It was unfortunate to see that the voting was so close. Harish's campaign on the internet was more the factor is getting him through. Sowmya was unlucky. She was improving a lot and tried harder to get through the emotive and celebrity rounds. It is unfair to see someone who has not gone through the levels and having got a backdoor entry, going through with some voting by his friends.
Anyway the episode itself was another waste of time showing the other four finalists having fun in the city. The part with Ananthji was interesting -- wish they had spent more time with him and sharing more information about voice culture and voice grooming. That portions were too short. Seeing Vikram was okay -- but was it worth wasting an whole segment on his singing and eating with the contestants? It might be worth it for the contestants but for the viewers...?
Anyway, we are so close to the finals. Everyone has a chance. Gautham's chance are tough. Nikhil might be saving his best for the last and might spring a surprise. Maya and Anitha are strong contenders. Now with Harish's luck and friend's backing, he might throw in another ugly surprise.
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Friday, July 28, 2006
Monday, July 24, 2006
Lifeline episode of Airtel Super Singer
The lifeline episode was stretched to two whole episodes for no apparent reason. The first episode of showing the singer that have been recalled and given a lifeline was extremely long and painful to watch at times. Too much time was spent on nothing. Silly antics of Harish and his friends (they are the ones who needed the kick in the behind!) and the "surprise" enactment of Harish and Archana in the cafe in Bangalore all had nothing to do with their singing abilities. In fact if they had shown them singing something their chances of getting some votes might have increased.
Now lets come to the actual singing Lifeline episode.
First Sowmya sang the Chandralekha song. She was good but as one of the judges said she was not as brilliant as she was in the earlier episode when she was rejected. But still she sang the song very well and had some of her own variations. She has been trying to improve throughout the competition and show her versatality and range. (she was unsure of her range in earlier episodes). She deserves to be in the final.
Harish singing Ennavale was very much below par. He made several mistakes. His singing is essentially flat with some surprising improvisations. His brilliance comes in flashes. But that is about it, overall the song is not impressive and he sounded off key in a lot of places. He doesn't stick to the beats as well. He seems very average. We have not seen a lot of Harish in this competition, but if this song was his best then clearly he did not use this recall chance very well and will not show up in the finals (or win it for that matter).
Was suprised that Archana was recall that too by Unni. Her singing is inconsistent (within the same song). The volume of the song changes at will without any warning! She seems to yell out and there is no melody in her voice. Also she sang a song that we have heard several times from her and other participants. She did not attempt anything new. The song itself was mediocre. She will not get through unless she controls her "volume" and "volume variations" in her singing, to put it mildly.
Vijay Krishnan botches up yet another one of his many "recall" chances! He got into the song and lost himself. His singing was off key. He chose a very popular song "nilave va" and made several obvious mistakes even to a layman. His friends are the only hope of him getting into the final not his singing.
Nitin Raj was the only one who seemed to have done a good job. He is good imitator of the original song. He did no variations and created a good replica of the original "kana kandenadi". He seemed to show confidence. But he is not versatile enough to win the competition. There was nothing flashy in the singing that the viewers could connect to.
Maybe the original voters who gave Sowmya her Lifeline will get her into the finals as well. The other singers did not hold up to the promise.
Lets see what the final rounds have in store for us. Hope Vijay TV does not waste the episode in unwanted "drama" like this lifeline episode and actually show some real singing from the participants.
Now lets come to the actual singing Lifeline episode.
First Sowmya sang the Chandralekha song. She was good but as one of the judges said she was not as brilliant as she was in the earlier episode when she was rejected. But still she sang the song very well and had some of her own variations. She has been trying to improve throughout the competition and show her versatality and range. (she was unsure of her range in earlier episodes). She deserves to be in the final.
Harish singing Ennavale was very much below par. He made several mistakes. His singing is essentially flat with some surprising improvisations. His brilliance comes in flashes. But that is about it, overall the song is not impressive and he sounded off key in a lot of places. He doesn't stick to the beats as well. He seems very average. We have not seen a lot of Harish in this competition, but if this song was his best then clearly he did not use this recall chance very well and will not show up in the finals (or win it for that matter).
Was suprised that Archana was recall that too by Unni. Her singing is inconsistent (within the same song). The volume of the song changes at will without any warning! She seems to yell out and there is no melody in her voice. Also she sang a song that we have heard several times from her and other participants. She did not attempt anything new. The song itself was mediocre. She will not get through unless she controls her "volume" and "volume variations" in her singing, to put it mildly.
