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MUMBAI: The wait is over and Nikhil Mathew from Chennai
was crowned as the Airtel Super Singer by popular singer
S.P. Balasubramaniam. He was prized with a Maruti Swift car,
and a trophy apart from the grand opportunity of singing for
music director Harris Jeyaraj.
 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 the winner is an opportunity
to sing for Music Director Harris Jeyraj in his forthcoming
film.
Auditions were conducted across the entire state of Tamilnadu
targeting three major zones, viz., Kovai, Madurai and Chennai.
The mode of entry of participants for the audition was through
CD's and cassettes, Airtel registration, and also on spot
registrations.
The judges' panel for the initial ground auditions was constituted
by personalities in the music industry such as, singers Malaysia
Vasudevan, S.P. Sailaja, Jensi, Dr. Seergazhi Siva Chidambaram
and 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,
informs an official release.
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. Singer Chinmayi anchored
the show, the release adds.
Anitha was announced as the viewer's choice, as she had got
the maximum number of votes and awarded a trophy and a Laptop.
The jury award was given to Somya Mahadevan who participated
in the show and was given a trophy and an E-Go electric bike.
Sowmya has had classical music training for the past 5 years.
She is a student of Meenakshi College, Kodambakkam.
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