The Vijay Television Awards are an awards ceremony held to honour the cast and crew of Tamil soap operas and other shows which air 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 ...

. This is the second time in the Tamil television industry where awards are given for performances in television serials and shows. The first edition of the awards show was held on 24 May 2014; the second one was held on 19 September 2015.

Nominations

Jurors select five nominees in each award category from among the shows that air on

. The nominees are interviewed on Vijay TV and viewers are invited to cast their votes via text message or at the Vijay Television Awards website.

1st Annual Vijay Television Awards

The 2014 Vijay Television Awards ceremony took place on 24 May 2014 at YMCA Nandanam,

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, and was telecast during the second week of June 2014. The show was hosted by Ma Ka Pa Anand,

Jagan Jagan is an Indian actor and comedian who has appeared in supporting roles in Tamil films. His breakthrough was with K. V. Anand's '' Ayan'', where he played a small-time smuggler Chitti Babu, and the role won him critical acclaim. He was ...

, Dhivyadharshini and Bhavana Balakrishnan. Guests who attended the function included

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 ...

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, Sangeetha, P. Vasu, D. Imman,

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, Radha and

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. '' Saravanan Meenatchi'' won six awards, including, Favourite Actor Male and Favourite Actor Female for

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and Sreeja Chandran. Other winners were ''

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'' with four awards, '' Airtel Super Singer'' and ''

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'' with three awards, '' Deivam Thandha Veedu'', '' Neeya Naana'' and ''Adhu Idhu Edhu'' with two awards, and ''

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'' with one award.

2nd Annual Vijay Television Awards

The second edition of Vijay Television Awards was held on 19 September 2015 at Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai. The award function was hosted by the anchors Jagan, Ma Ka Pa Anand,

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and

Kavin Kavin (/kəvɪn/)(Tamil. கவின் or English. /ˈkɛvɪn/) ) is a unisex given name, which is Tamil/English for "beauty", "grace", "fairness" or "comeliness". The name Kavin may refer to: People * Kavinn (born 1984), Jamaican football playe ...

, Bhavana Balakrishnan The Vijay Television Awards song was released on 31 August. The show aired 27 September 2015.

3rd Annual Vijay Television Awards

The third edition of Vijay Television Awards was held on 6 May 2017 at Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai. The award function was hosted by the anchors

Ramya Subramanian Ramya Subramanian, also known as VJ Ramya, is an Indian actress and television host, who has worked in the Tamil film industry. Career Ramya participated in the Miss Chennai competition in 2004. She subsequently went on to host television ...

and Kavin. The show aired 21 May 2017.

4th Annual Vijay Television Awards

The award function was hosted by the anchors Dhivyadharshini and Ma Ka Pa Anand.

5th Annual Vijay Television Awards

The award function was hosted by the anchors Dhivyadharshini, Ma Ka Pa Anand, Kavin, Priyanka Deshpande, Ramya Subramanian and Bhavana Balakrishnan.

6th Annual Vijay Television Award

The award function was hosted by Dhivyadharshini, Ma Ka Pa Anand, Erode Mahesh and Priyanka Deshpande. It was telecasted on 18 April 2021.

7th Annual Vijay Television Award

The award function was hosted by Archana Chandhoke, Ma Ka Pa Anand, Erode Mahesh and Priyanka Deshpande. It was telecasted on 24 April 2022.

References

External links

* {{STAR Vijay TV shows Tamil-language television awards 2014 Tamil-language television series debuts