Top Singer (TV series)

Top Singer is an Indian Malayalam-language reality television singing competition show broadcast on Flowers, created and directed by Sindhu Sreedhar. The show features 22 contestants, all under the age of 15. Esther Anil hosted the show for the first 49 episodes. After co-hosting the 50th episode with Meenakshi Anoop, Meenakshi took over as the sole host. M. G. Sreekumar, M. Jayachandran(Season 1 and 2) and Sharreth(Season 3 and 4) form the permanent judging panel, with guest musicians, singers or composers. Top Band is the orchestra of the show.

Top Singer
Flowers Top Singer
GenreReality
Talent contest
Created bySindhu Sreedhar
Presented by
Judges
Country of originIndia
Original languageMalayalam
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes1000+ (list of episodes)
Production
Production locationsErnakulam, Kerala
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time60–120 minutes
Original release
NetworkFlowers TV
Release22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) –
present

Flowers Top Singer season 1 successfully completed 500 episodes.[1] Seethalakshmi Prakash from Kottayam won the title of "Top Singer" Season 1.[2] Vaishnavy Panicker the 2nd runner up among top 8. Rituraj and Ananya Dinesh were elected by the viewers as the most popular contestants. The second season of the show started in September 2020. Second season ended on September 9, 2022[3] with Sreenath Vinod winning the "Top Singer" title. Ann Benson won second, and Akshith placed third.

Contestants

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(in the order of appearance for Final Audition )

Season 1 Season 2
Name Place Final Audition Name Place Final Audition
Sivani B Sanjeev Thalassery Selected Sreedev. P Malappuram Selected
Vaishnavy Panicker Hyderabad Selected Asna. N Karunagappally Selected from Priority list
Theertha Sathyan Kottaykkal Malappuram Selected Seba. M Thrissur Eliminated from Priority list
Asna Karunagappalli Eliminated from Standby Meghna Sumesh Bangalore Selected
Aishwarya Ranni Eliminated from Standby Hanoona Azees Kannur Selected
Koushik S Vinod Kuttiady Selected Sarangi LR Kollam Eliminated from priority list
Jennifer Alice Vypin Selected Bevan Biju Kottayam Selected
P Anand Bhairav Sharma Kollam Selected and Quit Devana Sriya Perambra Selected from priority list
Seethalakshmi Prakash Changanassery Selected Abhirami Ernakulam Eliminated
Sreebhuvan R Alathur Selected Krishnasree M Biju Kozhikode Selected
Nehal V Ranjith Edappal Selected Sreenanda J Thiruvananthapuram Selected
Gowri Krishna Pattom Eliminated Akshith K Ajith Thiruvananthapuram Selected from Priority list
Adarsh P Harish Tirur Eliminated from standby Jermi Jinu Idukki Eliminated
Krishnadiya Ajith Bangalore Selected Nima Thajudheen Thrissur Selected
Trisha K Sajeev Thrissur Eliminated from Standby Abhiram A Kollam Eliminated from priority list
PK Suryanarayanan Karunagappalli Selected Vaiga S Nikesh Kannur Selected
MN Hana Fathim Karunagappalli Eliminated from Standby Devananda M S Kozhikode Selected
Sneha Johnson Thrissur Selected Mythili Shyam Ernakulam Eliminated from priority list
Soorya Mahadevan Pillai Trivandrum Selected Devna C K Kannur Selected
Neha Chavra Ernakulam Eliminated from standby Rihana Coimbatore Eliminated
Kishnasree Kozhikode Eliminated from standby Sanjay Kottayam Eliminated
Sreehari PV North Paravur Selected Sera Robin Ernakulam Eliminated from Priority
Vaishnavy KV Chottanikkara Selected Amritha Varshini Kozhikode Selected
Jaiden Philip Ettumanoor Selected Sreenand Vinod Payyoli Selected
Alenia Sebastian Pala, Kerala Selected Theertha Subash Palakkad Selected
Devika Sumesh Thrissur Selected Vanditha Vaidyamadham Palakkad Selected
Avantika Pramod Vattiyoorkavu Eliminated Vaiga Lakshmi Alappuzha Selected
Thejus K Irikkur Selected Ann Benson Thiruvananthapuram Selected
Gowri KR Thrissur Eliminated Vishnupriya Kozhikode Eliminated from priority list
Adithyan Pradeep Karunagappalli Selected Hrithik Jayakish Kannur Quit
Niharika Prem Ottapalam Eliminated Megha Eldhose Ernakulam Eliminated from priority list
Aavani P Hareesh Thodupuzha Selected Miya Essa Mehak Ernakulam Selected
Jermy Jinu Moolamattom Eliminated from Standby Krishnajith Kasargode Selected from Priority list
Arunima Kanhangad Eliminated Krishnanunni Thrissur Eliminated from Priority list
Fidha Fathima Vaikom Eliminated from standby Diya Rahman Kollam Selected
Rithu Raj Cherukulam Selected Dhanika V S Kollam Eliminated from Priority list
Aditi Dinesh Nair Bangalore Selected Navaneetha P Kasargode Eliminated from Priority list
Ananya Dinesh Nair Bangalore Wil️dcard Entry
(Episode 13[4])
Sreehari N.M Palakkad Selected

