Comedy Stars
| Vodafone Comedy Stars | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Byju G. Melila |
| Presented by | Sruthi Menon (Season 1) |
| Judges |
Season 1 JagadishManiyanpilla Raju Tini Tom Kalpana |
| Country of origin | India |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Running time | 60 minutes per episode |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Director Of Videography: Shajimohan.V.K |
Comedy Stars (previously Vodafone Comedy Stars) is a popular Malayalam comedy reality-television competition, broadcast on the Malayalam channel Asianet and is sponsored by Vodafone Essar. The program aims to discover the best Comedy team in Kerala and the winner is determined by the viewers and judges based on the teams' skill in Performance and Entertainment. Text messages are sent by the show's audience to vote for the best performing team and a small weightage of this score is considered for a team to be shortlisted to the next round. The show also features a panel of judges who are prominent personalities in the Malayalam cinema industry and they offer scores and evaluations of performance to the contestants in every stage of the competition. The first season was won by Team VIP defeating four other teams who made it to the Finale.
Season Summary
Season 1
Starting out in 2009 along the lines of Malayalam Idols, the chief judge of the show is Malayalam cinema actor Jagadish and accompanied by a panel of prominent personalities in the Malayalam cinema industry like Maniyanpilla Raju, Tini Tom, Kalpana_(Malayalam_actress) and many other pioneers from the Malayalam cinema industry as celebrity judges. The show is presented by Sruthi Menon.
Participants
The teams include:
- Team Alpha
- Team Angels
- Team Big Fun
- Team Chirikudukka
- Team CID
- Team Comedy Cousines
- Team Dreams
- Team Four Stars
- Team Four the People
- Team Joke Boys
- Team K Stars
- Team Laughter Kerala
- Team Lucky
- Team Mars
- Team Mimics Bhavan
- Team Nano
- Team Rasikar
- Team Rock
- Team Shiva
- Team Sky
- Team Success
- Team VIP
- Team Winners
The finalists were VIP, Four Stars, Comedy Cousins, Chirikudukka and Rasikar.
Tragedies: Arun Venjaramoodu, who was a member of Team VIP died in a car accident on April 18, 2011. His friend and fellow member of the team, Nobi also got injured in the same accident.
Controversies
The season 1 was won by Team VIP which led to wide spread allegations that Jagadish solely declared VIP as the winner. Many Four star supporters believe that Four Stars should have won it. This led to the burning of Jagadish's effigy and strong debates in social media.
Key People
| Season | Judges | Anchor(s) | Winners | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jagadish, Maniyanpilla Raju, Kalpana, Tini Tom | Sruthi Menon | Team VIP |
The winner of Season 1 was Team VIP and the final was held on 17th February 2013 |
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