Airtel Super Singer is a 2006 Indian

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, that was sponsored by KAG Tiles for the tenth season. The show is televised in India on

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, and worldwide through partner broadcasting networks. The show, together with its spin-off editions such as

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, are part of Vijay TV's Super Singer TV series. The program, which debuted on 28 April 2006, seeks to discover the best playback recording voice and singing talent in

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through a series of statewide auditions. Selected contestants are required to participate in several competition rounds, often based on a theme for a given week, and aim to be selected to perform in the show's grand finale each season. Winners and finalists of the competition have been offered chances to sing a song in upcoming Tamil movies, and other prizes such as sums of money, gold, and real estate property. The ninth season of Super Singer finished on 25 June 2023. The tenth season of Super Singer started on 16 December 2023.

Series overview

Season synopsis

History

Super Singer Season 1

The first season premiered on 28 April 2006, with a series of episodes which telecasted auditions for the show. Auditions were held across the state of

in the cities of Coimbatore,

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

, and

Madurai Madurai ( , also , ) is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Madurai District. As of the 2011 census, it was the third largest Urban agglomeration in ...

. Performances by auditioning contestants were judged by singers S. P. Sailaja,

Jency Jensy Gregory (née Anthony), also known mononymously as Jensy (also spelt Jency), is an Indian playback singer who has worked with composers like Ilayaraaja in Tamil films. Career Jensy Gregory hails from a family of musicians and music came ...

Malaysia Vasudevan Vasudevan (15 June 1944 – 20 February 2011), known as Malaysia Vasudevan, was a Malaysian-Indian playback singer and actor in Tamil cinema. Early life Malaysia Vasudevan's parents were from Palakkad. Chattu Nair of Ottappalam and Amma ...

Sirkazhi Sivachidambaram Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram is a Carnatic music vocalist and cinema playback singer from Chennai. He is an alumnus of the Madras Medical College where he qualified as a UG & PG in Medicine and Trinity College of Music where he learnt western ...

Mahathi Mahathi. S, known by the mononym Mahathi is a Carnatic musician and playback singer for film songs in several Indian languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Punjabi. Family Mahathi hails from a family of musicians: her father ...

, and music director

D. Imman Immanuel Vasanth Dinakaran (born 24 January 1983), better known as D. Imman, is an Indian film composer and singer, predominantly working in Tamil cinema. Also worked in Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, and Hindi film industry. His first film as mu ...

. The show was hosted by playback singer Chinmayi. Later stages of the competition were held at a specially designed studio set, and performances were judged by a panel of permanent judges consisting of playback singers Anuradha Sriram,

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 ...

, and

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. Contestants were eliminated during the competition, and finalists received special training from voice expert

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in the final stages of the competition. Season 1 title winner

Nikhil Mathew Nikhil Mathew is a singer from Kerala, India. In 2006, he won the '' Airtel Super Singer'' reality show. As the show's winner, he won a chance to sing a song for music director Harris Jayaraj – ''Enadhuyire'' along with Chinmayi, Sadhana Sarga ...

was formally introduced as a playback singer after he sang the song "Enadhuyire" in the Tamil film '' Bheema'' for music director,

Harris Jayaraj Harris Jayaraj (born 8 January 1975) is an Indian composer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He composes soundtracks predominantly for Tamil films, while also having composed for a few films in Telugu and two films in Hindi. He has been honoured with K ...

. Season 1 runner up and viewer's choice, Anitha V. (now known as Anitha Karthikeyan) was formally introduced as a playback singer in the Tamil film ''

Marudhamalai Marudhamalai, also Maruthamalai or Marudamalai, is a suburb of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, India. It is located along the Western Ghats, from Coimbatore. It is currently part of 17th ward of Coimbatore Corporation. It was part of Periyanaicken ...

'' by music director D. Imman.

