Thursday, May 6, 2010

My rumblings on Airtel Jr Super Singer 2

Recently I ve picked this habit of watching Airtel SS aired on vijay tv. The kids singing is just amazing.. (might use this word often). As weeks progress by, the competition is getting tougher and tougher. The 3 (star) judges are just doing their job very effectively and are pointing out the mistakes. The mistakes - yes some in an unbiased way some not.

I am sure the kids who are singing are not that matured enough to understand deeply the meaning of "throw", "output", "husky" so on and so forth.As a break from regular competition, they conduct some small 1 lakh rupees, and event specials. They are just wonderful to watch.. Alls fine till now.

However, sometime back episodes where Suchitra and Naresh Iyer were the judges... No -ve feelings about the judges..

They are just amazing singers. But they could have been a little professional. I felt Suchitra lacked that in toto. The dressing should have been formal. C'mon.. you are judging kids but in a reality show. Please do not forget that.

The Airtel stage has seen great judges. They can bring variation in the way they sing. They can change the Thalam or ask them to sing based on what appears in the screen, remember the lyrics etc. these are some ways the kids can be judged so that they get an overall perspective of the playback singing..Many newer ways of making the kids sing.

Coming to the lyrics - Roshan has been often under the scanner of not getting the lyrics properly. The point the honorable judges also need to understand is that he is a 12 year old kid and will get the lyrics properly in due course of time. Even Divya ( the anchor) has pronunciation problems. Mam, you also need to pronounce the words properly..... Please do not have a Mallu tinge in your Tamizh. Eg. Randu (irandu)...

The end of the day... Sorry end of the episode - someone is going to go away with Rs 25 L worth Villa... May the real best singer win.

3 comments:

  1. I watch it regularly too. Very inspiring for the aspiring kids.

    The way the show makes an emotional connect with families is fabulous. Well conceived, and more importantly well executed show!

    The three judges - Mano, Chitra & Shuba - are the best that I have seen so far in any reality show. Very sensitive & balanced in communicating their criticism or positive feedback.

    Overall, a great show!

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  2. Yes Mani. I agree the three judges are the best. It was in those initial days, where in I felt on a couple of occasions they were biased. The kids are just fabulous..Every kid is equally talented..

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  3. Favouritism strikes again in the form of bringing Alka to the second place by giving a sudden whopping score of 28. The song seemed to be a very normal song.
    Pulling Roshan to a possible elimination spot is very sad to hear..... He has sung 3 wonderful songs.. Just tell me judges why did you not preempt Roshan that he cannot carry his lyrics???
    Yes... judges what next...

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