Super Singer is a 2006 IndianTamil-languagereality televisionsinging competition, that was sponsored by KAG Tiles for the tenth season. The show istelevised in India onStar Vijay, and worldwide through partner broadcasting networks. The show, together with its spin-off editions such asSuper Singer Junior, are part of Super Singer.

The program, which debuted on 28 April 2006, seeks to discover the best playback recording voice and singing talent inTamil Nadu through a series of statewide auditions. Selected contestants are required to participate in several competition rounds, often based on a theme for a given week, and aim to be selected to perform in the show's grand finale each season.

Winners and finalists of the competition have been offered chances to sing a song in upcomingTamil movies,^[1][2][3] and other prizes such as sums of money, gold, and real estate property. The eleventh season launched on 2nd August 2025.

The first season premiered on 28 April 2006, with a series of episodes which telecasted auditions for the show.^[4] Auditions were held across the state ofTamil Nadu in the cities ofCoimbatore,Chennai, andMadurai. Performances by auditioning contestants were judged by singersS. P. Sailaja,Jency,Malaysia Vasudevan,Sirkazhi Sivachidambaram,Mahathi, and music directorD. Imman.^[5]

The show was hosted by playback singerChinmayi. Later stages of the competition were held at a specially designed studio set, and performances were judged by a panel of permanent judges consisting of playback singersAnuradha Sriram,P. Unnikrishnan, andSrinivas.^[4] Contestants were eliminated during the competition, and finalists received special training from voice expertAnanth Vaidyanathan in the final stages of the competition.

Season 1 title winnerNikhil Mathew was formally introduced as a playback singer after he sang the song "Enadhuyire" in the Tamil filmBheema for music director,Harris Jayaraj.^[6][7] Season 1 runner up and viewer's choice, Anitha V. (now known as Anitha Karthikeyan) was formally introduced as a playback singer in the Tamil filmMarudhamalai by music director D. Imman.^[6][8]

The second season premiered on 7 July 2008; It held a series of episodes that telecast auditions for the show. Auditions for the show, which commenced on 27 June 2008, were held across three cities in the state ofTamil Nadu. Performances by auditioning contestants were judged by playback singersS. P. Sailaja andSrilekha Parthasarathy in the city ofCoimbatore,Sunitha Sarathy andDeepan Chakravarthy in the city ofChennai, as well asMahathi andMathangi in the city ofTrichy.

Playback singerChinmayi returned as a permanent host of the show up to and including 21 January 2009, following which she left the show much to the disappointment of many fans of the show. She was replaced by a duo, singer-actor Yugendran and his wife, Malini, for the remainder of the show in 2009. Playback singersP. Unnikrishnan andSrinivas returned as permanent judges of the show, and a new permanent judge, playback singerSujatha replacedAnuradha Sriram (who instead appeared as a guest judge through the season). Contestants were eliminated during the competition, and finalists received special training from voice expertAnanth Vaidyanathan in the final stages of the competition.

The Grand Finale was held on 3 June 2009 at YMCA Royapettah, Chennai. At the finals,Ajeesh won the competition and was chosen byYuvan Shankar Raja to sing the songIdhu Varai for thesoundtrack ofTamil film,Goa.^[9][10]

Airtel Super Singer 3, the third season of the Airtel Super Singer show, premiered on 12 July 2010. The third season was hosted by Divya Vijayagopal andSivakarthikeyan. The auditions were held in various parts of Tamil Nadu, and were judged by singers includingS. P. Sailaja,Nithyasree Mahadevan,Unni Menon,Sowmya,Harish Raghavendra,Pop Shalini,Mahathi, andMalgudi Subha.Sujatha,P. Unnikrishnan andSrinivas continued to be the permanent judges for the third consecutive season.

The grand finale was held on 23 September 2011 at Chennai Trade Centre and was broadcast live.Saicharan won the competition,^[11] and was chosen byA. R. Rahman andD. Imman to sing in the filmsGodfather,Manam Kothi Paravai, andSaattai.

Airtel Super Singer 4, the fourth season of theAirtel Super Singer show, premiered on 4 February 2013. The fourth season was hosted byMakapa Anand,Priyanka Deshpande, andBhavana Balakrishnan.

The auditions were held in various parts of Tamil Nadu, and were judged by singers includingS. P. Sailaja,Nithyasree Mahadevan,Unni Menon,Sowmya,Devan Ekambaram,Pop Shalini,Mahathi,Malgudi Subha and Rajinderpal Singh. Playback singers,Sujatha Mohan,Mano,P. Unnikrishnan andSrinivas, were the judges for the fourth season.

Diwakar won the competition,^[12][13][14] and was chosen by music directorsD. Imman, Vivek-Mervin, and Kannan to sing in the filmsPanjumittai,Vadacurry, andKalkandu.

