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'''''Star Singer''''' is an Indian music reality- television competition, broadcast on [[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]] and previously sponsored by [[Vodafone Idea Ltd|Idea Cellular]]. Thethe show, which selected contestants in the age group of 15–35 years determined the winnercompete based on their skill in singing and entertainment. From Seasonseason 1 to 7, Texttext messages arewere sent by the shows' audience to vote for the best -performing participant and a small weightage of this score iswas considered for a candidate to be shortlisted to next round. In Season 8 onwards, voting iswas conducted on [[Disney+ Hotstar]], Star Network's official OTT platform.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/24/stories/2007032421640200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070331221020/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/24/stories/2007032421640200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 March 2007 |title=Idea Star Singer '07 contest | location=Chennai, India |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=24 March 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://living.oneindia.in/celebrity/music/idea-star-singer.html |title=Stars of the Idea Star Singer |work=OneIndia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221072530/http://living.oneindia.in/celebrity/music/idea-star-singer.html |archive-date=21 February 2009 }}</ref> From Season 9, judges' decisions were made final and voting was cancelled, but marks can be entered on [[Disney+ Hotstar]] and these have small consideration. The show also features a panel of judges who are prominent personalities in the Malayalam music industry and theywho offer scores and evaluations of performance to the contestants in every stage of the competition. In 2009 , ''Star singerSinger juniorJunior'' was launched.

In 2007, Idea Star Singer returned with an improved show format and was hosted by [[Ranjini Haridas]], a winner of the Miss Kerala pageant. In this season, the prize was an opportunity to sing in the next project by film director [[Vinayan]], and an apartment in Cochin[[cochin]] worth [[Indian rupee|Rs]] {{formatnum:4000000}}. The judging panel featured playback singer [[M. G. Sreekumar]], music director Sharath, and [[Indian pop]] singer [[Usha Uthup]]. A fourth judging spot featured different celebrity guests all of whom are people of importance in the Malayalam film industry. The 2007 season was inaugurated by popular Malayali actor [[Mohanlal]] and more than 20,000 hopeful singers applied to participate in this season. Only 45 contestants were short-listedshortlisted from the 100 contestants that made it through to the preliminary round, and this was followed by a televised elimination round based on audience's text message votes and the decision of the judging panel. During the season, contestants were involved in special grooming and choreography sessions.

The final round of the competition was held on 19 April 2008 and the final votes via text messages were close to 500,000. ''[[Najim Arshad]]'' from [[Thiruvananthapuram]] won the final round, winning the 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. The second runner-up was ''Thushar M K''MK and the third runner-up was ''Arun Gopan''.

This season of Idea Star Singer was flagged off by Malayalam action hero [[Suresh Gopi]], who also performed a song, along with performances by [[M. G. Sreekumar]], [[Ouseppachan]], [[P. Unnikrishnan]], and [[L. R. Eswari]]. The inaugural episode started with a prayer and song by Najim Arshad, who won the previous season of the show.

85 contestants competed in the auditions round, out of which only 50 contestants were selected. In this season, two prizes were awarded, one each for a male and female contestant. The prize was an apartment either [[Thiruvananthapuram]] or [[Dubai]] City, each valued at Rupees1 1millionmillion rupees sponsored by the Confident Group. The main panel of judges was changed to introduce [[Ouseppachan]], [[P. Unnikrishnan]] and a spot for a different celebrity guest judge for each week. At the start of the season [[M. G. Sreekumar]] who was a judge in the previous season was retained in the main panel of judges, but he was later removed, and [[Sharreth]] and [[Usha Uthup]] from the previous season were called back upon popular demand. The show was initially hosted by Ramya Raveendran but Ranjini Haridas returned to host the show under popular demand from the viewers, and this led to Ranjini becoming an iconic part of the show in its future seasons.

