Airtel Super Singers-2008! - The Hunt for the best singing talent in TamilNadu
About the show
The success of Airtel Super Singer 2006 and Airtel Super Singer Junior, has led to another hunt in 2008, this time much bigger. Thrilling and entertainment as it has always been, this year Airtel Super Singer is all set to find the best singing talent in TamilNadu.
The contest will have a few rounds of intense competition followed by eliminations and the selected will move onto various levels of competition eventually leading to the finals.
To heighten the audition process in Chennai, video booths were set up at various vantage points across the city from June 22nd to June 26th 2008 for the participants to record their voice and gain entry for the auditions. Airtel subscribers also got a chance to pre-register for the auditions by calling 543212727 from their mobile phone.
Those who missed the above entries were given their last chance at Chennai to walk in for the auditions that was held on June 27, 2008 at Mayor Ramanathan Chettiar Center.
Audience voting:
Throughout the show on Vijay TV, viewers will also get a chance to express themselves by voting for their preferred singers.
Apart from gaining recognition from many acclaimed singers, the winner of Airtel Super Singer 2008 gets once in a lifetime opportunity to sing to the music composed by the talented and young music director, Yuvan Shankar Raja; son of the maestro Ilayaraja.
Popular playback singers Sunitha Sarathy and Deepan Chakravarthy were the judges for the ground auditions at Chennai including playback singers like Prashanthi, Rajalakshmi and Vinaya as the preliminary judges. There were about 2000 candidates who have took part in the auditions out of which 15-20 have been chosen from the chennai zone.
This statewide hunt has completed the auditions at Coimbatore and Trichy. Playback singers S P Shylaja and Srilekha Parthasarathy were the main judges for Coimbatore zone and Playback singers Mahathi and Mathangi were the judges in Trichy zone and they selected 15 participants from each of the zone.
Airtel Super Singer 2008 provides a great platform for those above 16 years to showcase their singing talent. This season, like the last one will witness many experts from the music industry judge the talent on view.
This reality show will capture the emotions of the participants and their family; the joy, the disappointment, the exhilaration and the anxiety. The show, Airtel Super Singer 2008 is all set to launch from July 07, 2008 and will air on Monday - Wednesday, 9pm on Vijay TV.
