Amrita "Super Dancer Junior" grand finale Live on February 24

Media News

Thiruvananthapuram, February 21, 2008

Amrita TV's dance talent hunt for kids in the 10-15 age group,"Pepsodent Super Dancer Junior",reaches its climax on Sunday Feb 24, when the four contestants will dance it out in the Grand Finale to be telecast Live from 6.30 pm onwards. The fantastic four who are vying for the crown are all girls:Anna(11),Nayana(11),Sheha(11),Shradha(10).

The selection of the winner will be based on SMS voting by viewers as the programme is telecast Live to Amrita TV audiences across the world.

The Finale event at Trivandrum which will last for nearly 3 hours in front of a 2000- strong invited audience,besides having competition performances from the four finalists will be embellished with an entertaining programme which will consist of :cinematic dance by actor ,Roma;choreographed dances directed by Kala Master comprising contestants of "Super Dancer" and "Super Dancer Junior"; and specialised troupes presenting tribal dance,martial art weapon dance and classical dance.

"Pepsodent Super Dancer Junior" which is the only reality show on a GEC to be telecast seven days a week commenced in Sept 2007, has completed 160 episodes on prime time (Every day 7 pm) .

The show when announced in mid-2007 had generated over 5000 aspirants, for which auditions were held in different centres in Kerala and Bangalore--out of which 15 contestants were selected with an average age of 11 years--among whom were nine girls and six boys

Over the past few months, under the tutelage of "Pepsodent Super Dancer Jury" comprising renowned choreographer ,Kala Master, and actor, Aravindar,these contestants competed with each other in interesting an innovative dance rounds covering various domains:Classical; Semi-Classical; Fusion; Remix; Duet; Festival; DJ; Pairs; Folk; Malayalam Hits; Other Language Hits; Seniors with Juniors, etc

The Winner takes home a prize worth Rs 5 lakhs while the runner-up bags a prize of Rs 3 lakhs

The entire income from SMS will be donated to the well-being of underprivileged children under the auspices of Amrita TV's unique ongoing public service campaign,"Send an SMS.Save a Child".This initiative was launched in November 2007, wherein Amrita TV pledged the SMS revenue from all its reality shows for needy children

Pepsodent is the Brand sponsor and Amway the Presenting sponsor of "Super Dancer Junior" www.amritatv.com/sdj.

For further information please contact:

A. Sushil Kumar

e-mail: sushil.amritatv@gmail.com