Tanishq Swarna Sangeetham


Tanishq Swarna Sangeetham is a reality-based Indian singing competition in Tamil language that is being aired on Raj TV. The program seeks to discover the best singing talent in the Carnatic music genre, through a series of statewide auditions in South India. The contest is run for youngsters between the age group 15-23. The show is sponsored by the diamond and gold jewellery store, Tanishq, and the winner of the show is awarded 5 lakh rupees worth of jewellery from Tanishq. The show completed three seasons after its debut in 2012.
Permanent judges for the talent in season 3 are eminent vocalists Papanasam Ashok Ramani and Nithyasree Mahadevan. Guest judges who appeared in season 3 include other eminent vocalists such as M. Balamuralikrishna, Sudha Raghunathan, S. Sowmya, G. V. Prakash, Shakthisree Gopalan, and others. The show aired on weekends between 9:30pm and 10:30pm, and re-runs are telecast between 9:30am and 10:30am.

Season 3

Debut (season 1 and 2 recall series)

"Diamonds in the Crown" (Episode 1)

This episode telecast performances from previous seasons of the show where then-contestants sang compositions of the Trinity of Carnatic Music, Papanasam Sivan, and Subramania Bharathiyar.
OrderFormer ContestantSongRagaTalaComposer
1Ashwath Narayanan"Thyagarajaya Namaste"BegadaRupakamMuthuswamy Dikshitar
2Apoorva Ravindran"Shri Dhum Dhurge"SriranjaniAdiMuthuswamy Dikshitar
3Venkata Nagarajan"Shri Naaradha"KanadaRupakamMuthuswamy Dikshitar
4Ashwath NarayananExcerpt from "Piravaa Varam"LathangkiAdiPapanasam Sivan
5Rathipriya"Chitham Irangaadhaa" SahanaMisrachapuPapanasam Sivan
6Janani Iyer"Sendhil Andavan" KharaharapriyaRupakamPapanasam Sivan
7Adithyanarayan"Nalla Kaalam Varugudhu"MalayamaruthamAdiSubramania Bharathiyar
8Ashwath Narayanan"Vandhe Maatharam"Ragamalika AdiSubramania Bharathiyar
9Venkatanagarajan"Nenju Porukkudhillaiye"ShubhapanthuvaraliAdiSubramania Bharathiyar
10K. P. Nandhini"Bhooloka Kumaari"RanjaniAdiSubramania Bharathiyar
11Narayanan"Yethanai Kodi Inbam"JogAdiSubramania Bharathiyar
12Apoorva Ravindran"Chandhiran Oliyil"BhageshriRupakamSubramania Bharathiyar

"Golden Ambassadors" (Episode 2)

In each season, various prominent celebrity musicians appear on the show as special guest judges These musicians are invited to the show as golden ambassadors of the theme being promoted in each round of the competition. This episode telecast performances by the golden ambassadors in previous seasons of the show.
OrderGolden AmbassadorSongRagaTalaComposer
1vocalists Priya Sisters"Maa Ramanan"HindolamRupakam Papanasam Sivan
2vocalist Mahathi"Engal Kannamma" RagamalikaAdiSubramania Bharathiyar
3vocalist O. S. Arun"Sundhara" -
4vocalist Sudha Raghunathan"Hari Smarane Maado" YamankalyaniAdiPurandara Dasa
5vocalist Abhishek Raghuram"Vellai Thamarai" BhimplasAdiSubramania Bharathiyar
6vocalist Sriram Parthasarathy"Geetham Sangeetham Swarnasangeetham" RagamalikaSriram Parthasarathy
7vocalist Nithyasree Mahadevan
"Ardhanaareeswaram" KumudhakriyaRupakamMuthuswamy Dikshitar
8saxophone player Kadri GopalnathtanamKalyanavasanthamAdiKadri Gopalnath
9vocalists Bombay Sisters"Oonjal"NavarojKhandachapuTraditional Hindu wedding song
10vocalists Ranjani-Gayathri"Nambi Kettavar"HindolamAdiPapanasam Sivan
11vocalist M. Balamuralikrishna
"Sarigamapadhani Suswara Sangeethame" KalyaniAdiM. Balamuralikrishna

"Experiments with gold" (Episode 3)

Although the show started off as an experiment being one of the few reality TV show competitions dedicated to Carnatic music, the show also undertook experiments with other related genres for various rounds during each season of the competition. This episode telecast noteworthy performances by contestants who shone in rounds consisting of genres other than Carnatic music, being bhajan round, wedding songs round, fusion round, and Bharatha Natyam round.
OrderFormer contestantSongRagaTalaComposer
1Traditional bhajan-
2Pon Avantharaj"Rengamma Maaji"MaandNamdev
3Anantharaman ErodeShriAdiTraditional Hindu wedding song
4Adithyanarayan"Govardhana Giridhara"DarbariAdiNarayana Theertha
5K. P. Nandhini"Eeshan Enbar"KapiAdi Tisra Nadai
6Karthick NarayananThillanaKadhanakuthuhalaAdiM. Balamuralikrishna
7SubashriThillanaDhanashriAdiSwathi Thirunal

"Ornamental gold" (Episode 4)

This episode telecast various excerpts of performances and information regarding six former contestants in earlier seasons of the show: the top three finalists in season 1, and the top three finalists in season 2 of the show.

Open audition rounds (episodes 5 to 10)

Episode #Audition CityOpen Audition Judges
5Bangalore, KarnatakaPapanasam Ashok Ramani
5Hossur, KarnatakaPapanasam Ashok Ramani
6Salem, Tamil NaduPapanasam Ashok Ramani
6Trichy, Tamil NaduPapanasam Ashok Ramani
7Madurai, Tamil NaduPapanasam Ashok Ramani
7Coimbatore, Tamil NaduPapanasam Ashok Ramani
8Chennai, Tamil NaduNithyasree Mahadevan
Papanasam Ashok Ramani
9Chennai, Tamil NaduNithyasree Mahadevan
Papanasam Ashok Ramani
10Chennai, Tamil NaduNithyasree Mahadevan
Papanasam Ashok Ramani

Final level audition - top 10 selection

50 contestants were selected during the open audition rounds. This round required the contestants to perform what was required by the permanent judges, Nithyasree Mahadevan and Papanasam Ashok Ramani.

Freestyle round

At the conclusion of this round, the top 10 contestants were selected for the main level competition.

Top 10 finalists

Finals

Trinity Round (episode 15)