Back to family judges..

Remember in Airtel Super Singer 2008 they had a term family judges for Sujatha, Unnikrishnan and Sreenivas.. now in Airtel Super Singer Junior 2 it might be the term used for playback singers Unnimenon, Mahathi and Shalini.. after a week of break all the 3 judges are back together in teh show to judge the performances of the kids in the folk round.. after last week's few kid's double promotion, this week wil have few numbers down for the competition.

From the promotional video it looks like the kids wear traditional dresses and the stage is resembled as village.. there was also times where the judges dance.. I was shocked to see Unnimenon dancing.. first time I am seeing him dancing..

Final Auditions Round Day 4, August 27th, 2009

Final Auditions Round Day 4, 27-08-2009

Final Auditions Round Day 3, 26th August 2009

Final Auditions Round Day 3, 26-08-2009

Final Auditions Round Day 2, 25th August, 2009

Final Auditions Round Day 2, 25-08-2009

Whats up with Final Audition round ?

This week it will be final audition rounds in Airtel Super Singer Junior 2 but I guess this is not the auditions rather competitive rounds but still this is how DD started the show. This week for a change it is Harish Ragavendra and Mahathi judging the performances of the kids.. I donno exactly the number of contestants now in the show and i will post them soon. All the kids will have to perform a western song and depending on the perforamnce they go into next round or get a double promotion to direct entry to meet main judges.

Chocolate Rain

Whenever the judges select any kid, there is a chocolate rain being poured on the contestant. The judges have been very careful in identifying which contestant will be selected and given double promotion. The joy in the face of kids is amazing and make u smile for a while just seeing the video.

Double Promotion

Having said that there is double promotion and the kids being selected need not participate in the next round are honoured by either of the judge and given graduation ;).. Vijay TV had made it like a real graduation where the contestant is presented with a yellow graduation coat and cap/hat and with a medal and certificate. very interesting..isnt it ??

Final Audition Round Day 1, 24th August, 2009

Final Audition Round Day 1, 24-08-2009

Double Promotions..

Airtel Super Singer Junior 2 this week will be really interesting round.. the judges have changed and so the rules for this round. IT will be Mahathi and Harish Ragavendra to judge the performances of the kids in this round. This week, the kids have a chance to jump into 2 levels ahead in the competition... yeah double promotion. All the kids willl be eagerly waiting for their turn to prove their skills and get a double promotion. From the promotional video it looks like the kids are already been put on make up and dressed really well. I think from now the show is going to ROCK. Divyadarshini is likely to host the show and will continue to do her job well.

Favourite Hero/Heroine Round, Day 4 - 20-08-2009, 2009

Favourite Hero/Heroine Round, Day 4 - August 20, 2009

Harish Ragavendra joins SS Jr

Playback singer Harish Ragavendra will join the Airtel Super Singer Junior 2 show next week.. after today's episode, next week's promotional video was shown and from that it looks like it will be Harish Ragavendra and Mahathi judging the performances of the kids.. I think it would have been good if they had one more judge adding to these two. I am not sure why Tippu is not coming after the preliminary auditions..

Favourite Hero/Heroine Round, Day 3 - 19-08-2009

Favourite Hero/Heroine Round, Day 3 - August 19, 2009

Special Performances..

Airtel SUper Singer Junior 2, had 45 top kids competing in the next round of the competition. This round is named as "Favourite Hero/Heroine" round.. for which the kids will sing songs from their favourite actors songs. This is not all for the round.. the kids will also be doing special performances. it can be anything other than singing.. so kids were really multi-talented.. it was from dance to palying musical instruments to mimicry.. I was shocked seeing this generation of kids doing these many things and they are talented in many fields.. thanks to parents for encouraging their kids for lots of thing.

DVD give aways..

Last week it was MP3 player for any kid who gets best dressed award and took home mp3 players.. this week for the special performances DVD player is been given as gift for the kids.. this time there are lots of give aways being in Airtel SUper singer junior 2.. I geuss there are more to come going forward..

Whats up with SS Jr ??

This week in Airtel Super Singer Junior 2, it would be the top 45 kids competing for the next level of the competition. This level of the competition is "Favourite Hero/Heroine" round.. the participants will have to sing any song of their chioce where their favourite hero or heroine had acted. Last week it was the fancy dress round where paritipants wear same costume what the hero or heroine worn in the song.

Back ground music is introduced in this round.. orchestra joins the crew and it will be really a great feeling for the kids to sing with the bgm.. some kids said that this is the first time they sing with the music and thats why they are not able to perform really well. and I think its obvious that its not so easy to sing in competition on first time with music.

Whos in the round ?

It will be same judges Mahathi, Pop Shalini and Unni Menon judging the performance of the kids. And its still Divyadarshini aka DD anchoring the show.. who has been doing a very good job. This round is not in hotel rather it had come to an auditorium i guess.. soon there will set round..

