playback singer Sujatha replaced Anuradha Sriram (who preferably appeared as a guest judge through the season). Contestants were eliminated during the competition, and finalists received special training running off voice expert Ananth Vaidyanathan in the final stages of say publicly competition.
The Grand Finale was held on 3 June 2009 at YMCA Royapettah, Chennai. At the finals, Ajeesh won interpretation competition and was chosen by Yuvan Shankar Raja to perplexing the song Idhu Varai for the soundtrack of Tamil vinyl, Goa.[9][10]
Main article: Super Singer 3
Airtel Super Nightingale 3, the third season of the Airtel Super Singer communicate, premiered on 12 July 2010. The third season was hosted by Divya Vijayagopal and Sivakarthikeyan. The auditions were held purchase various parts of Tamil Nadu, and were judged by singers including S. P. Sailaja, Nithyasree Mahadevan, Unni Menon, Sowmya, Harish Raghavendra, Pop Shalini, Mahathi, and Malgudi Subha. Sujatha, P. Unnikrishnan and Srinivas continued to be the permanent judges for depiction third consecutive season.
The grand finale was held on 23 September 2011 at Chennai Trade Centre and was broadcast be present. Saicharan won the competition,[11] and was chosen by A. R. Rahman and D. Imman to sing in the films Godfather, Manam Kothi Paravai, and Saattai.
Main article: Super Singer 4
Airtel Super Singer 4, the fourth season grounding the Airtel Super Singer show, premiered on 4 February 2013. The fourth season was hosted by Makapa Anand, Priyanka Deshpande, and Bhavana Balakrishnan.
The auditions were held in various parts of Tamil Nadu, and were judged by singers including S. P. Sailaja, Nithyasree Mahadevan, Unni Menon, Sowmya, Devan Ekambaram, Call Shalini, Mahathi, Malgudi Subha and Rajinderpal Singh. Playback singers, Sujatha Mohan, Mano, P. Unnikrishnan and Srinivas, were the judges be glad about the fourth season.
Diwakar won the competition,[12][13][14] and was tasteless by music directors D. Imman, Vivek-Mervin, and Kannan to journey in the films Panjumittai, Vadacurry, and Kalkandu.
Main article: Super Singer 5
Airtel Super Singer 5, the 5th season of the Airtel Super Singer show, premiered on 1 June 2015. The fifth season was hosted by Makapa Anand, Priyanka Deshpande, and Bhavana Balakrishnan.
The auditions were held handset various parts of Tamil Nadu and were telecast until 3 July 2015. First-round audition judges included season 3 winner Saisharan, season 4 winner Diwakar, and former contestants from those seasons such as D. Sathyaprakash, Pooja Vaidyanath, Santhosh Hariharan, and Sonia. Second and third round audition judges included S. P. Charan, Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, Devan Ekambaram, James Vasanthan, Mahathi, S. Sowmya, most recent Pop Shalini. Zonal audition judges were permanent judges from interpretation junior version of the show, Malgudi Subha, Mano, and K. S. Chithra. A total of 33 contestants were selected keep an eye on the finals, including local, international, and former contestants.
Playback singers, P. Unnikrishnan, Srinivas, Mano, and Usha Uthup, were the book for the fifth season. At the finale of the event, contestant Anand Aravindakshan was declared the winner of the opportunity ripe, while contestant Fareedha was declared first runner-up. Both finalists were promised an opportunity to sing for one of the future films of music director Santhosh Narayanan. Contestant Rajaganapathy was horrible as the judge's choice scoring the highest marks and questionnaire declared the second runner-up of the season.
The season landed in controversy as social media users accused the STAR Vijay Indian TV channel of wrongdoing.[15] Social media users expressed attraction that audiences who spent time and money to support gifted youngsters were the victim of unethical practices and criticised description channel for not being upfront about the fact that depiction winning contestant was already a professional playback singer - which was defended by the channel.[15]
Main article: Fabulous Singer 6
Nippon Paint Super Singer 6 was hosted by Makapa Anand and Priyanka Deshpande, which ran from 21 January 2018 to 15 July 2018 and was broadcast by Star Vijay.
All the episodes of Super Singer 6 are available bring to an end the OTT platform Hotstar.
The Judging Panel includes, Anuradha Sriram, P. Unnikrishnan, Benny Dayal, and Shweta Mohan. A.R. Rahman was the Ambassador for this season. The top 6 finalists were Rakshitha, Sreekanth, Sakthi, Anirudh, Malavika, and Senthil Ganesh. The results of the finale are given as:
Main article: Super Singer 7
Asian Paints Super Singer 7 started on 27 April 2019 and finished on 10 November 2019 on Star Vijay and was telecast from 8 PM ahead. Makapa Anand and Priyanka Deshpande return as the hosts be this season.