Summaries Season 1

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Order Rounds
Auditions Round 1 Round 2 Round 5 Quarter Finals Semi Finals Finals 1 Finals 2 Grand Finale
1 Sivani Sreebhuvan Seethalakshmi Thejus Vaishnavi.P Thejus Aditi Dinesh Sneha Seethalakshmi
2 Vaishnavi.P Adithyan Vaishnavi.P Seethalakshmi Thejus Nehal Rituraj Thejus Thejus
3 Theertha Seethalakshmi Rituraj Nehal Rituraj Sneha Thejus Seethalakshmi Vaishnavi P
4 Koushik Aditi Dinesh Nehal Sooryamahadevan Sneha Rituraj Seethalakshmi Vaishnavi P Aditi Dinesh
5 Jennifer Suryanarayanan Aditi Dinesh Rituraj Nehal Sreebhuvan Nehal Rituraj Sneha
6 P. Anand Rituraj Sooryamahadevan Adithyan Sreebhuvan Seethalakshmi Vaishnavi P Nehal Rituraj
7 Seethalakshmi Vaishnavy KV Vaishnavy KV Vaishnavi.P Sooryamahadevan Vaishnavi P Sreehari Aditi Dinesh Nehal
8 Sreebhuvan Vaishnavi.P Thejus Ananya Dinesh Seethalakshmi Sooryamahadevan Diya Ananya Dinesh Ananya Dinesh
9 Nehal Sneha Sreebhuvan Koushik Adithyan Theertha Sreebhuvan Soorya Mahadevan
10 Diya Soorya Mahadevan Ananya Dinesh Sreebhuvan Ananya Dinesh Aditi Dinesh Sooryamahadevan Sreebhuvan
11 Suryanarayanan Thejus K Koushik Vaishnavy KV Theertha Koushik Ananya Dinesh Diya
12 Sneha Ananya Dinesh Sneha Aditi Dinesh Koushik Suryanarayanan Sneha Sreehari
13 Soorya Mahadevan Koushik Adithyan Theertha Diya Ananya Dinesh Suryanarayanan
14 Sreehari Theertha Suryanarayanan Diya Vaishnavy KV Diya Adithyan
15 Vaishnavy KV Alenia Jaiden Jaiden Aditi Dinesh Devika Vaishnavi KV
16 Jaiden Jaiden Diya Sneha Suryanarayanan Sreehari Sivani
17 Alenia Devika Theertha Sreehari Jaiden Sivani Devika
18 Devika Diya Sreehari Devika Devika Adithyan Koushik
19 Rithuraj Aavani Aavani Jennifer Jennifer Vaishnavi KV Jaiden
20 Thejus Jennifer Devika Suryanarayanan Sreehari Avani Theertha
21 Adithyan Sivani Jennifer Sivani Sivani Jaiden Avani
22 Aavani Aavani Sivani Jennifer Aavani Jennifer
23 Aditi Dinesh Nehal Alenia
24 Ananya Dinesh P.Anand
25 Asna Asna
26 Aishwarya Aishwarya
27 Adarsh Adarsh
28 Trisha Trisha
29 Hana Hana
30 Neha Neha
31 Kishnasree Kishnasree
32 Jermy Jermy
33 Fidha Fidha
34 Gowri K
35 Avantika
36 Arunima
37 Gowri KR
  The contestant received the highest score in a stage
  Contestants who was kept in Waiting list after final Auditions
  The contestant entered as a wildcard
  The contestant was eliminated from the competition
  The contestant was actually eliminated but saved by the judges
  Contestants who quit the show
  • After the auditions, it was revealed that none of the Waiting list contestants had made it into the competition
  • In stage 1, Nehal V was actually eliminated as she got very low marks but was saved by the judges
  • All 22 contestants in group stage was qualified into Quarter Finals and Semi Finals
  • 21 contestants are qualIfied

