Tanishq Swarna Sangeetham | |
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Genre | Carnatic music, Reality |
Presented by | Mathangi Jagdish (2012), Anuja Iyer (2013) and Sree Chitra (2014) |
Judges | Papanasam Ashok Ramani and Nithyasree Mahadevan |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Tamil |
No. of seasons | 3 |
Production | |
Production locations | Tamil Nadu, India |
Running time | 1 hour |
Release | |
Original network | Raj TV |
Original release | 2012 – 2014 |
Tanishq Swarna Sangeetham (Karnaataka Sangeethathin Thanga Kuralukkaana Thedal) is a reality-based Indian singing competition in Tamil language that is being aired on Raj TV. The program seeks to discover the best singing talent in the Carnatic music genre, through a series of statewide auditions in South India. The contest is run for youngsters between the age group 15–23. [1] The show is sponsored by the diamond and gold jewellery store, Tanishq, and the winner of the show is awarded 5 lakh rupees worth of jewellery from Tanishq. [1] The show completed three seasons after its debut in 2012.
Permanent judges for the talent in season 3 are eminent vocalists Papanasam Ashok Ramani and Nithyasree Mahadevan. [2] Guest judges who appeared in season 3 include other eminent vocalists such as M. Balamuralikrishna, Sudha Raghunathan, S. Sowmya, G. V. Prakash, Shakthisree Gopalan, and others. [2] The show aired on weekends between 9:30pm and 10:30pm, [2] and re-runs are telecast between 9:30am and 10:30am.
This episode telecast performances from previous seasons of the show where then-contestants sang compositions of the Trinity of Carnatic Music, Papanasam Sivan, and Subramania Bharathiyar.
Order | Former Contestant | Song | Raga | Tala | Composer |
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1 | Ashwath Narayanan | "Thyagarajaya Namaste" | Begada | Rupakam | Muthuswamy Dikshitar |
2 | Apoorva Ravindran | "Shri Dhum Dhurge" | Sriranjani | Adi | Muthuswamy Dikshitar |
3 | Venkata Nagarajan | "Shri Naaradha" | Kanada | Rupakam | Muthuswamy Dikshitar |
4 | Ashwath Narayanan | Excerpt from "Piravaa Varam" | Lathangki | Adi | Papanasam Sivan |
5 | Rathipriya | "Chitham Irangaadhaa" (preceded by short alapana) | Sahana | Misrachapu | Papanasam Sivan |
6 | Janani Iyer | "Sendhil Andavan" (preceded by short alapana) | Kharaharapriya | Rupakam | Papanasam Sivan |
7 | Adithyanarayan | "Nalla Kaalam Varugudhu" | Malayamarutham | Adi | Subramania Bharathiyar |
8 | Ashwath Narayanan | "Vandhe Maatharam" | Ragamalika (Yamankalyani, Brindavanasaranga, Punnagavarali, Sindhubhairavi) | Adi | Subramania Bharathiyar |
9 | Venkatanagarajan | "Nenju Porukkudhillaiye" | Shubhapanthuvarali | Adi | Subramania Bharathiyar |
10 | K. P. Nandhini | "Bhooloka Kumaari" | Ranjani | Adi | Subramania Bharathiyar |
11 | Narayanan | "Yethanai Kodi Inbam" | Jog | Adi | Subramania Bharathiyar |
12 | Apoorva Ravindran | "Chandhiran Oliyil" | Bhageshri | Rupakam | Subramania Bharathiyar |
In each season, various prominent celebrity musicians appear on the show as special guest judges These musicians are invited to the show as golden ambassadors of the theme being promoted in each round of the competition. This episode telecast performances by the golden ambassadors in previous seasons of the show.
