Sony MIX is back with the second season of Media Ke Surtaj

After an exhilarating first season, Sony MIX the Hindi music channel from Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) known for its expansive library of Hindi songs, is back with the second season of ‘Media Ke Surtaj’. A Karaoke competition amongst media professionals, Media Ke Surtaj, seeks to bring out some hidden and some not-so-hidden singing talent from media agencies. The audition rounds were held in OMD, Carat, Lodestar, Initiative, Publicis, Madison, ZenithOptimedia and GroupM agencies across the cities of Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore between March 15 to 24, 2017. The participants displayed an amazing level of enthusiasm and knowledge of Hindi music through fun quizzes and 180 contestants were shortlisted for the finale.

The winners will be selected at the Grand Finale in two categories namely - Popular choice and Critics’ choice. Each category will have two sub-categories, i.e, Solo & Duet. The videos of each participant’s audition were up on www.mediakesurtaj.com for an audience poll. The voting closed on April 7^th, receiving a tremendous response with overall 32000+ votes being registered. The popular choice category winners will be selected based on the maximum votes received.

The Critics’ Choice Awards will be decided by the experts of the industry at the Grand Finale hosted together by SPN’s music cluster channels, Sony MIX and Sony ROX HD. The jury consists of the very talented music composer Ajay Singha and the renowned Bollywood singer Ash King. The Grand Finale of Media Ke Surtaj will be held on the 21^stof April in Mumbai (need to add venue), and the musical evening will be hosted by the jovial RJ Salil.

The winners of the popular choice category will win prizes worth INR 20,000/-, and the critics’ choice category will get an all-expense paid trip to Dubai with their companions.