Vijay Krishnan botches up yet another one of his many "recall" chances! He got into the song and lost himself. His singing was off key. He chose a very popular song "nilave va" and made several obvious mistakes even to a layman. His friends are the only hope of him getting into the final not his singing.
Nitin Raj was the only one who seemed to have done a good job. He is good imitator of the original song. He did no variations and created a good replica of the original "kana kandenadi". He seemed to show confidence. But he is not versatile enough to win the competition. There was nothing flashy in the singing that the viewers could connect to.
Maybe the original voters who gave Sowmya her Lifeline will get her into the finals as well. The other singers did not hold up to the promise.
Lets see what the final rounds have in store for us. Hope Vijay TV does not waste the episode in unwanted "drama" like this lifeline episode and actually show some real singing from the participants.
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Super Singer's magic four - The Finalists (NewsTodaynet.com)
Super Singer's magic four
Gowtham, V Anitha and Nikhil Matthew from Chennai, and Maya from Coimbatore, are the finalists for the 'Airtel Super Singer' contest being conducted by the mobile phone service provider and Vijay TV. Their names were announced yesterday by a panel of judges comprised of Unnikrishnan, Shrinivas and Anuradha Sreeram.
The winner of the contest will get an opportunity to sing for music director Harris Jayaraj, in his forthcoming venture.
'It was indeed a tough call to reject many contestants as they all gave their best. We decided on the final four after coming to a consensus,' said Unnikrishnan.
Shrinivas said that the entire process of selection was an enjoyable experience and said that the contest was the first of it's kind in Tamilnadu, while Anuradha Sreeram said, 'It was a good opportunity for the youth to showcase their singing skills and we could see that the confidence levels of each of the contestant increase with successive rounds.
Also present on the occasion was Ananth, a voice culture expert from Mumbai. He assisted the judges in assessing the contestants. 'Innate musical capacity was the chief criterion for choosing these four finalists, ' he said.
Super Singer - Details of the Finalists - IndianTelevision.com
Super Singer - Details of the Finalists
IndianTelevision.com, July 13 2006
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Gowtham Bharadwaj. V
Registration Number: 05
Zone: Chennai
Selected from the Chennai zone, through Airtel mobile registration, Gowtham is pursuing his degree from Guru Nanak College. Gowtham has had training in classical music for the past 5yrs from his guru Mr. K.V Ramanujam. His ambition is to become a renowned playback singer. Gowtham's strengths in music are his individualistic voice and his versatility. His talent in singing fetched him a gold coin in the 4th level of the audition i.e. the 'duet round', wherein he was spot selected for his performance.
Maya
Registration Number: 03
Zone: Coimbatore
Maya was selected from the Kovai zone through On Spot registration. A student of the Coimbatore Institute Of Technology (C.I.T), she has been learning music for the last 8 years from her guru Smt. Meera Kedarnathan & Sri K.R Kedarnathan. She has learnt to play the veena and keyboard as well. Her ambition is to become a renowned playback singer. Her strengths are her voice and versatility to sing any kind of song with a unique style of her own. Maya's performance in the duet round was much appreciated and was also awarded a gold coin. Singer Tippu who made a special appearance in the celebrated round, called Maya as his favourite singer.
Anitha .V
Registration Number: 04
Zone: Chennai
Anitha was selected from the Chennai zone through CD voice registration. She is currently working for the service industry. Anitha has had training in classical music for the last 5 years and is a student of Hindustani music for the last one year from her guru Ram Moorthy / Megna Dandekar. Anitha's ambition is to become a popular playback singer. Her strengths in singing are her uniqueness in rendering any kind of song. Her singing talent won her gold coins twice during the auditions, one in the 4th level of the audition i.e. the duet round and the other in the 5th level i.e. group round.
Nikhil Mathew
Registration Number: 09
Zone: Chennai
He was selected from the Chennai zone through CD registration. He is pursuing his Masters degree in Sathyabama College. He is being trained in music since 10yrs from his guru Veeramani. His ambition is to become a playback singer. His strengths in music are he can sing melody and classical songs. He has got spot selected and won a gold coin in the 5h level of the audition i.e. group round.
