Star Singer

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Star Singer
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Star Singer
Genre Reality
Created by Asianet
Presented by
Judges
Country of originIndia
No. of seasons9 + 3 (Junior)
Production
Running time60–90 minutes per episode
Original release
Network
Release22 April 2006 (2006-40-22) 
20 October 2024 (2024-10-20)

Star Singer is an Indian music reality television competition, broadcast on Asianet and the show, which selected contestants in the age group of 15–35 years compete based on their skill in singing and entertainment. From season 1 to 7, text messages were sent by the shows' audience to vote for the best-performing participant and a small weightage of this score was considered for a candidate to be shortlisted to next round. From Season 8, voting was conducted on Disney+ Hotstar, Star Network's official OTT platform. [1] [2] The show also features a panel of judges who are prominent personalities in the Malayalam music industry who offer scores and evaluations of performance to the contestants in every stage of the competition. In 2009, Star Singer Junior was launched.

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History

2006

Starting out in 2006 along the lines of Indian Idol , the chief judge on the show was Malayalam music director M. Jayachandran accompanied by a panel of veteran musicians like K. S. Chithra, M. G. Radhakrishnan, Tippu, Deepak Dev, Jassie Gift, Chitra Iyer, Sugeetha Menon and many other pioneers from the music industry. The show was co-hosted by singers Vidhu Prathap, Biju Narayanan, Rimi Tomy and Joy John Antony. Out of approximately 7,000 contestants participating from various states of the country the season was won by Arun Raj in the male category and Kavita Jayaram in the female category. The winners received Rs. 100,000 in prize money, a contract for playback assignments in Jayachandran's upcoming film projects, a deal with Satyam Audios and deals for performing at concerts abroad. This season of the show was produced by Prathap Nair.

2007

In 2007, Idea Star Singer returned with an improved show format and was hosted by Ranjini Haridas, a winner of the Miss Kerala pageant. In this season, the prize was an opportunity to sing in the next project by film director Vinayan, and an apartment in cochin worth Rs 4,000,000. The judging panel featured playback singer M. G. Sreekumar, music director Sharath, and Indian pop singer Usha Uthup. A fourth judging spot featured different celebrity guests all of whom are people of importance in the Malayalam film industry. The 2007 season was inaugurated by popular Malayali actor Mohanlal and more than 20,000 hopeful singers applied to participate in this season. Only 45 contestants were shortlisted from the 100 contestants that made it through to the preliminary round, and this was followed by a televised elimination round based on audience's text message votes and the decision of the judging panel. During the season, contestants were involved in special grooming and choreography sessions.

The final round of the competition was held on 19 April 2008 and the final votes via text messages were close to 500,000. Najim Arshad from Thiruvananthapuram won the final round, winning the new flat which was sponsored by The Confident Group. The first runner-up was Durga Viswanath and she got a Ford Fiesta car sponsored by The Alukkas Jewellery Group. The second runner-up was Thushar MK and the third runner-up was Arun Gopan.

2008

This season of Idea Star Singer was flagged off by Malayalam action hero Suresh Gopi, who also performed a song, along with performances by M. G. Sreekumar, Ouseppachan, P. Unnikrishnan, and L. R. Eswari. The inaugural episode started with a prayer and song by Najim Arshad, who won the previous season of the show.

85 contestants competed in the auditions round, out of which only 50 contestants were selected. In this season, two prizes were awarded, one each for a male and female contestant. The prize was an apartment either Thiruvananthapuram or Dubai City, each valued at 1 million rupees sponsored by the Confident Group. The main panel of judges was changed to introduce Ouseppachan, P. Unnikrishnan and a spot for a different celebrity guest judge for each week. At the start of the season M. G. Sreekumar who was a judge in the previous season was retained in the main panel of judges, but he was later removed, and Sharreth and Usha Uthup from the previous season were called back upon popular demand. The show was initially hosted by Ramya Raveendran but Ranjini Haridas returned to host the show under popular demand from the viewers, and this led to Ranjini becoming an iconic part of the show in its future seasons.

The final round of this season was aired live on 25 April 2009 from the Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Trivandrum and it was hosted by Ranjini Haridas and Meera Nandan (a contestant from the 2007 season) a held at The special chief guest for the finale was Music Director MS Viswanathan. The 2008 season was won by Vivek Anand and Sonia Aamod in the male and female winner categories respectively. The first runner-up was Rahul R. Laxman and he was presented with 101 tolas of gold sponsored by Josco Jewellers. The fourth prize of Rs. 200,000 went to Gayathri. Consolation prizes were given to Jins Gopinath and Prasobh.

