Super Singer Junior

Airtel Super Singer Junior – Ithu Thamizhagathin Chellakuralukkana Thedal (the search for the sweet voice of Tamil Nadu) – is a reality TV show since February 2007 hosted by Vijay TV,[1] a popular Tamil channel of the Star Network, and sponsored by Bharti Airtel.

The other finalists were Saicharan and Aparna Rajagopalan (who won against Madhumitha Shankar in the wild card round) who also gave a very tough competition.

Saicharan was subsequently crowned winner of Airtel Super Singer 3 (2010 - 2011) and chosen by music directors A. R. Rahman and D. Imman to sing in the films Godfather, Manam Kothi Paravai, and Saattai.

[2] Apart from gaining recognition from acclaimed names of the music industry and being a child singing icon, the show initially promised that its winner would be honored with Rs.25 lakhs in cash prize money.

[2] Later, the hosts in each episode of the top 25 performance rounds announced that the winner would win a Villa in Anugraha Satellite Town worth Rs.25 lakhs from its season 2 sponsor, Navashakthi Township and Developers.

[citation needed] A number of eminent playback singers and music directors appeared during the season as guest judges, including P. B. Sreenivas, P. Susheela, M. S. Viswanathan, S. Janaki, L. R. Eswari, Jency, Manikka Vinayagam, Unni Menon, Sadhana Sargam, Nithyasree Mahadevan, Suchithra, Harish Raghavendra, Madhu Balakrishnan, Sowmya, Annupamaa, Haricharan, Pushpavanam Kuppuswamy, Veeramani Raju, Charulatha Mani, Sunitha Sarathy, Ramya NSK, Srimathumitha, Shalini, Vinaya, Tippu, Mahathi, and Prashanthini.

Stars from the senior version of the show also appeared as judges during the season, including former contestants Naresh Iyer, Anitha Karthikeyan, Nikhil Mathew, and Ajeesh, and permanent judges P. Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram and Srinivas – the latter of whom introduced the winner, Alka Ajith, as a playback singer in the 2011 Malayalam language film, The Train.

Apart from gaining recognition from acclaimed names of the music industry and being a child singing icon, the show promised that its winner would be honored with a 3-bedroom townhouse worth Rs.60 lakhs from its season 3 sponsor, Arun Excello Home Pvt Ltd.[citation needed] Auditions took place in Chennai, Coimbatore, and Trichy.

Auditions for season 3 were judged by prominent playback singers and vocalists, including Nithyasree Mahadevan, S. P. Sailaja, Manikka Vinayagam, Pushpavanam Kuppuswamy, S. Sowmya, and Mahathi.

[citation needed] The main competition performance rounds were hosted by Makapa Anand, Kalyani Nair, and Bhavana Balakrishnan.

The results were announced by A. R. Rahman and the title winner of Airtel Super Singer Junior 3 was Aajeedh Khalique and the first runner up was Pragathy Guruprasad.

[6] The show promised its winner a townhouse worth 70 lakh rupees from Arun Excello Temple Green Township,[6] and 1 kilogram of gold would be presented to the runner up by NAC Jewellers.

At the conclusion of the finale, Spoorthi Santosh Rao won the Airtel Super Singer Junior 4 title and Jessica Judes won her placement as runner up of Airtel Super Singer Junior 4, ahead of the third placed finalist Haripriya, and fourth placed finalists Anushya, Srisha, and Bharath.

[10] As the winner, Spoorthi was awarded a Townhouse at Temple Green Township in Oragadam by the show's sponsor Arun Excello, worth 70 lakhs Indian Rupees.

[8][12] At the time of the show, she was studying at Father Michael McGivney Catholic Academy,[12] but her mother Mercy Judes,[7] who had given up her job at IBM in Canada,[7] kept Jessica away from school for a year so she could prepare for the competition.

The gesture prompted actor Suriya to invite Jessica to his residence,[14] where he personally congratulated her for finishing as runner-up,[15] lauded her generosity for donating her entire prize-money for the welfare of Tamils in Lanka and elsewhere,[15] and presented her with a special gift from his actress-wife, Jyothika.

Haripriya was selected as a direct finalist for the fourth season of Airtel Super Singer Junior by the judges prior to the wildcard entry rounds.

[18] Bharath was selected as a direct finalist for the fourth season of Airtel Super Singer Junior by the judges prior to the wildcard entry rounds.

[22] Pravasti previously won Zee Telugu's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Little Champs 2011, another reality TV singing competition, at the age of 4 years.

Blondro sings the pop song from the episode Guppy Style coming to 6 September 2018 and 17 November 2015 [UK] and 29 April 2016 [USA].

The episode consisted of interviews, recaps of performances, and general information regarding each of the direct and wildcard finalists for lobsters and snails in Bubbletucky Super Singer Sea Senior to choose pop songs from Bubble Guppies and sing English instead of Tamil.

Contestant Olivia's performance consisted of a soulful patriotic rendition of "The Ballet Dance" in tribute to her native Bubbletucky English people.

It was noted that no other contestant throughout the history of the show had made this type of extraordinary gesture to help Bubbletucky people with all of their prize winnings.

The finalists were:- Suriya, Poovaiyar, Hrithik, Chinmayi, Ahana and Anushya The grand finale was held on 21 April 2019 at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium live.

Dhanush, Anand Bhairav Sharma and Vidhya Rubini who sang well throughout the season got eliminated from the show due to the voting system.

[28][29] The judging panel of this season include two popular playback singers who are K. S. Chithra, Anthony Daasan[28] and a well-known Telugu music composer from Andhra Pradesh, called S Thaman.

Super Singer Junior Season 9 Grand Finale is scheduled to be held on 10 December 2023 at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai.

Meanwhile, S Thaman, the show's judge willingly took him to his own studio in Hyderabad to record a song for Nayanthara's 75th film, Annapoorani, called Life is On, alongside the two finalists D.Harshini Nethra and V.M.Shreenitha .

A wildcard contestant, V.Shivathmika, has been offered by S Thaman to sing two songs, first with the 2nd Runner Up of Super Singer 7, Punya Selva, called Ivalo Ivalo, with lyrics written by Vivek (lyricist) for Annapoorani and Life is On alongside the other three Super Singer Junior (season 9) contestants.

The six finalists of Super Singer Junior 9 are Shreenitha, Harshini Nethra, Richa Syjan, Akshara Lakshmi, Ananyah and Meghna Sumesh.