Telugu Association of North America (TANA), in collaboration with the popular MAA TV, is conducting a first of its kind, unique and innovative talent search among North American Telugu singers. This competition in three rounds will culminate with the Finals of the MAA TV SUPER SINGERS III competition on the Main Stage during primetime at the 17th TANA Conference in Chicago on Friday, July 3 and will be telecast by MAA TV.

Starting Wednesday, May 13, 2009, MAA TV  will present a new competition, SUPER SINGERS III, featuring the finalists and winners of its hugely popular recent competitions, SUPER SINGERS, SUPER SINGER Juniors, and RELA RE RELA.Three teams of six singers will battle through 26 episodes where six top singers will emerge to win the right to compete in the Finals on TANA Conference Main Stage on July 3. They will join the finalists of the NORTH AMERICAN SUPER SINGERS Competition. Watch MAA TV on Wednesday and Thursday evenings for this exciting, unique program.

The NORTH AMERICAN SUPERSINGERS Competition will begin with First Round competitions in Toronto, New Jersey, Washington, DC, Orlando, Dallas, Detroit and San Jose between May 30 and June 15. Two winners from each of these competitions will participate in the Semifinals to be conducted on TANA Main Stage on July 2. From these, two finalists will compete for the TANA SUPER SINGER Titleon July 3. Both the Semifinals and the Finals will be televised by MAA TV.

TANA MAA TV SUPER SINGER III competition will be hosted by the famous anchor Suma, and judged by Mano, Suddala Ashok Teja, Chandra Bose and GoretiVenkanna, all of whom would be present during the Finals at the TANA Conference Participating singers include the sensational Junior singers (Sugandhini, Jayant Madhur, Sumasri, Haripriya, Krishna Tejaswi), Senior singers (Ravali, Jayasimha, Srinidhi, Jyothsna, Sowmya), along with the RELA RE RELA singers (Bangaru Raju, Janaki Rao, Geetha Madhuri, Swami, Vijay, Ravi). Mentoring the singers are the Young Sensations Pranavi, Srikrishna, and Shiva Nagulu. You can watch the exciting and very enjoyable Finals live only at the TANA Conference!