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BANGALORE:
Vijay TV will start airing the third edition of Airtel Super
Singer 2008 on 7 July at 9 pm.
Airtel continues to be the title sponsor for the new edition
of Super Singer. The third edition has three episodes every
week, from Monday to Wednesday. The show aims to provide a
platform for those above 16 years to showcase their singing
talent.
As
is the norm in the case of talent hunts in India, Airtel Super
Singer 2008 will have a few rounds of competition followed
by eliminations and the selected will move onto various levels,
eventually leading to the finals. Also, as has become a practice
across most talent hunts in India, viewers can participate
at various stages in selecting their preferred singers.
Ground
auditions in Chennai have started yesterday (June 27) and
will spill over to Monday (June 30). Playback singers Sunitha
Sarathy and Deepan Chakravarthy are the main judges for the
ground auditions at Chennai.
Besides
Chennai, auditions have been completed at Coimbatore and Trichy.
Playback singers SP Shylaja & Srilekha Parthasarathy were
the main judges for Coimbatore zone and playback singers Mahathi
& Mathangi were the judges in Trichy zone. Fifteen participants
each have been selected from Coimbatore and Trichy.
To
heighten the audition process in Chennai, video booths were
set up at various vantage points across the city at select
retail outlets for the participants to record their voice
and gain entry for the auditions, claims a Vijay TV release.
Around
20 participants could be selected from Chennai since the turn
out for the auditions has been more than expected, revealed
a Vijay TV source while speaking with www.indiantelevision.com.
The
winner of Airtel Super Singer 2008 will get an opportunity
to sing to the music composed by the young music director
and son of music maestro Ilayaraja Yuvan Shankar Raja.
Retail
chain Spencers is the outdoor partner for this edition. The
associate sponsors are Johnson Baby, Parle G, Premier Pressure
Cooker and Pothys. The official print partner is Kumudam,
and the radio partner is Radio Mirchi.
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