Summaries Season 2

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Order Rounds
Auditions Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
1 Sreedev Sreenand (92.55%) Sreenand Meghna (99.59%)
2 Asna Hrithik (92.08%) Ann Benson Sreenand (99.02%)
3 Meghna Devananda (87.14%) Bevan Biju Akshith (96.93%)
4 Hanoona Bevan Biju(86.76%) Devananda Ann Benson (96.80%)
5 Bevan Biju Hanoona (85.23%) Miya Krishnasree (96.61%)
6 Devana sriya Ann Benson (85%) Hanoona Devanasreya (96.20%)
7 Krishnasree Miya (84.64%) Meghna Miya (96.14%)
8 Sreenanda Meghna (84.1%) Sreehari Bevan (95.73%)
9 Akshith Devana sriya (83.83%) Devanasreya Hanoona (91.23%)
10 Nima Akshith (83.63%) Akshith Sreehari (95.34%)
11 Vaiga S Sreehari (82.73%) Krishnasree Devananda (95.32%)
12 Devananda Krishnasree (80.35%) Amruthavarshini Vaigalakshmi (95.16%)
13 Devna CK Amruthavarshini (79.22%) Nima Amruthavarshini (94.75%)
14 Amruthavarshini Nima (78.86%) Devna CK Krishnajith (94.61%)
15 Sreenand Devna CK (77.38%) Krishnajith Devna CK (93.18%)
16 Theertha Vanditha (76.66%) Vaigalekshmi Sreenanda (92.43%)
17 Vanditha Krishnajith (76.6%) Sreedev Asna (91.89%)
18 Vaigalakshmi Sreenanda (75.41%) Asna Sreedev (91.52%)
19 Ann Benson Theertha (75.29%) Theertha
20 Hrithik Sreedev (74.88%) Sreenanda
21 Miya Asna (74.82%) Hrithik
22 Krishnajith Vaigalakshmi (74.44%) Vanditha
23 Diya Vaiga S (71.48%) Vaiga S
24 Sreehari Diya (72.67%) Diya
  The contestant received the highest score in a stage
  Contestants who quit the show
  The contestant was eliminated from the competition

Results

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Main Set of Awards

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- Winner 1st Runner Up 2nd Runner Up 3rd Runner Up Popular Singer – Male Popular Singer – Female
Season 1 Seethalakshmi Prakash Thejus K Vaishnavi Panicker Aditi D. Nair Rituraj Ananya D. Nair
Season 2 Sreenand Vinod Ann Benson Akshith K. Ajith N/A - Meghna Sumesh

