''Super Singer Season 10'' is a 2023–2024 Indian

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show. The tenth season of Super Singer airs every Saturday and Sunday on

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from 16 December 2023, and streams on

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. It is longest-running singing reality show in

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and

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return as hosts for this season. The judging panel for this season includes four judges: one music composer,

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, and three playback singers,

Anuradha Sriram Anuradha Sriram (born 9 July 1970) is an Indian carnatic and playback singer and child actress who hails from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She has sung more than 700 songs in Tamil, Telugu, Sinhala, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Hindi f ...

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, and

Sujatha Mohan Sujatha Mohan (credited as Sujatha) is an Indian playback singer who is popular for singing in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu movies. She has also sung for Kannada, Badaga, Hindi and Marathi movies. In a career spanning 48 years, she has recorde ...

. Anuradha Sriram has been judging this reality singing show from Super Singer Season 1 onwards. Mano and Sujatha Mohan have now joined Super Singer judging panel after both making their permanent judging debut during Super Singer Season 4 . Sean Roldan, is the fourth new judge to join the Super Singer judging panel. The Grand Finale was held on 23 June 2024. At the finals, John Jerome was the title winner.

Format

The mega auditions had commenced with the 25 contestants, with 11 male contestants and 14 female contestants . These contestants had been shortlisted and categorised as eligible by the four main

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to participate in this competitive singing contest. After the audition round, there several rounds of performances take place with eliminations as a process to select the title winner of the season. The major auditions took place on 26 September 2023, in major cities in

(the streaming partner for the show) outlined several terms and conditions prior to the auditions. The golden shower performances are being offered to contestants who had performed exceptionally and have impressed the four main judges. The golden shower performance concept was introduced from Super Singer Junior (season 9). This includes all the contestants who have scored golden performances should have given their hundred percent effort in their singing, with correct techniques, sufficient improvisations, good voice quality, clear pronunciations, good breath control and many more factors taken in consideration. After they receive a golden shower, they would also be presented with a gold coin. Mani and band, who was inaugurated into the show by

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in 2006, regularly accompany the contestants in a weekly basis, where Karthick Devaraj, a

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, is also part of the Mani and Band.

Judges

Contestants

Contestants were selected by the four main judges

and

(during the mega audition rounds) and have been given the opportunity to progress into the competition are listed below, revealed by their names, hometown and hometown state.

Episodes

After every round has taken place, the judging panel would select the best performers (BP) of the week and the best entertainers (BE) of the week.

Performances

All performances include the contestants performing the songs to progress into the next round.

Launch and auditions – (episodes 1 and 2)

Favourite songs round – (episodes 3, 4, 5 and 6)

Indicates the contestant has not achieved a golden performance for the round because of their insufficient performance level marked by the judges. Indicates the contestant has been eliminated due to inadequate performance marked by the judges. Indicates the contestant has been given a golden performance shower for their sufficient performance marked by the judging panel, and will progress to the next round. Indicates the contestant has been allowed to progress to the next round by the judging panel.

Greatest hits round – (episodes 7 and 8)

Makkal Isai round – (episodes 9, 10 and 11)

Indicates the contestant has not achieved a golden performance for the round because of their insufficient performance level marked by the