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, created and directed by Sindhu Sreedhar. The show features 22 contestants, all under the age of 15. Esther Anil hosted the show for the first 49 episodes. After co-hosting the 50th episode with

Baby Meenakshi Anunaya Anoop better known by her stage name Meenakshi Anoop, is an Indian actress who works primarily in the Malayalam film industry. She is best known for her role as Fathima (Pathu/Pathumma) in the 2015 comedy film '' Amar Akbar Anthony ''and ...

, Meenakshi took over as the sole host. M. G. Sreekumar, M. Jayachandran form the permanent judging panel, with guest musicians, singers or composers. Top Band is the orchestra of the show. Flowers Top Singer season 1 successfully completed 500 episodes. Seethalakshmi Prakash from Kottayam won the title of "Top Singer" Season 1. Vaishnavy Panicker the 2nd runner up among top 8 . Rituraj and Ananya Dinesh were elected by the viewers as the most popular contestants. The second season of the show started in September 2020. Second season ended on September 9, 2022 with Sreenath Vinod winning the "Top Singer" title. Ann Benson won second, and Akshith placed third.

Contestants

(in the order of appearance for Final Audition )

Summaries Season 1

: The contestant received the highest score in a stage : Contestants who was kept in Waiting list after final Auditions : The contestant entered as a wildcard : The contestant was eliminated from the competition : The contestant was actually eliminated but saved by the judges : Contestants who quit the show * After the auditions, it was revealed that none of the Waiting list contestants had made it into the competition * In stage 1, Nehal V was actually eliminated as she got very low marks but was saved by the judges * All 22 contestants in group stage was qualified into Quarter Finals and Semi Finals * 21 contestants are qualIfied

Summaries Season 2

: The contestant received the highest score in a stage : Contestants who quit the show : The contestant was eliminated from the competition

Results

Main Set of Awards

Special Jury Awards

Cast Season 1

* Esther Anil (

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Meenakshi Anoop Anunaya Anoop better known by her stage name Meenakshi Anoop, is an Indian actress who works primarily in the Malayalam film industry. She is best known for her role as Fathima (Pathu/Pathumma) in the 2015 comedy film ''Amar Akbar Anthony ''and ...

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Main Judging Panel

M.G. Sreekumar Malabar Gopalan Sreekumar (born 25 May 1957), better known as M.G. Sreekumar is an Indian playback singer, composer, music producer, television presenter and film producer, who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema. He has sung more than ...

* M. Jayachandran * Sithara Krishnakumar (left the show) * Anuradha Sriram *

Vidhu Prathap Vidhu Prathap (born 1 September 1980) is an Indian playback singer. He has sung many songs in over 600 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu languages. Career Early life Vidhu Prathap was born in 1980 in Kaithamukku in Trivandrum, K ...

(left the show) *

Madhu Balakrishnan Madhu Balakrishnan is an Indian playback singer who sings in different languages Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada. Personal life Madhu Balakrishnan was born on 24 June 1974 to Balakrishnan and Leelavathy at Paravur, Eranakulam. His earlier ...

Guest Judging Panel

Vaikom Vijayalakshmi Vaikom Vijayalakshmi (born 7 October 1981) is an Indian playback singer from Kerala, India. She is an expert in a rare musical instrument called Gayatriveena. She won special jury mention for her much appreciated work in the 2013 film '' Cellul ...

(Episodes 30 – 32 ) *

Mridula Warrier Mridula Varier is an Indian playback singer from Kerala. She started her career as a playback singer in the Malayalam movie '' Big B'' in 2007. She has also recorded songs for Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films. She was the winner of Kairali TV Ga ...

(Episodes 63 – 65, 88 – 90, 259 – 266, 345 – 349, 354, 359, 475, 476 ) * Stephen Devassy (Episodes 66 – 69 ) * Sudeep Kumar *

Biju Narayanan Biju Narayanan () is an Indian playback singer active mainly in Malayalam films. Career Biju Narayanan trained in Carnatic music under Aryanad Sadasivan for eight years. He began his music career singing tracks for P. Jayachandran, Unni M ...

