Kalpana Raghavendra from Chennai was crowned the latest winner of the popular Malayalam music reality show Idea Star Singer on Saturday night.
Kalpana, from Chennai, won the Rs 1 crore villa on offer as the grand prize after an almost six-hour long grand finale staged live at the Chandrashekharan Nair Stadium in Trivandrum.
Legendary singer KJ Yesudas, who was hugely impressed with Kalpana's performance, declared her the winner at the end of the show.
"It is a pity that she ended up being born here. If she were in the West, she would have been one of their biggest stars now," Yesudas said of Kalpana.
Mridula Warrier from Kozhikode came second, while Immanuel Henry from Trivandrum clinched the third spot.
This was the first time in five years that a woman walked away with the top prize.
Mridula won Rs 15 lakh with Immanuel winning Rs 7.5 lakh.
The fourth place went to Antony John, who was gifted Rs 5 lakh for his efforts and also a special prize of another Rs 5 lakhs given by Malayalam superstar Mohanlal.
The finale came after a 14-stage selection process spread over a year and which featured 39 contestants.
The inaugural ceremony of Idea Star Singer 6 was also held at the function.
Season 6 will feature 30 contestants and will have popular singers Hariharan, KS Chitra, MG Sreekumar and Anuradha Sriram, and music director M Jayachandran as judges.
Music director Sharreth, who has played a huge role in making the programme famous, does not figure among the permanent judges this time around.
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