When i happened to see Vijay tv's airtel super singer in 2006 it was just another program in a tv channel, but the popularity it gained in the later stage was enormous. As a singer i know how much of a boon is this show for upcoming singers. Rather winning you get lots of exposure,tips from well established singers etc. But after seeing SS's today's quality i really doubt whether my above points are still valid !! Now a days its not at all looking like a singing competition but like a fashion show. Even the judges are playing their part for the money they get like showing fake anger,tears,biased judgement etc. What to do vijay tv is famous for commercialization. By commercializing the show i feel they lowered the dignity of the show and also failed to retain the success of the show.
After a point i got totally pissed off with SS and started watching Hariyudan naan, i feel it has a standard which SS don't have. By just watching HN you can learn many things, if you know the basics of music. Even this show is little biased when it comes to some participants but its not so blatant and they do give due respect to real talent.
May be from a viewer point of view both SS and HN is just a time pass but in a singer point of view i feel HN is better than SS.
Ya, true. TV shows are created only to get attention from the viewers and do not care about the quality. Over a period of time these programs would lose popularity.
ReplyDeleteBTW u have mentioned that u r a singer!!! :)
Ya i am a singer dont you know that :)
ReplyDeleteI watched both the programs - SS and HN. I think the quality of singers in SS is better than that in HN. I also think SS is a superior show. But of course, these are shows to get the channel more viewership and money. So, anyways, channels tend to dramatise it. That's true.
ReplyDelete@Mohan...i donno whether u saw the pongal episode of HN...it was amazing the amount of dedication the participants showed was fabulous. If you are a regular viewer of that program you can understand what i meant as learning. May be from a viewer point you are saying. Anyways opinion differs. But ya as u said they are doing it for money but if it goes beyond a limit it will irritate people. As far as i heard many people has stopped watching SS.
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