Super Singer 10
Super Singer 10
Country of origin	India
Release
Original network	Star Vijay
Original release	16 December 2023 (2023-12-16) – present
Presented by	Ma Ka Pa Anand Priyanka Deshpande
Judges	Anuradha Sriram Sean Roldan Mano Sujatha Mohan
Season chronology
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Super Singer Season 10 is a 2023-2024 Indian Tamil-language reality television singing competition show. The tenth season of Super Singer airs every Saturday and Sunday at 6:30 PM on Star Vijay from 16 December 2023, and streams on Disney+ Hotstar.^[1] It is longest-running singing reality show in Tamil Nadu.^[2]

Ma Ka Pa Anand and Priyanka Deshpande return as hosts for this season. At the same time as hosting Super Singer Season 10, they also host the show quiz reality show Oo Solriya Oo Oohm Solriya. ^[3] The judging panel for this season includes four judges: one music composer, Sean Roldan, and three playback singers, Anuradha Sriram, Mano, and Sujatha Mohan.^[4][5] Anuradha Sriram has been judging this successful reality singing show from Super Singer Season 1 onwards. Mano and Sujatha Mohan have now joined Super Singer judging panel after both making their permanent judging debut during Super Singer Season 4 . Sean Roldan, a Tamil music composer from Tamil Nadu , is the fourth new judge to join the Super Singer judging panel. ^[6]

Format

The mega auditions had commenced with the 25 contestants, with 11 male contestants and 14 female contestants . These contestants had been shortlisted and categorised as eligible by the four main judges to participate in this competitive singing contest. ^[7] After the audition round, there several rounds of performances take place with eliminations as a process to select the title winner of the season.^[8] The major auditions took place on 26 September 2023, in major cities in Tamil Nadu.^[9][10] Disney+ Hotstar (the streaming partner for the show) outlined several terms and conditions prior to the auditions. ^[11] The golden shower performances are being offered to contestants who had performed exceptionally and have impressed the four main judges. The golden shower performance concept was introduced from Super Singer Junior (season 9). This includes all the contestants who have scored golden performances should have given their hundred percent effort in their singing, with correct techniques, sufficient improvisations, good voice quality, clear pronunciations, good breath control and many more factors taken in consideration. After they receive a golden shower, they would also be presented with a gold coin.^[8]

During this season and competitive rounds, special guests, from film directors, actors, actresses, music directors, lyricists and playback singers, such as Radha (actress), R. K. Selvamani (director) , R. Aravindraj (director) ,Velmurugan (singer), Malathy Lakshman (singer) , Sundarayyar (singer), Grace Karunas (singer/actress), Mathichiyam Bala (singer) and Pragathi Guruprasad (Super Singer) have shown their appearance in the music reality show and have praised with fantastic comments alongide the judges for the outstanding performances given by the contestants. ^[10]

Mani and band, who was inaugurated into the show by Srinivas (singer) in 2006, regularly accompany the contestants in a weekly basis, where Karthick Devaraj, a well-known keyboardist, is also part of the Mani and Band.^[12]

Judges

  Male judge

  Female judge

  Description about judge

Contestants

Contestants of Super Singer Season 10 who had been selected by the four main judges, Sean Roldan, Anuradha Sriram, Mano and Sujatha Mohan (during the mega audition rounds) and have been given the opportunity to progress into the competition are listed below, revealed by their names, gender, hometown and hometown state.

  Male contestant

  Female contestant

Episodes

After every round has taken place, the judging panel would select the best performers (BP) of the week and the best entertainers (BE) of the week.

  Aired episodes

  To be aired episodes

Performances

All performances include the contestants performing the songs to progress into the next round. Details of songs, including the name of the song, name of film/album, singer, composer and whether the contestant(s) have been awarded a golden shower or not are detailed below thought every round.

Grand Launch - Mega Auditions (Episodes 1 and 2)

  Indicates the contestant has not achieved a golden performance for the round because of their insufficient performance level marked by the judges.

  Indicates the contestant has been eliminated due to inadequate performance marked by the judges.

  Indicates the contestant has been given a golden performance shower for their sufficient performance marked by the judging panel.

பின்னணி பாடகர்களின் முன்னணி மேடை - Favourite Songs Round (Episodes 3, 4, 5 and 6)

  Indicates the contestant has not achieved a golden performance for the round because of their insufficient performance level marked by the judges.

  Indicates the contestant has been eliminated due to inadequate performance marked by the judges.

  Indicates the contestant has been given a golden performance shower for their sufficient performance marked by the judging panel, and will progress to the next round.

  Indicates the contestant has been allowed to progress to the next round by the judging panel.

GREATEST HITS ROUND - நம் உணர்வோடு ஒன்று கலந்த பாடல் (Episodes 7 and 8)

  Indicates the contestant has not achieved a golden performance for the round because of their insufficient performance level marked by the judges.

  Indicates the contestant has been eliminated due to inadequate performance marked by the judges.

  Indicates the contestant has been given a golden performance shower for their sufficient performance marked by the judging panel, and will progress to the next round.

  Indicates the contestant has been allowed to progress to the next round by the judging panel.

  Indicates the contestant was placed in danger zone and has been allowed to progress to the next round by the judging panel.

MAKKAL ISAI ROUND - மக்கள் இசை சுற்று (Episodes 9, 10 and 11)

  Indicates the contestant has not achieved a golden performance for the round because of their insufficient performance level marked by the judges.

  Indicates the contestant has been eliminated due to inadequate performance marked by the judges.

  Indicates the contestant has been given a golden performance shower for their sufficient performance marked by the judging panel, and will progress to the next round.

  Indicates the contestant has been allowed to progress to the next round by the judging panel.

  Indicates the contestant was placed in danger zone and has been allowed to progress to the next round by the judging panel.

ENDRENDRUM CAPTAIN - (என்றென்றும் கேப்டன்) (Episodes 13 and 14)

  Indicates the contestant has not achieved a golden performance for the round because of their insufficient performance level marked by the judges.

  Indicates the contestant has been eliminated due to inadequate performance marked by the judges.

  Indicates the contestant has been given a golden performance shower for their sufficient performance marked by the judging panel, and will progress to the next round.

  Indicates the contestant has been allowed to progress to the next round by the judging panel.

  Indicates the contestant was placed in danger zone and has been allowed to progress to the next round by the judging panel.

Production

Release

The first promo, featuring playback singer Roshini^[13] and her song 'Tum Tum' from the movie 'Enemy,' was released on 22 March 2023.^[14] She participated as a contestant during Super Singer Season 7 . The second promo, released on 1 December 2023, featured singer D . Sathyaprakash^[13] and his song 'Aalaporaan Thamizhan' from the movie 'Mersal.'^[15] D. Sathyaprakash was a contestant during Super Singer Season 3.

The third promo, released on 3 December 2023, featured singers Senthil Ganesh and Rajalakshmi,^[13] and their song 'Chinna Machan' from the movie 'Charlie Chaplin 2.'^[16] They were both contestants during Super Singer Season 6 . The fourth promo, featuring singer Anu Anand^[13] and her song Onakkaga Poranthaenae from the movie 'Pannaiyarum Padminiyum,' was released on 6 December 2023. She participated as a contestant during Super Singer Season 8.^[17]

The first launching promo was unveiled on 10 December 2023, revealing the release date.^[18]

Adaptations in other languages

Super Singer Tamil has been remade in several other languages such as Telugu, Malayalam and Bengali and been streamed using Disney+ Hotstar. ^[19]

At the same time as Super Singer 10 was aired, several other reality shows from other languages such as Hindi , Malayalam and Kannada were also aired: ^[20]