Super Singer 5 controversy: Audience knew Anand Aravindakshan is a playback singer, says Star Vijay

Anand Aravindakshan is facing controversy days after he clinched the Super Singer 5 title.

According to a post that has gone viral on Facebook, Anand is a playback singer and has already sung for 10 songs in various films. The post claims that since the show has the rule of not including already established singers, Anand's win was not justified. 

This post enraged the fans who accused Anand of hiding his real identity and blamed the channel for not verifying the winner's background. 

Incidentally, Anand was eliminated in one of the earlier episodes until he came back as a wild card entry. 

Speaking to The NewsMinute, Pradeep Miroy Peter, Head of Programming at Vijay TV said that the rule about not letting playback singers participate on the show was done away with long ago by the show producers. 

In the beginning seasons, four to five years back we said no playback singers can be part of the show. When we do auditions, there are hundreds of people who do tracks for directors or religious albums so technically we could not qualify everyone so we removed those rules. In Super Singer senior, about two seasons ago before this rule was removed. Those rules are not at all applicable now,” he said.  

Peter also said that the audience knew from the beginning that Anand has done playback singing as he himself had said it on air. 

Anand Aravindakshan had taken to Facebook after his win to thank his fans: