Vasantham Star

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Vasantham Star
Genre
Directed byHeider Ali (S1)
Malathi Madavan (S7)
Presented bySeason 01
Elamaran
Season 02
Sara
Jaynesh Isuran
Season 03
Saravanan Ayyavo
Season 04
Jaynesh Isuran
Season 05
Varman
Bharathi
Season 06
Udaya Soundari
Varman
Season 07
Saravanan Ayyavo
JudgesSeason 01
Mohamed Raffee
Muralikrishnan
Soundra
Season 02
Kalaiselvan
Soundravalli
Mohan
Sondramogan
Season 03
Sangeetha
Sondramogan
Mohamed Raffee
Season 04
Sondramogan
Haider Ali
Malarvizhi
Season 05 & 06
Vicknesvari Vadivalagan
Yugendran
Erfan
Season 07
Shabir Sulthan
Vicknesvari Vadivalagan
Mohamed Raffee
'Vocal Trainer'
Erfanulla
Country of origin Singapore
Original languageTamil
No. of episodesSeason 01: 13
Season 02: 13
Season 03: 10
Season 04: 10
Season 05: 13
Season 06: 13
Season 07: 13
Production
ProducersHaider Ali (1)
Anuratha Kanderaju (2)
Malathi Madavan (S7)
Pavithra Chandrakumar (S6)
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running timeapprox. 50–55 minutes per episode
Original release
Network Vasantham TV
Release2005 (2005) 
present

Vasantham Star is a 2005 Singaporean Tamil-language reality singing television show, which airs on Vasantham TV from 2005. Over eighteen years, Vasantham Star has produced seven seasons.

Contents

Vasantham Star is Vasantham's Indian Idol competition, a competition that guarantees instant stardom for the winner.[ peacock prose ]

Overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginal BroadcastWinner
First AiredLast Aired
1 132005 Shabir Sulthan
2 132007Ebbi
3 102009Vikneshwaran
4 102011Suthasini Rajenderan
5 132015Subasini
6 132017Nandhitha & Swathi
7 131 January 202326 March 2023Navein Gunasekaran

Season 1 (2005)

The first season aired on from 2005 and ended with 13 Episodes. The judges are Mohamed Raffee, Muralikrishnan and Soundra, Elamaran as the host. The winner of the season was Shabir Sulthan. [1]

Prize Winners:

Season 2 (2007)

The second season was aired from 2007 and ended with 13 Episodes. Sara and Jaynesh Isuran as the hosts. Kalaiselvan, Soundravalli, Mohan and Sondramogan as the judges. The title winner of Season 2 is Ebbi. [2]

Prize Winners:

Top 4 Finalist

Season 3 (2009)

The show launched on 2009 on Vasantham TV. Sangeetha, Sondramogan and Mohamed Raffee as the judges. The winner of the season was Vikneshvaran.

Prize Winners:

Season 4 (2011)

It began broadcasting on 2011 and finished with 10 Episodes. Jaynesh Isuran as the host. Sondramogan, Haider Ali and Malarvizhi as the judges. The winner of the season was Suthasini Rajenderan. [3]

Prize Winners:

Season 5 (2015)

Vasantham Star returned with its 5th season after four years. It began broadcasting on 2015 and finished with 13 Episodes. Varman and Bharathi as the hosts. Vicknesvari Vadivalagan, Yugendran and Erfan as the judges. The winner of the season was Subashini. [2]

Prize Winners:

Top 3 Finalist

Season 6 (2017)

Vasantham Star returned with its 6th season after two years. It began broadcasting on 2017 and finished with 13 Episodes. Varman has officially once again been appointed as the host with Udaya Soundari. Vicknesvari Vadivalagan, Yugendran and Erfan officially once again been appointed as the judges with Erfanulla.

4 judges, 3 duos, but who will be that 1 winning duo who will walk away with the title of being the first ever Vasantham Star 2017. Sheeta and Khirathanah was the winner of second season.

Prize Winners:

Contestants

Season 7 (2023)

The first season of the show began airing from 1 January 2023 and ended with 13 Episode from 26 March 2023. available for worldwide streaming on Mediacorp. [4] It is the seventh season of 'Vasantham Star'. [5] [6] The three main judges of this show are Shabir Sulthan, Vicknesvari Vadivalagan and Mohamed Raffee, and Saravanan Ayyavo as the Host. Navein Gunasekaran was crowned the winner of Vasantham Star 2023. [7]

Synopsis

The 12 finalists were selected by a panel of judges from 180 aspiring hopefuls and they come from all walks of life from students and freelance artistes to a financial advisor. Marks will be given to contestants on the basis of their performance, which is judged by three main judges (Shabir Sulthan, Vicknesvari Vadivalagan and Mohamed Raffee), and The 12 aspiring singers will also receive coaching from renowned industry professional and vocal trainer Erfanulla.