Super Singer Season 2

The second season premiered on 7 July 2008; It held a series of episodes that telecast auditions for the show. Auditions for the show, which commenced on 27 June 2008, were held across three cities in the state of

. Performances by auditioning contestants were judged by playback singers S. P. Sailaja and

Srilekha Parthasarathy Srilekha Parthasarathy ( ta, ஸ்ரீலேகா பார்த்தசாரதிis a Tamil singer. She is commonly referred to by her first name Srilekha. She began her professional career in 2000, when she recorded the jingle for th ...

in the city of Coimbatore,

Sunitha Sarathy Sunitha Sarathy is an Indian vocalist and performer in both Indian contemporary and Western classical music genres. She is also a gospel singer who performs in various church choirs. After having won the "Virgin Voice Choice" contest – a joi ...

and

Deepan Chakravarthy Dheepan Chakkravarthy is an Indian playback singer. He is the son of the first playback singer in the Tamil film industry, "Isai Thendral" Thiruchi Loganathan and grandson of actress C. T. Rajakantham. He is the younger brother of playback singe ...

in the city of

, as well as

and Mathangi in the city of

Trichy Tiruchirappalli () ( formerly Trichinopoly in English), also called Tiruchi or Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with bein ...

. Playback singer Chinmayi returned as a permanent host of the show up to and including 21 January 2009, following which she left the show much to the disappointment of many fans of the show. She was replaced by a duo, singer-actor Yugendran and his wife, Malini, for the remainder of the show in 2009. Playback singers

and

returned as permanent judges of the show, and a new permanent judge, playback singer Sujatha replaced Anuradha Sriram (who instead appeared as a guest judge through the season). Contestants were eliminated during the competition, and finalists received special training from voice expert

in the final stages of the competition. The Grand Finale was held on 3 June 2009 at YMCA Royapettah, Chennai. At the finals,

Ajeesh Ajesh is an Indian music composer & singer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He works primarily for the Tamil film industry. Early life Ajesh was born and brought up in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. His mother found music in him at a very young age and he ...

won the competition and was chosen by

Yuvan Shankar Raja Yuvan Shankar Raja or Abdul Haliq (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer-songwriter. He mainly scores music for Tamil films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use of Wes ...

to sing the song ''

Idhu Varai Idhu Varai () is a song from the 2010 Tamil feature film '' Goa'', composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and performed by Andrea Jeremiah and Ajeesh, the winner of the second season of the reality-based singing competition ''Airtel Super Singer''. Th ...

'' for the

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film,

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Super Singer Season 3

Airtel Super Singer 3, the third season of the Airtel Super Singer show, premiered on 12 July 2010. The third season was hosted by Divya Vijayagopal and

Sivakarthikeyan Sivakarthikeyan (born 17 February 1985), also referred to as SK, is an Indian actor, singer, film producer, lyricist, and television presenter, who works predominantly in Tamil films. He has also won a Tamil Nadu State Film Award, four Edison ...

. The auditions were held in various parts of Tamil Nadu, and were judged by singers including S. P. Sailaja, Nithyasree Mahadevan,

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, Harish Raghavendra, Pop Shalini,

, and

Malgudi Subha Malgudi Subha (born 17 October 1965; also spelled as Malgadi Shuba) is an Indian playback singer. She has recorded songs in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. In a career spanning two decades, she sang more than 3000 songs. She b ...

. Sujatha,

and

continued to be the permanent judges for the third consecutive season. The grand finale was held on 23 September 2011 at Chennai Trade Centre and was broadcast live. Saicharan won the competition, and was chosen by

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and

to sing in the films '' Godfather'', '' Manam Kothi Paravai'', and ''

Saattai ''Saattai'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by M. Anbazhagan. The film features Samuthirakani and Thambi Ramaiah in pivotal roles. The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by D. Imman. The sho ...

''.

Super Singer Season 4

Airtel Super Singer 4, the fourth season of the Airtel Super Singer show, premiered on 4 February 2013. The fourth season was hosted by Makapa Anand,

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 ...

, and Bhavana Balakrishnan. The auditions were held in various parts of Tamil Nadu, and were judged by singers including S. P. Sailaja, Nithyasree Mahadevan,

Devan Ekambaram Devan Ekambaram (born 25 December 1975) is an Indian American film playback singer, actor and composer. He began his career as a playback singer in Tamil films and later branched out to many other south Indian languages as well like Telugu, ...