Airtel Super Singer 5, the fifth season of theAirtel Super Singer show, premiered on 1 June 2015. The fifth season was hosted byMakapa Anand,Priyanka Deshpande, andBhavana Balakrishnan.

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

Playback singers,P. Unnikrishnan,Srinivas,Mano, andUsha Uthup, were the judges for the fifth season. At the finale of the show, contestantAnand Aravindakshan was declared the winner of the season, while contestant Fareedha was declared first runner-up. Both finalists were promised an opportunity to sing for one of the upcoming films of music directorSanthosh Narayanan. Contestant Rajaganapathy was chosen as the judge's choice scoring the highest marks and being declared the second runner-up of the season.

The season landed incontroversy as social media users accused theSTAR Vijay Indian TV channel of wrongdoing.^[15] Social media users expressed concern that audiences who spent time and money to support talented youngsters were the victim of unethical practices and criticised the channel for not being upfront about the fact that the winning contestant was already a professional playback singer - which was defended by the channel.^[15]

Nippon Paint Super Singer 6 was hosted byMakapa Anand andPriyanka Deshpande, which ran from 21 January 2018 to 15 July 2018 and was broadcast by Star Vijay.

All the episodes of Super Singer 6 are available on the OTT platformHotstar.

The judging panel includes,Anuradha Sriram,P. Unnikrishnan,Benny Dayal, andShweta Mohan.A.R. Rahman was the Ambassador for this season. The top 6 finalists wereRakshitha, Sreekanth, Sakthi, Anirudh, Malavika, andSenthil Ganesh. The results of the finale are given as:

• Senthil Ganesh was declared the Winner of the Super Singer 6
• Rakshitha Suresh became the first runner up of the season and gets applauded by everyone for being the "Golden Voice of the Season".
• Malavika Rajesh Vaidya was the second runner up of the season.
• Suswaram Anirudh, Sakthi Amaran, Sreekanth Hariharan were the other finalists

Asian Paints Super Singer 7 started on 27 April 2019 and finished on 10 November 2019 onStar Vijay and was telecast from 8 PM onwards.Makapa Anand andPriyanka Deshpande return as the hosts for this season.

This season returns with the same judges' panel including,Anuradha Sriram,Unnikrishnan,Shweta Mohan, andBenny Dayal.Anirudh Ravichandran is the Ambassador for this season. The top 5 were Mookuthi Murugan (SS3),Sam Vishal (SS7), Vikram (SS13), Gowtham, and Punya(SS 6).

Winners:

• Murugan was declared the Winner of the Super Singer Season 7 and received a 50 lakh worth house by Arun Excello.
• Vikram was the first runner up of the season and was awarded 25 lakh gold by Gold one.
• Sam Vishal and Punya were tied as the second runner up of the season.
• Gowtham was the third runner up of the season.

All of the episodes of this season are available on the OTT Platform-Hotstar.

Asian Paints Super Singer 8 premiered on 24 January 2021 with a Grand Launch of a nine-hour program onStar Vijay with grace performances ofHariharan,Shankar Mahadevan,Anuradha Sriram,P. Unnikrishnan,Sid Sriram,Sakthisree Gopalan,Saindhavi,Vijay Prakash,Karthik,Anthony DaasanShashaa Tirupati,Benny Dayal,Kalpana Raghavendar,Pradeep,Vijay Yesudas,S. P. Charan,Gana Bala,Chinnaponnu,Karunas.^[16]All the episodes will be available on the OTT Platform-Hotstar.

The judging panel was often shuffled withAnuradha Sriram,P. Unnikrishnan,Benny Dayal,Shweta Mohan,S. P. Charan,Shakthisree Gopalan andKalpana Raghavendar. Once again, the eighth season was hosted byMakapa Anand andPriyanka Deshpande.

The Grand Finale aired on 26 September 2021. At the finals, Sridhar Sena won the title.

Prize Winners:

• Sridhar Sena was announced the Winner of the Super Singer 8 and received a 10 lakh award by Vijay TV. He has also been provided the opportunity to sing in a future film song composed byAnirudh Ravichander.
• Bharat K Rajesh (announced byMervin Solomon) was the runner up of the season and was awarded an amount of 3 lakhs and an additional amount of Rs 50,000.
• Abhilash Venkatachalam was announced third place bySanthosh Narayanan. He received a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh, and stated that the money was going to be spent for those who were affected by the COVID - 19 Pandemic situation.
• Muthusirpi was awarded the title of Differentiator of the Season and received an amount of Rs 1 lakh, presented byK. S. Chithra.

MRF Vapocure Paints Super Singer Season 9 started on 19 November 2022 onStar Vijay and was telecast from every Saturday and Sunday at 6:30 PM.Makapa Anand andPriyanka Deshpande returns as the hosts for this season. This season returns with the same judges' panel including,Anuradha Sriram,P. Unnikrishnan,Benny Dayal, andShweta Mohan.

Super Singer Season 9 Grand Finale was held on 25 June 2023 at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai.