Details of the contestants competing for the Lifeline
Archana Iyer
Registration Number: 13
Zone: Chennai
An architecture student who has had training in Carnatic music for the last 8 years. Anuradha Sriram has called Archana as her favourite contestant and awarded her a gold coin in the duet round, wherein her style of rendition was much appreciated by the judges.
Harish Sivaramakrishnan
Registration Number: 14
Zone: Chennai
Harish works for a software company in Bangalore. He is passionate about singing and his talent has been much appreciated and he has had training in Carnatic music for the past 8 years.
Sowmya Mahadevan
Registration Number: 07
Zone: Chennai
Sowmya has had classical music training for the past 5 years. she is a student of Meenakshi College, Kodambakkam. Actor Simbhu who made a special appearance on the Super Singer show appreciated Sowmya for her performancein the emotive round and also awarded her a gold coin.
Nithin Raj
Registration Number: 08
Zone: Madurai
A student of Literature, Nithin Raj is truly passionate about singing and hopes to become a famous playback signer. Singing melody songs are his forte.
Vijay Krishnan
Registration Number:
Zone: Coimbatore
Vijay Krishnan is a student of the PSG college, Coimbatore. He has had Classical training for the past 5 years and has been appreciated by the judges for his style of adapting the existing song.
IndianTelevision.com, July 13 2006
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Gowtham Bharadwaj. V
Registration Number: 05
Zone: Chennai
Selected from the Chennai zone, through Airtel mobile registration, Gowtham is pursuing his degree from Guru Nanak College. Gowtham has had training in classical music for the past 5yrs from his guru Mr. K.V Ramanujam. His ambition is to become a renowned playback singer. Gowtham's strengths in music are his individualistic voice and his versatility. His talent in singing fetched him a gold coin in the 4th level of the audition i.e. the 'duet round', wherein he was spot selected for his performance.
Maya
Registration Number: 03
Zone: Coimbatore
Maya was selected from the Kovai zone through On Spot registration. A student of the Coimbatore Institute Of Technology (C.I.T), she has been learning music for the last 8 years from her guru Smt. Meera Kedarnathan & Sri K.R Kedarnathan. She has learnt to play the veena and keyboard as well. Her ambition is to become a renowned playback singer. Her strengths are her voice and versatility to sing any kind of song with a unique style of her own. Maya's performance in the duet round was much appreciated and was also awarded a gold coin. Singer Tippu who made a special appearance in the celebrated round, called Maya as his favourite singer.
Anitha .V
Registration Number: 04
Zone: Chennai
Anitha was selected from the Chennai zone through CD voice registration. She is currently working for the service industry. Anitha has had training in classical music for the last 5 years and is a student of Hindustani music for the last one year from her guru Ram Moorthy / Megna Dandekar. Anitha's ambition is to become a popular playback singer. Her strengths in singing are her uniqueness in rendering any kind of song. Her singing talent won her gold coins twice during the auditions, one in the 4th level of the audition i.e. the duet round and the other in the 5th level i.e. group round.
Nikhil Mathew
Registration Number: 09
Zone: Chennai
He was selected from the Chennai zone through CD registration. He is pursuing his Masters degree in Sathyabama College. He is being trained in music since 10yrs from his guru Veeramani. His ambition is to become a playback singer. His strengths in music are he can sing melody and classical songs. He has got spot selected and won a gold coin in the 5h level of the audition i.e. group round.
Details of the contestants competing for the Lifeline
Archana Iyer
Registration Number: 13
Zone: Chennai
An architecture student who has had training in Carnatic music for the last 8 years. Anuradha Sriram has called Archana as her favourite contestant and awarded her a gold coin in the duet round, wherein her style of rendition was much appreciated by the judges.
Harish Sivaramakrishnan
Registration Number: 14
Zone: Chennai
Harish works for a software company in Bangalore. He is passionate about singing and his talent has been much appreciated and he has had training in Carnatic music for the past 8 years.
Sowmya Mahadevan
Registration Number: 07
Zone: Chennai
Sowmya has had classical music training for the past 5 years. she is a student of Meenakshi College, Kodambakkam. Actor Simbhu who made a special appearance on the Super Singer show appreciated Sowmya for her performancein the emotive round and also awarded her a gold coin.
Nithin Raj
Registration Number: 08
Zone: Madurai
A student of Literature, Nithin Raj is truly passionate about singing and hopes to become a famous playback signer. Singing melody songs are his forte.
