Originally posted by: savi3vijay
Guys, this is my first post ever. I normally don't reply to any of the posts but enjoy reading them.
In my opinion they should call somebody from down south like SP balsubramaniam or Chitra who have immense experience in singing. SPB must have sung about 20,000 songs till date in Telugu, Malayalam , tamil and Hindi. So he is my choice.
I don't know if you wld agree. I have seen him judge some competitions in south and he was wonderful as ajudge and so encouraging and giving tips to the singers to improve.
I think the reason they don't use singers from the South is because they are not that popular. Anu, Javed, Udit and recently even Alisha are popular people, hence, got to judge. Personally, I would like Sonu, VS/Shankar Mahadevan and Sunidhi/Shreya/Alka. I think a music director, male and female singer are enough. Dictions and pronunciation classes can always be taken later, so don't see the point of a lyricist.