Media News
Thiruvananthapuram, April 29, 2008

To coincide with summer vacations, Amrita TV has planned a mix of programmes and events targetting youth and kids.

“Super Star Holiday Special” has been launched as a prime time weekday programme ( 7 pm),which brings together the finalists of highly rated reality shows, “Super Star Junior” and “Super Dancer Junior” and creates a collage of reminiscences,performances and updates from the super star kids about their current projects.

The month of May will also see the holding of a mega audition event for “Let’s Dance”,the new dance show for couples in the 18-30 age group .Showcased as a public event, shortlisted contestant-pairs will perform before top choreographers like Kalamaster to gain entry into the coveted Final 15 Roster of “Let’s Dance “, which will go air in early June on prime time on weekdays.

“Junior Genius”,the novel reality show for 12-14 year olds which seeks to nurture a unique blend of IQ,GK,Artistic Skills,Life Skills,Social Skills, is also being rolled out– with the first phase of entrance tests being held in Calicut,Ernakulam and Trivandrum in May. Finally, 15 hotshot kids will make it to the show to battle for the crown of “Junior Genius”.

The pioneering carnatic music talent hunt for children,”Raga Ratnam Junior”, which commenced in October 2007 as a prime time weekend hourly show, also reaches its grand finale in May with the top five finalists(pancha ratnams) singing their way to the hearts of music connoisseurs in a live stage show in the presence of carnatic music gurus who will hand pick the “Raga Ratnam Junior”.