(Episodes 333 – 335, 337 – 340, 343 ) *

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(Episodes 337, 339 – 344) * Shakthisree Gopalan (Episodes 350 – 353, 355 – 358 ) * Naresh Iyer * Haricharan *

Jyotsna Radhakrishnan Jyotsna Radhakrishnan (born 5 September 1986) is an Indian playback singer. She predominantly works in 12+ languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. She has sung more than 1000 songs. She is based in Thrissur, Kerala. Jyotsna g ...

* Alphons Joseph *

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Celebrity Guests

Innocent (actor) Innocent Vareed Thekkethala (born 28 February 1948) is an Indian actor and politician. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema in addition to Hindi, English, Tamil, and Kannada films, mostly in comedic roles. He has acted in more than 750 ...

(Episodes 1 – 2 ) *

Sreya Jayadeep Sreya Jayadeep (born 5 November 2005) is an Indian singer. She has sung on music albums and films in South Indian languages. She has appeared on reality shows. By age fourteen, she had recorded more than 60+ films, along with 200 devotional a ...

(Child Singer) *

Manoj K Jayan Manoj Kadampoothramadom Jayan also known as Manoj K.Jayan is an Indian actor of Malayalam and Tamil films. He has also done a few Telugu and Kannada films and has also acted in a Bollywood film. Manoj has won three Kerala State Film Award for ...

(Episodes 7 – 8, 169 – 172 ) *

Salim Kumar Salim Kumar (born 10 October 1969) is an Indian actor, comedian, director and writer in Malayalam cinema. Mostly known for his comic and comedy roles, Salim Kumar is considered one of the best and most prominent comedians in the history of Mal ...

(Episodes 9 – 10, 18 – 20 ) *

Urvashi (actress) Kavitha Ranjini, known by the stage name Urvashi, is an Indian actress, dubbing artist, television host, scriptwriter and producer known for her works in the Southern film industry, predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil films. Urvashi was a pr ...

(Episodes 11 – 17 ) * Seema (actress) (Episodes 21 – 29 ) * Nikki Galrani (Episodes 30 – 32 ) *

Ramesh Pisharody T. V. Ramesh (born 1 October 1983), professionally credited as Ramesh Pisharody, is an Indian stand-up comedian, impressionist, television presenter, actor and film director. He works in Malayalam television shows, stage, and cinema. Early ...

(Episodes 33 – 37, 74 – 78, 329 ) * Miya (actress) (Episodes 38 – 40) *

Jayaram Jayaram Subramaniam, (born 10 December 1965) known mononymously as Jayaram, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam,Tamil films, along with a few Telugu films. He is also a chenda percussionist, mimicry artist, and occasional ...

(Episodes 50, 54 – 56 ) *

Priya Raman Priya Raman (born 18 June 1974) is an Indian actress and television producer. She has appeared in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada cinema and in television serials of Malayalam and Tamil languages. Her first film was the Rajnikanth-produce ...

(Episodes 88 – 89 ) *

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically app ...

(Episodes 326 – 332) * Mammootty (Episode 336 ) *

Tovino Thomas Tovino Thomas (born 21 January 1989) is an Indian actor and film producer who prominently works in Malayalam films. He made his debut in 2012 with the film ''Prabhuvinte Makkal''. His breakthrough roles were in the films ''ABCD'' (2013), '' 7t ...

(Episode 344 ) *

Aparna Balamurali Aparna Balamurali (born 11 September 1995) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Malayalam films along with a few Tamil films. She is known for her roles in ''Maheshinte Prathikaaram'' (2016), '' Sunday Holiday'' (2017) and '' Soorarai P ...

* Rani Johnson (wife of

Johnson (composer) Thattil Antony Johnson (26 March 1953 – 18 August 2011), popularly known as Johnson Master, was an Indian film score composer and music director who has given music to some of the most important motion pictures of Malayalam cinema, includ ...

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Latha Raju Latha Raju (born 25 June 1951) is an Indian film singer and actress in Malayalam cinema during the 1970s. Some of her popular Malayalam songs are "Pinchu Hridayam Devalayam" and "Manjakkilee Swarnakkilee Mayilppeelikkaattile Varnakkilee" from th ...

