Sangeetha Mahayuddham, also known as Amul Sangeetha Mahayuddham, is a 2010-2012 Indian

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in the

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that was broadcast on Sun TV. The show features 6 Indian playback singers who lead their teams of contestants to compete against each other team with a view of winning the Sangeeta Mahayuddham Champion Trophy.

Season 1

The debut season of the show premiered on 19 June 2010, and was hosted by playback singer

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. The show was telecast on weekend nights.

Teams (season 1)

Thanjai Thalapathigal

The " Thanjai Thalapathigal" team consisted of: #

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 earlie ...

(playback singer team captain) # Suchithra # Kaviya, was 11 years old at the time of the show. # Bharath

Tirichy Thimingalangal

The " Tirichy Thimingalangal" team consisted of: #

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 t ...

(playback singer team captain) #

Saisharan P. Sai Sharan is a Carnatic musician and Indian playback singer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He rose to prominence after winning the third season of the ''Airtel Super Singer''. He was previously a top 4 finalist in the debut season of the juni ...

, a finalist of

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's debut season of ''

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, and title winner of Airtel super singer senior.'' # Vignesh, runner up of

's debut season of ''

''. # Manasi, winner of Sun TV's ''Athiradi Singer''.

Nellai Sooraveli

The " Nellai Sooraveli" team consisted of: #

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(playback singer team captain) # Kousshik Ram # Krishnamoorthy, winner of

's debut season of ''

''. # Monissha

Madurai Veerargal

The "

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Veerargal" team consisted of: #

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(playback singer team captain) # Guruprasad # Srisha # Anakah

Chennai Singangal

The "

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Singangal" team consisted of: #

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(playback singer team captain) # Gurupriya # Aishwarya # Sasinprabhu

Kovai Killadigal

The " Kovai Killadigal" team consisted of: #

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(playback singer team captain) # Al Rufian # Bhargavi # Sathyanarayanan

Grand Finale (season 1)

The teams selected for the finale were Srilekha's Tiruchi Thimingalangal and

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's Thanjai Thalapathigal. Srilekha's team members were

, Vignesh and Manasi, of which Saisharan and Vignesh appeared on music competition reality shows aired on

, and Manasi appeared on a music competition reality show aired earlier on Sun TV. Madhu led Suchithra, Kavya and Bharath into the battle. A special jury consisting of eminent personalities from the Tamil music industry including

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judged the finale.

Finale Result (season 1)

The Thanjai Thalapathigal team led by playback singer

won the competition.

Season 2

The second season of the show premiered on 30 October 2010. Auditions took place in various cities across

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in November 2010. Playback singer and host of season 1,

, announced she would not return to host the show for the subsequent season. Her replacement host was playback singer and season 1 captain-contestant,

, Grand Finale on 25 November 2012.

Teams (season 2)

Isai Sooravaligal

The "Isai Sooravaligal" team consisted of: # Grace Karunas (playback singer team captain) # Divyasri # Febin # Deepthi

Raaga Deepangal

The "Raaga Deepangal" team consisted of: # Ranjith (playback singer team captain) # Surach # ~~Preethi~~ Bhargavi # Ovviya

Paayum Puligal

The "Paayum Puligal" team consisted of: # Prasanna (playback singer team captain) # Diwakar # Madhumitha Shankar # Srisha

Singa Kutties

The "Singa Kutties" team consisted of: #

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(playback singer team captain) # Roshini # Guna # Mukundh

Sangeetha Sudargal

The "Sangeetha Sudargal" team consisted of: #

Rahul Nambiar Rahul Nambiar is an Indian playback singer and live performer. An MBA and M.Com-graduate, he won the Swapthaswarangal show in 2001 and began singing live. He sung more than 2000 songs in movies,He later ventured into playback singing, performing ...

(playback singer team captain) # Ajay # Kirthika # Sarath

Paatu Thimingalangal

The "Paatu Thimingalangal" team consisted of: # Naveen (playback singer team captain and son of

Raveendran Madhavan Raveendran ( ml, മാധവൻ രവീന്ദ്രൻ ), (born Kulathupuzha, Kollam, 9 November 1943 – died Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 3 March 2005), fondly known as ''Raveendran Master'', was a popular South Indian music composer ...

) # Karthik # Shruthi # Malvika Sundaresan

References

External links

Official Forum

Sangeetha Mahayuddham

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