Vijay Krishnan
Registration Number:
Zone: Coimbatore
Vijay Krishnan is a student of the PSG college, Coimbatore. He has had Classical training for the past 5 years and has been appreciated by the judges for his style of adapting the existing song.
Vijay TV's Airtel Super Singer - Finalists At a glance
Vijay TV's Airtel Super Singer - At a glance
IndianTelevision.com, July 13 2006:
Vijay TV launched Airtel super singer in the month of April 2006 with the motive of finding the one unique voice out of 6.5 Crore Tamilians. The grand prize for this on going event is a golden opportunity for the winner to sing for Music Director Harris Jeyraj in his forthcoming venture.
Preliminary rounds
Auditions were conducted across the entire state of Tamilnadu targeting 3 major zones, viz., Kovai, Madurai and Chennai. The mode of entry of participants for the audition was through CD's & Cassettes, Airtel registration, and also On Spot registrations.
The judges' panel for the initial ground auditions was constituted by eminent personalities in the Music industry such as, Playback singer Malaysia Vasudevan, Playback singer S.P.Sailaja, Playback singer Jensi, Playback singer Dr. Seergazhi Siva chidambaram, Music Director D.Imman, Singer Malathi and singer Mahathi. These judges short-listed the candidates in various zones to proceed to the next level of the competitions held in Chennai
Main Auditions
The next levels of competition saw the participants going through a series of extensive rounds testing their skills in music. These levels were judged by a special panel of judges constituting playback singers Anuradha Sriram, Srinivas and Unnikrishnan, who follow the progress of the participants through their journey in Super Singer.
In the first level of auditions contestants were asked to sing their choice of songs in various genres.
In the second level they were taught a new song by the judges and were tested on their grasping abilities.
In the 3rd level they were paired up with another contestant in a duet round were they were tested on the grounds of how they adapt to a co-singer.
The 4th level was a group round where, they were tested on how they harmonize and how well they adjust to performing in a group. The special judge for this round was the evergreen singer Mrs. Vani Jayaram.
In the 5th level they were given an existing song and asked to change the emotion of the song without tampering with the tune or the lyrics. This was to see how well they improvise and bring out the emotions and feel of a song. Actior Silambarasan (Simbhu) was the special guest on the show and he gave his opinions from the filmmaker's viewpoint.
In the 6th level they were made to perform with established playback singers. The playback singers who made an appearance on the show and groomed the participants, were Sriram Parthasarathy, Pop Shalini, Tippu and Harini with whom the participants sang in the celebrity round.
The Finalist
The hunt for the Super Singer has now narrowed down to 4 finalists. Maya, Goutham, Nikhil & Anitha were short-listed by the panel of judges based on their performance in various levels.
Lifeline round
All participants who were rejected from the 5th level onwards were eligible for a second chance to re enter the competition through public voting. These contestants were given registration numbers so that viewers can also cast their votes to select their favourite contestant through SMS voting, tele-voting as well as online voting.
Along with which each judge was given a chance to bring back one contestant whom they think might have a potential but have been rejected in previous levels.2 participants with the maximum number of vote got to enter the lifeline round.
The participants who compete in the lifeline round are:
Sowmya - who has won the maximum number of votes.
Vijaykrishnan - who has won the second maximum number of votes.
Archana Iyer - chosen by Mr.Unnikrishnan for a re entry
Nitin raj - chosen by Mr.Srinivas for a re entry
Harish Sivaramakrishnan - Chosen by Mrs.Anuradha Sriram for a re entry
In all, 5 participants have been given a lifeline out of these the public would decide on the one to be sent to the finals through public voting.
One among these 5 gets the 'life- line' a chance to become the 5th finalist to perform for the grand finale. And they await their results.
Prizes
The singer who is adjudged to be the one with the unique voice gets crowned as the Super Singer and gets the golden opportunity to sing for famed music director Harris Jeyaraj. And a Maruthi swift car sponsored by Vijay TV.
The First runner up will receive a Laptop sponsored by Twice Digitale And a special prize of an E-GO Electric bike sponsored by Prithvi Motors for one of the finalists.
Apart from these the contestants who have impressed the judges with their performances in various level of the competition and got "spot selected" received a 2 gram gold coin sponsored by Shree jewellery.
IndianTelevision.com, July 13 2006:
Vijay TV launched Airtel super singer in the month of April 2006 with the motive of finding the one unique voice out of 6.5 Crore Tamilians. The grand prize for this on going event is a golden opportunity for the winner to sing for Music Director Harris Jeyraj in his forthcoming venture.
