Sanali Lihansa Silva a contestant in Derana Dream Star Season 11 contest a favourite of all audiences – by Sunil Thenabadu
Derana Dream Star reality grueling singing contest is being currently held for the 11th season.This reality singing contest is clearly the most sought among the other similar contests. Over the years many contestants had found proper routes to become popular singing artistes having had the roots and groomed from the Derana Dream Star contests.Some vocalists had been selected to portray roles in many tele dramas in the TV Derana popular channel.
In every season many new budding artistes have been able to become overnight stars via performing in this contest. One contestant who has won the hearts of the panel of adjudicators and listeners has been Sanali Lihansa Silva a twenty two year old hailing from Kiribathgoda. Among over one hundred thousand applicants initially after auditioned by knowledgeable musicians in Sri Lanka initially after repeated auditions seventy two were selected for the Derana Dream Star season 11 contest proper when weekly in live recordings each had to be sung in front of the panel of competent adjudicators including Keethi Pasquel, Samitha Mudunkotuwa,Ashanthi De Alwis, Indra Chapa Liyanage and Nadeeka Guruge who are all maestros in the field. From the final seventy two every week one ot=r two contestants are eliminated via the SMS polling system.
Now the season is at a climax with the final twelve have been identified all talented but of different unique styles with an equal number of males and female contestants vying for the coveted Dream Star season 11 trophy and a prize money of a luxury apartment valued at over rupees one hundred and fifty thousand which is a massive price.
Sanali Lihansa Silva is an old girl of Viharamaha Devi Vidyalaya in Kiribathgoda .She loves music but had not learnt in school but followed music only after participating in the current Derana Dream Star content .However her interest had been swimming which she had opted as a sport. Presently she is attached to the SLIT Campus reading a degree in Diploma in Marketing as her intention is to commence a business emulating her father who owns a business. Her mother is attached to a reputed company while her only sibling is a younger brother who is also an undergraduate in a university. It is learnt that Sanali had acquired musical instincts via hereditary affiliations from her father’s family as all could sing having some musical instruments at home.
Sanali is one of the most popular female contestants always selecting fast numbers with 6/8 beat having sung many songs of legendary MS Fernando,Paul Fernando, Priya Sooriyasena also an English number. All audiences await her arrival to stage as she sings possessing a strong tone, equivalent dance and dressed always in a uncommon attire which she herself had designed by which she is attracted to all. She always had received impressive comments by the panel of adjudicators, very often was said to be imitating or in par with the presenter Falen Andrea winner of Derana Dream Star Season 09.It appears that she is winning the hearts of many each week after her thrilling performances, hence receiving more and more SMS’s each week, having polled over 71000 SMS’s last Sunday from fans in Sri Lanka and via the DFlix App from overseas. .Her ambition is to become an artiste for which she has already laid a solid foundation.All her followers will wish her to achieve her ambition.
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