The final round of this season was aired live on 25 April 2009 from the ChandrashekaranChandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Trivandrum and it was hosted by Ranjini Haridas and Meera Nandan (a contestant from the 2007 season) a held at The special chief guest for the finale was Music Director MS Viswanathan. The 2008 season was won by ''Vivek Anand '' and

[[Sonia Aamod]] in the male and female winner categories respectively. The first runner-up was ''Rahul R. Laxman'' and he was presented with 101 [[tola (unit)|tola]]s of gold sponsored by Josco Jewellers. The fourth prize of Rs. 200,000 went to ''Gayathri''. Consolation prizes were given to ''Jins Gopinath'' and ''Prasobh''.

Idea Star Singer returned on air for its fourth season in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qatarliving.com/ql-kairali/posts/idea-star-singer-season-4-grand-finale-1st-august-2010|title= Idea Star Singer Season 4 Grand Finale|date= 29 July 2010}}</ref> The judging panel the season was [[K. S. Chithra]], [[M. G. Sreekumar]] and [[Sharreth]]. The season was hosted by anchor and winner of Miss Kerala, [[Ranjini Haridas]]. The season was won by Joby John and Sreenath Nair, Preethi Varrier, [[Anju Joseph]] and Vidyashankar was the runners-up of the season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.technoparktoday.com/joby-won-idea-star-singer-season-4/|title=Joby won Idea Star Singer Season 4|date=2 August 2010}}</ref>

The grand finale was held at Chandrashekaran Nair Stadium at [[Thiruvananthapuram]] on 1 August 2010. [[S. P.Balasubramanyam Balasubrahmanyam]], [[M. G. Sreekumar]], [[K. S. Chithra]] and Sarath were the judges of the grand finale. The finalists was Preethi Varrier, Sreenath Nair, [[Anju Joseph]], Joby John and Vidyashankar. Joby John was declared as the winner of the season and was awarded a [[villa]] of 10&nbsp;million by Travancore Builders. Joby was the most popular among the contestants and attained 50&nbsp;million SMS votes from the people. Sreenath Nair was declared as the first runner up of the season with 30&nbsp;million SMS votes. Preethi Varrier, [[Anju Joseph]] and Vidyashankar was the second, third and fourth runners-up of the season respectively.

Idea ''Star Singer'' season 6 Grand Finale held at Trivandrum on 22 December 2012. Merin Gregory of [[Kozhikode]] won the ISS winner title in ISS season 6. The second prize was secured by Rajiv Rajasekharan from [[Thiruvananthapuram]]. The eminent judging panel consisted of playback singers Hariharan, [[K. S. Chithra]], [[M. G. Sreekumar]], Anuradha Sreeram and music director [[M. Jayachandran]]. The finalists were Sukesh Kuttan from Dubai, Megha Sijimon from Kochi, Nandu Kishore from Pala and Shamshad from Attingal. The show was Produced by Asianet and Directed by Prathap Nair.

The eighth season was launched on 27 December 2020.The show was hosted by Jewel Mary. The launch event was telecasted on 3 January 2021. Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the show was put on hold after 43 episodes in July 2021 and relaunched with a mega event on 022 JanJanuary 2022.The show ended on 19 June 2022 and the title winner is Ridhu Krishna. He won a flat worth Rupees 1 crore from Confident Group run by Dr. C. J. Roy.

===Season 9 (2023)-present===

The grand launch of Star Singer Season 9 took place on 15th15 and 16th16 July 2023. The show is currentlywas airing on Asianet every Saturday and Sunday at 7 PM. The judges for this season are [[K. S. Chithra]], [[Sithara (singer)|Sithara]], and [[Vidhu Prathap]]. The show is hosted by RJ Varsha.