Special Jury Awards

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Season 1

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Contestant Award
Nehal V Ranjith Most consistent singer
Sneha Johnson Gentle girl of Top singer
Sooryamahadevan Gentleman of Top singer
Sreebhuvan R Amazing Talent of Top singer
Krishnadiya Ajith Enchanting Gulu
Sreehari P.V Best Actor of Top singer
Devika Sumesh Folk songs Queen of Top singer
Avani P Hareesh Beauty Queen of Top singer
Suryanarayanan P.K Bright Star of Top singer
Adithyan Pradeep Amazing Natural Talent
Sivani B Sanjeev Miss Innocence of Top singer
Vaishnavy K.V Immini Valiya singer
Theertha Sathyan Queen of Classical/Carnatic Music in Top singer
Jaiden Philip Bhava Gayakan of Top singer
Koushik S Vinod Rockstar of TOp singer

Cast

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season Host Co- Host Main Judging Panel Additional judges
1 Esther Anil /Meenakshi Anoop M.G. Sreekumar
M. Jayachandran
Sithara Krishnakumar / Anuradha Sriram
Vidhu Prathap /Madhu Balakrishnan {444,447-48,450-51,453-54,456,462-63}
2 Meenakshi Anoop/ Sreya Jayadeep Parvathy Babu (Backstage Anchor)
Jewel Mary (Epi.1)
Aiswarya (Katturumbu fame)
M. G. Sreekumar
M. Jayachandran
Anuradha Sriram, Binni Krishnakumar
3 Meenakshi Anoop Manjady Joby M. G. Sreekumar
Rahul Raj
Binni Krisnhnakumar
Anuradha Sriram
Sharreth
4 Meenakshi Anoop Koushik S Vinod (left the show) M. G. Sreekumar
Nithya Mammen/Mridula Warrier/Binni Krishnakumar/Anuradha Sriram
Sharreth/Madhu Balakrishnan{181-192,194-230}
Sujatha Mohan
Rimi Tomy
5 Meenakshi Anoop Dain Davis M. G. Sreekumar
Rimi Tomy
Binni Krisnhnakumar
Madhu Balakrishnan
Sharreth

Guest Judging Panel (season 1)

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Celebrity Guests (season 1)

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Guest Judging Panel (season 2)

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Celebrity guest(Season2)

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Crew

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  • Host : Meenakshi Anoop / Manjadi Joby
  • Director : Sindhu Sridhar
  • Creative Head : Anil Ayiroor
  • Director of Photography (DOP) : Biju K Krishnan
  • Post-production
    • Manager : Rajeesh Sugunan
    • Edit & Creative : Shijo Thaliyichira
  • Edit : Harikrishnan, Amal Tom, Sergin Thomas, Joseph Shijo, Akhil Mohan, Binil RAj, Nayan Anand, Praveen Prakashan, Aravind Vasudev
  • Audio Engineer : Tijo Manimala
  • Assistant Sound Engineer : Tony Jacob, Jubin Joseph, Shyam Sajikumar
  • Digital Head : Sreeraj CS
  • Graphics : Nithil Besto, Sujesh AK, Vineeth Anchal, Yadhukrishnan PR
  • Colorist : Anoop Antony, Priju Jose
  • Camera : Sunil Chovara, Aji Pushkar, Prashanth SS, Mithun, Shinu, Arun Ezhupunna, Anoop, Dhaneesh Pallippuram, Prashanth Kannan
  • On-line Editor : Anoj Irinjalakuda, Ranjith Vettathu
  • Script : Sunil Valathungal, Rahul Madathil
  • Choreographer : Vishnu Raj, Shafeeq Sandra 'D Crew'
  • Technical Head : Sharath Palakkadavath
  • Technical Manager : Sreelal
  • Technical Engineers : Sudarshanan, Harikrishnan
  • Assistant Producers : Anul TR, Sanoop KV, Amal Kumar
  • Art Direction : Bibin, Pramod

Top Band

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The orchestra for the show is a group of highly talented artists (season 1).

