Airtel Super Singer 5

Airtel Super Singer 5
Presented by Priyanka Deshpande, Makapa Anand & Bhavna Balakrishnan
Judges Srinivas, Unnikrishnan, Usha Uthup & Mano
Country of origin India
No. of seasons 5
No. of episodes 205
Production
Running time 1 hour
Release
Original network STAR Vijay
Original release 02/06/2015 – 18/03/2016
External links
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Airtel Super Singer 5 - Thamizhagathil Brahmaanda Kuralukkaana Thedal, the fifth season of the Airtel Super Singer show, is a reality-based Indian singing competition in Tamil language that aired on Vijay TV. It was designed to be a talent hunt to find the best voice of Tamil Nadu. The show premiered on 2 June 2015, and episodes were telecast between Monday to Friday each week at 9:30pm. Persons above the age of 16 years were permitted to audition to showcase their talent on Vijay TV's platform.

The show was hosted by Makapa Anand, Priyanka Deshpande, and Bhavna. For the performance rounds by the top 30 contestants, voice trainer Ananth Vaidyanathan appeared fairly regularly on the show. Srinivas and Unnikrishnan returned as permanent judges who appeared regularly throughour the show. The third permanent judge of the show consisted of appearances by either former junior season judge, Usha Uthup, or current junior season judge, Mano, whilst the show necessarily continues to seek a suitable replacement. Following the request of viewers, Sujatha Mohan ceased her regular permanent judge appointment, but occasionally attended to judge contestant performances.

Special guest judges or guest performers who appeared on the show during the season consisted of a variety of eminent playback singers and music directors, including P. Susheela, Vani Jairam, S. P. Balasubramaniam, Vairamuthu, S. P. Sailaja, Nithyasree Mahadevan, Sudha Raghunathan, Sikkil Gurucharan, Pushpavanam Kuppuswamy, Sowmya, T. L. Maharajen, Gana Bala, Velmurugan, Chinnaponnu, Vijay Prakash, as well as stars from the junior version of the show, such as permanent judges K. S. Chitra and Malgudi Shubha, and former contestants of prior seasons of the show.

Auditions

Ground auditions were held in the cities of Chennai, Coimbatore, and Trichy.[1] Ground level auditions were telecast from 2 June 2015. Preliminary round auditions were telecast from 3 June 2015.

The auditions were held in various parts of Tamil Nadu, and were telecast until 4 July 2015. First round audition judges included season 3 winner Saisharan, season 4 winner Diwakar, and former contestants from those seasons such as D. Sathyaprakash, Pooja Vaidyanath, Santhosh Hariharan, and Sonia. Second and third round audition judges included S. P. Charan, Pushpavanam Kuppuswamy, Devan Ekambaram, James Vasanthan, Mahathi, Sowmya, and Shalini. Zonal audition judges were permanent judges from the junior version of the show, Malgudi Shubha, Mano, and K. S. Chithra. A total of 33 contestants were selected for the finals, including local, international, and former contestants.

Finalists

Finals

Main Competition Performance Rounds

Tribute to MSV Round (28 July 2015 – 1 August 2015)

Classical Songs Round (12 November 2015 - 15 November 2015)

This round required the contestants to perform songs of a Carnatic classical music genre. Viewers agreed with judges that the round held during this season outmatched previous seasons in terms of orchestra, judging panel, and overall talent.

Top 5 Selection Round (12 January 2016 – 15 January 2016)

The top 6 remaining contestants were required to perform.

At the conclusion of the round, was eliminated.

Top 5 Celebration Round (19 January 2016 – 23 January 2016)

The top 5 remaining contestants performed against top 5 contestants from seasons 3 and 4, as well as seasons 2, 3, and 4 of the junior version of the show.

Quarterfinals (26 January 2016 – 30 January 2016)

Semi Finals Round (2 February 2016 – 11 February 2016)

Wildcard Rounds & SS Awards

Wildcard Entry Round (16 February 2016 – 17 February 2016)

Wildcard Performance Round (18 February 2016 - 27 February 2016)

Super Singer Awards & Wildcard Results (1 March 2016 – 9 March 2016)

Wildcard Tiebreaker (9 March 2016 – 10 March 2016)

Prefinal Rounds

Strings Unplugged Round (10 March 2016 - 11 March 2016)

Super Singers Perform Live (12 March 2016)

Set Finals (14 March 2016 – 17 March 2016)

Live Grand Finale (18 March 2016)

The grand finale was held on 18 March 2016 at DB Jain College in Thuraipakkam, Chennai.[2] Telecast live from 7:30pm (Indian Standard Time),[2] the running time for the episode exceeded 5 hours, having concluded after 12:45am on the following day,[2] 19 March 2016. Various playback singers, performers, and music lovers attended the event.[3]

