Music and Youth
Airtel Super Singer – Final 12 contestants on the battle to become the Super Singer
Vijay TV’s music talent hunt show Airtel Super Singer has reached the stage where the final 12 contestants who were divided into two groups each consisting of six members. This episode comprising of tough competition sees a special invitee to the show to cheer up the contestants on the episode to be telecast on 30 June and 1 July 2006 between 8 pm and 9 pm on Vijay TV. The celebrity is none other than the current hero of Tamil filmdom Silambarasan. The star interacts with the participants and listens to their songs and finally selects a singer based on their performance and gifts a gold coin. Watch out to know whom he is impressed with.
The 12 selected contestants are given an existing song and will be asked to change the emotion of the song to check how well they are able to bring out the situation of the song. These contestants had to choose between two songs given to them. Choice No.1, ‘Manmatha Raasa’ to be sung in sorrowful and choice 2, ‘Poraley Ponnuthayi’ to be sung with cheerful rhythm.
The first six participants are Rajani Saranathan (02), V. Anitha (04), Sowmya Mahadevan (07), Swathi, Sridharan (10), N.S. Aruna (11) and Priyadarshini (12).
The second six participants are Kilgin (01), Maya (03), Gowtham Bharadwaj (05), Vijay Krishnan (06), Nithin Raj (08) and Nikhil Mathew (09).
These contestants have been given numbers so that viewers can also take part in the selection by sending SMS to 6464 with code word SS01 or SS02 upto SS12( choice of their participant). For Televoting, viewers to call 646301 or 646302 upto 646312 series to register their vote. Apart from these, viewers can log on to http://vijay.indya.com and register voting to select their choice of singer out of the 12 contestants and can win fabulous goodies for the right choice.
After these elimination rounds final 12 contestants get reduced to 8 and will move to the next round. From this 8, again 4 will be eliminated and the rest of 4 will be selected to the finals.
The eliminated 8 contestants are given a second chance to perform again and give their shot at becoming the Super Singer. Its now the turn of the viewers to choose who among these 8 will make it to the Wild Card stage. While the viewer polls will help 2 out of the 8 contestants to go to the next stage; each of the judges will choose one contestant of their choice from the eliminated 8.
Therefore, a total of 5 will be given a second chance and they will perform at the Wild card stage. From these 5 participants; only one will be chosen by the viewers (via SMS / televoting) to go to the finals to compete with the final 4 for the coveted title of Super Singer.
MUMBAI: Mumbai is about to witness something it has never seen before. The Global Youth Festival arrives on 6-7 December at Jio World Garden with 15,000 attendees and 60-plus experiences sprawled across six sprawling arenas. On its sixth edition, this is no ordinary jamboree—it is a carefully orchestrated collision of wellness, adventure, arts, music, yoga and social change.
Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis will throw open the proceedings with a landmark ceremony, signalling the state’s backing for a movement that has already mobilised youth across 20-plus countries and 170-plus cities. The sheer scale is staggering: 500-plus volunteers powering the machine, 600,000-plus volunteer hours logged across previous editions, and millions of lives touched annually.
The speaker roster is formidable. Diipa Büller-Khosla and Dipali Goenka, chief executive of Welspun India, will share the stage with Malaika Arora in conversations spanning leadership, creativity and culture. Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Mansukhbhai Mandaviya will also attend, reinforcing GYF’s reach into the corridors of power.
But this is not mere talk. The Solaris Mainstage promises concerts from renowned Indian artists. Innerverse delivers a 360-degree LED spectacle of art, technology and sound. The Love and Care Arena houses hands-on projects spanning women’s empowerment, child education, rural upliftment and animal welfare. India’s largest outdoor sound-healing experience awaits. An inflatable obstacle course, neon drifter karts and open-sky bouldering cater to thrill-seekers.
Some have branded GYF the “Coachella of Consciousness.” Others call it “India’s Largest Sober Festival.” Spiritual visionary Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshji, who inspired the festival, will deliver the Wisdom Masterclass. Every rupee goes to charity.
After Mumbai comes Kolkata on 14 December. New York looms next year. For one weekend in December, Mumbai becomes the epicentre of youth-driven change—and nothing will be quite the same after.
Tickets available on BookMyShow. Visit youthfestival.srmd.org or follow @globalyouthfestival on Instagram.