In the first episode, the contestants were divided into two teams -– Convent Music School and Gurukulam Sangeetha Vidyalayam.

| 2 ||21 May 2007 ||26 April 2008 ||[[Idea Cellular]]||[[Sharreth]],<br />[[M. G. Sreekumar]],<br />[[Usha Uthup]] ||[[Ranjini Haridas]],<br />[[Meera Nandan]]|| [[Najim Arshad]] || Durga Viswanath, <br /> Thushar M K, <br /> Arun Gopan

|Mon -– Fri

| 3 ||28 April 2008 ||25 April 2009 ||[[Idea Cellular]]||[[Sharreth]],<br />[[M. G. Sreekumar]],<br />[[Ouseppachan]],/<br />[[P. Unnikrishnan]],<br />/[[G. Venugopal]]<br />[[Usha Uthup]]<br />/[[L. R. Eswari]] ||[[Ranjini Haridas]],<br />Ramya Raveendran,<br />Devi || Vivekanand, <br /> Sonia || Gayathri, <br /> Jins Gopinath, <br /> Rahul, <br /> Prasobh

|Mon -– Fri

| 4 ||27 April 2009 ||1 August 2010||[[Idea Cellular]] ||[[Sharreth]],<br />[[M. G. Sreekumar]],<br />[[K. S. Chithra]] || [[Ranjini Haridas]] || Joby John || Sreenath Nair, <br /> Preethi Warrier, <br /> [[Anju Joseph]], <br /> Vidhyashankar

|Mon -– Fri

| 5 ||2 August 2010 ||24 September 2011 ||[[Idea Cellular]]||[[Sharreth]],<br />[[M. G. Sreekumar]],<br />[[K. S. Chithra]],<br />[[Anuradha Sriram]] || [[Ranjini Haridas]] || [[Kalpana Raghavendar]] || [[Mridula Warrier]],<br /> Anthony, <br /> Immanuel

|Mon -– Fri

| 6 ||25 September 2011 ||22 December 2012||[[Idea Cellular]]||[[M. Jayachandran]],<br />[[M. G. Sreekumar]],<br />[[K. S. Chithra]],<br />[[Anuradha Sriram ]]|| [[Ranjini Haridas ]]|| Merin Gregory || Megha, Merin<br />Nandu, Rajeev<br />, Shamshad, Sukesh Kuttan

|Mon -– Fri

|7||31 March 2014||21 September 2014||[[ITC Limited|Sunfeast Delicious]]||[[Rimi Tomy]]<br />[[M. G. Sreekumar]]<br />[[Anuradha Sriram]]||[[Rimi Tomy]]||Malavika Anilkumar||Malavika Anilkumar<br />Reshma <br />Aslam, Varsha<br />Vaisakhy, Janaki, Manu<ref>{{Cite news|url=httphttps://m.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/tv/Star-Singer-Finale-on-September-21/articleshow/42097326.cms|title=Star Singer Finale on September 21 September |work=The Times of India|access-date=23 May 2017}}</ref>

|Mon -– Fri

|8||27 December 2020||19 June 2022||[[Nestlé Munch]] & Swayamvara Silks||[[Sharreth]],<br /> [[K. S.Chitra Chithra]] ,<br />[[G. Venugopal]],<br />[[Manjari (Indian singer)|Manjari]],<br />[[Stephen Devassy]]<br />Guest Jury:

[[Kavalam Sreekumar]] (Shruthy -– final auditions)<br> [[Shreya Ghoshal]] (Grand Finale)

|9 ||15 July 2023|| ||[https://cuteesoap.com/ Cutee the Beauty Soap/(2023-2024) <br> Pavizham Rice & [[MyG|MyG Future]](2024-present)|| '''Main Panel:'''

|rowspan=2|[[Sujatha Mohan]], [[G. Venugopal]], [[Gopinath Muthukad]]

[[K. S. Chithra]]

|Mon- Fri (Until 25 NovNovember 2022)

Weekends Only (From 033 DecDecember 2022)

Asianet has not made clear how the SMS votes are attributed before and after on each contestants reaching the 'danger zone' leading to their elimination. It is alleged that the SMS votes received are not added to decide the ranking of the contestants. The number or the percentage of SMS votes received by each contestants are kept private from the viewers of the show. Since the channel has its reach over 60 countries including the [[Indian sub-continent]], [[Sri Lanka]], China, [[South East Asia]], Middle East, Europe, United States, Singapore and the lower half of the former [[Soviet Union]] at various time zones, the SMS voting end-time was initially not announced. Asianet later clarified after the eighth stage that SMS voting deadlines are based on [[Indian Time]].<br />