, Pop Shalini,

and Rajinderpal Singh. Playback singers, Sujatha Mohan,

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and

, were the judges for the fourth season. Diwakar won the competition, and was chosen by music directors

, Vivek-Mervin, and Kannan to sing in the films ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

Super Singer Season 5

Airtel Super Singer 5, the fifth season of the Airtel Super Singer show, premiered on 1 June 2015. The fifth season was hosted by Makapa Anand,

, and Bhavana Balakrishnan. 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

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, season 4 winner

Diwakar Dhivagaran Santhosh (also known as ''Diwakar'') is an Indian playback singer and live performer. He is best known for winning season 4 of '' Airtel Super Singer'', a Tamil language musical reality TV show which was telecast from December 2012 ...

, and former contestants from those seasons such as D. Sathyaprakash, Pooja Vaidyanath, Santhosh Hariharan, and Sonia. Second and third round audition judges included

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Pushpavanam Kuppusamy Pushpavanam Kuppusamy is a Tamil folk singer, lyricist, writer and music composer of Tamil folk art. He has been credited for reviving the Naatupura Paatu a Tamil folk art. Together with his wife Anitha Kuppusamy, he has conducted several music ...

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, S. Sowmya, and Pop Shalini. Zonal audition judges were permanent judges from the junior version of the show,

, and K. S. Chithra. A total of 33 contestants were selected for the finals, including local, international, and former contestants. Playback singers,

, and

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, were the judges for the fifth season. At the finale of the show, contestant Anand Aravindakshan was declared the winner of the season, while contestant Fareedha was declared first runner-up. Both finalists were promised an opportunity to sing for one of the upcoming films of music director

Santhosh Narayanan Santhosh Narayanan is an Indian composer and musician in the Tamil film industry. Early life Santhosh Narayanan was born in Tiruchirappalli, India. He is the younger of two children. He was educated at RSK Higher Secondary School, Tiruchirapp ...

. Contestant Rajaganapathy was chosen as the judge's choice scoring the highest marks and being declared the second runner-up of the season. The season landed in controversy as social media users accused the

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Indian TV channel of wrongdoing. Social media users expressed concern that audiences who spent time and money to support talented youngsters were the victim of unethical practices and criticised the channel for not being upfront about the fact that the winning contestant was already a professional playback singer - which was defended by the channel.

Super Singer Season 6

Nippon Paint Super Singer 6 was hosted by Makapa Anand and

, which ran from 21 January 2018 to 15 July 2018 and was broadcast by Star Vijay. All the episodes of Super Singer 6 are available on the OTT platform

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. The Judging Panel includes, Anuradha Sriram,

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 s ...

. A.R. Rahman was the Ambassador for this season. The top 6 finalists were

Rakshitha Shweta, known by her stage name Rakshita, is an Indian television personality, film producer and former actress known for her work in Kannada cinema. Early life Rakshita was brought up in Bangalore. Her father B. C. Gowrishankar was a cinemato ...

, Sreekanth, Sakthi, Anirudh, Malavika, and

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 ...

. The results of the finale are given as: *

was declared the Winner of the Super Singer 6 * Rakshitha Suresh became the first runner up of the season and gets applauded by everyone for being the "Golden Voice of the Season". * Malavika Rajesh Vaidya was the second runner up of the season. * Suswaram Anirudh, Sakthi Amaran, Sreekanth Hariharan were the other finalists

Super Singer Season 7

Asian Paints Super Singer 7 started on 27 April 2019 and finished on 10 November 2019 on

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and was telecast from 8 PM onwards. Makapa Anand and

return as the hosts for this season. This season returns with the same judges' panel including, Anuradha Sriram, Unnikrishnan,

, and

. Anirudh Ravichandran is the Ambassador for this season. The top 5 were Mookuthi Murugan (SS3),

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 ...