2009

Idea Star Singer returned on air for its fourth season in 2009. [3] The judging panel the season was K. S. Chithra, M. G. Sreekumar and Sharreth. The season was hosted by anchor and winner of Miss Kerala, Ranjini Haridas. The season was won by Joby John and Sreenath Nair, Preethi Varrier, Anju Joseph and Vidyashankar was the runners-up of the season. [4]

The grand finale was held at Chandrashekaran Nair Stadium at Thiruvananthapuram on 1 August 2010. S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, M. G. Sreekumar, K. S. Chithra and Sarath were the judges of the grand finale. The finalists was Preethi Varrier, Sreenath Nair, Anju Joseph, Joby John and Vidyashankar. Joby John was declared as the winner of the season and was awarded a villa of 10 million by Travancore Builders. Joby was the most popular among the contestants and attained 50 million SMS votes from the people. Sreenath Nair was declared as the first runner up of the season with 30 million SMS votes. Preethi Varrier, Anju Joseph and Vidyashankar was the second, third and fourth runners-up of the season respectively.

2010

Kalpana Raghavendar won the 2010 Star Singer contest. She won a villa worth INR 10,000,000. Mridula Varier became the first runner-up. She won gold worth INR 1,500,000. Immanuel Henry became the second runner-up. He won gold worth INR 750,000. Antony John became the third runner-up. He won INR 500,000. Akhil Krishnan became the fourth runner-up. He won INR 200,000. Antony also won a special prize of INR 500,000 from film actor Mohanlal but due to shooting and other problems, Mohanlal wasn't able to turn up leaving Ganagandharvan Padma Shri Dr K.J Yesudas to hand over the prize money.

2011–2012

Idea Star Singer season 6 Grand Finale held at Trivandrum on 22 December 2012. Merin Gregory of Kozhikode won the ISS winner title in ISS season 6. The second prize was secured by Rajiv Rajasekharan from Thiruvananthapuram. The eminent judging panel consisted of playback singers Hariharan, K. S. Chithra, M. G. Sreekumar, Anuradha Sreeram and music director M. Jayachandran. The finalists were Sukesh Kuttan from Dubai, Megha Sijimon from Kochi, Nandu Kishore from Pala and Shamshad from Attingal. The show was Produced by Asianet and Directed by Prathap Nair.

2014

The seventh season of Star Singer started airing in March 2014. The show was hosted by Rimi Tomy and M. G. Sreekumar, who were also the judges, along with Anuradha Sriram. The title winner of Sunfeast Delishus Star Singer was Malavika Anilkumar from Thrissur, Kanimangalam.She has won many competitions other than Idea Star Singer. She won a flat in Kochi worth Rupees 5 million from Confident Group run by Dr. C. J. Roy; followed by Reshma Raghavendra, Aslam Abdul Majid at second and third position respectively.

2020-2022

The eighth season was launched on 27 December 2020.The show was hosted by Jewel Mary. The launch event was telecasted on 3 January 2021. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the show was put on hold after 43 episodes in July 2021 and relaunched with a mega event on 2 January 2022.The show ended on 19 June 2022 and the title winner is Ridhu Krishna. He won a flat worth Rupees 1 crore from Confident Group run by Dr. C. J. Roy. [5] [6]

2022-2023

The third season of juniors was launched on 30 October 2022 after a hiatus of 10 years.The show was hosted by Jewel Mary and Akhil Kutty.Previous season's chief jury Sujatha Mohan launched the show. The winner of the show was Pallavi Ratheesh who won 30 lakhs.

2023-2024

The grand launch of Star Singer Season 9 took place on 15 and 16 July 2023. The show was airing on Asianet every Saturday and Sunday. The judges for this season are K. S. Chithra, Sithara, and Vidhu Prathap. The show is hosted by RJ Varsha.

In the first episode, the contestants were divided into two teams – Convent Music School and Gurukulam Sangeetha Vidyalayam.

