Nippon Paint Super Singer 6 ( ta, சூப்பர் சிங்கர் 6) was a 2018-2018 Indian
Tamil language
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Reality
singing competition
A music competition is a public event designed to identify and award outstanding musical ensembles, soloists, composers, conductors and musicologists. Pop music competitions are music competitions which are held to find pop starlets.
Examples ...
show, the sixth season of the
Super Singer show, which aired on
Star Vijay
Star Vijay is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Disney Star (formerly Star India), a subsidiary of Asianet Star Communications. The channel's headquarters is in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Star Vijay change ...
on every Saturday and Sunday at 19:00 (
IST
Ist or IST may refer to:
Information Science and Technology
* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Science and Technology
* Graduate School / Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Japan
* Graduate School ...
) starting from 21 January 2018 until 15 July 2018.
Nippon Paint
is a Japanese paint and paint products manufacturing company. It is the fourth largest paint manufacturer globally based on revenue in 2020.
History
The company, was founded in 1881 by Jujiro Motegi under the name Komyosha(Yamato Jujiro Shot ...
sponsored the season after
Airtel
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discontinued its sponsoring. The show was hosted by Ma Ka Pa and Priyanka. The Judges of the show were the popular playback singers
P. Unnikrishnan
Parakkal Unnikrishnan (born 9 July 1966) is an Indian Carnatic vocalist and playback singer.
Early life and background
Unnikrishnan was born to K. Radhakrishnan and Dr. Harini Radhakrishnan in Palakkad, Kerala.
The family home, Kesari Kutee ...
,
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 ...
,
Shweta Mohan
Shweta Mohan (born 19 November 1985) is an Indian playback singer. She has received four Filmfare Awards South for Best Female Playback Singer, one Kerala State Film Award and one Tamil Nadu State Film Award. She has recorded more than 700
so ...
and
Benny Dayal
Benny Dayal (born 13 May 1984) is an Indian playback singer. He is a prominent singer in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Gujarati and Marathi and more languages films. He has sung more than 3500 songs in 19+ Indian languages. ...
. The Grand finale was held on 15 July 2018 and was a live telecast through Star Vijay. Golden voice Rakshitha, Sreekanth, Shakthi, Anirudh, Malavika and Senthil Ganesh were the final 6 contestants. Folk singer
Senthil Ganesh
Senthil Ganesh is an Indian folk, playback singer and actor. He rose to prominence after winning the 6th edition of the '' Airtel Super Singer'' in 2018 which was aired in Star Vijay. He made his acting debut with the film ''Thirudu Pogatha ...
emerged as the title winner of the show who also got a chance to sing in A.R. Rahman's music and the versatile singer Golden voice of super singer 6 Rakshitha emerged as first runner up with 25 lakhs and a title golden voice of the season and Sreekanth impressed
A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman (; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967) is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer and songwriter, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in int ...
sir by his set final performance and got a chance to sing in his music. Malavika emerged as 2nd runners up with cash price of 3lakhs.
Hosts
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Priyanka Deshpande
Priyanka Deshpande (born 28 April 1992) is an Indian television presenter, host and actress. She predominantly works in Tamil television and film industry especially in Tamil entertainment, Priyanka is also one of the highest paid South Indian ...
*
Ma Ka Pa Anand
Ma Ka Pa Anand is an Indian actor and television presenter who has been working with Star Vijay. He has hosted '' Super Singer, Athu Ithu Ethu'', ''Kings of Dance'', ''KPY Champions'', '' Mrs. Chinnathirai'', ''The Wall'', ''Cinema Kaaram C ...
Main Judges
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P. Unnikrishnan
Parakkal Unnikrishnan (born 9 July 1966) is an Indian Carnatic vocalist and playback singer.
Early life and background
Unnikrishnan was born to K. Radhakrishnan and Dr. Harini Radhakrishnan in Palakkad, Kerala.
The family home, Kesari Kutee ...
*
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 ...
*
Shweta Mohan
Shweta Mohan (born 19 November 1985) is an Indian playback singer. She has received four Filmfare Awards South for Best Female Playback Singer, one Kerala State Film Award and one Tamil Nadu State Film Award. She has recorded more than 700
so ...
*
Benny Dayal
Benny Dayal (born 13 May 1984) is an Indian playback singer. He is a prominent singer in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Gujarati and Marathi and more languages films. He has sung more than 3500 songs in 19+ Indian languages. ...
Main Competition
The winner of this season was
Senthil Ganesh
Senthil Ganesh is an Indian folk, playback singer and actor. He rose to prominence after winning the 6th edition of the '' Airtel Super Singer'' in 2018 which was aired in Star Vijay. He made his acting debut with the film ''Thirudu Pogatha ...
and the first runner up was
Rakshita Suresh
Rakshita Suresh (born 1 June 1998) is one of the List of Indian playback singers, Indian playback singers known for her work in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Hindi cinema, Hindi, Kannada cinema, Kannada and Telugu cinema, Telugu cinema. She was the win ...
and the second runner up was Malavika Rajesh Vaidiya, whereas the other finalists includes Suswaram Anirudh , Sreekanth Hariharan , Sakthi Amaran
References
External links
Vijay TV Official Websiteon
Hotstar
Disney+ Hotstar (also known as Hotstar) is an Indian brand of subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Novi Digital Entertainment of Disney Star and operated by Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution, both di ...
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{{STAR Vijay TV shows
Star Vijay original programming
2018 Tamil-language television series debuts
2018 Tamil-language television seasons
Tamil-language singing talent shows
Tamil-language reality television series
Tamil-language television shows
2018 Tamil-language television series endings
Television shows set in Tamil Nadu
Airtel Super Singer seasons