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.