Super Singer Junior season 3


The third season of Airtel Super Singer Junior - premiered on 17 October 2011 and 26 October 2012. The music competition reality TV show was again telecast on Vijay TV, and Bharti Airtel returned to sponsor the show. Episodes were telecast between Monday to Friday each week at 9:00pm. Children from the age of 6 years to the age of 14 years were permitted to audition to showcase their talent on Vijay TV's platform. Apart from gaining recognition from acclaimed names of the music industry and being a child singing icon, the show promised that its winner would be honored with a 3-bedroom Villa worth Rs.60 lakhs from its sponsor, Arun Excello Temple Green Township. Aajeedh Khalique was crowned the winner of Airtel Super Singer Junior Season 3. Pragathy Guruprasad was the first runner up.
Ananth Vaidyanathan returned as a permanent voice trainer, and playback singers K. S. Chithra, Mano, and Malgudi Subha returned as permanent judges during the main competition rounds of the show. Makapa Anand, Kalyani Nair, and Bhavana Balakrishnan were hosts for the season. A number of eminent playback singers and music directors appeared during the season as guest judges, including P. B. Sreenivas, M. S. Viswanathan, P. Susheela, S. Janaki, Sadhana Sargam, Nithyasree Mahadevan, Sudha Raghunathan, Sowmya, Aruna Sairam, Pushpavanam Kuppuswamy, Rajkumar Bharathi, and Bombay Sisters. Stars from the senior version of the show also appeared as judges during the season, including former contestants, and permanent judge P. Unnikrishnan.
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Launch week (season 3)

The grand opening week was hosted by actresses and television anchors, Kalyani and Ramya. Judges throughout launch week were Manikka Vinayagam, S. P. Sailaja, Pushpavanam Kuppuswamy, and Mahathi.

Auditions (season 3)

Auditions took place in Chennai, Coimbatore, and Trichy.

Open auditions in Tamil Nadu

Open auditions were held across Tamil Nadu.
The ground level auditions in Trichy and Coimbatore were judged by former contestants of Airtel Super Singer 2, being Ajeesh, Prasanna, Srinivas and Ragini.
The ground level auditions in Chennai were judged by former winners and finalists from each season of the senior version of the show, Airtel Super Singer, including Nikhil Mathew and Anitha from season 1, Ajeesh, Raginisri, and Prasanna, from season 2, as well as Saicharan, Santhosh Hariharan, Sathyaprakash, Pooja, and Malavika from season 3.

Main level auditions

All main level auditions were held in Chennai.

Finalists

Aajeedh Khalique

Finals

Main Competition Performance Rounds

Introduction Round (28 November 2011 – 2 December 2011)

Hosts: Kalyani and Makapa AnandSpecial Guest Audition Judges: Nithyasree Mahadevan, S. P. Sailaja, and Pushpavanam KuppuswamyPermanent Judges: Malgudi Subha, Mano, and K. S. ChithraPermanent voice trainer: Ananth VaidyanathanPerformances:
Special guest audition judges appeared on the show to introduce the 30 selected finalists, while the permanent judges returned to greet the selected contestants for the first time.

Fast Songs Round (5 December 2011 – 9 December 2011)

Hosts: Kalyani and RamyaPermanent Judges: K. S. Chithra, Mano, and Malgudi SubhaPermanent voice trainer: Ananth VaidyanathanPerformances:
Episodes 36 to 40.

Rajini Hits Round (12 December 2011 – 16 December 2011)

Hosts: Kalyani and Makapa AnandPermanent Judges: K. S. Chithra, Mano, and Malgudi SubhaPermanent voice trainer: Ananth VaidyanathanPerformances:
Episodes 41 to 45.

Koothu Songs Round (19 December 2011 – 23 December 2011)

Hosts: Kalyani and Makapa AnandSpecial Guest Judge: Pushpavanam KuppuswamyPermanent Judges: K. S. Chithra and Malgudi SubhaPermanent voice trainer: Ananth VaidyanathanPerformances:
Episodes 46 to 50.

