Asian Paints Super Singer 7 ( ta, சூப்பர் சிங்கர் 7 (Cūppar Ciŋkar 7)) is a 2019 Indian
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Reality
singing competition
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show, the seventh 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 20:00 (
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) starting from 27 April 2019.
Asian Paints
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returned to sponsor the season for the second time.
The show was hosted by
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 ...
and
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 ...
once again. 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. ...
. Music Director
Anirudh Ravichander
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was the Brand Ambassador of the season. The winner will be given a chance to sing in an
Anirudh's musical on a feature film.
The finalists include Punya, Murugan, Vikram, Gowtham and
Sam Vishal
Sam Vishal J.X. (born 28 September 1999) is an Indian playback singer and an independent vocalist. In 2019, he became the 2nd runner up of Super Singer 7 reality show. As the 2nd runner up of his season, he won a chance to sing songs for music di ...
. The Grand Finale was held on 10 November 2019 at Codissia Trade Fair Complex, Coimbatore and it was live telecasted from 3:30pm onwards on
Vijay TV
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 chang ...
. Murugan was declared as the winner. Vikram was second.
Sam Vishal
Sam Vishal J.X. (born 28 September 1999) is an Indian playback singer and an independent vocalist. In 2019, he became the 2nd runner up of Super Singer 7 reality show. As the 2nd runner up of his season, he won a chance to sing songs for music di ...
and Punya were tied for the third place. At the grand finale
Anirudh announced that he will also be giving a chance to
Sam Vishal
Sam Vishal J.X. (born 28 September 1999) is an Indian playback singer and an independent vocalist. In 2019, he became the 2nd runner up of Super Singer 7 reality show. As the 2nd runner up of his season, he won a chance to sing songs for music di ...
and Punya to sing under his composition.
Hosts
*
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
Following four returned as Judge for the seventh season
[
* ]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. ...
Contestants
** Murugan aka Mookuthi Murugan (''Anuradha and Unnikrishnan team'') was declared the Winner of the Super Singer Season 7 and received a 50 lakh worth house by Arun Excello.
** Vikram (''Anuradha and Unnikrishnan team'') was the first runner up of the season and was awarded 25 lakh gold by Gold one.
** Sam Vishal
Sam Vishal J.X. (born 28 September 1999) is an Indian playback singer and an independent vocalist. In 2019, he became the 2nd runner up of Super Singer 7 reality show. As the 2nd runner up of his season, he won a chance to sing songs for music di ...
(Anuradha and Unnikrishnan team) who got the highest number of public votes emerged as the second runner up of the season along with Punya (''Shwetha and Benny team'') who was getting the highest scores in all rounds of the season and even in the grand finale.
** Gowtham (''Shwetha and Benny team'') was the third runner up of the season. He was initially eliminated from the show at Top 5, he came back as a wild card contestant.
Main competition
The main competition comprised a series of performance rounds on successive weeks, from 18 May 2019 to 22 September 2019, with occasional break weeks. Typically each round had two episodes telecasted on Saturday and Sunday, with 1 contestant who lost the battle with least marks from each of the two teams being nominated to the danger zone at the end of the last episode that week. The contestants in the danger zone are handed over to the public audience, where people vote for the contestant whom they wish to be continued in the show. Based on public votes one contestant with lesser votes gets eliminated in the first episode of each week. On few occasions, there were no nominations for danger zone. Each judge, based on the performances of the contestants give marks in a total of 10 points.
Duet Challenge
Performances : This round required 2 contestants from each team to perform a single song.
Episodes : 07 & 08
Key
Battle
Solo Competition Round
Performances : The contestants give ace performances and a tough fight in their first solo competitive performance.
Episodes : 09 & 10
Key
Battle
Devotional Songs Round
Performances : It's an array of soulful performances by the talented contestants of the show where they sing Devotional songs.
Judges : Renowned singers T. L. Maharajan, Subha and Sowmya Sowmya is a given name for females. It means "That which is born of Soma". Soma means Chandra, the lunar deity. Sowmya therefore means Budha, because Budha is said to be the son of Chandra. Sowmya also means ''shubhagrahas'' or beneficial. Sowmya al ...
join the judging panel along with Anuradha, Unnikrishnan and 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 ...
on the special occasion
Episodes : 11 & 12
Key
Battle
Asian Paints' Wall of Fame : Murugan
Get - Up Round
Performances : The contestants dress-up themselves based on the songs chosen and compete with some spectacular performances.
Episodes : 13 & 14
Key
Battle
Best Performer & Wall of Fame : Roshini Roshni or Roshini is a given name. Notable persons with that name include:
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*Roshini (singer), Indian singer
*Roshini Kempadoo (born 1959), British photographer, artist, and academic
*Roshini Thinakaran, Sri Lanka ...
Best Entertainer : Punya
The Performance Round
Performances : The contestants put on a slew of energetic acts and take the battle to another level with their power-packed performances.
Episodes : 15 & 16
Key
Battle
Best Performer & Wall of Fame : Punya
Best Entertainer : Gowtham
Pattanam vs Pattikada Round
Performance : Pattanam vs Pattikada (), a contestant from each team battles on a topic based on how it happens in a city and in a village and deliver their performance in the form of a song.
Episodes : 17 & 18
Key
Battle
Best Performer & Wall of Fame : Roshini Roshni or Roshini is a given name. Notable persons with that name include:
*Roshini (actress), Indian actress
*Roshini (singer), Indian singer
*Roshini Kempadoo (born 1959), British photographer, artist, and academic
*Roshini Thinakaran, Sri Lanka ...
Best Entertainer : Purnima
Latest Songs Round
Performances : The contestants pick the latest Songs to perform and rule the floor with their rocking performances and amuse the audience with their vibrant acts.
Episodes : 19 & 20
Key
Battle
Best Performer & Wall of Fame : Suganthi
Best Entertainer : Kannagi
Star Wars Round
Performance : The contestants showcase their talents. The singing sensations of the previous seasons join the show to support the contestants and sing along with them.
Judges : Singers Kalpana, S. P. Charan
Sripathi Panditharadhyula Charan is an Indian film playback singer, actor, producer and director known for his works in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema.
He is the son of legendary singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam. He first worked as a playback sin ...
and K. S. Chithra
Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra (born 27 July 1963), always credited as K. S. Chithra or Chithra, is an Indian playback singer and Carnatic musician. In a career spanning over four decades, she has recorded over 25,000 songs in various In ...
joined the judging panel along with Anuradha, Unnikrishnan and 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 ...
for the Star Wars Round.
Episodes : 21 & 22
Key
Battle
Best Performer & Wall of Fame : Sivaangi
Best Entertainer : Punya
The Folk Songs Round
Performances : The contestants bring on festive vibes and leave the audience in splits with their traditional performances. Contestants scoring 58 and above out of 60 gets a chance to choose their opponent in the upcoming Big Battle Round.
Judges : Singers Mano
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, Subha and Anthony Daasan
Anthony Dasan is an Indian folk singer, who is currently working in the Tamil film industry. He is known for contributing a powerful voice to fusions of Tamil-folk, country, jazz, electronica and rock styles. Before this phase of playback singi ...
join the judging panel along with Anuradha, Unnikrishnan and 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 ...
.
Episodes : 23 & 24
Key
Battle
Best Performer & Wall of Fame : Murugan
Best Entertainer : Roshini Roshni or Roshini is a given name. Notable persons with that name include:
*Roshini (actress), Indian actress
*Roshini (singer), Indian singer
*Roshini Kempadoo (born 1959), British photographer, artist, and academic
*Roshini Thinakaran, Sri Lanka ...
The Big Battle Round
Performances : The young talents take the competition to another level with some breathtaking performances and bring the house down with some energetic performances.
Roshini Roshni or Roshini is a given name. Notable persons with that name include:
*Roshini (actress), Indian actress
*Roshini (singer), Indian singer
*Roshini Kempadoo (born 1959), British photographer, artist, and academic
*Roshini Thinakaran, Sri Lanka ...
, Kannagi and Murugan battle with their chosen opponents Sam Vishal
Sam Vishal J.X. (born 28 September 1999) is an Indian playback singer and an independent vocalist. In 2019, he became the 2nd runner up of Super Singer 7 reality show. As the 2nd runner up of his season, he won a chance to sing songs for music di ...
, Vaisakhan and Punya respectively.
Episodes : 25 & 26
Key
Battle
Best Performer & Wall of Fame : Vikram
Best Entertainer : Murugan and Punya
The Anirudh Special Round
Performances : Music Director Anirudh Ravichander
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joins the show. The contestants along with musician Stephen Devassy
Stephen Devassy (born 23 February 1981) is an Indian musician hailing from Palakkad, Kerala. He started his career at a very early age, and has performed on stage around the world. Stephen is the founder of Musik Lounge, an audio technology sch ...
perform songs composed by Anirudh.