(SS7), Vikram (SS13), Gowtham, and Punya(SS 6). Winners: * Murugan was declared the Winner of the Super Singer Season 7 and received a 50 lakh worth house by Arun Excello. * Vikram was the first runner up of the season and was awarded 25 lakh gold by Gold one. * Sam Vishal and Punya were tied as the second runner up of the season. * Gowtham was the third runner up of the season. All of the episodes of this season are available on the OTT Platform-

Super Singer Season 8

Asian Paints Super Singer 8 premiered on 24 January 2021 with a Grand Launch of a nine-hour program on

with grace performances of Hariharan,

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, Anuradha Sriram,

Sid Sriram Sidharth "Sid" Sriram (born 19 May 1990) is an Indian Carnatic musician, music producer, playback singer, and songwriter. He is an R&B songwriter and has been working in the Tamil ,Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi and English musi ...

Sakthisree Gopalan Shakthisree Gopalan (born 9 October 1988) is an Indian vocalist, songwriter and performer, famous for her collaborations with the top south-Indian music composers like A.R. Rahman. Aside from the film music, she is a regular in the independent ...

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, Karthik, Anthony Daasan

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, Kalpana Raghavendar, Pradeep,

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, Chinnaponnu,

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. All the episodes will be available on the OTT Platform-

. The judging panel was often shuffled with Anuradha Sriram,

, Shakthisree Gopalan and Kalpana Raghavendar. Once again, the eighth season was hosted by Makapa Anand and

. The Grand Finale aired on 26 September 2021. At the finals, Sridhar Sena won the title. Prize Winners: * Sridhar Sena was announced the Winner of the Super Singer 8 and received a 10 lakh award by Vijay TV. He has also been provided the opportunity to sing in a future film song composed by Anirudh Ravichander. * Bharat K Rajesh (announced by

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) was the runner up of the season and was awarded an amount of 3 lakhs and an additional amount of Rs 50,000. * Abhilash Venkatachalam was announced third place by

. He received a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh, and stated that the money was going to be spent for those who were affected by the COVID - 19 Pandemic situation. * Muthusirpi was awarded the title of Differentiator of the Season and received an amount of Rs 1 lakh, presented by K. S. Chithra.

Season 8 contestants

Super Singer Season 9

MRF Vapocure Paints Super Singer Season 9 started on 19 November 2022 on

and was telecast from every Saturday and Sunday at 6:30 PM. Makapa Anand and

returns as the hosts for this season. This season returns with the same judges' panel including, Anuradha Sriram,

, and

. During the season of Super Singer 9, several special guests such as Gangai Amaran,

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Sam C. S. Sam C. S. is an Indian film music composer, producer, lyricist, and singer who predominantly works in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. He debuted in Tamil with the horror film '' Orr Eravuu'' before working on the scientific thriller ''Ambul ...

, Hiphop Tamizha(Adhi Ramachandran ), Nivas K. Prasanna,

, S. P. Sailaja,

Vijay Antony Vijay Antony (born 24 July 1975) is an Indian music composer, playback singer, actor, film editor, lyricist, audio engineer, and filmmaker working predominantly in Tamil cinema. He made his debut as music composer in 2005. He is the first India ...

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, Santhosh Prathap,

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, K. S. Chithra, Meena (actress),

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, Haricharan,

, Anthony Daasan, Shakthisree Gopalan,

, Sujatha Mohan,

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have attended the show and have specified their comments to the contestants. Super Singer Season 9 Grand Finale was held on 25 June 2023 at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai. Before the grand finale took place and during the contestants' tenure at Super Singer 9, several finalists, were offered to sing in film albums. Music directors, such as

and

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gave these splendid opportunities to the finalists. First, Pooja Venkatraman was offered to sing a song under Sam C. S's direction. Then Abhijith Anilkumar was offered to co-sing a song with

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in the film Thiruvin Kural, and the lyrics were written by the songwriter

Vairamuthu Vairamuthu Ramasamy (born 13 July 1953) is an Indian lyricist, poet, and novelist working in the Tamil film industry. He is a prominent figure in the Tamil literary world. A master's graduate from the Pachaiyappa's College in Chennai, he first ...