(Episodes 324 – 325 ) *

Sreekumaran Thampi Sreekumaran Thampi (born 16 March 1940) is an Indian lyricist, music director, director, producer, and screenwriter in Malayalam cinema. He also writes poetry and is a recipient of the Vallathol Award. In 2017, he was awarded the J. C. Daniel ...

* P. Jayachandran *

Ouseppachan Mechery Louis Ouseppachan (born 13 September 1955), known mononymously as Ouseppachan, is an Indian film composer and singer who primarily works in Malayalam films. He is a recipient of National Film Award, Filmfare Award and Kerala State ...

* L. R. Eswari *

Dileep Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan Pillai, better known by his stage name Dileep, is an Indian actor, producer, and businessman who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has acted in more than 150 films and has won several awards, inc ...

(Episode 420) *

Jayasurya Jayasurya (born August 1978) is an Indian actor, distributor, Sponsor, Model, film producer, playback singer, and impressionist, who works in the Malayalam films. He has appeared in more than 100 films and has won several awards, including a N ...

(Episode 421) *

Manju Warrier Manju Warrier (; born 10 September 1978) is an Indian actress, producer, classical dancer and playback singer who primarily appears in Malayalam language films. She is the recipient of several awards including one National Film Award, one Kera ...

Namitha Pramod Namitha Pramod (born 19 September 1996) is an Indian actress who appears mainly in Malayalam films She made her acting debut in the Malayalam film '' Puthiya Theerangal''. She went on to appear in super hit films like Puthiya Theerangal (2012 ...

Kaithapram Damodaran Padma Shri Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, popularly known as Kaithapram, is a Malayalam lyricist, poet, music director, actor, singer, screenwriter, music therapist and performer of Carnatic music. He debuted with the movie Ennennum Kannet ...

Mohan Sithara Mohan Sithara is an Indian music composer. He received the Kerala State Film Award for the Best Music Director (2009) for the songs in Priyanandan's ''Soofi Paranja Kadha''. Since 1986 he has been an active musician in the Malayalam film indust ...

* Bharathi Thamburatti (wife of

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Nanjiyamma Nanjiyamma (born 1 January 1958) is an Indian singer who hails from a tribal community in Kerala. She garnered public attention after singing playback in the Malayalam film ''Ayyappanum Koshiyum'' in 2020. The film's title song "Kalakkatha" wri ...

B. Vasantha B. Vasantha (born 29 March 1944) is a South Indian playback singer. She has received two state level awards, the Kalaimamani (Tamil Nadu) and the Ugadi Award (Andhra Pradesh). Early life B. Vasantha was born on 1944 March 29 in Machilipatnam, ...

Bhavana (actress) Karthika Menon, better known by her stage name Bhavana, is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam and Kannada films, and has also appeared in some Tamil and Telugu films. Bhavana made her acting debut with the Malayalam fil ...

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Mukesh (actor) Mukesh Madhavan (born 5 March 1957), known mononymously as Mukesh, is an Indian actor, film producer, television presenter, and politician who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil-language f ...

(Grand finale)

Cast Season 2

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) * Parvathy Babu (Backstage Anchor) * Jewel Mary (

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Main Judging Panel

* M. G. Sreekumar * M. Jayachandran

Guest Judging Panel

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Celebrity guest

Innocent (Actor) Innocent Vareed Thekkethala (born 28 February 1948) is an Indian actor and politician. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema in addition to Hindi, English, Tamil, and Kannada films, mostly in comedic roles. He has acted in more than 750 ...

Padmapriya Padmapriya (born Padmalochani; died 16 November 1997) was an Indian actress who worked in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. Her first movie was in Telugu, ''Adapillala Tandri'' (1974). In Kannada, she debuted with ''Bangarada Gudi'' ...

* Vidyadharan *

Vijay Yesudas Vijay Yesudas (born 23 March 1979) is an Indian playback singer and actor. He has sung over 1000 film songs. Vijay works predominantly in the South Indian film industry, mostly in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Hindi. He is the son o ...

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* Durga Krishna *

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* Manasa radhakrishnan *

Gopika Girly Anto, credited by her screen name Gopika (born 1 February 1984) is an Indian actress, who has predominantly starred in Malayalam films.Starting her career as a model, she ventured into acting with the Malayalam film, ''Pranayamanithooval'' ...

