Airtel Super Singer 4

Airtel Super Singer 4
Presented by	Makapa Anand, Prinyanka, Bhavana
Judges	Unnikrishnan, Sujatha Mohan, Srinivas, Mano (singer)
Country of origin	India
No. of seasons	4
Production
Running time	1 hour
Release
Original network	STAR Vijay
Original release	08/01/2014

Airtel Super Singer 4, the fourth season of the popular show Airtel Super Singer, premiered on 4 February 2013. The show was a reality-based Indian singing competition in Tamil language that aired on STAR Vijay. It was designed to be a talent hunt to find the best voice of Tamil Nadu. Judges for the auditions were Ananth Vaidyanathan, S.P. Sailaja, Devan Ekambaram, Nithyasree Mahadevan, Mahathi, Pop Shalini, S. Sowmya, Mano (singer) and Malgudi Subha. Some of these judges along with other noted musicians reappeared as Guest judges. To name a few- S. Janaki, M. S. Viswanathan, A. R. Rahman, P. Susheela, Asha Bhosle, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vairamuthu, L. R. Eswari and Vani Jairam. Judges for the main competition were Sujatha, Unnikrishnan and Srinivas. Ma Ka Pa Anand and Bhavana were the hosts for the show. The voice trainer was Ananth Vaidyanathan.^[1][2] The show aired weekdays from Monday to Friday at 9PM IST.

Auditions

The auditions for the show were held at three zones, Trichy, Kovai and Chennai in December 2012 and January 2013.^[3][4] Thousands of applicants aged above 16 participated in the zonal auditions. The judges for the preliminary auditions included eminent singers from the music industry and popular contestants from the previous seasons of the show. The show premiered in February 2013 featuring the audition phases from various zones.^[5]

Direct finalists

1. Diwakar 2. Parvathy 3. Syed Shubhan

Wild card round winners

1. Sarath Santhosh 2. Sonia

Finalists

1. Diwakar
2. Syed Subahan
3. Sarath Santhosh
4. Sonia
5. Parvathy

Grand Finale

The final contest to decide the winner of the show was held at Sun Palm Driving Range & Golf Academy, Guindy and was telecast live on television and internet on February 1, 2014. Winners were selected by audience poll. Votes could be cast through SMS, IVR and online. After two performances by each contestant, Diwakar was declared as the winner and received an apartment worth Rs. 60 Lakhs as prize. Syed Subahan was declared as Judges Choice Winner for the best performance in Grand Finale and 1st Runner up as he got the second maximum votes of audience. Syed got 1 kg of Gold for 1st runner up. The second runner up Sarath Santhosh received Rs. 10 Lakhs. The other two contestants Sonia and Parvathy received Rs.5 Lakhs each.

Many prominent singers were present at the venue. Legendary singer S. Janaki was the chief-guest for the event. Ma Ka Pa Anand Prinyanka and Bhavana hosted the show.

Elimination chart

References

External links

• YouTube channel for the show