Random thoughts on prelim rounds - 1

Now that all the prelim rounds are done, here are some things that stood out in those rounds.

I thought about writing about one participant who was eliminated in the early round by Srilekha and SP Shailaja. She sang the song from Indian "akkadanu naanga". I believe her name was Ratipriya. I am guessing her name based on other conversations that were shown. They never mentioned her name directly when she was selected (by Srilekha) or when she was eliminated later.

She did a great job in the first round. She seemed very involved in her song while singing and it was joy to listen to her. But unforunately she was eliminated when she sang "appadi podu". It was sad to see her go so early. They should have given her another chance. When they were announcing the names from the waiting list, it was clear that she had had a very hard waiting period. Her eyes were bloodshot, possibly from crying. The disappointment was apparent, as she knew that she could not showcase her talent well. I was hoping against hope to see her in the prelim rounds of other cities, but it was not to be. What a waste..

I am sure she will definitely do well in future.

Chennai: final selection round

Judges: Deepan Chakravarthy and Sunitha Sarathy

Videos courtesy: usertubefan

Chennai: extra final selection round

Some more rounds in Chennai in Airtel Super Singer 2008.

Videos provided by usertubefan

Videos courtesy: techsiterocks123

Chennai -- more prelim rounds

Judges: Deepan Chakarvarthy and Sunitha Sarathy
(A little bit of screening by Prashanthi, Vinaya and Rajalakshmi)

Thanks to usertubefan for uploading the videos.











Additional video from usaukca in youtube.

Chennai initial episode

Airtel Super Singer's Chennai prelim episodes.
Judges are: Deepan Chakravarthy and Sunitha Sarathy

Videos courtesy: latha46

Videos courtesy: usertubefan

Tiruchirapalli/Trichy -- final selection

Vijay Super Singer's Trichy final selection round. The judges are Mahathi and Mathangi. The videos are courtesy usaukca who has uploaded these on youtube.

Tiruchirapalli/Trichy -- prelim rounds

Again the prelim selection judges were: Prashanthi, Rajalakshmi, and Vinaya
Final round judges are Mahathi and Mathangi.

Thanks to 'usaukca' for posting these on youtube.

This videos in this column are courtesy 'kainrazial' in youtube

Coimbatore/Kovai -- final selection round

Judges S P Shailaja and Srilekha are together now.

Again thanks to kainrazial for this set of videos.

Kovai/Coimbatore prelim episode

First round Judges are Rajalakshmi, Prashanthi, and Vinaya.
Prelim roud judges: S P Shailaja and Srilekha Parthasarathy

This column has set of videos were uploaded by "kainrazial" in youtube.

This column has videos uploaded by "kainrazial" in youtube.

First episode of Airtel Super Singer 2008 (recap of 2006 season)

The first episode was just a recap of the first season of this program. Thanks to 'ilikesharing', who has uploaded the episode on youtube, here are the clips from episode 1.



Part 1 of Episode


Part 2 of Episode


Part 3 of Episode


Part 4 of Episode


Part 5 of Episode



Part 6 of Episode

Airtel Super Singer 2008

The journey begins yet again! A new edition of the Super Singer has started in Star VijayTV in July 2008.

Right now the prelims rounds are being aired on VijayTV. As the competitors list narrows down in the future rounds I will start writing in more detail. For now I will try to collect some of the video links to the program as and when I find them. If you have spotted or even uploaded some of the clips from this program please let me know so that I can provide an update here.