. Finally, Aruna Sivaya was offered to sing a song under the music direction of

. The five finalists of Super Singer 9 are Abhijith Anilkumar, Aruna Sivaya, Pooja Venkatraman, Priya Jerson and Prasanna Adhisesha. Prassana Adhisesha was nominated from the wildcard round. Several guests that included in the grand finale are

, Kalpana Raghavendar,

, Binni Krishnakumar. The grand finale consisted of two rounds. The first round and the second round enabled the contestants to choose their own songs and sing them in front of the wide audience. Several contestants merged two songs, during the second round. ''Prize Winners:'' * Aruna Sivaya, who was announced by

, was awarded the Title Winner of Super Singer 9. So she was gifted with an apartment worth 60 Rs lakhs and received a Rs 10 lakhs cash prize award by

. * Priya Jerson was announced by

, as the first runner-up of Super Singer 9 and was awarded a Rs 10 lakhs cash prize award by

. * Prasanna Adhisesha was announced as the second runner-up of Super Singer 9 and was awarded a Rs 5 lakhs cash prize award by

Super Singer Season 10

Super Singer Season 10, the tenth season of the Airtel Super Singer show, premiered on

on 16 December 2023, and telecasts every Saturday and Sunday at 6:30 PM. KAG Tiles is the sponsor for this season. Once again, this season is hosted by Makapa Anand and

. The judging panel of this season is, Anuradha Sriram,

Sean Roldan Raghavendra Raja Rao, known by his stage name Sean Roldan is an Indian musician who has worked on Carnatic music, independent music, and film scores for the Tamil film industry. He rose to fame after gaining critical acclaim for his work in Bal ...

, and Sujatha Mohan.

Spin-off

Super Singer T20

Super Singer T20 (சூப்பர் சிங்கர் T20) is a 2012-2015 Indian

-language reality television

, which aired on

. Former contestants from previous seasons of the Super Singer and

shows were divided into 6 teams. 15 league matches were held where each team competed against the other five teams. 4 teams were selected for the knockout semi-finals, before the remaining 2 teams competed against each other in the finals. The show was hosted by

Divyadarshini Dhivyadharshini "DD" Neelakandan is an Indian television host and actress who prominently works in Tamil film and television industry. Initially making her debut as an actress, she featured in supporting roles in films including Kamal Haasa ...

Super Singer - Champion of Champions

Super Singer - Champion of Champions is a 2020 Indian

-language reality television

, which aired on

. The show has nearly 24 singers, all of them winners and finalists of Super Singers, who are now performing batch by batch, and with no audience to cheer them on. The show was aired from 15 August to 1 November 2020 and ended with 21 Episodes.

Sudha Ragunathan Sudha Ragunathan is an Indian Carnatic vocalist, singer and composer. She was conferred the Kalaimamani award by the Government of Tamil Nadu in 1994, Padma Shri (2004) and Padma Bhushan (2015) by the Government of India, and Sangeetha Kalanidh ...

, K. S. Chithra, Chinmayi, Anuradha Sriram,

, Kalpana Raghavendar,

and

Sikkil Gurucharan . In 2020, he acted in a tamil anthology film, Putham Pudhu Kaalai. Early life Around 1987, as a 5-year-old, Gurucharan was casually coaxed by his grandmothers, the Sikkil Sisters, to sing some tune. After a little cajoling, he sang a popular f ...

as the judges, take turns to watch their performance live, albeit, from their homes. The show was hosted by Ma Ka Pa Anand and

. Super Singer Champion Of Champions Winner is Hari Priya.

Adaptations

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Official Super Singer Junior Forum
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Series overview

Season synopsis

History

Super Singer Season 1

Super Singer Season 2

Super Singer Season 3

Super Singer Season 4

Super Singer Season 5

Super Singer Season 6

Super Singer Season 7

Super Singer Season 8

Season 8 contestants

Super Singer Season 9

Super Singer Season 10

Spin-off

Super Singer T20

Super Singer - Champion of Champions

Adaptations

See also

References

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