Judges and Hosts

Judges

JudgesNotes
Shabir Sulthan Tamil Singaporean singer-songwriter, record producer, music compose. He is the winner of the inaugural singing competition Vasantham Star 2005.
Vicknesvari Vadivalagan [8] Actress and arts practitioner.
Mohamed Raffeeveteran musician.

Host

JudgesNotes
Saravanan AyyavoTelevision Actor and Host. winner of Pradhana Vizha Best Host.

Contestants

#ContestantsNotes
1Mazhaimega, (22)Civil Engineering Student in Nanyang Technological University.
2Sarva Srilal Tejasvini, (18)Student and Modelling.
3Aditya Anand, (23)Student in Nanyang Technological University.
4Vikneswaran Rajendran, (27)Undergraduate student in PSB Academy.
5Ashok Kumar Shwetha, (21)Undergraduate student in Information Systems.
6Mohamed Yacob, (27)Financial Advisor.
7Harsha Channa, (29)Freelance Singer.
8Navein Gunasekaran, (24)Undergraduate student in Sociology and Public Policy.
9Thivyashalini Ramkumar, (20)Student
10Shakshi Harendran, (26)Freelance Singer and Actor
11Prajeeth Venkatesh, (26)Undergraduate student in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
12Sindhu Vimalkumar, (33)Works in the Insurance Industry.

Episodes

EpisodesAiringTeamEliminate
11 January 2023Blind Auditions
28 January 2023Introduction Round
315 January 2023 Pongal special
422 January 2023 A. R. Rahman RoundSarva Srilal Tejasvini
529 January 2023 Kollywood Hero and Heroine special
65 February 2023Harsha Channa
712 February 2023Aditya Anand
819 February 2023Shakshi Harendran
926 February 2023Sindhu Vimalkumar
105 March 2023Vicky
1112 March 2023
1219 March 2023Wildcard Round
1326 March 2023Grand Finals

Finals

Top 5 Finalist

Season 7 ContestantsNotes
Navein GunasekaranWinner
Mohamed Yacob1st runner up
Sindhu Vimalkumar2nd runner up
Prajeeth VenkateshEliminated
Ashok Kumar Shwetha [11] Eliminated

Grand Finale

The grand finale telecast on Live on 26 March 2023. The chief guest for the grand finale was film composer and singer, D. Imman, who announced the name of the winner of the competition. The winner of this season was Naveen Gunasekaran, won 20,000 cash prize. [12]

References

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  2. 1 2 "Student Subashini Sundaram wins Vasantham Star and $15,000 cash". The Straits Times. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  3. "Singaporean singer turns hate comments about teeth, make-up into catchy Tamil song (VIDEO)". sg.news.yahoo.com.
  4. "Mediacorp's Tamil reality singing competition 'Vasantham Star' returns in 2023". hear65.bandwagon.asia. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  5. "Tamil reality singing competition Vasantham Star returns after 6-year hiatus". cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  6. "Vasantham Star returns after 6-year hiatus". headtopics.com. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  7. "Who was crowned winner of singing competition Vasantham Star 2023?". cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com.
  8. "Vasantham actress Vicknesvari Vadivalagan on her life-long love affair with dance". www.todayonline.com.
  9. "Navein Gunasekaran wins 2023 edition of Mediacorp's Vasantham Star". hear65.bandwagon.asia. 27 March 2023.
  10. ""வெற்றிபெற்றதில் மகிழ்ச்சிதான். ஆனாலும் இது ஓர் ஆரம்பமே" - 'வசந்தம் ஸ்டார் 2023' போட்டியின் முதல் 3 இடங்களைப் பிடித்த வெற்றியாளர்கள்". seithi.mediacorp.sg.
  11. "Finalists of Mediacorp's reality singing competition 'Vasantham Star' unveiled — Navein Gunasekaran, Ashok Kumar Shwetha, Prajeeth Venkatesh, and Mohamed Yacob". hear65.bandwagon.asia. 6 March 2023.
  12. "நவீன் - "வசந்தம் ஸ்டார் 2023" போட்டியின் வெற்றியாளர்!". seithi.mediacorp.sg.