Old top band is replaced by new one in December 2019

Programme Structure

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Rounds

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Stage Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5

Stage 1

  • Devarajan Master Hits Round
  • Performance Round
  • Favorite Round
  • Johnson Master Round
  • Family Round
  • Favorite Round

Stage 2

Stage 3

  • Favorite Round
  • Evergreen Hits Round
  • Family Round
  • Favorite Round
  • Johnson Master Round
  • Black & White Performance Round

Stage 4

  • Favorite Round
  • Duet Round
  • Performance Round
  • Favorite Round
  • Vayalar Round
  • Performance Round

Grading System

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Each contestant is awarded a grade for each song based on their performance, by the judges. Also audience can cast votes to their favourite contestants through the official website of Flowers TV.[12]

Grades First awarded to
Golden Crown Nehal V Ranjith
A Jackpot (special) Vaishnavi Panicker
A Extreme Sreebhuvan R
A Triple Wow Nehal V Ranjith
A Double Wow Koushik S Vinod
A Wow Seethalakshmi Prakash
A Ultimate Aditi Dinesh Nair
A Top Aditi Dinesh Nair
A+ Adithyan Pradeep
A Krishnadiya Ajith
B+ -

Episodes Season 1

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Date No. of episodes Singers of the Day Grades Best Performer of the Day Audience Choice
Year Month
2018 1 Oct Epi 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A
April
2019 31 April Epi 193 Koushik, Aditi, Devika, Krishna Diya N/A N/A N/A
May
2019 1 May Epi 194 Avani, Theertha, Ananya, Surya Narayanan N/A N/A N/A
2019 24 May Epi 217 N/A N/A N/A N/A
June
2019 1 June Epi 225 Aditi, Devika, Sreehari N/A Devika Rithu Raj
2019 2 June Epi 226 Sneha, Jayden, Ananya N/A Ananya Soorya Mahadevan
2019 3 June Epi 228 Sreebhuvan, Jennifer, Krishna Diya N/A Sreebhuvan Theertha
2019 11 June Epi 235 Avani, Soorya Mahadevan, Nehal N/A Nehal Vyshnavi Panicker
2019 12 June Epi 236 Shivani, Koushik, Soorya Narayanan N/A Koushik Rithu Raj
2019 13 June Epi 237 Vyshnavi Panicker, Seetha Lakshmi, Jayden A Wow, A Ultimate, A Ultimate Vyshnavi Panicker Jennifer
2019 14 June Epi 238 Thejus, Sreebhuvan, Jennifer A Wow, A Ultimate, A Top Thejas Avani
2019 15 June Epi 239 Krishna Diya, Sneha, Aditi A Ultimate, A Plus, A Top Krishna Diya Shivani
2019 16 June #Epi 250# 20 Lakhs Scholar ship 13 hours Live
2019 17 June Epi 240 Soorya Mahadevan, Jennifer, Theertha A Wow, A Top, A Ultimate Soorya Mahadevan No
2019 18 June Epi 241 Devika, Avani, Thejus A Ultimate, A Too, A Wow Thejus Sneha
2019 19 June Epi 242 Jayden, Soorya Narayanan, Ananya A Ultimate, A Ultimate, A Wow Ananya Theertha
2019 20 June Epi 243 Koushik, Aditi, Sreehari A Wow, A Ultimate, A Wow Koushik Jayden
2019 21 June Epi 244 Devika, Seetha Lakshmi, Jayden A Ultimate, A Wow, A Ultimate Seetha Lakshmi No
2019 22 June Epi 245 Sneha, Adithyan, Vyshnavi Panicker A Wow, A Ultimate, A Ultimate Sneha Ananya