Preliminary rounds
Auditions were conducted across the entire state of Tamilnadu targeting 3 major zones, viz., Kovai, Madurai and Chennai. The mode of entry of participants for the audition was through CD's & Cassettes, Airtel registration, and also On Spot registrations.
The judges' panel for the initial ground auditions was constituted by eminent personalities in the Music industry such as, Playback singer Malaysia Vasudevan, Playback singer S.P.Sailaja, Playback singer Jensi, Playback singer Dr. Seergazhi Siva chidambaram, Music Director D.Imman, Singer Malathi and singer Mahathi. These judges short-listed the candidates in various zones to proceed to the next level of the competitions held in Chennai
Main Auditions
The next levels of competition saw the participants going through a series of extensive rounds testing their skills in music. These levels were judged by a special panel of judges constituting playback singers Anuradha Sriram, Srinivas and Unnikrishnan, who follow the progress of the participants through their journey in Super Singer.
In the first level of auditions contestants were asked to sing their choice of songs in various genres.
In the second level they were taught a new song by the judges and were tested on their grasping abilities.
In the 3rd level they were paired up with another contestant in a duet round were they were tested on the grounds of how they adapt to a co-singer.
The 4th level was a group round where, they were tested on how they harmonize and how well they adjust to performing in a group. The special judge for this round was the evergreen singer Mrs. Vani Jayaram.
In the 5th level they were given an existing song and asked to change the emotion of the song without tampering with the tune or the lyrics. This was to see how well they improvise and bring out the emotions and feel of a song. Actior Silambarasan (Simbhu) was the special guest on the show and he gave his opinions from the filmmaker's viewpoint.
In the 6th level they were made to perform with established playback singers. The playback singers who made an appearance on the show and groomed the participants, were Sriram Parthasarathy, Pop Shalini, Tippu and Harini with whom the participants sang in the celebrity round.
The Finalist
The hunt for the Super Singer has now narrowed down to 4 finalists. Maya, Goutham, Nikhil & Anitha were short-listed by the panel of judges based on their performance in various levels.
Lifeline round
All participants who were rejected from the 5th level onwards were eligible for a second chance to re enter the competition through public voting. These contestants were given registration numbers so that viewers can also cast their votes to select their favourite contestant through SMS voting, tele-voting as well as online voting.
Along with which each judge was given a chance to bring back one contestant whom they think might have a potential but have been rejected in previous levels.2 participants with the maximum number of vote got to enter the lifeline round.
The participants who compete in the lifeline round are:
Sowmya - who has won the maximum number of votes.
Vijaykrishnan - who has won the second maximum number of votes.
Archana Iyer - chosen by Mr.Unnikrishnan for a re entry
Nitin raj - chosen by Mr.Srinivas for a re entry
Harish Sivaramakrishnan - Chosen by Mrs.Anuradha Sriram for a re entry
In all, 5 participants have been given a lifeline out of these the public would decide on the one to be sent to the finals through public voting.
One among these 5 gets the 'life- line' a chance to become the 5th finalist to perform for the grand finale. And they await their results.
Prizes
The singer who is adjudged to be the one with the unique voice gets crowned as the Super Singer and gets the golden opportunity to sing for famed music director Harris Jeyaraj. And a Maruthi swift car sponsored by Vijay TV.
The First runner up will receive a Laptop sponsored by Twice Digitale And a special prize of an E-GO Electric bike sponsored by Prithvi Motors for one of the finalists.
Apart from these the contestants who have impressed the judges with their performances in various level of the competition and got "spot selected" received a 2 gram gold coin sponsored by Shree jewellery.
Super Singer judges Harini, Tippu, Shalini, Sriram
The episodes with judges (and co-singers) Harini, Tippu, Shalini, Sriram was a little disappointing for me. Mainly for two reasons. a) Most of the performances were below par. b) the selections/rejections were not satisfactory
I thought Vijay sang well with Harini but he was rejected. He tried to have variations in the Azhagana Rakshasiye which seemed nice.
Maya was very ordinary. But she got through to the finals.
Priyadarshini was correct in her singing but the judges wanted more out of her songs and so she was rejected.
Nikhil was singing his normal self and was trying to add some extras here and there which did not seem adequate. His selection was fine as others had performed worse than him. But how he got through the earlier round (emotive skills) is a mystery. I would have preferred to see Nitin come through to this round.