Before the grand finale took place and during the contestants' tenure atSuper Singer 9, several finalists, were offered to sing in film albums. Music directors, such asSam C. S. andHiphop Tamizha Adhi gave these splendid opportunities to the finalists. First, Pooja Venkatraman was offered to sing a song underSam C. S's direction. Then Abhijith Anilkumar was offered to co-sing a song withShreya Ghoshal in the filmThiruvin Kural, and the lyrics were written by the songwriterVairamuthu. Finally, Aruna Sivaya was offered to sing a song under the music direction ofHiphop Tamizha Adhi .

The five finalists ofSuper Singer 9 are Abhijith Anilkumar, Aruna Sivaya, Pooja Venkatraman, Priya Jerson and Prasanna Adhisesha. Prassana Adhisesha was nominated from the wildcard round.

Several guests that included in the grand finale areHarris Jayaraj,Kalpana Raghavendar,Ananth Vaidyanathan,Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, Binni Krishnakumar.

The grand finale consisted of two rounds. The first round and the second round enabled the contestants to choose their own songs and sing them in front of the wide audience. Several contestants merged two songs, during the second round.

Prize Winners:

• Aruna Sivaya, who was announced byHarris Jayaraj, won Super Singer 9. So she was gifted with an apartment worth 60 Rs lakhs and received a Rs 10 lakhs cash prize award by Star Vijay.
• Priya Jerson was announced by Harris Jayaraj, as the first runner-up of Super Singer 9 and was awarded a Rs 10 lakhs cash prize award by Star Vijay.
• Prasanna Adhisesha was announced as the second runner-up of Super Singer 9 and was awarded a Rs 5 lakhs cash prize award by Star Vijay.

Super Singer Season 10, the tenth season of the Airtel Super Singer show, premiered onStar Vijay on 16 December 2023, and telecasts every Saturday and Sunday. KAG Tiles is the sponsor for this season. Once again, this season is hosted byMakapa Anand andPriyanka Deshpande. The judging panel of this season is,Anuradha Sriram,Sean Roldan,Mano, andSujatha Mohan.^[17]

The Grand Finale was on 23 June 2024. At the finals, John Jerome was the title winner. Jeevitha became the first runner-up, and Vaishanvi became the second runner-up.^[18]

Prize Winners:

• John Jerome; won Super Singer 10. So he was gifted with an apartment worth 60 Rs lakhs.
• Jeevitha; first runner-up Singer 10
• Vaishnavi; second runner-up of Super Singer 10.

Season 10 saw several celebrity guests praising the contestants for their performances and also performing along with the contestants, who include:^[19]

Super Singer Season 11, the eleventh season of the Airtel Super Singer show, premiered onStar Vijay on 2nd August 2025, telecasting every Saturday and Sunday. KAG Tiles is once again the sponsor for this season. Once again, the eleventh season will be hosted by the dynamic duoMakapa Anand andPriyanka Deshpande. The judging panel includes composerThaman S, filmmakerMysskin, and popular playback singersAnuradha Sriram, andP. Unnikrishnan.

The first promo was released on 14th July 2025.

Super Singer T20 (சூப்பர் சிங்கர் T20) is a 2012-2015 IndianTamil-language reality televisionsinging competition, which aired onStar Vijay. Former contestants from previous seasons of the Super Singer andAirtel Super Singer Junior shows were divided into 6 teams. 15 league matches were held where each team competed against the other five teams. 4 teams were selected for the knockout semi-finals, before the remaining 2 teams competed against each other in the finals. The show was hosted byDivyadarshini.

Super Singer - Champion of Champions is a 2020 IndianTamil-language reality televisionsinging competition, which aired onStar Vijay.

Shankar Mahadevan,Sudha Ragunathan,K. S. Chithra,Chinmayi,Anuradha Sriram,Benny Dayal,Kalpana Raghavendar,Vijay Yesudas,Shweta Mohan andSikkil Gurucharan as the judges, take turns to watch their performance live, albeit, from their homes. The show was hosted byMa Ka Pa Anand andPriyanka Deshpande. Super Singer Champion Of Champions Winner is Hari Priya.^[20]

Bakthi Super Singer (பக்தி சூப்பர் சிங்கர்) is a 2025 IndianTamil-language reality television devotionalsinging competition show, which aired onStar Vijay. The show is part ofSuper Singer and focus exclusively onTamil devotional songs, bringing spiritual music to television screens acrossTamil Nadu.^[21][22]Anuradha Sriram and Akshatha Das were hosts of the show which was judged byMahathi,T. L. Maharajan andPushpavanam Kuppusamy are the judges of the show. The show has 12 singers. The show was aired from 31 May to 27 July 2025 and ended with 18 Episodes.

The Grand Finale was held on 26 June and 27 July 2025 on Saturday and Sunday. The show was won by Shravan Narayan, while Alaina Sajith emerged as the first runner up of the show.^[23]

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