Super Singer 5
Airtel Super Singer 5 - Thamizhagathil Brahmaanda Kuralukkaana Thedal, the fifth season of the Airtel Super Singer show, is a reality-based Indian singing competition in Tamil language that aired on Vijay TV. It was designed to be a talent hunt to find the best voice of Tamil Nadu. The show premiered on 1 June 2015, and episodes were telecasted on weekdays each week at 9:30 PM. Persons above the age of 16 years were permitted to audition to showcase their talent on Vijay TV's platform. This program was sponsored by Airtel. The show was hosted by Makapa Anand, Priyanka Deshpande, and Bhavana Balakrishnan. For the performance rounds by the top 30 contestants, voice trainer Ananth Vaidyanathan appeared fairly regularly on the show. Playback Singers, Usha Uthup, Mano, Srinivas and P. Unnikrishnan returned as permanent judges who appeared regularly throughout the show. The third permanent judge of the show consisted of appearances by either former junior season judge, Usha Uthup, or current junior season judge, Mano, whilst the show necessarily continues to seek a suitable replacement. Following the request of viewers, Sujatha Mohan ceased her regular permanent judge appointment, but occasionally attended to judge contestant performances. Special guest judges or guest performers who appeared on the show during the season consisted of a variety of eminent playback singers and music directors, including P. Susheela, Vani Jairam, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vairamuthu, S.P. Sailaja, Nithyasree Mahadevan, Sudha Raghunathan, Sikkil Gurucharan, Pushpavanam Kuppuswamy, S. Sowmya, T. L. Maharajan, Gana Bala, Velmurugan, Chinnaponnu, Vijay Prakash, as well as stars from the junior version of the show, such as permanent judges K.S. Chithra and Malgudi Subha, and former contestants of prior seasons of the show. Auditions Ground auditions were held in the cities of Chennai, Coimbatore, and Trichy. Ground level auditions were telecast from 2 June 2015. Preliminary round auditions were telecast from 3 June 2015. The auditions were held in various parts of Tamil Nadu, and were telecast until 3 July 2015. First round audition judges included season 3 winner Saicharan, season 4 winner Diwakar, and former contestants from those seasons such as Sathyaprakash, Pooja Vaidyanath, Santhosh Hariharan, and Sonia. Second and third round audition judges included S. P. Charan, Pushpavanam Kuppuswamy, Devan Ekambaram, James Vasanthan, Mahathi, Sowmya, and Shalini. Zonal audition judges were permanent judges from the junior version of the show, Malgudi Subha, Mano, and K.S. Chithra. A total of 33 contestants were selected for the finals, including local, international, and former contestants. Finalists Anand Aravindakshan (contestant ID SS05 Entered Finals) Fareedha M (contestant ID SS02 Entered Finals) Rajaganapathy G (contestant ID SS03 Entered Finals) Siyad K (contestant ID SS04 Entered Finals) Lakshmi Pradeep (contestant ID SS07 Entered Finals) Priya jerson (contestant ID SS06) Sowmya (contestant ID SS12) Arjun adapalli (contestant ID SS01) Nirujan S (contestant ID SS10) Latha Krishna R (contestant ID SS08) Arvind Mukundan (contestant ID SS09) Irwin Victoria Thomas (contestant ID SS11) Finals Main Competition Performance Rounds Judge Team Selection Round (7 July 2015 – 11 July 2015) Top 30