The second episode with Sowmya was heartbreaking. She was singing well and she deserved to go to the next round. Just a wrong selection of a song should not be the criteria to reject her.
Anitha's singing was just ordinary and she knew she was going to be rejected. but the judges selected here.
Aruna was the only one who seemed confident and positive. But she was rejected. Sriram had dominated the duet a lot.
Gautham had some enthu in his singing and he was sejected. He is not versatile and he has got through with some ordinary singing but with excellent song selections. Pop Shalini's singing was nice and made the song enjoyable. Gautham in the finals seems unreal -- given the talents of the other singers who were rejected.
Lets see what the final has in store for these four singers -- Gautham, Anitha, Nikhil and Maya.
Maya and Anitha have my vote for the finalists!
Is Harris Jayaraj going to be in the next episode? Will all the winners and runner ups be chosen in the next episode or will this program run till August?
I think there will be some drama added with the voted out participants coming back again (I think Swathi, Sowmya, Vijay, Harish, Nitin might come back in the wild card round and there will an elimination round among them before we see the finals).
Great program, nice concept and nicely executed! Well done Vijay TV.
I thought Vijay sang well with Harini but he was rejected. He tried to have variations in the Azhagana Rakshasiye which seemed nice.
Maya was very ordinary. But she got through to the finals.
Priyadarshini was correct in her singing but the judges wanted more out of her songs and so she was rejected.
Nikhil was singing his normal self and was trying to add some extras here and there which did not seem adequate. His selection was fine as others had performed worse than him. But how he got through the earlier round (emotive skills) is a mystery. I would have preferred to see Nitin come through to this round.
The second episode with Sowmya was heartbreaking. She was singing well and she deserved to go to the next round. Just a wrong selection of a song should not be the criteria to reject her.
Anitha's singing was just ordinary and she knew she was going to be rejected. but the judges selected here.
Aruna was the only one who seemed confident and positive. But she was rejected. Sriram had dominated the duet a lot.
Gautham had some enthu in his singing and he was sejected. He is not versatile and he has got through with some ordinary singing but with excellent song selections. Pop Shalini's singing was nice and made the song enjoyable. Gautham in the finals seems unreal -- given the talents of the other singers who were rejected.
Lets see what the final has in store for these four singers -- Gautham, Anitha, Nikhil and Maya.
Maya and Anitha have my vote for the finalists!
Is Harris Jayaraj going to be in the next episode? Will all the winners and runner ups be chosen in the next episode or will this program run till August?
I think there will be some drama added with the voted out participants coming back again (I think Swathi, Sowmya, Vijay, Harish, Nitin might come back in the wild card round and there will an elimination round among them before we see the finals).
Great program, nice concept and nicely executed! Well done Vijay TV.
Saturday, July 08, 2006
The Silambarasan episode
Silambarasan episode was little more interesting than what I expected. The singing from Sowmya when pushed by the judges was impressive. She delivered much more than what the judges were expecting. The other singers were treating this very lightly and made a big joke of the song they were given. Swathi was terrible -- she could have just sung the original song as-is and got through but she tried some unrelated alaap and increased tempo and made a mess of the song.
Wonder why Simbu was there only for the girls round and did not judge the boys round.
Vijay Krishnan was so calm -- I feel this guy does not practice and just delivers what is in his mind. The other participants probably hate him! Remember what Priyadarshini was saying about Vijay in the duet round?. When Shenaaz and Maya voted him out they had uncharitable words for him. That guy was in total control of the song. The pauses and additions he made to Ilamai Idho Idho was out of this world. He totally understood what was expected and delivered really well.
Swathi and Nitin Raj were utterly dissappointing for me. Nitin in spite of having multiple chances to prove himself did not utilize the chances well. The judges were trying hard to retain him for the next round but his singing was just plain and did not care for the rules of the round! It was sad to see him go; but he is not a selfless singer and his own negative thinking was his downfall. He always seemed to be someone who was not happy with others doing fell and that reflected in his singing today.
Aruna on the other hand made use of her second chance very well -- recalled even when she was voted out by her team. She had a positive attitude and she sang really well.
It was sad to see Kilgin go but he did not do anything special to merit a recall even.
Lets see what the next round with Tippu, Harini, Pop Shalini and Sriram has in store for us.
Wonder why Simbu was there only for the girls round and did not judge the boys round.
