Sirasa Superstar
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Sirasa SuperStar Season 1 (Lankan Idol) is a musical reality show conducted in Sri Lanka by the TV channel Sirasa TV. The competition's first season began in mid 2005 and ended in March, 2006. Sirasa SuperStar was similar to the musical reality series: Pop Idol.
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[edit] Auditions
Auditions were conducted in 5 cities around Sri Lanka. They were Colombo, Kandy, Habarana, Beruwala & Bentota. Tens of thousands took part in the auditions but only a few hundred made it through to the second round. There too the competitors went through rigorous tests and obstacles to pass through to the third and final round judged by the judges. There the judges picked the final 48 who were to be judged by public voting.
As in any reality show the auditions were dramatic as many shows of frustrations, inability and arrogance were displayed to the amusement of many viewers. This resulted in gaining the program a lot of fame.
[edit] Judges
The three panel judging panel comprised of popular local singers Rookantha Gunatileke, Nirosha Virajini & Jagath Wickremasinghe. But after the selection of the final 48, it was the public who made their judgments through a public voting system.
[edit] Voting
The first voting round was conducted in 6 groups with 8 each the 4 lowest vote getters were eliminated from each group. The remaining 24 was divided into 3 groups of 8 and underwent the same axing.
Finally 12 were chosen for the final stage of the competition. Ironically all of them were male artists. It was evident that the voting was done not solely for the singing ability but for the likeability factor,too. This made the competition somewhat monotonous.
[edit] Finals
Ajith Bandara, the highly rated pop singer who was the oldest of the finalists defeated the others by making it to the finale and winning the competition. He had been a stronger candidate, thought he was never a attractive stage performer. Some believe that this is due to the fact that he lives in poverty and is a wood polisher by profession.
[edit] Controversy
The cost of a single SMS to vote, cost around four times the amount of a normal SMS, thus questioning the markting ideals of Sirasa TV. And as SMS and Televoting systems were new for a majority of Sri Lankan spectators, it became a backdrop for highly talented singers who had small backgrounds to bow out of the competition far earlier than they should have.
The final 12 of the idol
- 01.Ajith Bandara
- 02.Malith Perera
- 03.Amila Perera
- 04.Darshana Pramodh
- 05.Shihan Mihiranga
- 06.Theekshana Anuradha
- 07.Manjula Pushpakumara
- 08.Nishantha Nanayakkara
- 09.Varuna Madushanka
- 10.Asela Eranda
- 11.Brenda Jonston
- 12.Andreno Yaseen