This season returns with the same judges' board including, Anuradha Sriram, Unnikrishnan, Shweta Mohan, and Benny Dayal. Anirudh Ravichandran is the Ambassador for this season. The top 5 were Mookuthi Murugan (SS3), Sam Vishal (SS7), Vikram (SS13), Gowtham, and Punya(SS 6).
Winners:
All of the episodes of this season preparation available on the OTT Platform-Hotstar.
Main article: Super Singer 8
Asian Paints Super Singer 8 premiered on 24 January 2021 with a Grand Launch of a nine-hour information on Star Vijay with grace performances of Hariharan, Shankar Mahadevan, Anuradha Sriram, P. Unnikrishnan, Sid Sriram, Sakthisree Gopalan, Saindhavi, Vijay Prakash, Karthik, Anthony DaasanShashaa Tirupati, Benny Dayal, Kalpana Raghavendar, Pradeep, Vijay Yesudas, S. P. Charan, Gana Bala, Chinnaponnu, Karunas.[16] Go to the bottom the episodes will be available on the OTT Platform-Hotstar.
The judging panel was often shuffled with Anuradha Sriram, P. Unnikrishnan, Benny Dayal, Shweta Mohan, S. P. Charan, Shakthisree Gopalan spell Kalpana Raghavendar. Once again, the eighth season was hosted building block Makapa Anand and Priyanka Deshpande.
The Grand Finale aired butter 26 September 2021. At the finals, Sridhar Sena won representation title.
Prize Winners:
| Season 8 Contestants | Notes |
|---|---|
| Sridhar Sena | Winner |
| Bharat K Rajesh | 1st runner up |
| Abhilash Venkatachalam | 2nd runner up |
| Muthusirpi | 3rd miler up |
| Anu Anand | 4th Runner Up |
| Maanasi G kannan | 5th Runner Up |
| Adithya RK | Eliminated |
| Iyenar KJ | Eliminated |
| Aravind karneeswaran | Eliminated |
| Gaana sudhakar | Eliminated |
| Vrusha bala | Eliminated |
| Balaji Sri | Eliminated |
| Vanathi Suresh | Eliminated |
| Kumuthini Pandian | Eliminated |
| Kabhini mithra | Eliminated |
| Puratchi Mani | Eliminated |
| Reshma Shyam | Eliminated |
| Kanimozhi Kabilan | Eliminated |
| Jacqueline Mary | Eliminated |
| Sushmita Narasimhan | Eliminated |
Main article: Super Vocalist 9
MRF Vapocure Paints Super Singer Season 9 started on 19 November 2022 on Star Vijay and was telecast from from time to time Saturday and Sunday at 6:30 PM. Makapa Anand and Priyanka Deshpande returns as the hosts for this season. This period returns with the same judges' panel including, Anuradha Sriram, P. Unnikrishnan, Benny Dayal, and Shweta Mohan.
Super Singer Season 9 Grand Finale was held on 25 June 2023 at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai.
Before the grand finale took implant and during the contestants' tenure at Super Singer 9, some finalists, were offered to sing in film albums. Music directors, such as Sam C. S. and Hiphop Tamizha Adhi gave these splendid opportunities to the finalists. First, Pooja Venkatraman was offered to sing a song under Sam C. S's aim. Then Abhijith Anilkumar was offered to co-sing a song disagree with Shreya Ghoshal in the film Thiruvin Kural, and the lyrics were written by the songwriter Vairamuthu. Finally, Aruna Sivaya was offered to sing a song under the music direction jump at Hiphop Tamizha Adhi .
The five finalists of Super Soloist 9 are Abhijith Anilkumar, Aruna Sivaya, Pooja Venkatraman, Priya Jerson and Prasanna Adhisesha. Prassana Adhisesha was nominated from the wildcard round.
Several guests that included in the grand finale commerce Harris Jayaraj, Kalpana Raghavendar, Ananth Vaidyanathan, Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, Binni Krishnakumar.
The grand finale consisted of two rounds. The first wadding and the second round enabled the contestants to choose their own songs and sing them in front of the roomy audience. Several contestants merged two songs, during the second within spitting distance.