Vijay Krishnan was so calm -- I feel this guy does not practice and just delivers what is in his mind. The other participants probably hate him! Remember what Priyadarshini was saying about Vijay in the duet round?. When Shenaaz and Maya voted him out they had uncharitable words for him. That guy was in total control of the song. The pauses and additions he made to Ilamai Idho Idho was out of this world. He totally understood what was expected and delivered really well.
Swathi and Nitin Raj were utterly dissappointing for me. Nitin in spite of having multiple chances to prove himself did not utilize the chances well. The judges were trying hard to retain him for the next round but his singing was just plain and did not care for the rules of the round! It was sad to see him go; but he is not a selfless singer and his own negative thinking was his downfall. He always seemed to be someone who was not happy with others doing fell and that reflected in his singing today.
Aruna on the other hand made use of her second chance very well -- recalled even when she was voted out by her team. She had a positive attitude and she sang really well.
It was sad to see Kilgin go but he did not do anything special to merit a recall even.
Lets see what the next round with Tippu, Harini, Pop Shalini and Sriram has in store for us.
Friday, July 07, 2006
Vote for Vijay TV Super Singer contestants
Vote for super singer
You can vote at Vijay TV's site for your favorite singer.
Here is your chance to select the Airtel Super Singer!
The voting for Airtel Super Singer has just begun. Ensure that you go nowhere... Just enter here and vote for your favourite contestant on Airtel Super Singer. To know more about the show and the voting procedure, Click here.
On Airtel Super Singer this week, two more contestants are out! But you can get them back on the show with your valuable votes! So don't miss this chance...
Final list of contestants from The Hindu -- more spoilers
The Hindu has broken some suspense by listing out the finalists (almost). They have mentioned about two of the upcoming episodes. How these contestants got to the next round will still be interesting to watch.
Singing to win
Singing to win
Vijay TV's "Airtel Super Singer contest" enters the next stage this Friday and Saturday. After last week's tough competition among 12 contestants eight have moved into the next level. This week's episode, to be aired on July 7, at 20.00, will have playback singers, Harini and Tippu, as special invitees besides the show judges, Anuradha Sriram, Srinivas and Unnikrishnan.
Contestants Maya and Priyadarshini get some useful tips from Tippu. And Harini trains Nikhil Mathew and Vijay Krishnan. Among these four contestants two will qualify for the final round.
The next episode, to be aired on July 8, 20.00, will have playback singers, Sriram Parthasarathy and `Pop' Shalini as special invitees.
Sriram Parthasarathy trains contestants Aruna and Anitha while Shalini guides Sowmiya and Gautham . Out of the four two will be selected for the finals. Viewers' votes will decide the winner.
For Airtel subscribers, who would like to register their valuable votes can call 6463 (01 - 12) or SMS SS (01-12) to 6464. Viewers, other than Airtel subscribers, can log on to www.indya.com. Voting opens on July 8, 21.00 and closes on July 9, 20.59.
To know the winner of this contest, viewers have to wait till August 4.
Rejected contestants from the last 15
Looks like we can see expect to see the rejected contestants back in the contest -- but only one of them will go to the next round. My guess is that rejected contestants to be reselected will be Archana, Harish, Shenaaz, Febin and Swapna. What do you think?
Excerpt from article:
Silambarasan as judge for Super Singer -
Excerpt from article:
Silambarasan as judge for Super Singer -
The eliminated eight contestants are given a second chance to perform and give their shot at becoming the Super Singer. It's now the turn of the viewers to choose who among these eight will make it to the Wild Card stage. While the viewer polls will help two of the eight contestants to go to the next stage; each of the judges will choose one contestant of their choice from the eliminated eight.
Therefore, a total of five will be given a second chance and they will perform at the Wild Card stage. From these five participants, only one will be chosen by the viewers (via SMS/televoting) to go to the finals to compete with the final four for the coveted title of Super Singer.
Silambarasan as judge for Super Singer - ChennaiOnline
ChennaiOnline had an article last week that gave away the list of participants in today's show. It also talks about the format of the contest today.
Silambarasan as judge for Super Singer -
Silambarasan as judge for Super Singer -
TV’s music talent hunt show 'Super Singer' has reached the stage where there are now final 12 contestants who were divided into two groups each consisting of six members. This episode, which is marked by tough competition, sees a special invitee to the show to cheer up the contestants on the episode which would be telecast on June 30 and July 1, 2006, between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Vijay TV.
