The third season of Airtel Super Singer Junior - ('the search for the sweet voice of Tamil Nadu') 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.
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 (winner)
Finals
Main Competition Performance Rounds
Introduction Round (28 November 2011 – 2 December 2011) Hosts: Kalyani and Makapa Anand Special Guest Audition Judges: Nithyasree Mahadevan, S. P. Sailaja, and Pushpavanam Kuppuswamy Permanent Judges: Malgudi Subha, Mano, and K. S. Chithra Permanent voice trainer: Ananth Vaidyanathan Performances:
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 Ramya Permanent Judges: K. S. Chithra, Mano, and Malgudi Subha Permanent voice trainer: Ananth Vaidyanathan Performances:
Episodes 36 to 40.
Rajini Hits Round (12 December 2011 – 16 December 2011) Hosts: Kalyani and Makapa Anand Permanent Judges: K. S. Chithra, Mano, and Malgudi Subha Permanent voice trainer: Ananth Vaidyanathan Performances:
Episodes 41 to 45.
Koothu Songs Round (19 December 2011 – 23 December 2011) Hosts: Kalyani and Makapa Anand Special Guest Judge: Pushpavanam Kuppuswamy Permanent Judges: K. S. Chithra and Malgudi Subha Permanent voice trainer: Ananth Vaidyanathan Performances:
Episodes 46 to 50.
Christmas and New Year Special: Western Songs Round (26 December 2011 – 30 December 2011) Hosts: Sivakarthikeyan and Makapa Anand Permanent Judges: K. S. Chithra, Mano, and Malgudi Subha Permanent voice trainer & Santa: Ananth Vaidyanathan Performances:
Episodes 51 to 55.
Hits Of 2011 Round (2 January 2012 – 6 January 2012) Hosts: Makapa Anand and Bhavana Permanent Judges: Mano and Malgudi Subha Permanent voice trainer & Santa: Ananth Vaidyanathan Performances:
Episodes 56 to 60.
Folk Songs Round (9 January 2012 – 13 January 2012) Hosts: Makapa Anand and Bhavana Permanent Judges: Mano and Malgudi Subha Permanent voice trainer: Ananth Vaidyanathan Performances:
Episodes 61 to 65.
Rain Songs Round (16 January 2012 – 20 January 2012) Hosts: Makapa Anand and Bhavana Permanent Judges: Mano and Malgudi Subha Permanent voice trainer: Ananth Vaidyanathan Performances:
Episodes 66 to 70.
Other Language Songs Round (23 January 2012 – 27 January 2012) Hosts: Makapa Anand and Bhavana Permanent Judges: Mano, K. S. Chitra, and Malgudi Subha Permanent voice trainer: Ananth Vaidyanathan Performances:
Episodes 71 to 75.
Semi-Classical Round (30 January 2012 – 3 February 2012) Hosts: Makapa Anand and Bhavana Permanent Judges: Mano, K. S. Chitra, and Malgudi Subha Permanent voice trainer: Ananth Vaidyanathan Performances:
Episodes 76 to 80.
Nenjil Nindra Raagangal Round (6 February 2012 – 10 February 2012) Hosts: Makapa Anand and Bhavana Permanent Judges: Mano, K. S. Chitra, and Malgudi Subha Permanent voice trainer: Ananth Vaidyanathan Performances:
Episodes 81 to 85.
Valentine's Week: Dedication Round (13 February 2012 – 17 January 2012) Hosts: Makapa Anand and Bhavana Permanent Judges: Mano, K. S. Chitra, and Malgudi Subha Permanent voice trainer: Ananth Vaidyanathan Performances:
Episodes 86 to 90.