Order Contestant Song Original artist(s) Lyricist Music director Movie(s) (year)
1 SS02 Fareedha "Gnyana Pazhathai" & "Pazham Neeyappa" K. B. Sundarambal Kannadasan K. V. Mahadevan Thiruvilaiyadal (1965)
2 SS03 Rajaganapathy "Arupadai Veedu Konda Thirumuruga" Sirkazhi Govindarajan Kannadasan K. V. Mahadevan Kandan Karunai (1967)
3 SS04 Siyad "Raasaathi En Usir" & "Vidukathaiyam Indha Vazhkai" Shahul Hameed Vairamuthu A. R. Rahman Thiruda Thiruda (1993)
4 SS07 Lakshmi "Yenge" & "Margazhi Thinkal" K. S. Chitra & Srinivas; S. Janaki & P. Unnikrishnan Vairamuthu A. R. Rahman Kandukondain & Sangamam (1999)
5 SS05 Anand "Vedam Anuvilum Oru Nadam" S. P. Balasubramanyam & S. P. Sailaja Vairamuthu Ilaiyaraaja Salangai Oli (1983)
6 SS07 Lakshmi "Mona Mona" Mano, Neeti Mohan, & Tanvi Shah Madhan Karky A. R. Rahman Lingaa (2014)
7 SS05 Anand "Anbin Vaasale" Haricharan Madhan Karky A. R. Rahman Kadal (2012)
8 SS03 Rajaganapathy "Aaluma Doluma" Anirudh Ravichander & Badshah Rokesh Anirudh Ravichander Vedalam (2015)
9 SS04 Siyad "Vidukathaiya" Hariharan Vairamuthu A. R. Rahman Muthu (1995)
10 SS02 Fareedha "Saregame Padhanise" ("Secret of Success") Lucky Ali, Clinton Cerejo, Blaaze & Vasundhara Das Vaali, Pa. Vijay & Blaaze A. R. Rahman Boys (2003)

Grand Final Results (Season 5)

Name Position Prize
SS05 Anand Winner Apartment worth 70 lakh rupees
SS02 Faridha First Runner-up 10 lakh rupees cash prize
SS03 Rajaganapathy Second Runner-up & Judge's Choice of the Day 10 lakh rupees cash prize
SS07 Lakshmi 4th-placed 3 lakh rupees cash prize
SS04 Siyad 5th-placed 2 lakh rupees cash prize

Controversy

The Hindu newspaper and other media outlets reported that the Tamil language show, its winning contestant, and its telecasting channel Star Vijay landed in controversy after the finale;[4] "trending on social media for all the wrong reasons".[4] Fans were enraged as details emerged that winning contestant Anand Aravindakshan already featured as a playback singer for at least ten songs in Indian films, including songs in Tamil films.[5] Actor and filmmaker, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan wrote on Facebook that "this cannot have happened without the channel’s knowledge" and that "unethical practices have resulted in victimising not just Anand, but other participants and, of course, the audience, who spend time and money by sending SMSes to support talented youngsters."[4][6] As the show has a reputation of finding budding singing talent and giving them the exposure and platform to enter the Indian film industry,[4][7] social media users criticised the channel of not being upfront about the fact that a professional singer had participated as a contestant in the show and accused the channel of wrongdoing.[4]

According to media reports, the controversy arose after a Facebook post accused TV channel Star Vijay of flouting its competition rules, and hiding the contestant's true identity from the public.[5] Star Vijay responded to the accusations in printed media to assert that it did not hide the contestant's identity and that the current rules permitted existing playback singers to participate in the competition.[7][8] Officials from the channel declared they see no need to disclose information to the public. The show's permanent judge and playback singer Srinivas also suggested it was unnecessary to rake up the past as the contestant won the most votes.[9]

Accusations of wrongdoing were also made against the winning contestant, who refuted the allegations and expressed his dismay in a Facebook post.[10] Viewers and social media users acknowledged that although the information was accessible on the contestant's Facebook and some other sites as refuted by the contestant,[11] the channel probably should have explicitly stated the information to be fair,[11] having failed to do so in at least 200 of its episodes. Social media users also noted that Star Vijay hid most of the show's episodes from audience scrutiny during the season; although almost all episodes from the season were made available for viewing-on-demand at the time of the finale, various episodes from its past seasons and spin-off seasons have been hidden from the public.

References

  1. ↑ "Chennai auditions of Super Singer 5 on air". The Times of India. 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  2. 1 2 3 "'Super Singer 5' grand finale live updates: Anand Krishnan wins the title". International Business Times. India. 2016-03-19. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  3. ↑ "Anand Aravindakshan is the new 'Super Singer'". Times of India. India. 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Udhav Naig (2016-03-23). "Super Singer programme lands in controversy". The Hindu. India. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  5. 1 2 "Super Singer 5 controversy: audience knew, says Star Vijay". Daily News & Analysis. India. 2016-03-23. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  6. ↑ Anupama Subramanian & S Subhakeerthana (2016-03-23). "Reality Show in hot soup". Deccan Chronicle. India. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  7. 1 2 Prakash Upadhyaya (2016-03-23). "'Super Singer 5:' Star Vijay reacts to Anand Aravindakshan's identity controversy". International Business Times. India. Retrieved 2016-03-23.
  8. ↑ Pheba Matthews (2016-03-22). "'No rule that playback singers can't be part of Super Singer, Vijay TV tells'". The News and Minute. India. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  9. ↑ TNN Staff (2016-03-22). "Singer Srinivas speaks out, says audience wanted Anand to win". The News Minute. India. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  10. ↑ TNN Staff (2016-03-27). "Last two days has been a nightmare for me: Anand Aravindakshan". Times of India. India. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  11. 1 2 S. Poorvaja (2016-03-26). "Super Singer winner refutes criticism". The Hindu. India. Retrieved 2016-03-26.

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