2019 23 June Epi 246 Chicken Biriyani treat by M Jaya chandran Thejus K, Jennifer Alice, Ananya Nair A Ultimate, A Ultimate, A Ultimate Ananya Vyshnavi Panicker
2019 24 June Epi 247 New Grade Awarded to Sreebhuvan Sreebhuvan, Shivani, Soorya Mahadevan A Extreme, A Plus, No Grade Sreebhuvan Aditi Nair
2019 25 June Epi 248 Sreehari, Soorya Narayanan, Theertha A Wow, A Ultimate, A Ultimate Sreehari Koushik
2019 26 June Epi 249 Vyshnavi KV, Sreebhuvan, Krishna Diya A Ultimate, A Wow, A Wow Sreebhuvan Adithyan
2019 27 June Epi 251 Soorya Mahadevan, Nehal, Rithu Raj A Ultimate, A Wow, A Ultimate Nehal Vyshnavi KV
2019 28 June Epi 252 Thejus K, Koushik, Shivani A Wow, A Ultimate, A Top Thejus K Sneha
2019 29 June Epi 253 Seetha Lakshmi, Soorya Mahadevan, Vyshnavi Panicker A Top, A Wow, A Ultimate Soorya Mahadevan Koushik
July
2019 3 July Epi 257 Aditi, Soorya Mahadevan, Krishna Diya A Ultimate, A Ultimate, A Wow Krishna Diya Thejus K
2019 4 July Epi 258 Sneha, Avani, Rithu Raj A Wow, A Top, A Extreme Rithu Raj Ananya
2019 6 July Epi 259 Adithyan, Jennifer, Sreehari A Ultimate, A Top, A Ultimate Sreehari Sreebhuvan
2019 7 July Epi 260 The 1st Girl who got A Extreme Theertha, Devika, Ananya 2nd Chance for Extreme, A Wow, A Extreme Ananya Nehal
2019 8 July Epi 261 Vyshnavi KV, Aditi, Rithu Raj A Ultimate, A Ultimate, A Wow Rithu Raj Theertha
2019 9 July Epi 262 Jayden, Sreehari, Nehal A Ultimate, A Ultimate, A Plus Sreehari Adithyan
2019 11 July Epi 264 Vyshnavi KV, Koushik, Vyshnavi Panicker A Ultimate, A Extreme, A Wow Koushik Sneha Johnson
2019 12 July Epi 264 Jennifer, Thejus K, Adithyan A Ultimate, A Wow, A Ultimate Thejus K Devika
2019 13 July Epi 265 Sreebhuvan, Seetha Lakshmi, Ananya A Ultimate, A Wow, A Extreme Ananya Vyshnavi Panicker
2019 14 July Epi 266 Adithyan, Theertha, Krishna Diya A Wow, A Ultimate, A Ultimate Adithyan Sneha
2019 22 July Epi 273 Seetha Lakshmi, Avani, Sreehari A Extreme, A Top, A Ultimate Seetha Lakshmi Shivani
2019 28 July Epi 278 Thejus K, Rithu Raj, Nehal A Extreme, A Ultimate, A Triple Wow Thejus K Vyshnavi Panicker
2019 29 July Epi 279 Vyshnavi KV, Jayden, Vyshnavi Panicker A Ultimate, A Top, A Triple Wow Vyshnavi Panicker Jennifer
2019 30 July Epi 280 Aditi, Soorya Narayanan, Vyshnavi Panicker A Wow, A Ultimate, A Top Sneha Ananya
August
2019 5 August Epi 286 Krishna Diya, Adithyan, Theertha A Wow, A Double Wow, A Top Adithyan
December
2019 4 Dec Epi 403 (A GOLDEN CROWN Award introduced for Nehal) Shivani, Avani, Nehal, Sreehari A Wow, A Triple Wow, Golden Crown, A Double Wow Nehal No

Episode created on May/24/2019

Episodes Season 2

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Date No. of episodes Singers of the Day Grades Best Performer of the Day Audience Choice
Year Month
September
2020 20 Sep Epi 1 Flowers Top Singer Season 2 Grand Opening N/A N/A N/A

Edited by : Top Singer Team. Episode created on September/20/2020

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