Episodes : 27 & 28
Key
Battle
Best Performer & Wall of Fame : Mufeeda
Best Entertainer : Suganthi
''Anirudh'' selects Punya who goes into the Top 10 Round as a direct Top 10 contestant.
Masala Padam Round
Performances : Contestants battle on songs that are required for a Masala film.
Episodes : 29 & 30
Key
Battle
Best Performer & Wall of Fame : Vikram
Best Entertainer : Gowtham
Top 10 Selection with Vijay Stars
Performances : The Vijay Stars accompany the contestants and give a dance performance. The contestants face each other in a singing battle to reach the Top 10 spots.
Episodes : 31 & 32
Key
Battle
Best Performer & Wall of Fame : Sivaangi
Best Entertainer : Sam Vishal
Sam Vishal J.X. (born 28 September 1999) is an Indian playback singer and an independent vocalist. In 2019, he became the 2nd runner up of Super Singer 7 reality show. As the 2nd runner up of his season, he won a chance to sing songs for music di ...
Top 10 Celebration-Boys vs Girls Round
Performances : The participants split into 2 different teams and take up challenges. Super Singer Stars join the Celebration round to support the boys and girls.
Judge :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 ...
and 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 ...
supported the Girls team while 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. ...
and 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 ...
supported the Boys team. The winner of the battle was declared by the audience present on the sets.
Episodes : 33 & 34
Key
Battle
Best Performer : Punya and Nithyashree
Best Entertainer : Vaisakhan
Fusion Round With Rajesh Vaidhya
Performances : The participants of the Fusion round showcase their talents and captivate the audience with their performances along with musician Rajhesh Vaidhya
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in the presence of popular singer Shankar Mahadevan
Shankar Mahadevan (born 3 March 1967) is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio that writes music for Indian films.
Personal life and early career
Shankar Mahadevan was born in Chembur, Mumbai into a Tami ...
.
Episodes : 35 & 36
Key
Battle
Best Performer & Wall of Fame : Vikram
Best Entertainer : Sivaangi
Romance Round
Performances : The participants put on a slew of blissful performances and stun the audience with their mesmerizing performances
Episodes : 37 & 38
Key
Battle
Best Performer & Wall of Fame : Vikram
Best Entertainer : Sivaangi
Cinema Cinema Round
Performances : The KPY Champions illuminate the stage with their performances where they spoof movies, while the participants give a grand musical feast.
Episodes : 39 & 40
Key
Battle
Best Performer & Wall of Fame : Vaisakhan
Best Entertainer : Punya
The Final Fight
Performances : The teams get ready for their final fight as this the last week, the contestants battle as 2 different teams. There are 2 rounds, where 1 contestant from each team come together to battle on a song.
Key
Episode : 41
Round 1
Episode : 42
Round 2
Best Performer & Wall of Fame : Vikram
Best Entertainer : Gowtham
The Hero Heroine Round
Performances : The young singers come up as real heroes and heroines to present a vibrant feast of music. The contestants battle as individuals and not as a team. Top 3 contestants selected by the judges go into the Top 6 directly. The remaining 4 contestants have a one-on-one battle, in which 2 of them get selected for the Top 6, while the remaining 2 go into the danger zone.
Episode : 41 & 42
Round 1
Best Performer & Wall of Fame : Murugan
Best Entertainer : Sam Vishal
Sam Vishal J.X. (born 28 September 1999) is an Indian playback singer and an independent vocalist. In 2019, he became the 2nd runner up of Super Singer 7 reality show. As the 2nd runner up of his season, he won a chance to sing songs for music di ...
Top 3 Contestants
1. Murugan
2. Punya
3. Sam Vishal
Sam Vishal J.X. (born 28 September 1999) is an Indian playback singer and an independent vocalist. In 2019, he became the 2nd runner up of Super Singer 7 reality show. As the 2nd runner up of his season, he won a chance to sing songs for music di ...
Round 2
Key
Finals
Quarter Finals- Sing With The Judges Round
There are 2 rounds in which the 6 contestants sing with one of the judges 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. ...
and 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 ...
in each round. Contestants scoring marks 75 and above out of 80 go into the Semi-Finals directly.
Round 1
Episode : 45
Round 2
Episode : 46
Top 5 Celebration
The participants enthrall the audience with their fantastic folk performances. It is the celebration with the top 5 contestants of the season.
Episode : 47
References
External links
Super Singer 7
on Hotstar
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