![]() thinks that is what makes the show “reality TV.” With around 200 episodes aired like a drama series every night on weekdays, Star Vijay’s Airtel Super Singer Junior is a marathon for both its show-makers and live audiences, who are really the family members of the contestants. This routine repeats for 40 weeks before a finalist can even be confident of clinching the title and the promised villa house in Vallakkottai. ![]() The other contesting juniors - 5 to 14-year-olds - who usually find sitting through a movie difficult, patiently go through a full day, shooting up to five episodes, besides attending voice training sessions under Ananth Vaidyanathan, long-drawn rehearsals, and completing unfinished piles of school work. Handpicked from a pool of at least 12,000 contenders, she maintains her unflinching stance, despite not understanding the lyrics she sings. Five-year-old Angeline starts belting out a song, even as a towering group of adult dancers backs her. ![]() Hosts Ma Ka Pa Anand and Priyanka Deshpande leap on stage in close-to-zero prep time after a throat-soothing cucumber snack, and proceed to recite their animated opening line for the fifth time. “Claps and music!” echoes the voice of show director R.K., and the live audience stirs up the arid studio atmosphere with clockwork precision.
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