The show was planned to end with a Grand finale in February 2024. However, it was decided that the competition will be extended and the show telecast will continue after a short break, post the ending of Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 6. The initially planned finale was rebranded and conducted as a 'Summer Festival' (telecasted on 11 and 17 February 2024 in Asianet) where the contestants competed for a prize money of Rs 5 Lakhs. This was finally divided among all the top 10 contestants. [7]

Show relaunched with a mega event on June 23 2024, with the addition of two new wild card contestants, along with the existing top 10 contestants. The show had a grand finale on 20 October 2024 at Ad Lux Convention centre,Angamaly.The winner of the show was Aravind Dileep Nair who won 50 lakhs from Confident Group. [8]

Key people

SeasonAired fromAired tillSponsorsJudgesAnchor(s)WinnersFinalistsTelecast Frequency
122 April 200618 February 2007 Idea Cellular M. Jayachandran,
K. S. Chithra, Tippu /
M. G. Radhakrishnan, Deepak Dev/
Jassie Gift /
Chitra Iyer/
Sugeetha Menon
Rimi Tomy,
Afzal,
Joy John Antony /
Biju Narayanan/
Vidhu Prathap
Arun Raj,
Kavita Jayaram
Weekends only
221 May 200726 April 2008Idea Cellular Sharreth,
M. G. Sreekumar,
Usha Uthup
Ranjini Haridas,
Meera Nandan
Najim Arshad Durga Viswanath,
Thushar M K,
Arun Gopan
Mon – Fri
328 April 200825 April 2009Idea Cellular Sharreth,
M. G. Sreekumar,
Ouseppachan,/
P. Unnikrishnan,
/G. Venugopal
Usha Uthup
/L. R. Eswari
Ranjini Haridas,
Ramya Raveendran,
Devi
Vivekanand,
Sonia
Gayathri,
Jins Gopinath,
Rahul,
Prasobh
Mon – Fri
427 April 20091 August 2010Idea Cellular Sharreth,
M. G. Sreekumar,
K. S. Chithra
Ranjini Haridas Joby JohnSreenath Nair,
Preethi Warrier,
Anju Joseph,
Vidhyashankar
Mon – Fri
52 August 201024 September 2011Idea Cellular Sharreth,
M. G. Sreekumar,
K. S. Chithra,
Anuradha Sriram
Ranjini Haridas Kalpana Raghavendar Mridula Warrier,
Anthony,
Immanuel
Mon – Fri
625 September 201122 December 2012Idea Cellular M. Jayachandran,
M. G. Sreekumar,
K. S. Chithra,
Anuradha Sriram
Ranjini Haridas Merin GregoryMegha, Merin
Nandu, Rajeev
, Shamshad, Sukesh Kuttan
Mon – Fri
731 March 201421 September 2014 Sunfeast Delicious Rimi Tomy
M. G. Sreekumar
Anuradha Sriram
Rimi Tomy Malavika AnilkumarMalavika Anilkumar
Reshma
Aslam, Varsha
Vaisakhy, Janaki, Manu [9]
Mon – Fri
827 December 2020 [10] 19 June 2022 [11] Nestlé Munch & Swayamvara Silks Sharreth,
K. S. Chithra ,
G. Venugopal,
Manjari,
Stephen Devassy
Guest Jury:

Kalpana Raghavendar

Vidyadharan

Kavalam Sreekumar (Shruthy – final auditions)
Shreya Ghoshal (Grand Finale)

Alina Padikkal (Shruthy Finals),
Jewel Mary
Rithu Krishna [12] Akhil Dev, Arjun Unnikrishnan, Jeril Shaji, Krithika S, Milan Joy, Rithu Krishna, Vishnumaya RameshWeekends only
915 July 202320 October 2024 [13] [14] Cutee the Beauty Soap(2023-2024)
Pavizham Rice & MyG Future(2024)
Main Panel:

K. S. Chithra [15] (Mahaguru),

Vidhu Prathap (Owner – Convent School),

Sithara Krishnakumar (Owner – Gurukulam School)

Grooming Panel:

Gurukulam School:

Kannur Shareef (Principal)

Indu Prasad

Ashima Manoj

Noushad Master

Bharat Sajikumar

Convent School:

Mithun Jayaraj (Principal)

Swetha Ashok

Merin Gregory

Dr.Veena Joseph

Aswin Vijayan

Guest Jury:

M. M. Keeravani (Grand Launch)

Vidyasagar (Relaunch)

Sujatha Mohan

Srinivas

Hariharan

Rahul Raj

Ranjin Raj

Varsha Ramesh ,
Ranjini Haridas (Grand Finale)
Aravind Dileep NairAravind,
Disha,
Nanda,
Anusree,
Balram,
Sreerag [16]
Weekends only

Junior

SeasonAired fromAired tillSponsorsJudgesAnchor(s)WinnersFinalistsTelecast Frequency
16 September 200814 February 2010 Nestlé Munch Sujatha Mohan, G. Venugopal, Gopinath Muthukad Akhila Sasidharan Swetha Ashok Vishnu, Sadhika, AthiraWeekends only
220 February 201015 August 2011 Nazriya Nazim AdarshYadukrishnan, Vishnu, VaishakhiWeekends only
330 October 202219 March 2023Mercely's Ice cream Sithara Krishnakumar
Kailas Menon,
Manjari,
Stephen Devassy