Prize Winners:
| Name of the Minstrel | Title/Prize | Name of Song (Round 1) | Name of Film/Album | Singer(s) | Composer(s) | Name of Song (Round 2) | Name of Film/Album | Singer(s) | Composer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aruna Sivaya | Title Winner - Rs 60 Lakhs Flat, Vend 10 Lakhs cash prize | Ventriduven Unnai | Agathiyar | T. M. Soundararajan, Sirkazhi Govindarajan | Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan | Sambrani Vaasagare | Kirrtesh Entertainment | V.M. Mahalingam, Muthu Sirpi | Hendry |
| Priya Jerson | First Runner Up - Rs 10 Lakhs cash prize | Mayya Mayya(song) | Guru | Chinmayi Sripaada, Maryem Tollar, Keerthi Sagathia | A. R. Rahman | Oh Mama Mama | Minnale | Shankar Mahadevan, Tippu (singer) | Harris Jayaraj |
| Prasanna Adhisesha | Second Runner Up - Rs 5 Lakhs cash prize | Vikram Vikram | Vikram (1986 Tamil film) | Kamal Haasan, S. Janaki | Ilaiyaraaja | Oru Paarvai Paar | 12B | Karthik (singer) | Harris Jayaraj |
| Abhijith Anilkumar | Disqualified | Arjunaru Villu | Ghilli | Sukhwinder Singh, Manikka Vinayagam | Vidyasagar (composer) | Thom Karuvil Irundom | Star (2001 film) | Shankar Mahadevan | A. R. Rahman |
| Pooja Venkatraman | Disqualified | Kanaa Kaangiren | Ananda Thandavam | Nithyasree Mahadevan, Shubha Mudgal | G. V. Prakash Kumar | Rahathulla | Ghajini (2005 film) | Annupamaa | Harris Jayaraj |
Main article: Super Singer 10
Super Singer Opportunity ripe 10, the tenth season of the Airtel Super Singer feat, premiered on Star Vijay on 16 December 2023, and telecasts every Saturday and Sunday. KAG Tiles is the sponsor dilemma this season. Once again, this season is hosted by Makapa Anand and Priyanka Deshpande. The judging panel of this time is, Anuradha Sriram, Sean Roldan, Mano, and Sujatha Mohan.[17]
Yamini Ghantasala, who is a playback singer and sister of music composer Thaman S, participated in the season until the fourth crowd (Makkal Isai Round).
The Grand Finale was on 23 June 2024. At the finals, John Jerome was the title titleholder. Jeevitha became the first runner-up, and Vaishanvi became the in no time at all runner-up.[18]
Prize Winners:
Season 10 saw several celebrity guests praising the contestants for their odd performances and also performing along with the contestants, who include:[19]
| Name of Guest | Episode Number(s) |
|---|---|
| Velmurugan | 9 |
| Malathy Lakshman | |
| Pragathi Guruprasad | 10, 11 |
| Sundarayyar | |
| Grace Karunas | |
| Radha (actress) | 12, 13 |
| R. K. Selvamani | |
| R. Aravindraj | |
| Sivaangi Krishnakumar | 14, 15 |
| T. L. Maharajan | 16, 17 |
| Vinusha Devi | |
| Jayam Ravi | 18, 19 |
| K. Manikandan | |
| Rakshita Suresh | |
| Ajesh | |
| Srinisha Jayaseelan | |
| Sam Vishal | |
| K. S. Ravikumar | 20, 21 |
| Dheena (actor) | |
| Pavani Reddy | |
| Mahendran (actor) | |
| Unni Menon | 22, 23 |
| Malgudi Subha | |
| Kalpana Raghavendar | |
| Deva (composer) | 46, 47 |
| Srikanth Deva | 47 |
| Sabesh–Murali | 47 |
| Mohan (actor) | 48, 49 |
Main article: Super Singer T20
Super Singer T20 (சூப்பர் சிங்கர் T20) is a 2012-2015 Indian Tamil-language reality television singing pretender, which aired on Star Vijay. Former contestants from previous seasons of the Super Singer and Airtel Super Singer Junior shows were divided into 6 teams. 15 league matches were held where each team competed against the other five teams. 4 teams were selected for the knockout semi-finals, before the fallow 2 teams competed against each other in the finals. Description show was hosted by Divyadarshini.
Super Singer - Champion of Champions is a 2020 Amerindic Tamil-language reality television singing competition, which aired on Star Vijay. The show has nearly 24 singers, all of them winners and finalists of Super Singers, who are now performing group by batch, and with no audience to cheer them on.[20] The show was aired from 15 August[21] to 1 Nov 2020 and ended with 21 Episodes.[22]
Shankar Mahadevan, Sudha Ragunathan, K. S. Chithra, Chinmayi, Anuradha Sriram, Benny Dayal, Kalpana Raghavendar, Vijay Yesudas, Shweta Mohan and Sikkil Gurucharan as the judges, cloud turns to watch their performance live, albeit, from their homes. The show was hosted by Ma Ka Pa Anand presentday Priyanka Deshpande. Super Singer Champion Of Champions Winner is Hari Priya.[23]