Classical Round (20 August 2012 – 24 August 2012) Hosts: Makapa Anand and Bhavana Special Guest Performance by: special guest judge Nithyasree Mahadevan (vocal) and actress Sukanya (dance) Special Guest Judges: Bombay Sisters, Rajkumar Bharathi, Sudha Raghunathan, Aruna Sairam, and Nithyasree Mahadevan Special Guest Instrumentalists: Rajhesh Vaidhya (veena), Umashankar (ghatam), K.L. Vijay (flute), Ramakrishnan (mridangam), Madhu (tabla), Chitti Prakash (vibraphone), and Biju (keyboard) Permanent Judge: P. Unnikrishnan Permanent voice trainer: Ananth Vaidyanathan Performances:
– Non-competition performance – Highlight performance
This round required the top 7 contestants to sing songs which fitted in the Carnatic music ("classical") genre. This week's orchestra accompanying the contestants consisted of 7 special guest performers (instrumentalists). 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 performerContestant(s)Song Original artistLyricist Music directorMovie (year)20 August 2012 1 SSJ10 Gowtham"Mudhal Mudhal Raaga Deepam"S. P. BalasubrahmanyamMuthulingamIlaiyaraajaPayanangal Mudivathillai (1982) 2 SSJ06 Anu"Maraindhirundhu Paakum" P. SusheelaKannadasan K. V. MahadevanThillana Mohanambal (1968) 3 SSJ07 Sukanya"Ezhu Swarangalukkul" Vani JayaramKannadasan M. S. ViswanathanApoorva Raagangal (1975)21 August 2012 1 SSJ06 Anu"Sri Ranga Ranganathanin"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam; Uma Ramanan; Shobana VigneshVaaliIlaiyaraajaMahanadi (1994) 2 SSJ07 Suganya"Sowkiyamaa Kannae" Nithyasree MahadevanVairamuthu A. R. RahmanSangamam (1999) 3 Nithyasree Mahadevan none excerpt from virutthams "Vaanathin Meedhu" and "Sooriyan Vandhu" Nithyasree Mahadevan; Vairamuthu(Traditional); (traditional) 4 Shravan R. Pratap none Om Namo Narayana Traditional composition in raga Karnaranjani Ambujam KrishnaCharumathi Ramachandran Traditional 5 SSJ01 Jeyanth"Avaloru Menagai" S. P. BalasubrahmanyamVaaliShankar–GaneshNatchathiram (1980)22 August 2012 1 SSJ03 Anjana"Kanda Naal Mudhalaal"Subiksha & PoojaRemix of Carnatic song, written and composed by N. S. ChidambaramYuvan Shankar RajaKanda Naal Mudhal (2005) 2 Sudha Raghunathan none excerpt from "Kanda Naal" Sudha Raghunathan N. S. ChidambaramTraditional Traditional 3 SSJ01 Jeyanth"Nadha Vinodhangal" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam & S. P. SailajaVairamuthu IlaiyaraajaSalangai Oli (1983) 4 SSJ09 Yazhini"Kaatrodu Kuzhalin" K. S. ChithraPulamaipithanIlaiyaraajaKodai Mazhai (1986) 5 SSJ04 Pragathi"Mannavan Vanthanadi"P. SusheelaKannadasanK. V. MahadevanThiruvarutchelvar (1967)23 August 2012 1Nithyasree Mahadevan (with Bharatha Natyam dance by actress Sukanya) "Ramanukku Mannan" Nithyasree MahadevanArunachala KaviTraditionalTraditional Carnatic music composition 2 SSJ09 Yazhini"Ninnaichcharan Adainthen" Bombay JayashriSubramania BharathiIlaiyaraajaBharathi (2000) 3 SSJ04 Pragathi"Shivashankari" GhantasalaPingali Nagendra RaoPendyala Nageswara RaoJagadeka Veeruni Katha (1961) 4 SSJ10 Gowtham"Ullathil Nalla" Seerkazhi GovindarajanKannadasanViswanathan–RamamoorthyKarnan (1964) 5 SSJ03 Anjana"Thunbam Nergaiyil" M. S. Rajeswari & V. J. VarmaBharathidasanR. SudharsanamOr Iravu (1980)24 August 2012 1 SSJ04 Pragathi"Yellam Inbamayam"M. L. Vasanthakumari & P. LeelaC. R. SubburamanManamagal (1951) 2 SSJ10 Gowtham"Bikshai Paathiram" Madhu BalakrishnanIlaiyaraajaIlaiyaraajaNaan Kadavul (2009) 3 SSJ07 Suganya"Ennai Yenna" Sudha RaghunathanVaali IlaiyarajaIvan (2002) 4 Sudha Raghunathan SSJ07 Suganya excerpt from "Ennai Yenna" Sudha RaghunathanVaali IlaiyarajaIvan (2002) 5 (repeat) SSJ04 Pragathi"Shivashankari" GhantasalaPingali Nagendra RaoPendyala Nageswara RaoJagadeka Veeruni Katha (1961) 6(repeat) SSJ07 Sukanya"Ezhu Swarangalukkul" Vani JayaramKannadasan M. S. ViswanathanApoorva Raagangal (1975) 7(repeat) SSJ10 Gowtham"Ullathil Nalla" Seerkazhi GovindarajanKannadasanViswanathan–RamamoorthyKarnan (1964)
Live Grand Finale (26 October 2012)
Grand Final Results (season 3)
References