Guest Jury: K. S. Chithra Mano

Jewel Mary Pallavi RatheeshSerah Robin, Saatvik S Satheesh, Pallavi Ratheesh, Hitaishini Bineesh, Aryan S NMon- Fri (Until 25 November 2022)

Weekends Only (From 3 December 2022)

Controversies

SMS

Asianet has not made clear how the SMS votes are attributed before and after on each contestants reaching the 'danger zone' leading to their elimination. It is alleged that the SMS votes received are not added to decide the ranking of the contestants. The number or the percentage of SMS votes received by each contestants are kept private from the viewers of the show. Since the channel has its reach over 60 countries including the Indian sub-continent, Sri Lanka, China, South East Asia, Middle East, Europe, United States, Singapore and the lower half of the former Soviet Union at various time zones, the SMS voting end-time was initially not announced. Asianet later clarified after the eighth stage that SMS voting deadlines are based on Indian Time.

According to Asianet sources, for the Grand Finale, weightage of SMS was just 5% of overall score with judges' score attributing the rest 95%. [17]

Prizes

There are criticism from various corners saying that many of the winners didn't actually opt to receive the prizes because of the huge tax they had to pay for receiving the villa. That means the channel's advertisement of getting a villa through their sponsor is questioned. This got more visible in the case of ISS season 4 winner Joby John [18]

References and notes

  1. "Idea Star Singer '07 contest". The Hindu . Chennai, India. 24 March 2007. Archived from the original on 31 March 2007.
  2. "Stars of the Idea Star Singer". OneIndia. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009.
  3. "Idea Star Singer Season 4 Grand Finale". 29 July 2010.
  4. "Joby won Idea Star Singer Season 4". 2 August 2010.
  5. "സ്റ്റാർ സിംഗർ സീസൺ 8: വിജയിയായി റിതുകൃഷ്ണ". The Indian Express.
  6. "സ്റ്റാര്‍ സിങ്ങര്‍ ഗ്രാന്റ് ഫിനാലെ വീട്ടിലിരുന്നും തത്സമയം ആസ്വദിക്കാം, സംപ്രേക്ഷണം ജൂണ്‍ 19-ന് വൈകുന്നേരം ആറ് മുതല്‍". Samayam Malayalam.
  7. "Star Singer takes a 'vacation' ahead of Bigg Boss Malayalam". The Times of India . 13 February 2024.
  8. "Star Singer 9 Grand Finale: സ്റ്റാര്‍ സിങ്ങര്‍ സീസൺ 9 വിജയി ഗ്രാൻഡ് ഫിനാലെ ഞായറാഴ്ച, ആര് കിരീടം ചൂടും?". The Indian Express . 19 October 2024.
  9. "Star Singer Finale on 21 September". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  10. "സ്റ്റാര്‍ സിംഗര്‍ സീസണ്‍ 8 ഇന്ന് മുതല്‍ ഏഷ്യാനെറ്റില്‍; ഈ സീസണില്‍ 40 മത്സരാര്‍ത്ഥികള്‍". Asianet News.
  11. "സ്റ്റാര്‍ സിംഗര്‍ സീസണ്‍ 8 ഗ്രാന്റ് ഫിനാലെ ഇന്ന് ഏഷ്യാനെറ്റിൽ". Asianet News.
  12. "Exclusive! Star Singer season 8 winner Ridhu Krishna: My biggest dream is to become a playback singer". The Times Of India.
  13. "Star Singer 9 Grand Finale: Everything we know so far about the gala event". The Times Of India.
  14. "ഏറ്റുമുട്ടാൻ ആറ് പേർ, വിജയ കീരിടം ആർക്ക് ? സ്റ്റാർ സിംഗർ ഗ്രാൻഡ് ഫിനാലെ അങ്കമാലിയിൽ, വിശദ വിവരങ്ങൾ". Asianet News.
  15. "Exclusive! K S Chithra on Star Singer: I've never seen such incredible talents in a single show before". The Times Of India.
  16. "Star Singer 9 Grand Finale: Meet the finalists of the season". The Times Of India.
  17. Manmadhan, Prema (4 August 2010). "The new singing stars". The Hindu. Chennai, India.
  18. http://marunadanmalayalee.com/Jobyjohn-66854.htm [ dead link ]

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