''Airtel Super Singer 4'', the fourth season of

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, premiered on 4 February 2013. The show was a reality-based

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that aired on

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. It was designed to be a talent hunt to find the best voice of

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. Judges for the auditions were

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, S.P. Sailaja,

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, Nithyasree Mahadevan,

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and

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. Some of these judges along with other noted musicians reappeared as Guest judges. To name a few-

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and

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. Judges for the main competition were Sujatha,

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. Makapa Anand, Priyanka Deshpande, and Bhavana were the hosts for the show. The voice trainer was

. The show aired on weekdays at 9:00 pm

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Auditions

The auditions for the show were held at three zones,

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and

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in December 2012 and January 2013. Thousands of applicants aged above 16 participated in the zonal auditions. The judges for the preliminary auditions included eminent singers from the music industry and popular contestants from the previous seasons of the show. The show premiered in February 2013 featuring the audition phases from various zones.The Hindu – The hunt is on
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Direct finalists

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# Parvathy # Syed Subahan

Wild card round winners

# Sarath Santhosh # Sonia Aamod

Finalists

# Diwakar (winner) # Parvathy # Syed Subahan # Sarath Santhosh # Sonia Aamod

Grand Finale

The final contest to decide the winner of the show was held at Sun Palm Driving Range & Golf Academy, Guindy and was telecast live on television and internet on 1 February 2014. Winners were selected by audience poll. Votes could be cast through SMS, IVR and online. After two performances by each contestant, Diwakar was declared as the winner and received an apartment worth Rs. 6 million as prize. Syed Subahan was declared as Judges Choice Winner for the best performance in Grand Finale and 1st runner-up as he got the second maximum votes of audience. Syed got 1 kg of Gold for 1st runner-up. The second runner-up Sarath Santhosh received Rs. 1 million. The other two contestants Sonia Aamod and Parvathy received Rs. 500,000 each. Many prominent singers were present at the venue. Legendary singer

was the chief-guest for the event. Makapa Anand, Priyanka, and Bhavana hosted the show.

Elimination chart

References

External links

* {{STAR Vijay TV shows Star Vijay original programming 2013 Tamil-language television series debuts 2013 Tamil-language television seasons Tamil-language singing talent shows Tamil-language reality television series Tamil-language television shows 2014 Tamil-language television series endings Television shows set in Tamil Nadu Airtel Super Singer seasons