The show was initially hosted by Ramya Raveendran but Ranjini Haridas returned to host the show under popular demand from the viewers, and this led to Ranjini becoming an iconic part of the show in its future seasons. Sreekumar who was a judge in the previous season was retained in the main panel of judges, but he was later removed, and Sharreth and Usha Uthup from the previous season were called back upon popular demand. Unnikrishnan and a spot for a different celebrity guest judge for each week. The main panel of judges was changed to introduce Ouseppachan, P. The prize was an apartment either Thiruvananthapuram or Dubai City, each valued at Rupees 1million sponsored by the Confident Group. In this season, two prizes were awarded, one each for a male and female contestant.
The inaugural episode started with a prayer and song by Najim Arshad, who won the previous season of the show.Ĩ5 contestants competed in the auditions round, out of which only 50 contestants were selected. This season of Idea Star Singer was flagged off by Malayalam action hero Suresh Gopi, who also performed a song, along with performances by M.G. The second runner-up was Thushar M K and the third runner-up was Arun Gopan 2008 The first runner-up was Durga Viswanath and she got a Ford Fiesta car sponsored by The Alukkas Jewellery Group. Najim Arshad from Thiruvananthapuram won the final round, winning the brand new flat which was sponsored by The Confident Group. The final round of the competition was held on 19 April 2008 and the final votes via text messages were close to 500,000. During the season, contestants were involved in special grooming and choreography sessions. Only 45 contestants were short-listed from the 100 contestants that made it through to the preliminary round, and this was followed by a televised elimination round based on audience's text message votes and the decision of the judging panel. The 2007 season was inaugurated by popular Malayali actor Mohanlal and more than 20,000 hopeful singers applied to participate in this season. A fourth judging spot featured different celebrity guests all of whom are people of importance in the Malayalam film industry. Sreekumar, music director Sharath, and Indian pop singer Usha Uthup. The judging panel featured playback singer M. In this season, the prize was an opportunity to sing in the next project by film director Vinayan, and an apartment in Cochin worth Rs 4,000,000. In 2007, Idea Star Singer returned with an improved show format and was hosted by Ranjini Haridas, a winner of the Miss Kerala pageant.
This season of the show was produced by Prathap Nair. 100,000 in prize money, a contract for playback assignments in Jayachandran's upcoming film projects, a deal with Satyam Audios and deals for performing at concerts abroad. Out of approximately 7,000 contestants participating from various states of the country the season was won by Arun Raj in the male category and Kavita Jayaram in the female category. The show was co-hosted by singers Vidhu Prathap, Biju Narayanan, Rimi Tomy and Joy John Antony. Radhakrishnan, Tippu, Deepak Dev, Jassie Gift, Chitra Iyer, Sugeetha Menon and many other pioneers from the music industry. Jayachandran accompanied by a panel of veteran musicians like K. Starting out in 2006 along the lines of Indian Idol, the chief judge on the show was Malayalam music director M. 3.4 Asianet's exclusivity rights on ISS contestants.The show also features a panel of judges who are prominent personalities in the Malayalam music industry and they offer scores and evaluations of performance to the contestants in every stage of the competition. Text messages are sent by the shows' audience to vote for the best performing participant and a small weightage of this score is considered for a candidate to be shortlisted to next round. The show, which selected contestants in the age group of 15–35 years determined the winner based on their skill in singing and entertainment. Star Singer is an Indian music reality-television competition, broadcast on Asianet and previously sponsored by Idea Cellular.