* Anna Rajan * Haney Rose * Gouri G. Kishan *

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* Mia George *

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Unni Mukundan Unnikrishnan Mukundan (born 22 September 1987), commonly known as Unni Mukundan, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Telugu and Tamil films. Unni Mukundan made his acting debut with the ...

Thesni Khan Thesni Khan is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films, television, and stage. She made her acting debut through '' Daisy'' in 1988. She is widely known for the portrayal of character roles. In 2020, she contested in the second season ...

Tini Tom Tini Tom is an Indian actor, comedian and mimicry artist from Kerala. He works in Malayalam films and television. Early life Tini was born in North Paravoor, Kerala, India. His father Tomy T.D. is an engineer. He has a sister Tincy. Tom comple ...

I. M. Vijayan Inivalappil Mani Vijayan (born 25 April 1969), also known by the nickname Kalo Harin (Blackbuck), is a former professional football player who also captained the India national football team. He played as a striker, where he formed a successf ...

Daleema Daleema (born Daleema John Arattukulam, 30 May 1969) is a South Indian playback singer and a Politician. She is popular for her Christian as well as Hindu devotional songs and made her debut as a playback singer in the Malayalam music industry t ...

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Season 3

( Anchor) *Manjadi Joby (Anchor) *

Main Judging Panel

* M. G. Sreekumar *

Rahul Raj Rahul Raj (born 17 March 1978) is an Indian music composer. He has composed and produced Film score, scores and soundtracks for Malayalam language, Malayalam, Telugu language, Telugu and Tamil language, Tamil movies. He is an alumnus of the pr ...

*Binni krisnhnakumar * Anuradha Sriram

Crew

* Host :

/ Manjadi Joby *

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: Sindhu Sridhar * Creative Head : Anil Ayiroor * Director of Photography (DOP) : Biju K Krishnan * Post-production ** Manager : Rajeesh Sugunan ** Edit & Creative : Shijo Thaliyichira * Edit : Harikrishnan, Amal Tom, Sergin Thomas, Joseph Shijo, Akhil Mohan, Binil RAj, Nayan Anand, Praveen Prakashan, Aravind Vasudev * Audio Engineer : Tijo Manimala * Assistant Sound Engineer : Tony Jacob, Jubin Joseph, Shyam Sajikumar * Digital Head : Sreeraj CS * Graphics : Nithil Besto, Sujesh AK, Vineeth Anchal, Yadhukrishnan PR * Colorist : Anoop Antony, Priju Jose *

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: Sunil Chovara, Aji Pushkar, Prashanth SS, Mithun, Shinu, Arun Ezhupunna, Anoop, Dhaneesh Pallippuram, Prashanth Kannan * On-line Editor : Anoj Irinjalakuda, Ranjith Vettathu *

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: Sunil Valathungal, Rahul Madathil * Choreographer : Vishnu Raj, Shafeeq Sandra 'D Crew' * Technical Head : Sharath Palakkadavath * Technical Manager : Sreelal * Technical Engineers : Sudarshanan, Harikrishnan * Assistant Producers : Anul TR, Sanoop KV, Amal Kumar * Art Direction : Bibin, Pramod

Top Band

The orchestra for the show is a group of highly talented artists (season 1). *

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: Faisal Muhammad(kannan) * Rhythm Programmer : Linu Lal (Linu Rishin Linu) *

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s (Flute / Saxophone) : Raghuthaman *

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: Jose Thomas *

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: Denson Fernandez * Strings : Francis Xavier, Francis Sebastian, Herald, Glibson (Cochin Strings ) *

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: Anand Cochin, Devadas *

Sound Engineer An audio engineer (also known as a sound engineer or recording engineer) helps to produce a recording or a live performance, balancing and adjusting sound sources using equalization, dynamics processing and audio effects, mixing, reproductio ...

: Tijo Manimala Old top band is replaced by new one in December 2019

Programme Structure

Rounds

Grading System

Each contestant is awarded a grade for each song based on their performance, by the judges. Also audience can cast votes to their favourite contestants through the official website of Flowers TV.

Episodes Season 1

Episode created on May/24/2019

Episodes Season 2

Edited by : Top Singer Team. Episode created on September/20/2020

References

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