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

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.