MUMBAI: Ultimate search for the best voice of Tamilnadu "Airtel Super Singer" was going on through out Tamilnadu for the past few weeks. The first audition was taken place and Coimbatore during the first week of April and the second one at Chennai on 16th April and the final audition at Madurai on 23rd April.
Thousands of talented singers took part in the 3 level auditions at all these three places. The promotion for the programme began nearly a month ago and thousands of singers have sent in their CDs and tapes and also through mobile phone dialing an Airtel number.
Besides this, the participants also registered their voice through the mobile vans, which was organized by the channel through the main parts of the city. This is was the first time a contest of this magnitude was being conducted by Vijay TV. Renowned playback singers were part of the show as the judges at the auditions.
Starting with Malaysia Vasudevan, Mahati, SP. Shailaja, Malathi, Music director Iman, Dr. Sirkazhi Sivachidambaram and Jensi were judges for this ultimate voice hunt show.
The selected 60 participants (20 from each zone) will undergo various rounds of tests in Chennai at a specially created set. The main juries of judges are Srinivas, Anuradha Sriram and Unni Krishnan who would have the toughest task of eliminating the talented 60 singers.
Watch out for "Airtel Super Singer" which is launching on 28 April 2006. The show will be aired every Friday and Saturday at 8 pm as a one-hour show.