Christmas and New Year Special: Western Songs Round (26 December 2011 – 30 December 2011)

Hosts: Sivakarthikeyan and Makapa AnandPermanent Judges: K. S. Chithra, Mano, and Malgudi SubhaPermanent voice trainer & Santa: Ananth VaidyanathanPerformances:
Episodes 51 to 55.

Hits Of 2011 Round (2 January 2012 – 6 January 2012)

Hosts: Makapa Anand and BhavanaPermanent Judges: Mano and Malgudi SubhaPermanent voice trainer & Santa: Ananth VaidyanathanPerformances:
Episodes 56 to 60.

Folk Songs Round (9 January 2012 – 13 January 2012)

Hosts: Makapa Anand and BhavanaPermanent Judges: Mano and Malgudi SubhaPermanent voice trainer: Ananth VaidyanathanPerformances:
Episodes 61 to 65.

Rain Songs Round (16 January 2012 – 20 January 2012)

Hosts: Makapa Anand and BhavanaPermanent Judges: Mano and Malgudi SubhaPermanent voice trainer: Ananth VaidyanathanPerformances:
Episodes 66 to 70.

Other Language Songs Round (23 January 2012 – 27 January 2012)

Hosts: Makapa Anand and BhavanaPermanent Judges: Mano, K. S. Chitra, and Malgudi SubhaPermanent voice trainer: Ananth VaidyanathanPerformances:
Episodes 71 to 75.

Semi-Classical Round (30 January 2012 – 3 February 2012)

Hosts: Makapa Anand and BhavanaPermanent Judges: Mano, K. S. Chitra, and Malgudi SubhaPermanent voice trainer: Ananth VaidyanathanPerformances:
Episodes 76 to 80.

Nenjil Nindra Raagangal Round (6 February 2012 – 10 February 2012)

Hosts: Makapa Anand and BhavanaPermanent Judges: Mano, K. S. Chitra, and Malgudi SubhaPermanent voice trainer: Ananth VaidyanathanPerformances:
Episodes 81 to 85.

Valentine's Week: Dedication Round (13 February 2012 – 17 January 2012)

Hosts: Makapa Anand and BhavanaPermanent Judges: Mano, K. S. Chitra, and Malgudi SubhaPermanent voice trainer: Ananth VaidyanathanPerformances:
Episodes 86 to 90.

Classical Round (20 August 2012 – 24 August 2012)

