Spring Fest Idol 2017

Shankar Mahadevan Academy in association with IIT Kharagpur is organising an online singing competition throughout India. The top 10 participants from that will directly qualify to the final round of “Spring Fest Idol 2017”.

Participating in this contest is easy (NO REGISTRATION FEE).

  • Read the Contest Highlights and Terms & Conditions for participation
  • Enroll for the contest by filling up the registration form
  • Upload a copy of your recording in the acceptable file formats given below and give us a flavour of your singing
  • Score and feedback will be provided only to the top 60 contestants. The participants will be informed via e-mail about the contest results.

Participating in this contest is easy (NO REGISTRATION FEE).

  • Read the Contest Highlights and Terms & Conditions for participation
  • Enroll for the contest by filling up the registration form
  • Upload a copy of your recording in the acceptable file formats given below and give us a flavour of your singing
  • Score and feedback will be provided only to the top 60 contestants. The participants will be informed via e-mail about the contest results.

Top 15 finalists

Prerona Das
Ramya Ramkumar
Debojyoti Mukherjee
Priyadarshini Peter
Rajdeep Mukherjee
Arunima Chaudhuri
Veena Saigal
Tannistha Ghosh
Siddharth Chakraborty
Lakshmi Latchmoodoo
Rajesh Kumar
Astha Jain
Anirban Mandal
Sounak Sirkar

 

Contest Highlights

  • Audition Start Date: 17th November, 2016
  • Audition End date: 12th December, 2016 (By 11:55 PM IST.)
  • Audition Results: 20th December, 2016
  • Participant can sing a song in any of the Indian languages and it can be a movie song, an album song or his/her original composition.
  • The audition serves as a gateway to reach the Finale of “Spring Fest Idol ’17”. Participants selected in the audition will move into the finals to be held in in IIT Kharagpur between 20th and 22nd of January, 2017.
  • Results of the contest will be communicated by email and phone to winners by 20th of December, 2016
  • Top 10 participants will get a certificate with Shankar’s signature

Winning Prizes (Terms & Conditions apply):

Grand winner of the Spring Fest Idol ’17, gets:
A chance to interact and sing to Shankar Mahadevan,
One complete 12 week online Instructor Led course at SMA worth 8999 INR
A certificate with Shankar’s Signature.

1st Runner Up gets:
A self-study course from SMA, “HMS Super pack” worth 4999 INR
A certificate with Shankar’s Signature.

2nd Runner Up gets:
A self-study course from SMA, “HMS Packs” worth 2999 INR
A certificate with Shankar’s Signature.

Instructions

Expert feedback will be based on the following 10 parameters:

 

l# Parameters Points
1 Throw of voice 5
2 Range of voice 10
3 Singing in pitch/Shruti 15
4 Singing of Composition  10
5 Maintaining Rhythm/Laya and Taal 10
6 Pronunciation of lyrics 5
7 Mood and Expression 10
8 Breath control 10
9 Creativity - Improvisation within the Raga structure 15
10 Overall impact – winning component 10 

 

 

For any other queries, please write to support@shankarmahadevanacademy.com

 

Terms & Conditions

  • Participant should be a college student or a college pass-out and he/she must not be more than 30 years old. (In any case of suspicion, the participant may be asked to show his/her age proof)
  • The participant may submit only one song per registration. The category for the song has to be selected before enrollment. 
  • The maximum duration of the rendition should not exceed 6 minutes.
  • File size should not exceed 15MB
  • Acceptable file format: mp3, m4a, wma, amr, wav
  • You can upload/record only a single rendition of your song for feedback. Please ensure that you upload the correct file. No requests for changing the file that is submitted initially will be entertained.
  • Singers may use a Karoke track but the voice recording should not be processed. Doing so will render the entry to be disqualified. 
  • Each submission gives you access to feedback for one rendition only.
  • Multiple songs will be considered as separate entries and the contest enrollment fees will be per entry.
  • The academy is not liable for refund the cost of expert feedback once payment has been made.
  • Any complaints related to the feedback will be addressed according to the discretion of the Academy.
  • The decision of the winner will be done on the basis of final performance in IIT Kharagpur campus.
  • The uploaded content will not be returned to the student and will be archived. The Academy reserves the right to use the rendition as it deems fit.
  • Anybody from anywhere in the world can apply. The Academy will not be liable for any travel, travel related issues or damages arising out of travel