The celebrity is Tamil actor Silambarasan. The star interacts with the participants and listens to their songs and finally selects a singer based on their performance and then gifts a gold coin. Watch out to see who impresses him most.
The 12 selected contestants are given an existing song and will be asked to change the emotion of the song to check how well they are able to bring out the situation involved in the song. These contestants had to choose between two songs given to them. Choice No.1, ‘Manmatha Raasa’ to be sung in sorrow, and choice 2, ‘Poraley Ponnuthayi’ to be sung with cheerful rhythm.
The first six participants are Rajani Saranathan (02), V Anitha (04), Sowmya Mahadevan (07), Swathi Sridharan (10), N S Aruna (11) and Priyadarshini (12).
The second set of six participants are Kilgin (01), Maya (03), Gowtham Bharadwaj (05), Vijay Krishnan (06), Nithin Raj (08) and Nikhil Mathew (09).
These contestants have been given numbers so that viewers can also take part in the selection by sending SMS. For Televoting, viewers can call a set of numbers to register their vote. Viewers can log on to a website and register voting to select their choice of singer out of the 12 contestants and can win fabulous goodies for the right choice.
After these elimination rounds, the final 12 contestants get reduced to 8 and will move to the next round. From this eight, four will be eliminated and the rest of the 4 will be selected for the finals.
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Harish will be back in the Super Singer competition
Harish who had walked out of the competition after being selected in the last 15, is now back into the competition. Read his blog at Out and In.
He also mentions that the voting will be open to public in the next few rounds.
He also mentions that the voting will be open to public in the next few rounds.
I got a call from Vijay TV saying one of the esteemed judges of the show has chosen me as a wildcard and I could re-enter the competition. That was definitely a very very happy moment for me! ... Moving forward, the audience have a very important role to play in who wins this show through telephone-sms polls. I humbly request all my readers to watch the show every fri-sat on vijay TV, encourage and support me if you feel I deserve to win this competition!
Monday, July 03, 2006
Video of Airtel's Super Singer on Vijay TV - Vani Jayram episode
Here are two clips in YouTube of the episode in which Vani Jayram was the judge.
The above is the introduction to the show. Vijay Krishnan rejoining the team; new makeup and the new stage!
The Chennai team's Bak Bak Bak song (intial few seconds).
The above is the introduction to the show. Vijay Krishnan rejoining the team; new makeup and the new stage!
The Chennai team's Bak Bak Bak song (intial few seconds).
Super Singer news in The Hindu and "Vallavan"
The Hindu has an article that talks about the contest in the upcoming episode of Vijay TV's super singer.
Is Simbu a good choice for this show? I don't think so. Have you heard his singing in the latest Vallavan? That kind of singing would have been rejected in the first round of Super Singer! There is a remix of the song "kaadhal vandhirichchu" (from Kalyanaraman) and he makes a mess of it -- funny song does not mean that he can go off key! And what is up with Yuvan and remixes? (that is the topic of a separate blog I guess..)
Is Simbu a good choice for this show? I don't think so. Have you heard his singing in the latest Vallavan? That kind of singing would have been rejected in the first round of Super Singer! There is a remix of the song "kaadhal vandhirichchu" (from Kalyanaraman) and he makes a mess of it -- funny song does not mean that he can go off key! And what is up with Yuvan and remixes? (that is the topic of a separate blog I guess..)
Who wins the title? (Super Singer)
Huddle up to your TV sets to watch the final episode of the super singer contest, to be aired on Vijay TV, June 30 and July 1 at 20.00.
This one-hour show will have the final 12 contestants who are required to sing two songs to be set in a tone far from the original track. They are expected to sing "Manmadha Raasa" and "Poralae Ponnuthaayi," the former with a melancholic touch and the latter with a cheerful note. To add verve to the competition, the show will have actor Silambarasan, who judges the winners and gifts them a gold coin.
To make the viewers be a part of the selection committee, each contestant is given a code number. The singer whom the viewers think will fit the bill can type the contestants' respective code numbers and send it to 6464. For televoting, they can call numbers from 646301 to 646312. For online voting, viewers can log on to http://vijay.indya.com.
Divided into two groups with six members in each, the number of contestants gets reduced from 12 to eight with each round. The final round will have four contestants.
Be a part of the elimination team and see who wins the most coveted title, `Super Singer.'
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