Idea Star Singer is a very popular Malayalam music reality-television competition, broadcast on Asianet and is sponsored by Idea Cellular Limited.
The program aims to discover the best singer in Kerala in the age group of 15–35 years and the winner is determined both by the viewers and expert judging panel based on the contestants skill in singing and entertainment.
So far six seasons are completed and the details are given below. Season 7 of Idea Star Singer which is going to be telecasted in 2013-2014 is already announced by Asianet. Who will be the winner ? Let us wait and watch.
Idea Star Singer Season 1 – Idea Star Singer 2006
Winners of Idea Star Singer 2006:
Arun Raj – Best Male Singer
Kavita Jayaram – Best Female Singer
Anchors: Rimi Tomy, Afsal, Vidhu Prathap, Biju Narayanan
Judging Panel : Music director M. Jayachandran accompanied by musicians like K. S. Chithra, M. G. Radhakrishnan, Tippu, Deepak Dev, Jassie Gift, Chithra Iyer,Sugeetha Menon and many other pioneers from the music industry.
Prize :The winners received Rs. 1 lakh in prize money, a contract for playback assignments in Jayachandran's upcoming film projects, a deal with Satyam Audios and deals for performing at concerts abroad
Idea Star Singer Season 2 – Idea Star Singer 2007
Winners of Idea Star Singer 2007:
First Prize Najim Arshad
First runner-up - Durga Viswanath Second runner-up -Thushar Murali Krishna
Third runner-up Arun Gopan
Anchors: Ranjini Haridas & Meera Nandan
Judging Panel : M. G. Sreekumar,Sharath,Usha Uthup
A fourth judging spot featured different celebrity guests all of whom are people of importance in the malayalam film industry
Prize:The winner Najim Arshad from Thiruvananthapuram received a brand new flat which was sponsored by The Confident Group. The first runner-up was Durga Viswanath and she got a Ford Fiesta car sponsored by The Alukkas Jewellery Group
Idea Star Singer Season 3 – Idea Star Singer 2008
Winners of Idea Star Singer 2008:
First Prize-Best Male Singer -Vivekanandan
First Prize-Best Female Singer Sonia
First runner-up/ Third Prize Rahul R Laxman
Fourth prize - Gayathri.
Consolation prizes to Jins Gopinath and Prasobh.
Anchors: Ranjini Haridas, Ramya Raveendran, Devi
Judging Panel : Sharreth, M. G. Sreekumar,Ouseppachan,P. Unnikrishnan,G. Venugopal
A fourth judging spot featured different celebrity guests all of whom are people of importance in the malayalam film industry
Prize:The first prize winners were offered an apartment either in Thiruvananthapuram or Dubai City, each valued at Rupees 1 crore sponsored by the Confident Group. The first runner-up Rahul R Laxman was presented with 101 pavan of gold sponsored by Josco Jewellers. The fourth prize of Rs. 2 Lakh went to Gayathri. Consolation prizes (1 lakh) were given to Jins Gopinath and Prasobh.
Idea Star Singer Season 4 – Idea Star Singer 2009
Winners of Idea Star Singer 2009:
First Prize-Joby John
First runner-up/ Second Prize -Sreenath
Third prize /Second Runner up- Preethi Warrier
Consolation prizes to Anju Joseph and Vidhya Sanker (fourth and fifth places,respectively)
Anchors: Ranjini Haridas
Judging Panel : Sharreth, M. G. Sreekumar,K.S.Chithra
A fourth judging spot featured different celebrity guests all of whom are people of importance in the malayalam film industry
Prize:The first prize
winners was offered a villa worth 1 crore at Thiruvananthapuram sponsored by the Travancore group.
There were reports that due to tax issues he could get the flat so far. Later it was clarified. He is one of the star signer who got maximum number of sms in grand finale (5,22,272). First runner-up Sreenath received Rs.10 lakhs of Gold sponsored by Josco , Second runner up Preethi Warrier got Rs. 5 lakhs and fourth & firth runners-up Anju Joseph and Vidhya Shankar. received Rs.2 lakhs and 1 lakhs respectively
Idea Star Singer Season 5 – Idea Star Singer 2010
Winners of Idea Star Singer 2010:
First Prize-Kalpana Raghavendra
First runner-up/ Second Prize -Mridula Warrier
Third Place -Immanuel Hentry
Fourth Place - Antony V John
Fifth Place-Akhil Krishnan
Anchors: Ranjini Haridas
Judging Panel : Sharreth, M. G. Sreekumar,K.S.Chithra, Anuradha Sreeram
A fourth judging spot featured different celebrity guests all of whom are people of importance in the malayalam film industry
Prize:First Prize winner , Kalpana , won a villa worth INR 1 crore. Mridula Warrier, the first runner-up, received gold worth INR 15 lakh. Immanuel Henry, the second runner-up gotgold INR 750,000. Antony John, the third runner-up,won INR 500,000. Akhil Krishnan, the fourth runner-up got INR 200,000. Antony also won a special prize of INR 500,000 from film actor Mohanlal.
Idea Star Singer Season 6 – Idea Star Singer Season 2011-2012
Winners of Idea Star Singer Season 6:
First Prize-Merin Gregory
First runner-up/ Second Prize -Rajeev
Third Place -Megha
Fourth Place - Nandu
Fifth Place- Shamshad
Sixth Place- Sukesh Kuttan
Anchors: Ranjini Haridas
Judging Panel : M.Jayachandran, M. G. Sreekumar,K.S.Chithra, Anuradha Sreeram
Celebrity judge -celebrity guests from the film industry
Prize:First
Prize winner , Merin , received a villa worth INR 1 crore from Confident group. Rajeev, the first runner-up, received gold worth INR 15 lakh from Josco Jewellers. Megha, the second runner-up gotgold INR 10 Lakh worth of gold from Bhima Jewellers. Nandu, the
third runner-up,won INR 500,000 from southern batteries. Shamshad, the fourth runner-up
got INR 200,000 from kerala shopping festival. Sukesh Kuttan won a price worth of INR 100,000 from megabit corporation
Idea Star Singer Season 7 – Idea Star Singer Season 2013-2014
Asianet is going to launch season 7 of the popular show idea star singer in 2014. It is in the category of 14-20 Age group. They are going to start the auditions and applications are invited.
winners of Star singer Season 7