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MUMBAI:
In a nail-biting triangular contest which was telecast Live with
simultaneous SMS Scores from audiences worldwide, Amrita TV's music
reality show ,"Lux Super Star Global", climaxed on April
5 with Roopa winning the Mercedes Benz .
Roopa,23,
a native of Cochin, doing her post-graduation in music, said that
she had never dreamt that she would be performing on such a platform,
and more importantly being declared numero uno among thousands of
aspirants who auditioned worldwide for "Super Star Global".
She
gave the entire credit of her accomplishments to the Almighty ,
her music teachers,parents,relatives,Amrita TV fraternity and most
importantly, her supporters and well-wishers who voted her to super
stardom.
The
2nd prize-winner at "Super Star Global" was Jeetu,19,
an undrgraduate from Mumbai who got a Swift , while the third place
went to Teena ,19,who is also doing her graduation hailing from
Calicut
The
journey of " Lux Super Star Global" started with auditions
of over 20,000 aspirants in India ,USA,UK and UAE, from which 21
contestants were shortlisted for competing in this show .Commencing
in July 2007,the talent hunt ran for 180 hourly episodes spread
over eight months,five days a week on prime time(Mon-Fri 8-9 pm)
on Amrita TV
The
Chief Guest was noted singer Vani Jayaram who also performed at
the grand finale.The four-hour live telecast show was interspersed
with entertaining performances by musicians like M.Jayachandran,Unni
Menon,Gayatri,George Peter,Chitra Iyer,Shan, keyboardist Stephen
and all the contestants of "Lux Super Star Global"
Held
at Trivandrum's Nishagandhi open air auditorium in a dazzling set
with a star-studded invited audience in attendance, "Lux Super
Star Global " was beamed Live across the world .Besides supporters
,music lovers,celebrities and clients ,the show was attended by
top officials in police,government and services.
The
Mercedes Benz was sponsored by Confident Group
During
the show a donation of Rs.one lakh was presented to an unfortunate
family from Malappuram district ,where all the four children are
mentally retarded with a disabled father, with no means for livelihood.
"Amrita News", the round-the clock news division of the
channel, had carried a moving story about this impoverished family
under its ongoing public service news campaign" You Too Can
Make A Difference"--exhorting viewers to help. An amount of
Rs 1 lakh which had been collected under this campaign, was handed
over to the mother of the children on the stage of "Super Star
Global" by the Minister of Water Resources,Government of Kerala.
At the show the Chairman ,Confident Group made a humanitarian gesture
by announcing a donation of Rs one lakh on behalf of the Group to
the distressed family
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