Favourite Hero/Heroine Round, Day 1 - 18-08-2009

Favourite Hero/Heroine Round, Day 1 - August 17, 2009

Favourite Hero/Heroine Round, Day 1 - 17-08-2009

Favourite Hero/Heroine Round, Day 1 - August 17, 2009

45 from Fancy Dress Round

It was 45 kids being selected from the 70 contestants for the next competitive round in Airtel Super Singer Junior 2.. Initially there were many contestants selected but later there were many kids being waitlisted. Finally with the judges selecting some more contestants from the waiting list, the overall count became 45. I think from next week the show would be in studios.. and no more hotel ;) There was promotional video for the next week's episode & it looks like the judges would remain same.. Mahathi, Unni Menon and Pop shalini. But, not sure about the host.. will it be DD or will the show be taken over by Yugendran & Malini ??? There was lot of MP3 being given to contestants.. I am sure that will be very much motivating the kids to perform still better. I dont know the exact number of kids who won the best dressed award and MP 3 player but I guess it would be over 50.

Before the end of show, DD said that she will meet in some other time in Airtel Super Singer Junior show.. so that might make Yugendran couple to join again in the show.

Fancy Dress Round - Day 4, 13th August 2009

Fancy Dress Round - Day 4, 13th August 2009

Fancy Dress Round - Day 3, 12th August 2009

Whats up with SS Jr ??

This week in the Super Singer Junior 2 show.. its the competition between the top 70 contestants. It wil be a different round where the kids will be dressed like hero/heroine who appear in the song they choose. Could be termed as "Fancy Dress Round". The best dressed kids will be awarded and given a MP3 player as prize even. Good na.. Having said that, I was expecting to reasonable number of kids to be in that fashion but to my surprise almost 80 to 90 % of kids were dressed exactly like the actors and they were too cute. Many kids are winning best dressed kid award and they take away MP3 player.

Whos in this round ?

This level of the competition has the same judges Mahathi, Unni Menon and Pop Shalini judging the kids and Divyadarshini aka DD hosting the show with the same charm. This week there is no television for the parents to see the performances of the kids and they get the status only when kids completes the performance.

Fancy Dress Round - Day 2, 11th August 2009

Fancy Dress Round - Day 2, 11th August 2009

Fancy Dress Round - Day 1, 10th August 2009

Fancy Dress Round - Day 1, 10-08-2009

Chennai 2nd level, Day 4 - August 06, 2009

Chennai 2nd level, Day 4 - 06th August, 2009

Chennai 2nd level, Day 3 - August 05, 2009

Chennai 2nd level, Day 3 - 05th August , 2009

Whats happening with 2nd level of SS ?

Last week and this week has been the second level of the Airtel Super Singer Junior 2 event. Last week it was with kids being selected from Trichy and Coimbatore audiance and this week its with Chennai kids. The show is getting interesting as the competition is also getting tougher. Judges have been eliminating the contestants who are not at par with the competitive skills. This round in the show requires the contestants to sing 1 slow/melody song and 1 fast song. Its with parents who choose the choice of song that the kid will perform and the list is available with the judges on what the kids are going to sing even.

This is the sequence of action being shown for any kid. First the kids' parents speak and tell which song they are going to perform. After this they show kids' performance and judges comments. If the kid is spot selected he/she gets the buzzer pressed immediately. Otherwise, kid is asked to go and judges Unni Menon, Mahathi and Pop Shalini discuss on the decision for the kid. Then judges tell the good and bad part of the performance followed by the result. Some kids get introduced by host DD also on few occasions. I guess Vijay TV is telecasting all the kids performances and this will make sure the further rounds will also be of same kind.

Chennai 2nd level, Day 2 - August 04, 2009

Chennai 2nd level, Day 2 - 04th August , 2009

Chennai 2nd level, Day 1 - August 03, 2009

Chennai 2nd level, Day 1 - 03rd August , 2009

57 -> 60 ??

We knew that there were 57 kids selected in Chennai auditions last to last week and they will be competing in the next rounds of the competition. Last week it was Trichy and Coimbatore kids in next level of competition with 25 being selected. From the promotional videos for the Chennai's next level of comptition, it was bit shocking to hear "Chennai's top 60 kids". I donno when this 57 is changed to 60. I remember 2 kids Balasarangan and Roshan will join in the sets round in Chennai. So, it cant be these 2 kids to join the show. Is it with the kids who got selected in the first week of the competition when Junior Vs Senior take place. Lets see whether the show tells from where this 3 kids got added into the competition.

25 in, 15 out.

Last week it was Trichy and Coimbatore kids who were selected in the auditions to compete in next level of competition. It was 19 from Trichy and 21 from Coimbatore who were in the show. All the contesatants were asked to sing a melody song and a fast number. Some were spot selected with one song itself and others were aksed to sing in both the genres. Unni Menon, Pop Shalini and Mahathi were the judges in the show. The show was only for 3 days last week and the show had all the contestants singing in the videos. Finally it was 25 contestants selected from 40 and others were rejected. Initially it was 20 contestants selected and more than 10 waitlisted. Judges said that they wanted to select 10 more from waitlisted kids to make the number to 30. But, since the competitiveness was not very high the judges had only 5 to be selected. Its with 25 selected for the next round of the competition.