Order | Golden Ambassador(s) | Song | Raga | Tala | Composer |
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1 | vocalists Priya Sisters | "Maa Ramanan" | Hindolam | Rupakam (2 kalai) | Papanasam Sivan |
2 | vocalist Mahathi | "Engal Kannamma" (preceded by short Kapi raga alapana) | Ragamalika | Adi | Subramania Bharathiyar |
3 | vocalist O. S. Arun | "Sundhara" (Bhajan) | |||
4 | vocalist Sudha Raghunathan | "Hari Smarane Maado" (preceded by ughabhoga "Maneyindha Santhosha") | Yamankalyani | Adi | Purandara Dasa |
5 | vocalist Abhishek Raghuram | "Vellai Thamarai" (preceded by short alapana) | Bhimplas | Adi | Subramania Bharathiyar |
6 | vocalist Sriram Parthasarathy | "Geetham Sangeetham Swarnasangeetham" (preceded by short alapana & followed by swaras) | Ragamalika | Sriram Parthasarathy | |
7 | vocalist Nithyasree Mahadevan (accompanied on mridangam by Papanasam Ashok Ramani) | "Ardhanaareeswaram" (preceded by short alapana) | Kumudhakriya | Rupakam | Muthuswamy Dikshitar |
8 | saxophone player Kadri Gopalnath | tanam | Kalyanavasantham | Adi | Kadri Gopalnath |
9 | vocalists Bombay Sisters | "Oonjal" | Navaroj | Khandachapu | Traditional Hindu wedding song |
10 | vocalists Ranjani-Gayathri | "Nambi Kettavar" | Hindolam | Adi | Papanasam Sivan |
11 | vocalist M. Balamuralikrishna (accompanied on mridangam by Papanasam Ashok Ramani) | "Sarigamapadhani Suswara Sangeethame" (preceded by short alapana) | Kalyani | Adi | M. Balamuralikrishna |
Although the show started off as an experiment being one of the few reality TV show competitions dedicated to Carnatic music, the show also undertook experiments with other related genres for various rounds during each season of the competition. This episode telecast noteworthy performances by contestants (particularly less trained) who shone in rounds consisting of genres other than Carnatic music, being bhajan round, wedding songs round, fusion round, and Bharatha Natyam round.
Order | Former contestant | Song | Raga | Tala | Composer |
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1 | (not applicable) | Traditional bhajan | |||
2 | Pon Avantharaj | "Rengamma Maaji" | Maand | (not applicable) | Namdev |
3 | Anantharaman Erode | Shri | Adi | Traditional Hindu wedding song | |
4 | Adithyanarayan | "Govardhana Giridhara" | Darbari | Adi | Narayana Theertha |
5 | K. P. Nandhini | "Eeshan Enbar" | Kapi | Adi Tisra Nadai | |
6 | Karthick Narayanan | Thillana | Kadhanakuthuhala | Adi | M. Balamuralikrishna |
7 | Subashri | Thillana | Dhanashri | Adi | Swathi Thirunal |
This episode telecast various excerpts of performances and information regarding six former contestants in earlier seasons of the show: the top three finalists in season 1, and the top three finalists in season 2 of the show.
Episode # | Audition City | Open Audition Judges |
5 | Bangalore, Karnataka | Papanasam Ashok Ramani |
Hossur, Karnataka | Papanasam Ashok Ramani | |
6 | Salem, Tamil Nadu | Papanasam Ashok Ramani |
Trichy, Tamil Nadu | Papanasam Ashok Ramani | |
7 | Madurai, Tamil Nadu | Papanasam Ashok Ramani |
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu | Papanasam Ashok Ramani | |
8 | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Nithyasree Mahadevan Papanasam Ashok Ramani |
9 | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Nithyasree Mahadevan Papanasam Ashok Ramani |
10 | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Nithyasree Mahadevan Papanasam Ashok Ramani |
50 contestants were selected during the open audition rounds. This round required the contestants to perform what was required by the permanent judges, Nithyasree Mahadevan and Papanasam Ashok Ramani.
At the conclusion of this round, the top 10 contestants were selected for the main level competition.
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