India's Radio City network announced the 12th season its singing talent hunt – Super Singer, to turn the spotlight onto some of India's brightest singing stars.

The contest encourages aspiring singers by giving them a platform to showcase their singing talent across 39 cities. Keeping in mind the ongoing pandemic, the network will execute the contest on-air and across social media that will culminate on December 20.

Auditions for the contest will begin from November 23. Contestants can send in their entries till December 6 and post the auditions, five contestants will be shortlisted from Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada speaking regions by judges including popular singer Kailash Kher, composer Ghibran, music director Chaithan Bharadwaj, and singer All Ok. Top 5 singers from each region will compete for the title of Radio City Super Singer 12. The winners in the Hindi speaking region will be chosen by Kailash Kher and through public voting.

Radio City's Chief Executive Officer, Ashit Kukian, said: “With an aim to spread happiness and positivity amongst people during these tough times, we decided to come back with our tent pole property.”

Singer Kailash Kher said: “India has a huge pool of young talent who are always on the lookout for opportunities to showcase their skills. With Radio City Super Singer, aspiring singers of the country will once again get a platform to display their talent and show the world the power of music.”