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The Hindu : On the occasion of Suvarna Karnataka, the Kannada television channel Suvarna is presenting a music reality show called “Confident Star Singer” in association with the Confident Group. The reality show kicked off with 50,000 applications when it was first announced and has since been pared down to 101 contestants for the first round. The grand prize for the winning contestant is a chance to sing in popular music director Guru Kiran’s next movie, as well as a flat worth Rs. 40 lakh in Bangalore.The contest will be adjudged by Guru Kiran, playback singer Nandita and the multi-talented musician Praveen D Rao. This will be the first time Guru Kiran will be seen in a reality show. Expressing his excitement Guru Kiran said, “I’m very happy that Suvarna is coming forward to search for talented Kannada singers. The industry requires this talent and I’m looking forward to see the best aspiring singers of Karnataka on Star Singer.”Confident Star Singer will be aired from Monday through Friday from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Suvarna….More