Hosts: Makapa Anand and BhavanaSpecial Guest Performance by: special guest judge Nithyasree Mahadevan and actress Sukanya Special Guest Judges: Bombay Sisters, Rajkumar Bharathi, Sudha Raghunathan, Aruna Sairam, and Nithyasree MahadevanSpecial Guest Instrumentalists: Rajhesh Vaidhya, Umashankar, K.L. Vijay, Ramakrishnan, Madhu, Chitti Prakash, and Biju Permanent Judge: P. UnnikrishnanPermanent voice trainer: Ananth VaidyanathanPerformances:
This round required the top 7 contestants to sing songs which fitted in the Carnatic music genre. This week's orchestra accompanying the contestants consisted of 7 special guest performers. The best Carnatic singer title of the season was also promised to the best performing contestant of the week.
At the conclusion of this week's performances, the 7 special guest judges decided not to eliminate any contestant based on this week's performances. Consequently, the scores would be carried over to the next week, and a decision would then be made as to which contestant would be eliminated.
Air dateOrderNon-contestant performerContestantSongOriginal artistLyricistMusic directorMovie
20 August 2012--------
20 August 20121SSJ10 Gowtham"Mudhal Mudhal Raaga Deepam"S. P. BalasubrahmanyamMuthulingamIlaiyaraajaPayanangal Mudivathillai
20 August 20122SSJ06 Anu"Maraindhirundhu Paakum"P. SusheelaKannadasanK. V. MahadevanThillana Mohanambal
20 August 20123SSJ07 Sukanya"Ezhu Swarangalukkul"Vani JayaramKannadasanM. S. ViswanathanApoorva Raagangal
21 August 2012--------
21 August 20121SSJ06 Anu"Sri Ranga Ranganathanin"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam; Uma Ramanan; Shobana VigneshVaaliIlaiyaraajaMahanadi
21 August 20122SSJ07 Suganya"Sowkiyamaa Kannae"Nithyasree MahadevanVairamuthuA. R. RahmanSangamam
21 August 20123Nithyasree Mahadevannone excerpt from virutthams "Vaanathin Meedhu" and "Sooriyan Vandhu"Nithyasree Mahadevan; Vairamuthu;
21 August 20124Shravan R. Pratapnone Om Namo NarayanaTraditional composition in raga KarnaranjaniAmbujam KrishnaCharumathi RamachandranTraditional
21 August 20125SSJ01 Jeyanth"Avaloru Menagai"S. P. BalasubrahmanyamVaaliShankar–GaneshNatchathiram
22 August 2012--------
22 August 20121SSJ03 Anjana"Kanda Naal Mudhalaal"Subiksha & PoojaRemix of Carnatic song, written and composed by N. S. ChidambaramYuvan Shankar RajaKanda Naal Mudhal
22 August 20122Sudha Raghunathannone excerpt from "Kanda Naal"Sudha RaghunathanN. S. ChidambaramTraditionalTraditional
22 August 20123SSJ01 Jeyanth"Nadha Vinodhangal"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam & S. P. SailajaVairamuthuIlaiyaraajaSalangai Oli
22 August 20124SSJ09 Yazhini"Kaatrodu Kuzhalin"K. S. ChithraPulamaipithanIlaiyaraajaKodai Mazhai
22 August 20125SSJ04 Pragathi"Mannavan Vanthanadi"P. SusheelaKannadasanK. V. MahadevanThiruvarutchelvar
23 August 2012--------
23 August 20121Nithyasree Mahadevan "Ramanukku Mannan"Nithyasree MahadevanArunachala KaviTraditionalTraditional Carnatic music composition
23 August 20122SSJ09 Yazhini"Ninnaichcharan Adainthen"Bombay JayashriSubramania BharathiIlaiyaraajaBharathi
23 August 20123SSJ04 Pragathi"Shivashankari"GhantasalaPingali Nagendra RaoPendyala Nageswara RaoJagadeka Veeruni Katha
23 August 20124SSJ10 Gowtham"Ullathil Nalla"Seerkazhi GovindarajanKannadasanViswanathan–RamamoorthyKarnan
23 August 20125SSJ03 Anjana"Thunbam Nergaiyil"M. S. Rajeswari & V. J. VarmaBharathidasanR. SudharsanamOr Iravu
24 August 2012--------
24 August 20121SSJ04 Pragathi"Yellam Inbamayam"M. L. Vasanthakumari & P. LeelaC. R. SubburamanManamagal
24 August 20122SSJ10 Gowtham"Bikshai Paathiram"Madhu BalakrishnanIlaiyaraajaIlaiyaraajaNaan Kadavul
24 August 20123SSJ07 Suganya"Ennai Yenna"Sudha RaghunathanVaaliIlaiyarajaIvan
24 August 20124Sudha RaghunathanSSJ07 Suganyaexcerpt from "Ennai Yenna"Sudha RaghunathanVaaliIlaiyarajaIvan
24 August 20125SSJ04 Pragathi"Shivashankari"GhantasalaPingali Nagendra RaoPendyala Nageswara RaoJagadeka Veeruni Katha
24 August 20126SSJ07 Sukanya"Ezhu Swarangalukkul"Vani JayaramKannadasanM. S. ViswanathanApoorva Raagangal
24 August 20127SSJ10 Gowtham"Ullathil Nalla"Seerkazhi GovindarajanKannadasanViswanathan–RamamoorthyKarnan