BENGALURU: Season 5 of popular singing reality show Super Singer 5 on the Star Network’s Tamil GEC found its winner in Anand Aravindakshan.  The title sponsor of the show was Bharti Airtel.

Aravindakshan won the votes and the hearts of viewers and also won a house worth Rs 70 lakh from Arun Excello.  Singer Fareedha won the runner’s up title and a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh.  Raju Ganapathy won the Judges Choice award after an electrifying performance to the beats of Aaluma Doluma  and winning a standing ovation from the Judges, while the other two fianlists Siyad and Lakshmi won cash prizes from Vijay TV.

The grand finale night on 17 March in the DB Jain College grounds saw celebrated singers Chithra, Sujatha, Mano, Usha Uthup, Nithyashree, Srinivas and mentor Ananth Vaidyanathan, the Super Singer stars and thousands of music lovers who amassed at the venue to cheer up their favourite contestants.  Anchors MaKaPa Anand, Bhavna and Priyanka pulled the show together with the singers.  With two rounds to show all their might, the finalist singers sang well with Stephen Devassy to support them.

The evening  witnessed a medley performance by the Super Singer stars and  celebrated singers Usha Uthup, Vijayprakash, Mano, Sid Sriram, Benny Dayal, Gaana Bala performed their blockbuster hit songs to entertain the mass audience present there.  The little pianist   Lidian Nadhaswaram and Stephen Devassy performed a mesmerizing act together to show their excellent stints.  Singers Haripriya, Satyaprakash , Irwin Victoria,flautist Rasika alos entertained the audience with their performances.