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^ Sri Lanka had initially selected Surendra Perera to represent the South Asian nation with the song "Wahi Pabalu Sali", but later withdrew from competition. THA Due to the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej , the 2017 ABU Radio Song Festival, initially scheduled to be held on 27 April 2017 as part of the 2017 RadioAsia Conference, was not held ...
Surendra Perera the Sri Lankan participant also announced a withdrawal, although the reason for this is unknown. So the number of finalists was reduced to thirteen. An international jury awards prizes to their top five favourites after all participating finalists had performed their entries at the ABU Radio Song Festival.
Chinthaka Jayakody, Thilina Ruhunage and Mangala Galappaththi composed the music, whereas Surya Dayaruwan, Samitha Mudunkotuwa, Rooney and Surendra Perera made background vocals. [ 13 ] The song launch was held at the National Film Corporation's Tharangani cinema hall in September 2023.
In Sirasa Superstar season four, which was renamed Generation 4, Bennet hosted the program alongside Nirosha Perera. He also sang the theme song, "Yawwane Sihina Yata Daelwune" for the competition. In 2013, Bennet became a judge on Sirasa Super Star season 5.
Sirasa Superstar was a musical reality show conducted in Sri Lanka by the TV channel Sirasa TV.The first four seasons were inspired by the program called American Idol an American singing competition series, the fifth and sixth seasons are similar to The Voice.
Even though he was 45 years old at the competition, he made huge popularity in the show where he finished fourth place of the season behind Pradeep Rangana, Surendra Perera and Amila Nadeeshani. [11] After the show, he released his first solo, "Rathu Menike" which became popular.
The hit Ran Tikiri Sina was written for the same film and sung by Victor Silva and Nirasha Perera. In 2013 a new version of the song Ganga Addara was sung by Surendra Perera and used as the theme song for a teledrama series of the same name.
During this period, he associated with renowned musicians such as Ananda Perera, Anthony Surendra, Sangeeth Wickramasinghe and Jayantha Gallage. He served as the keyboard player in the Sihashakthi band for many years and made the popular songs Oraire , Nilambare Sudu Paravi , Parasidu Karaliyadda , Sanda Muwawela and Sriya Manamath Vee . [ 19 ]