Vasantham Star is a 2005 Singaporean Tamil-language reality singing television show, which airs on Vasantham TV from 2005. Over eighteen years, Vasantham Star has produced seven seasons.
Vasantham Star is Vasantham's Indian Idol competition, a competition that guarantees instant stardom for the winner.
Overview Season Episodes Original Broadcast Winner First Aired Last Aired 1 13 2005 Shabir Sulthan 2 13 2007 Ebbi 310 2009 Vikneshwaran 4 10 2011 Suthasini Rajenderan 5 13 2015 Subasini 6 13 2017 Nandhitha & Swathi 7 13 1 January 2023 26 March 2023 Navein Gunasekaran
Season 1 (2005) The first season aired on from 2005 and ended with 13 Episodes. The judges are Mohamed Raffee, Muralikrishnan and Soundra, Elamaran as the host. The winner of the season was Shabir Sulthan.
Prize Winners: Winner: Shabir Sulthan
Season 2 (2007) The second season was aired from 2007 and ended with 13 Episodes. Sara and Jaynesh Isuran as the hosts. Kalaiselvan, Soundravalli, Mohan and Sondramogan as the judges. The title winner of Season 2 is Ebbi.
Prize Winners: Winner: Ebbi
Top 4 Finalist Devarajan Dinesh Ebbi Viknesh
Season 3 (2009) The show launched on 2009 on Vasantham TV. Sangeetha, Sondramogan and Mohamed Raffee as the judges. The winner of the season was Vikneshvaran.
Prize Winners: Winner: Vikneshvaran First Runners-Up: Sivapalan
Season 4 (2011) It began broadcasting on 2011 and finished with 10 Episodes. Jaynesh Isuran as the host. Sondramogan, Haider Ali and Malarvizhi as the judges. The winner of the season was Suthasini Rajenderan.
Prize Winners: Winner: Suthasini Rajenderan
Season 5 (2015) Vasantham Star returned with its 5th season after four years. It began broadcasting on 2015 and finished with 13 Episodes. Varman and Bharathi as the hosts. Vicknesvari Vadivalagan, Yugendran and Erfan as the judges. The winner of the season was Subashini.
Prize Winners: Winner: Subashini First Runners-Up: Swaminathan
Top 3 Finalist Jayita Subashini Swaminathan
Season 6 (2017) Vasantham Star returned with its 6th season after two years. It began broadcasting on 2017 and finished with 13 Episodes. Varman has officially once again been appointed as the host with Udaya Soundari. Vicknesvari Vadivalagan, Yugendran and Erfan officially once again been appointed as the judges with Erfanulla.
4 judges, 3 duos, but who will be that 1 winning duo who will walk away with the title of being the first ever Vasantham Star 2017. Sheeta and Khirathanah was the winner of second season.
Prize Winners: Winner: Nandhitha & Swathi First Runners-Up: Sheeta & Khirathanah
Contestants Nishmen & Shobana Sheeta & Khirathanah Hari Kishan & Sharvesini Aravind & Sanjeev Nandhitha & Swathi Karthikeyan & Farzana Ansari & Habib Priydharshini & Soundarya Ramachandran & Preethi Karthegasu & Ibrahim
Season 7 (2023) The first season of the show began airing from 1 January 2023 and ended with 13 Episode from 26 March 2023. available for worldwide streaming on Mediacorp. It is the seventh season of 'Vasantham Star'. The three main judges of this show are Shabir Sulthan, Vicknesvari Vadivalagan and Mohamed Raffee, and Saravanan Ayyavo as the Host. Navein Gunasekaran was crowned the winner of Vasantham Star 2023.
Judges and Hosts Judges Judges Notes Shabir Sulthan Tamil Singaporean singer-songwriter, record producer, music compose. He is the winner of the inaugural singing competition Vasantham Star 2005. Vicknesvari Vadivalagan Actress and arts practitioner. Mohamed Raffee veteran musician.
Host Judges Notes Saravanan Ayyavo Television Actor and Host. winner of Pradhana Vizha Best Host.
Contestants # Contestants Notes 1 Mazhaimega, (22) Civil Engineering Student in Nanyang Technological University. 2 Sarva Srilal Tejasvini, (18) Student and Modelling. 3 Aditya Anand, (23) Student in Nanyang Technological University. 4 Vikneswaran Rajendran, (27) Undergraduate student in PSB Academy. 5 Ashok Kumar Shwetha, (21) Undergraduate student in Information Systems. 6 Mohamed Yacob, (27) Financial Advisor. 7 Harsha Channa, (29) Freelance Singer. 8 Navein Gunasekaran, (24) Undergraduate student in Sociology and Public Policy. 9 Thivyashalini Ramkumar, (20) Student 10 Shakshi Harendran, (26) Freelance Singer and Actor 11 Prajeeth Venkatesh, (26) Undergraduate student in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. 12 Sindhu Vimalkumar, (33) Works in the Insurance Industry.
Episodes Episodes Airing Team Eliminate 1 Blind Auditions 2 Introduction Round 3 Pongal special 4 A. R. Rahman Round Sarva Srilal Tejasvini 5 Kollywood Hero and Heroine special 6 Harsha Channa 7 Aditya Anand 8 Shakshi Harendran 9 Sindhu Vimalkumar 10 Vicky 11 12 Wildcard Round 13 Grand Finals
Finals Navein Gunasekaran: was announced the Winner of the Vasantham Star 2023 and received a cash prize of S$20,000. Mohamed Yacob: was the runner up of the season. Sindhu Vimalkumar: was announced third place by D. Imman.
Top 5 Finalist Season 7 ContestantsNotesNavein GunasekaranMohamed YacobSindhu Vimalkumar 2nd runner upPrajeeth Venkatesh EliminatedAshok Kumar Shwetha Eliminated
Grand Finale The grand finale telecast on Live on 26 March 2023. The chief guest for the grand finale was film composer and singer, D. Imman, who announced the name of the winner of the competition. The winner of this season was Naveen Gunasekaran, won 20,000 cash prize.
References
External links Vasantham Star 2023 at Mediacorp