Super Singer season 1 The first season premiered on 28 April 2006, with a series of episodes which telecasted auditions for the show. Auditions were held across the state of
Tamil Nadu in the cities of
Coimbatore,
Chennai, and
Madurai. Performances by auditioning contestants were judged by singers
S. P. Sailaja,
Jency,
Malaysia Vasudevan,
Sirkazhi Sivachidambaram,
Mahathi, and music director
D. Imman. The show was hosted by playback singer
Chinmayi. Later stages of the competition were held at a specially designed studio set, and performances were judged by a panel of permanent judges consisting of playback singers
Anuradha Sriram,
P. Unnikrishnan, and
Srinivas. Season 1 runner up and viewer's choice, Anitha V. (now known as Anitha Karthikeyan) was formally introduced as a playback singer in the Tamil film
Marudhamalai by music director D. Imman.
Super Singer season 2 The second season premiered on 7 July 2008; It held a series of episodes that telecast auditions for the show. Auditions for the show, which commenced on 27 June 2008, were held across three cities in the state of
Tamil Nadu. Performances by auditioning contestants were judged by playback singers
S. P. Sailaja and
Srilekha Parthasarathy in the city of
Coimbatore,
Sunitha Sarathy and
Deepan Chakravarthy in the city of
Chennai, as well as
Mahathi and
Mathangi in the city of
Trichy. Playback singer
Chinmayi returned as a permanent host of the show up to and including 21 January 2009, following which she left the show much to the disappointment of many fans of the show. She was replaced by a duo, singer-actor Yugendran and his wife, Malini, for the remainder of the show in 2009. Playback singers
P. Unnikrishnan and
Srinivas returned as permanent judges of the show, and a new permanent judge, playback singer
Sujatha replaced
Anuradha Sriram (who instead appeared as a guest judge through the season). Contestants were eliminated during the competition, and finalists received special training from voice expert
Ananth Vaidyanathan in the final stages of the competition. The Grand Finale was held on 3 June 2009 at YMCA Royapettah, Chennai. At the finals,
Ajeesh won the competition and was chosen by
Yuvan Shankar Raja to sing the song
Idhu Varai for the
soundtrack of
Tamil film,
Goa.
Super Singer season 3 Airtel Super Singer 3, the third season of the Airtel Super Singer show, premiered on 12 July 2010. The third season was hosted by Divya Vijayagopal and
Sivakarthikeyan. The auditions were held in various parts of Tamil Nadu, and were judged by singers including
S. P. Sailaja,
Nithyasree Mahadevan,
Unni Menon,
Sowmya,
Harish Raghavendra,
Pop Shalini,
Mahathi, and
Malgudi Subha.
Sujatha,
P. Unnikrishnan and
Srinivas continued to be the permanent judges for the third consecutive season. The grand finale was held on 23 September 2011 at Chennai Trade Centre and was broadcast live.
Saicharan won the competition, and was chosen by
A. R. Rahman and
D. Imman to sing in the films
Godfather,
Manam Kothi Paravai, and
Saattai.
Super Singer season 4 Airtel Super Singer 4, the fourth season of the
Airtel Super Singer show, premiered on 4 February 2013. The fourth season was hosted by
Makapa Anand,
Priyanka Deshpande, and
Bhavana Balakrishnan. The auditions were held in various parts of Tamil Nadu, and were judged by singers including
S. P. Sailaja,
Nithyasree Mahadevan,
Unni Menon,
Sowmya,
Devan Ekambaram,
Pop Shalini,
Mahathi,
Malgudi Subha and Rajinderpal Singh. Playback singers,
Sujatha Mohan,
Mano,
P. Unnikrishnan and
Srinivas, were the judges for the fourth season. Diwakar won the competition, and was chosen by music directors
D. Imman, Vivek-Mervin, and Kannan to sing in the films
Panjumittai,
Vadacurry, and
Kalkandu.
Super Singer season 5 Airtel Super Singer 5, the fifth season of the
Airtel Super Singer show, premiered on 1 June 2015. The fifth season was hosted by
Makapa Anand,
Priyanka Deshpande, and
Bhavana Balakrishnan. The auditions were held in various parts of Tamil Nadu and were telecast until 3 July 2015. First-round audition judges included season 3 winner
Saisharan, season 4 winner
Diwakar, and former contestants from those seasons such as D. Sathyaprakash, Pooja Vaidyanath, Santhosh Hariharan, and Sonia. Second and third round audition judges included
S. P. Charan,
Pushpavanam Kuppusamy,
Devan Ekambaram,
James Vasanthan,
Mahathi,
S. Sowmya, and
Pop Shalini. Zonal audition judges were permanent judges from the junior version of the show,
Malgudi Subha,
Mano, and
K. S. Chithra. A total of 33 contestants were selected for the finals, including local, international, and former contestants. Playback singers,
P. Unnikrishnan,
Srinivas,
Mano, and
Usha Uthup, were the judges for the fifth season. At the finale of the show, contestant
Anand Aravindakshan was declared the winner of the season, while contestant Fareedha was declared first runner-up. Both finalists were promised an opportunity to sing for one of the upcoming films of music director
Santhosh Narayanan. Contestant Rajaganapathy was chosen as the judge's choice scoring the highest marks and being declared the second runner-up of the season. The season landed in
controversy as social media users accused the
STAR Vijay Indian TV channel of wrongdoing. Social media users expressed concern that audiences who spent time and money to support talented youngsters were the victim of unethical practices and criticised the channel for not being upfront about the fact that the winning contestant was already a professional playback singer - which was defended by the channel. All the episodes will be available on the OTT Platform-
Hotstar. The judging panel was often shuffled with
Anuradha Sriram,
P. Unnikrishnan,
Benny Dayal,
Shweta Mohan,
S. P. Charan,
Shakthisree Gopalan and
Kalpana Raghavendar. Once again, the eighth season was hosted by
Makapa Anand and
Priyanka Deshpande. The Grand Finale aired on 26 September 2021. At the finals, Sridhar Sena won the title. Prize Winners: • Sridhar Sena was announced the Winner of the Super Singer 8 and received a 10 lakh award by Vijay TV. He has also been provided the opportunity to sing in a future film song composed by
Anirudh Ravichander. • Bharat K Rajesh (announced by
Mervin Solomon) was the runner up of the season and was awarded an amount of 3 lakhs and an additional amount of Rs 50,000. • Abhilash Venkatachalam was announced third place by
Santhosh Narayanan. He received a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh, and stated that the money was going to be spent for those who were affected by the COVID - 19 Pandemic situation. • Muthusirpi was awarded the title of Differentiator of the Season and received an amount of Rs 1 lakh, presented by
K. S. Chithra.
Season 8 contestants Super Singer season 9 MRF Vapocure Paints Super Singer Season 9 started on 19 November 2022 on
Star Vijay and was telecast from every Saturday and Sunday at 6:30 PM.
Makapa Anand and
Priyanka Deshpande returns as the hosts for this season. This season returns with the same judges' panel including,
Anuradha Sriram,
P. Unnikrishnan,
Benny Dayal, and
Shweta Mohan. Super Singer Season 9 Grand Finale was held on 25 June 2023 at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai. Before the grand finale took place and during the contestants' tenure at
Super Singer 9, several finalists, were offered to sing in film albums. Music directors, such as
Sam C. S. and
Hiphop Tamizha Adhi gave these splendid opportunities to the finalists. First, Pooja Venkatraman was offered to sing a song under
Sam C. S's direction. Then Abhijith Anilkumar was offered to co-sing a song with
Shreya Ghoshal in the film
Thiruvin Kural, and the lyrics were written by the songwriter
Vairamuthu. Finally, Aruna Sivaya was offered to sing a song under the music direction of
Hiphop Tamizha Adhi . The five finalists of
Super Singer 9 are Abhijith Anilkumar, Aruna Sivaya, Pooja Venkatraman, Priya Jerson and Prasanna Adhisesha. Prassana Adhisesha was nominated from the wildcard round. Several guests that included in the grand finale are
Harris Jayaraj,
Kalpana Raghavendar,
Ananth Vaidyanathan,
Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, Binni Krishnakumar. The grand finale consisted of two rounds. The first round and the second round enabled the contestants to choose their own songs and sing them in front of the wide audience. Several contestants merged two songs, during the second round.
Prize Winners: • Aruna Sivaya, who was announced by
Harris Jayaraj, won Super Singer 9. So she was gifted with an apartment worth 60 Rs lakhs and received a Rs 10 lakhs cash prize award by Star Vijay. • Priya Jerson was announced by Harris Jayaraj, as the first runner-up of Super Singer 9 and was awarded a Rs 10 lakhs cash prize award by Star Vijay. • Prasanna Adhisesha was announced as the second runner-up of Super Singer 9 and was awarded a Rs 5 lakhs cash prize award by Star Vijay.
Super Singer season 10 Super Singer Season 10, the tenth season of the Airtel Super Singer show, premiered on
Star Vijay on 16 December 2023, and telecasts every Saturday and Sunday. KAG Tiles is the sponsor for this season. Once again, this season is hosted by
Makapa Anand and
Priyanka Deshpande. The judging panel of this season is,
Anuradha Sriram,
Sean Roldan,
Mano, and
Sujatha Mohan. The Grand Finale was on 23 June 2024. At the finals, John Jerome was the title winner. Jeevitha became the first runner-up, and Vaishanvi became the second runner-up.
Prize Winners: • John Jerome; won Super Singer 10. So he was gifted with an apartment worth 60 Rs lakhs. • Jeevitha; first runner-up Singer 10 • Vaishnavi; second runner-up of Super Singer 10.
Celebrity Guests Season 10 saw several celebrity guests praising the contestants for their performances and also performing along with the contestants, who include:
Super Singer Season 11 Super Singer Season 11, the eleventh season of the Airtel Super Singer show, premiered on
Star Vijay on 2nd August 2025, telecasting every Saturday and Sunday. KAG Tiles is once again the sponsor for this season. Once again, the eleventh season will be hosted by the dynamic duo
Makapa Anand and
Priyanka Deshpande. The judging panel includes composer
Thaman S, filmmaker
Mysskin, and popular playback singers
Anuradha Sriram, and
P. Unnikrishnan. The first promo was released on 14th July 2025. == Spin-off ==